Boagworld: UX, Design Leadership, Marketing & Conversion Optimization · Paul Boag, Marcus Lillington

The "All Aussie" Show

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Jason shares how a simple sign by the printer solved a major customer frustration that no one had considered.

The room is already informal. Paul sets up the show as a live meetup, with Marcus and whoever turns up becoming part of the conversation. Jason gets pulled in from Australia, although the banter admits the geography is not exactly precise. Then the chat finds its shape. It moves into brand and design work, especially the client who wants a website before they can explain why the business matters. The blank look is the tell. Jason says small business owners often cannot answer the simple question: why should someone choose them over the competition? That changes the brief. Instead of treating design as website stuff, he talks about exercises that draw out a real difference. Paul likes that line of thought and connects it to Seth Godin's This Is Marketing and the messy work of shaping a value proposition clients can actually use. Customer journeys come in next. For Paul, mapping the whole experience gives a business places to be delightful or easier to remember. The advice stays practical. Process is not the hero here; visible difference is. Then the show wanders again into thanks, apologies to people trying to get on, travel talk, and a pirate joke about Caribbean pie prices. It is not tidy, and that is part of why it works.

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