creating a website in a week for jobless and proud
Joblessandproud.com is a new website set up for the author David Jones who recently wrote a book after being laid off from his job.
Rather than sitting around, David wrote this book to help people in a similar situation who are looking at an uncertain financial future for the first time.
His book “Oh No: I’ve Lost My Job What Am I Going To Do?” was written in a short few days. While talking about his book on Newstalk, Maryrose Lyons from Brightspark Consulting in Dublin contacted David and proposed developing a website to help him publicise his book in the same amount of time.
Maryrose gathered a team together consisting of Rachel Earley (Website Graphic designer) , David McDonald (Book Graphic Designer), David Duignan (Photographer), Alex Gibson (Award winning Podcaster ) and myself to put the site together and make the functional stuff like Paypal work.
Each of us has worked together for the past few days at all hours and from all corners of the country to get David’s Jobless and Proud website up and running.
Today for 1 day only, you can download David’s book for free. There have already been well over 500 downloads so far this morning. Tomorrow, you will be able to buy his book for only 4.99 Euro.
David was on Newstalk this morning making us all blush with his praise for the work over the last few days. Later today, David will be on TV3 at lunchtime so tune in if you can.
It was a pleasure to work on this project, Maryrose kept everything moving and the Basecamp project management software was a superb fit for this project allowing us all to communicate and send files.
Visit joblessandproud.com now and take the opportunity to download Davids new book.
If you’re on Twitter, you can follow the talented people involved in developing the website in less than a week.
Im the same, I’m using Basecamp but with the same couple of people. It was cool to work with others in it.
Were these services volunteered or did the poor unemployed man have to take out a loan in order to repay ?
Well Done Gordon. I’m sure it was great to be involved in a project like this. Amazing what can get done so quickly when talented people get together!
Thanks for that Gordon. I think it was a very nice experience of us all working so well together.
Great work guys, good to see some positive thinking being spread around!
Now that’s a great idea and well implemented in such a short time. Hope it helps David shift some copies of the book and that it will build a community of sorts if he can keep the blog updated!
All volunteered… plus his firstborn child
Gordon - Well done to yourself and all involved in the project. The site looks great and works well. Amazing what was achieved in such a short time. Best of luck to David too with the sale of the book.
Thanks Aedan, Don’t forget to buy a copy of his book today!
Gordon.
Congrats on the site guys, it looks fantastic.
Like the new site. Was this your first foray into basecamp?
Hi Zach, Yes it was. I have an account for our own work but this was the first real good project using Basecamp with plenty of people involved.
Hi, I want to run a story on David and his book but can’t find contact details anywhere. Could someone who has contact with him email me his mobile number or get him to do so please (roisin@businessplus.ie). Thanks a million!
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