Yes, yes I know. We have promised The Mac Coach for several months now, and despite valiant efforts on our parts and ALOT, ALOT of overtime working on it, it is still not up. You might wonder what is going on behind the scenes. How can it take so long to launch this site. Why would someone make a promise that they couldn’t keep?
Well, hopefully all these answer will receive responses in this post today. First of all, I want to talk about The Mac Coach and what we plan to offer in the coming months to our users.
The Mac Coach’s desire, is to spread the love of Apple products worldwide (yes, we already have an international audience, welcome everyone) and to help consumers of all levels become more affluent with these products. We are geared towards all levels, however the first parts to launch will be designed more for beginners, but worry not… more is on the way for everyone else. The biggest part of The Mac Coach will be its’ online library of video tutorials. Did we mention the word “FREE” in there? Finally, a place to go where we can watch free, hi-quality videos of tips, tricks, and how-tos for Apple products. However, we plan to take the site even further than that. Besides offering just videos, we will also include some simple Text-Pic tutorials for step-by-step instructions as well as an online forum where users can post questions and discussions, and receive responses by an official “Mac Coach”, or by one of our other enthusiastic users. Also, we have this blog, which will keep us up-to-date with ongoing Apple News, Tips, and Hints with daily posts. Many more ideas are on the horizon including podcasts. We would love to hear your feature suggestions as well. Add a comment to the end of this post to let us know.
Timeframe. We have set a reasonable goal of launching the site on November 1st, 2009. Mark this on your iCals, this is going to be an exciting day. When we launch we will be launching in BETA, which means that we will only be partially complete with the site setup and video content. Even after we launch you will see many more features and videos added to the site. We will be looking for your feedback and your support. To stay informed with these updates as they happen, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here.
Behind the scenes, videos are being made every day. Effort is put into making them very effective and efficient. We know that the amount of time you have is precious. We have tried to avoid excessive video lengths, but to still explain everything within the videos so that nothing is misunderstood at the end. We can only crank out 3-4 videos a day, which is much more time than initially anticipated. But these videos will be very helpful. They will be worth the wait. Also, we are redesigning the site from its’ original look. Things should be alot better as far as that is concerned.
There are so many more things I would love to tell you, but we want to leave some pleasant surprises. We will again be launching on November 1st, 2009. Be here on that day to celebrate with us. In the meantime, read our blog… follow us on twitter… become a fan on Facebook… and subscribe to our Newsletter. Be sure to add any comments or suggestions in the comment boxes below.
