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Site Development

Tips for Dealing with Elance Arbitration

by Christine on December 7, 2009

in Site Development

If you’ve been following Go Go Mama Go for a while, you’ll know that I originally intended to build a site that allowed consumers to search and compare strollers as well as provide editorial neutral articles on strollers. I went through eLance, which I have found to be great for sourcing VAs, writers and people [...]

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In a two-part guest post, a family of eco-preneurs share tips from the trenches on how they built two membership sites for a fraction of what they would have cost otherwise by tapping non-standard resources. This week, Nancy Rielle and Leigh Copin, cousins and Co-founders of VerveCards.com, a quality ecard site, discuss their experience using a proprietary web builder. Next week, cousin/sister-in-law, Suzanne Rielle, will highlight ways she effectively managed her offshore web development team to build Loobalee.com, a resale site for designer kids’ clothing.

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Cultural Divide

by Christine on July 27, 2009

in Day-to-Day, Site Development

So, the stroller site is not progressing as happily as I would like it to. I’ve been stalled because my project manager in India has been sick. I’ve also been hamstrung by the fact that I did not provide them with a spec as I assumed that they would speak up if they were missing [...]

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I should always listen to myself.
When embarking on my stroller site, I thought I’d approach the project differently. In my day job (if I had a day job right now), I would be overseeing a team of project managers, coaching them in the ins and outs of deploying huge applications for major web sites. Or [...]

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My Favorite SEO Blogs

by Christine on July 13, 2009

in Site Development

As you know, I’ve been doing a lot of research about the best way to optimize a web site, and I’ve written about the SEO, what it is and why it matters. I thought it would be useful to compile a list of significant SEO blogs. I’ve also taken some quick snippets from the About [...]

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RMZ Millenia Business Park, Chennai – India’s Largest LEED Gold rated Green Building, originally uploaded by g_gauri.
Yesterday, I talked about what you can expect from dealing with an off-shore provider. Today, I’ll focus on communicating effectively with off-shore providers. Here are some tips to keep in mind:
Remember the Language Gap
This is obvious. While many people [...]

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I’ve been dealing a lot with India these past few months. In my day job, I’ve hired a team of Indian resources from a major consulting company to build a significant application for us. To build my first online product, I’m using Mind Genies in Noida, India, to build my stroller site for me.
I found [...]

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Links to the Past, originally uploaded by bengalsfan1973.
A few days ago, in my post Why Google Matters, I talked about the basic importance of Google and why you need it for the success of your site. Well, duh, you’re thinking. I know. I know. It’s pretty simple, but we need to start at the beginning [...]

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Why Google Matters

by Christine on June 1, 2009

in Site Development

So let’s talk about Google. According to its site, “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
In 2000, I was on guest on the tech segment of TalkTV. Three guests were invited to talk about new sites and gadgets that emerged earlier in the year. I remember quite [...]

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Received My First Mock Ups!

by Christine on May 27, 2009

in Ramblings, Site Development

I know I haven’t mentioned anything about what my first site is yet, but I need to tell you that I received my mock ups and I’m so excited!! It’s so cool to finally be able to see my ideas start to take a shape. What’s more is that the business idea is feeling tangible [...]

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