Thought I’d give everyone a little update on the progress of my site. Here’s what I’ve accomplished to date:
I have completed a pretty exhaustive list of product information that will make the backbone of my web site. I used a company in India to complete this. However, I will admit that I’m not entirely pleased with the result.
The company also collected the accompanying product images. Again, not happy with everything they found, but it’s about 99% there.
The company also looked up manufacturer contact information, including url, address, phone number.
I’ve hired a virtual assistant to help with collecting advertising information and vendor contact details.
I’ve commissioned a writer in Seattle to write several articles for me. She written about 20 to date with another 10 to come. She’s been perfect and requires very little oversight from me.
I hired a person in Spain to complete 10 Top 10 Lists for me. I’ve read that Top 10 Lists enhance a site’s performance.
I have been working with a vendor in India to build my web site. It’s been pretty good so far. The team has been very accommodating, although communication has been a bit patchy. I’m curious to see how they will do for development and am starting to play around with the Joomla CMS interface now.
I launched this blog to document my progress and meet a few new people online. I’ve published 20 articles to date.
I’ve set myself up on Twitter and have been experimenting with what that might bring for my business.
I’ve been devouring several blogs, ebooks and web sites to get myself as informed as possible on this stuff.
I started my 5 Questions feature and have thus far published 2 posts and have several queued up for the next few weeks.
I’ve been participating in various forums and commenting on blogs in the hopes of learning more and have met a few people along the way.
Wow. When I look at that list, I can’t believe I’ve done all that in the span of about a month and a half. All while maintaining my full time job as well as being a mother and wife. Since I don’t have a boss to tell me I’m doing great, I guess I’ll do it for me: Great job, Christine! 
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