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This is a valid question to those just getting started in eCommerce. I’ve known about blogs for some time but until about eight months ago I hadn’t really done much with blogging. What a great marketing opportunity; what a great way to share ideas and lea

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

rn new information; what a great way to make additional income via the internet. Wikipedia explains blogs in the following way:

A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blo

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

s often provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its top

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

c. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of most early blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual although some focus on photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting), and are part

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

of a wider network of social media. The term “blog” is derived from “Web log.” “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. As of November 2006, blog search engine Technorati was tracking nearly 60 million blogs.

Other

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

explanations I’ve heard about blogs include “online journal”, “digital newspaper”, and “web logs”.

So why are blogs so important when it comes to eCommerce? This is a common question too. Isn’t a blog just something else you have to work on and spend tim

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

doing? You bethya! However, the return on investment of a blog can come in a variety of ways. Here are some of my favorite things about blogging:

Free (or very inexpensive) Targeted Advertising

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

ere. My favorites are worpress.com and blogger.com. I use both of them but am leaning more and more to wordpress.com because of all the functionality. Having multiple blogs, in relation to your website, can be so helpful: it’s a way to build additional qu

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

lity links - ways that search engines can find your website. (ie. I have 2 blogs specifically used to promote my dance bags website: clogon.blogspot.com and bestdanceshoes.blogspot.com. I also have a new blog for my customized DVD and photography website:

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

highlightsports.wordpress.com.) As you make posts on your blog, you can create anchor links to specific pages of your new website using keyword phrases. This is offsite advertising at it best! If you want even better recognition, purchase a domain name fr

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

m GoDaddy and host it with BlueHost. That’s what I’ve done with this blog.

Build Industry Credibility

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

s (and potential buyers) can see that you know what you’re talking about; they can trust in the products you are offering. Without content and quality information to back up buying decisions, buyers will probably look elsewhere.

Affil

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

ate Marketing Opportunities: as you can see at clogon.blogspot.com and bestdanceshoes.blogspot.com, I have a few different ways to actually make money with these blogs. The first is through Google Adsense, a pay-per-click campaign that makes mone

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

as visitors click on the advertising links. Google Adsense is free to set up and can be a great supplemental income to your business plan, at least to start. The other affiliate marketing campaigns on those blogs are the products on the side navigation.

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

These affiliates were found through Commission Junction (www.cj.com). Sign up as a Publisher and start applying for affiliates within your industry or that compliment what you are doing. The pay may not be as good as getting products at a wholesale price

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

nd reselling at a retail price but at least you give yourself the opportunity to make money (and the cost is minimal if at all). Before you start adding tons of ads to your blog, you should probably read about why it is not best to monetize your blog rig

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

t out of the gate.

To finish up, make sure you remember the key word for effective blogging - Consistency:

How often you post - whether it’s once a day, week, or whatever, it’s important that you post new information on a consistent basis if yo

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

want readers to come back.

What you write about- if you have questions about this see my post about Focus

Anchor links - we don’t want to overdo the anchor links to our website, but it’s important to make keywords links to your pages<

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As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

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Product Reviews - if you are selling products on your website, it’s a good idea to do reviews from time to time - tell visitors why your products are better than the competition (use testimonials and feedback from clients)

Posting to ot

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

er people’s blogs - find blogs you like that relate to what you are marketing and make good comments; use the Trackback tools if you have a lot to say: this can get your comment to show up on the blog you made the comment on and on your blog too.

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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Products go through significant evolutions and conversion trends. If you really understand what is happening you can use this process to define high quality business acquistion candidates.

Just because everyone is advertising or hanging banners, this does not mean this is the best way for you to increase sales and make a profit. You and only you can decide which road to take and how to reach your goal.

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