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The recent update in mid-2006 by EzineArticles to help authors monitor their article marketing and article writing statistics has brought incredible opportunities to those who actively use these tools. Unfortunately, I believe many are not taking advantage of these statistics and therefore a

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

re failing to capitalize on the results of increasing web traffic. This failure further reinforces a working harder not smarter attitude.

Each morning using the View My Articles resource page, I track the total daily article reads from one day to the next. Also, I include the numbe

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

Examples of combination products may in

r of times Ezine Publisher has been used, along with emails and votes. This helps me to see any trends in overall article viewing traffic.

During a teleconference for Internet Marketing Articles sponsored by Ezine’s Chris Knight with Jeff Herring who had written over 700 articles at that ti

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

me, Jeff shared his total reads for all articles submitted. I then took that information and calculated his average reads per article which were around 175. This figure of 175 became my minimum benchmark for the average reads for my articles. Currently, I am averaging 274 reads per article

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

r 54,382 reads for 198 articles.

Next I track reads per article for every 30 days for an entire year. After a year, I then track annual reads. What I have learned from this is that even if an article is not popular in 30 days, it may pick up reading popularity at the 60 or even 90 day mark

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

Combination pro

er. This was demonstrated with the article 7 Tips to Real Estate Agents' Success submitted in May of 2006. During the first 30 days, this article had only 194 reads that placed in number 5 for all articles that I had submitted t

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

o Ezine. However, at 60 days the reads jumped to 319 and after 90 days another 200 reads happened. Now this article is at 1,146 reads and is third in all reads for the currently 198 submitted. Given its continued growth, by the end of this year, this article should be number one outpacing

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

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For new articles, I watch the daily reads during the first 30 days. Recently, I submitted an article. Economics: The Gap Between the Hav

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

e & Have Nots Is Much More About Indidividual Choice in one on of my off-topic lists (meaning it was not in my overall article marketing plan) and noticed that the article had few reads. I intentionally did not submit any articles for a week to see if this would result in a trend and yes

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

it did. My daily reads dropped about 25%. Visitors read an article and if it is good will click to read more articles by that author. However, if the topic is not a popular topic or one associated with the author's writing expertise, then less people read the article. This causes a reductio

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

in the total number of reads on other articles by that author for that day and does affect long term overall views.

This monitoring habit takes approximately 10 minutes each morning. And, it is time not well spent, but time well invested.

The Results for My Article Marketing and Articl

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

Following aspects would a

e Writing Efforts

Result #1 – Pair Off Topic Article with On-Topic Article

Now if I decide to submit an article in what I call my off topic list where I am in the bottom 50% of all authors (Ezine Articles Author Ranking Page), I will also immediately submit an article in one of

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

my designed topic lists. This keeps my daily reads higher and helps to maintain my average reads per article.

Result #2 – Drive Traffic to Past Articles

Another result that I have monitored is using new articles to increase traffic to old articles. By writing about one topic such as

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

Strategic Planning and referring the reader through an anchor text link does increase the reads to that past article. Again, this increases average reads per article.

Result #3 – All Articles Have Value

A recent book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Le

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

s of More by Chris Anderson, discussed the theory of the long tail. Since I have been tracking my articles, I can attest that all my articles continue to get reads even if they are just a few reads a year. There is definitely a long tail for me in tracking my article submission results.

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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

Result 4– Maintain and Adjust Author Rankings

Using the Author Rankings by Category page, I can measure the results of my efforts respective to overall article submission. Of the 42 topic areas where I have submitted articles, I am in the top 20 of all writers in 10 of those areas.

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

Additionally, over 50% of the topic areas, I am in the top 25% of all writers. By monitoring this page, I can determine what topic I may wish to address especially to maintain my ranking of being in the top 20 authors of those topics. NOTE: These topics have already been delineated i

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

my marketing plan.

Result 5 – Traffic Increase to Web Site

By checking the statistics from my website on a daily basis, I can see a dramatic increase in web traffic. My goal is to have 20% bookmarked unique visitors, 40% from Internet Web Searches and 40% from outside links such as

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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

EzineArticles. Unique visitor traffic continues to increase with a monthly increase from those who are coming directly from the Ezine Articles.

An old adage that I share with all of my clients is "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it." Ezine Articles has done a great job to

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

provide you, the author or expert, with the information you need to measure and manage the results of your article writing and article marketing efforts. The challenge is for you to leverage those efforts by using your Author Tools. I can personally attest – the results are worth it.

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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