What is the name of your Blog?Vitality Medical Blog
What is your name?
Reggie Thomison
Where are you from? (include country, state and/or city)
Salt lake City, Utah
What is your current age or age range?
40
Please describe your blog
The Vitality Medical Blog is a medical supply blog that tries to answer the most common questions heard by the Vitality Medical Staff. All products mentioned link back to the Vitality Medical site (www.vitalitymedical.com). If the reader wants to purchase medical supplies from another source, the blog will still help them to understand the conditions and the equipment used to treat them. The best blog was probably the 2-part "Hospital Beds – What You Need To Know Before You Get Yours!"
Describe the main purpose of your blogging, what are you trying to accomplish?
For the business we are trying to drive traffic to the site. But in the long term we are trying to become a trusted source of knowledge when it comes to Medical Supplies.
What blogging platform do you do and why?
Our blog is hosted on Word Press. It's free and easy to use
What do you blog the most about?
Medical Supplies and conditions.
What kind of blogs make you angry?
Some of our competitors have hired what I call "Flogs"--Fake Blogs! They hire kids from MySpace to write Key Word heavy Crap to try to trick Google. Stuff that says: "Medical supplies are one of the major expenses of modern medical practices. So it is important to know how to get high quality medical supplies with lowest price. Online shopping is an excellent way to find the items you are looking for at the lowest price. Ordering medical products online is saves time, quick, and very often more affordable than buying supplies through traditional retailers."
Give five of your best blogging tips.
1. Provide REAL information 2. Link to legit sources 3. Use good Grammar and Spelling 4. Make it Key Word Heavy if you want but for the Love of Pete don't make it ridiculous! 5. The Blogging Devil will tempt you every day to take shortcuts in your blog. Don't do it.
What are some things you would NEVER blog about?
I think all subjects should be fair game.
Did you start blogging for the purpose of making money and if so, are you making enough money?
I started blogging to drive traffic to the site. But since we have an 800 # I can't track all of the sales from the blog. That said, I can track where the blog has paid for itself. I need traffic to improve. Currently I get 10 hits per day.
How long have you been blogging?
2 Years
About how many hours per day do you spend blogging?
Maybe .25 hours a day. Our blog is almost a weekly blog.
Do you track RSS feeds and if so, how many do you usually track daily?
I have a lot of NPR feeds. Some NHL.com Feeds. And I have a Google alert set for the phrase "Medical Supplies."
Do you use Digg, and why or why not?
Don't know it
Do you use Stumbleupon, and why or why not?
Don't know it
What promotional techniques work best for you and why?
We link to our blog from our site (PR 4). We also link to the blog in every Email send to the customers.
If you could post a blog on any blog in the world, which one would it be and why?
I got no idea what you mean by this.
What mistakes have you made that you could warn others about?
Be consistent. Not every blog will do better than the last. watch your stats but don't obsess over them.
What are your top five blogging site picks and why?
Mine . . . I like different sports blogs.
Have you met anyone offline as a result of your blog?
No
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What is the url of your blog?
Vitality Medical Blog
