'Contact Lens Problems Interview'

Name of your website?

Contact Lens Problems

Your name?

Katie

Your Location (city, etc)

North Anodver

Please give us a short summary of your website?

Discusses health and clinical problems associated with contact lens wear.

What inspired you to launch your own website?

To provide a source of quality and unbiased information for contact lens wearers experiencing problems with their lenses.

When did you launch your first website, and what was it?

1998--http://www.seewithlasik.com

How did you decide on a name for your website?

A clear concise title that summarized the website subject content.

What makes it different from other, similar offerings?

it is written by health care providers, mainly ophthalmologists who are very knowledgable while providing non-commercialized content.

What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)

We would like to recoup our start up costs and perhaps earn a decent living from the site.

How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?

So far, we are deeply in the red.

If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?

Continual updates and refreshing of hte site while SEOing it.

If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?

Yes. I'd have a real job then.

What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?

Difficult to get enough traffic to the site.

What has been your biggest challenge?

See answer ablve--traffic!

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Manual submissions.

How has running your website differed from your expectations?

Very frustrating to put a lot of effort into a project and not see it come full circle.

How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?

Few years now we've been running it and we'll keep it up becuase we believe in the content.

What is your website address?

Contact Lens Problems

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