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With regards to online promotions for authors, there is such a thing as spreading oneself too thinly. With the recent surge of social networking and bookmark sites, the urge to join every new community is strong. It is true that you want to certify your name and/or book as a brand, and

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

devoting time to socializing via sites like MySpace and Friendster can help build a potential readership, which in turn may improve word of mouth promotion of your book. However, trying to manage a presence on several sites at once can be daunting and time-consuming. Plus, too much time

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

Examples of combination products may in

spent marketing takes away from writing that next book.

So where do you find the balance to maintain your creative writing while employing effective online marketing techniques? Is it better to spread yourself in tiny portions across a multitude of social networks, or concentrate your

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

energy on two or three and let the readers come to you? The authors of a marketing book I once read called "Focus" touched on the theory that a business that maintains a focus on one product or service tends to be more successful that the company that attempts to branch out into differ

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

ent things. This thought can be applied to online marketing: make one or two social communities part of your marketing focus, and your chances for sales may increase.

Of course, this begs the question, "Which social networks?" MySpace, for one, is perhaps the best known and most popula

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

Combination pro

r of the active sites. Its multi-functionality and growing database of users gives the author greater opportunity for establishing a following. As for other up-and-coming sites whose names may become dictionary terms, here is a short listing. Determine which ones may be most useful to y

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

our book marketing, and focus your energy on creating a visible presence through the services they offer.

del.icio.us – del.icio.us is regarded as one of the first widely known social bookmarking websites on the Internet. "Social bookmarking" refers to the collection of favorite websit

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

es and pages, made available for other Internet users to browse. Websites are grouped by keywords which are made searchable through the site and may be viewed as lists or as "clouds". A cloud is a grouping of keywords where the larger font words represent phrases with the most websites

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

attributed to them.

As a registered del.icio.us user, you can add and edit favorite URLs and save them to an RSS feed which can be applied to your site or blog through an aggregator. Many people use del.icio.us to reference favorite sites or to promote multiple URLs with which they are

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

associated. For somebody marketing via the Internet, del.icio.us offers the opportunity to create inbound links to websites for link popularity, and to offer del.icio.us user the chance to find your site under a specific keyword. For del.icio.us to be truly effective, however, your sit

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

e would have to be tagged by other del.icio.us users. One way to achieve this is by adding a special button to your website to entice visitors to add your URL to their bookmarks.

As a marketing tool, del.icio.us works best if people use it to tag you. Keep a profile at del.icio.us for

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

Following aspects would a

the promotion of your URLs and books, and spend time on it when you have some to spare.

Flickr – Flickr is a social community founded on photo sharing. Offering widgets to allow blog users to add gallery functionality to their templates, Flickr enjoyed an explosive popularity as a soci

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

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

al site, and through its acquisition by Yahoo it maintains status as one of the top places to visit and share pictures. Here people may upload vacation snaps, photos of bizarre but true hometown imagery, and personal photos designed to bring people of the world even closer.

Can Flickr

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

benefit the author? In a way, yes. Readers are fans, and fans have an interest in various aspects of the lives of those they admire. Flickr presents the author with an opportunity to share with readers through pictures. Snapshots of recent book signings or conference appearances may be

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

uploaded to a gallery and shared with all. Exposing a personal side to your writing persona, however large or small, cements a bond between you and the reader than can grow and ultimately benefit your sales through word of mouth.

As a marketing tool, Flickr can help bring a personable

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

quality to your site or weblog. Update occasionally as you have pictures of book-related events and objects to share.

Faqqly – This is a unique social site in that it encourage users to ask each other questions. These questions form your personal FAQ, or Frequently Asked Question list.

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

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

Once you set up a profile, you can offer information about your book and writing career. The idea is that people on Faqqly will ask questions about your books and writing, and as you answer you create the FAQ. It is very similar to being interviewed.

As a marketing tool, Faqqly presen

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

ts an opportunity to market yourself to interested readers. Rather than maintain a personal FAQ on your site, you can link to your Faqqly profile and encourage reader interaction, thereby enhancing your rapport with your audience. As you can be alerted to new questions, you won't need t

.

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

o devote too much time to FAQQLY unless you can spare a few minutes to reciprocate questions to other FAQQLY users. This in turn, exposes you to a wider FAQQLY audience who will hopefully visit your profile.

From bookmarks to impromptu interviews, social networking sites offer the auth

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

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

or many opportunities for self-promotion. Choose the sites that best fit your time schedule and energy, and keep your focus and a polished profile for yourself and your books. Use your time to write and give readers something else to look forward to when they revisit you on these sites.

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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