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    “Sinning” is an archery term, which literally means “to miss the mark.” If you’re blogging to establish a two-way dialogue with the world, the “mark” is the optimal reader experience. The following is a list of ten things that can hurt your blog’s usability.

    10. Sending Mixed Messages

    The focus of your blog should be decided before you
    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
    r first post and then committed to. Random blog entries about a melee of topics might work for a personal blog read by friends and family, but is not a good approach for a serious, professional blog. The lifeblood of any blog is in its loyal subscriber base. And readers are more willing to subscribe to blogs that talk about their area of
    ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

    Examples of combination products may in
    interest on a consistent basis.

    If your blog’s “personality” includes the odd personal entry, create a separate category for “fun stuff,” “random” or other “personal,” and think about each post’s fit with your target audience before you publish. Or start a separate blog on that topic and cross-link your blogs.

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

    scribe

    Because subscribers are such an important part of blogging success, you need to make it easy for users to sign up. Since not all users understand and use RSS feed aggregators like Feedburner and Bloglines (also called newsreaders), offer both email and RSS options. Make them very conspicuous, preferably placing them at the top of
    here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
    your navigation menu and above the fold.

    Don’t be afraid to “ask for the subscription” at the end of each post as well. Chicklets are mini-icons that make it easy to add to feed aggregators and social bookmark sites like del.icio.us and Netvouz with one click. You can find more information on adding chicklets to your blog with the
    d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

    Combination pro
    arget="_new" href="http://www.twistermc.com/shake/RSS-index.php">Chicklet Creator.

    If you are using free blog software and hosting, it may not be possible to add these extra functions. So plan ahead when choosing your platform.

    8. Inconsistent Posting

    Now that you have a loyal fan base who are notified of every new post, don’t dis
    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
    appoint them with time lags between posts. Pick a posting schedule that’s realistic for your time schedule and stick to it. If you can’t think of anything to post about, blog about someone else’s post related to your topic and include a link back to that post.

    Will this hurt your own blog to send subscribers away to another blog? No, be
    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
    cause you’re still offering them something useful in lieu of you posting something. You can also leave a comment or trackback on the other blog that links back to your post which can send traffic back to you. Bloggers often monitor their trackbacks or incoming links through Technorati, PubSub or other services. They might end up blogging
    nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
    about you in return.

    7. No Contact Info

    Some blogs can pull off the mystique of an anonymous posting. But if your website is for business, it’s hard to have a two way dialogue when you make it impossible to contact you. Transparency is fundamental to building trust on the web. And you don’t want users to mistake your reputable blog fo
    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
    r a “splog” or spammy blog that scrapes content from other sites.

    If you don’t want to advertise your email address because of spammers you can still enable comments on your posts. Yes you’ll still get spammed, that’s the reality of the Web. Wordpress blogs come with Akismet anti-spam which does a good job at catching most spam. You usu
    ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
    lly have the option to moderate comments before they appear on your blog.

    6. Not Moderating Comments

    Allowing anyone and everyone to post whatever they want in your comments section is asking for spam. Not only is this annoying to your readers, but it really takes down the professionalism of your blog.

    5. Excessive Advertising

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

    Following aspects would a
    ine to monetize your blog or use affiliate links, as long as they are not intrusive to users and overshadow useful content. When ads appear all over the page and even in the middle of posts, the user experience suffers. Avoid contextual ads -- programs that highlight words in your posts to make them look like hyperlinks, but popup an ad
    dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

    Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
    Which combination prod
    when they are rolled over with a mouse. Just like having items appear clickable that are not has been usability issue, so is tricking users into clicking on ads or viewing ads when they appear to be hyperlinks.

    And if your blog is very new, it’s a good idea to wait until you’ve built up a history of useful posts before running advertisi
    cts are meaningful and rational?
    Which therapeutic categories to select?
    Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
    Do combin
    ng.

    4. Not Linking to Posts

    When you’re referring to something that can be found on the Web such as a news story, another business, person or other blog post (whether on your own or someone else’s blog), allow your reader to check out the background info. Linking back to previous entries also builds page strength for those posts and ca
    tions increase the patient compliance?
    What would be the developing cost?
    How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
    n help you with search engine rankings. But don’t be afraid to link off your site, this generosity can help you get noticed by other bloggers. And it’s also nice to give credit where credit is due.

    3. Dark Background, Light Text

    What’s been a general usability rule for years certainly applies to blogs. Anything that makes your blog har
    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
    der to read should be avoided. Remember, it’s harder to read online than offline. The worst culprits for eyestrain are white text on a black backgrounds, low contrast combinations like black with red and busy patterned backgrounds. And it’s a good idea to avoid blocks of red text, even on a white background.

    2. No Search Box

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

    Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
    visitors may remember a post that’s not intuitive to find through your navigation menu or tag system. Regular readers might also want to find their own comments, so make that possible by placing a search box somewhere in your layout.

    1. Hiding Navigation

    Most blog software comes with a variety of lovely templates to skin your site. But
    y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
    not all of these templates are optimal for usability. Templates that require users to scroll right down to the bottom of the blog to find navigation are not the best choice. Stick to conventional left column or right column navigation.

    One of social media’s best gifts to the World Wide Web is the ability to “tag” posts by subject/conte
    .

    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
    nt and automatically create a navigation categories. Users can easily browse by subject, and hone in on all your posts related to a specific topic or microtopic. This also helps users find you on blog portals like Technorati.

    You also have the option of displaying calendars, archives and tag clouds which may or may not be useful and can
    elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

    Companies that provide selfless information through particip
    clutter up your page. Keep in mind that with usability and design, less is often more.

    Conclusion

    Taking some time to evaluate your blog wearing the hat of your reader can greatly improve the user experience. Considering what makes a user-friendly blog before you begin blogging helps you plan for optimal usability right from the start


    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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