Welcome!

Hi there everyone!

The goal at this website is for me to share some healthy blogging tips...aka the things I do to keep myself healthy while I am sitting around all day on the internet, and how to keep things in balance between work, family, friends, blogging, and most importantly---the passion we all share in common as "bloggers"---WRITING!

Writing is the most important thing when it comes to blogging and it always seems to get cast to the wayside by socialnetworking, forums, IM, writer's block, sickness, and other obstacles on our path to success.

I think EVERY health care professional should have a blog, but not everyone should do it full time for a living. You have to be passionate about your topic to the point that you can write two to three things about it every single day for the rest of your life. If you aren't going to do it professionally, it certainly doesn't mean that you can't dabble in the blogosphere to improve the Google and Alexa rankings of your website. You want to blog so that your rank will improve, ranking high on the internet will help potential clients or patients find you.

You also want to blog about your favorite topics so that other like minded people in your niche, or again patients that are looking for an expert in your niche will be able to find you.

Not everyone can maintain the passion it takes to run a full time professional health blog. Sometimes not even me, which is why we will talk about how to keep it all in balance so that you can be a blogger for the long haul.

I run a fabulous and fun website over at http://KitchenTableMedicine.com and have learned quite a few things over the past year of putting it together. Trust me, I don't know everything, but I certainly do know enough to tell you that marketing yourself or your product on the internet can be extremely overwhelming...especially if you over do it.

I will also go through a blog and give it a "makeover" once a week. I started this blog advice thread over at Blog Catalog one day when my blog was down for maintenence, and it really taught me A LOT! Critiquing other people's blogs and suggesting ways to improve made me realize I needed to practice what I preached. I also realized that I actually had some helpful insight and support to offer newbie bloggers and it really feels great to share my wisdom with the talented and hard working bloggers that deserve it. I saw some amazing transformations occur just from a few of my simple tips.

Blogging can be tough. Blogging can be difficult. Blogging can be stressful.

But the blog doctor is now IN, and here to try to answer questions and share her latest social networking tips.

So welcome aboard! And stay tuned for more :D