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News and tips for medical experts and beauty professionals active on RealSelf.com
Top 10: Most-Viewed Profiles In June
This week's featured Top 10 List highlights the RealSelf professional participants who have received the most attention from our community during the month of June. This means that from June 1st through June 30th, consumers visited these professionals' profile pages more than any other profile pages on RealSelf.com.
Wondering how you can get noticed? Actively building rapport with the RealSelf community through participation is essential. Take a look at some of the profiles below to see what the most popular of RealSelf's participants are up to... then find out if you can match up.
Debuting on this month's Top 10 List are Dr. Julius Few, Dr. Erik Austin and Lori Haney.
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RealSelf.com's New Look
Many of you have already seen the recently re-designed RealSelf.com home page. For those of you who haven't, be sure to check out our new look. We're very excited about the updates!
Not only does our home page look better, the navigation is easier and more features are available. Here are some highlights:
Tabbed Browsing
At the top of the page, we've now got green navigation tabs to help our community members find the most popular pages on RealSelf: Q&A with experts (that's you!), Find a doctor, and Reviews and opinions.
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Become A Top Participant
At RealSelf.com, we appreciate all of the medical and beauty industry professionals who share their knowledge and honest insights by contributing answers, comments, articles and photos to our community.
We also recognize a special status for professionals who've not only maintained the highest level of activity within our community, but have taken additional steps to help us grow it.
In an effort to highlight these participants, we have created Top Participant status (formerly Gold status).
Becoming a Top Participant
To achieve Top Participant status in the RealSelf.com community, professionals provide:
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WOW: Dr. Mary Lupo's Frequently Asked Questions
This week's WOW belongs to Dr. Mary Lupo at The Lupo Center for Aesthetics & General Dermatology in New Orleans, LA. Click here to see how Dr. Lupo shares her RealSelf Q&A with visitors to her own website.
Combining her RealSelf Q&A with the "Ask Dr. Lupo" feature on her website keeps duplicate questions to a minimum, which allows Dr. Lupo to save time. Inquisitive visitors to Dr. Lupo's website can read the frequently asked questions she has already addressed on RealSelf, and thus only need to utilize the "Ask Dr. Lupo" feature for new, unanswered questions.
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WOW: Q&A With Mitchel Goldman, M.D.
This week's WOW belongs to Dr. Mitchel Goldman of La Jolla Spa MD. Click here to see how Dr. Goldman shares his RealSelf Q&A with visitors to his own website.
Dr. Goldman knows that displaying his RealSelf Q&A on his own website not only allows him to keep fresh content up for his site users, it also allows him to demonstrate his expertise to prospective patients beyond the rapidly growing RealSelf.com community.
To learn how to post your RealSelf Q&A on your website using our customized widget, please contact us!
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Get Noticed: Participate In RealSelf.com Discussion Forums
It's no secret that participating in Q&A on RealSelf.com is a great way to get noticed by prospective patients and clients. But did you know that interacting with our community by posting comments in active RealSelf discussion forums could get even more consumers interested in you?
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Top 10: Most-Viewed Profiles In May
It was neck and neck in May. The most frequently viewed profile on RealSelf.com triumphed over the No. 2 profile by a very slim margin - 13 unique visits to be exact.
Both of the top two most-viewed profiles had more than 400 unique visitors, but the reigning champ of the past two months, Dr. Robert Clinton, was finally rousted out of the No. 1 spot.
Who had the most-viewed profile on RealSelf.com in May? How did the chips fall for the rest of our top 10? Read more to find out!
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New Features: Dashboard Updates, Answer Sorting And More
New Features in May: Dashboard Updates, Answer Sorting and More
Our development team is always working hard to make RealSelf.com more interesting and user-friendly. Click the links below to read about some recent site updates and exciting new features we've added to improve your experience on RealSelf.com:
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The Latest On RealSelf: New Contributors
Please join me in welcoming eight new physicians and surgeons who started participating in the RealSelf.com Professional Program this week.
Daniel C. Mills, M.D. - Laguna Beach, CA
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The Latest On RealSelf: New Contributors
Please join me in welcoming this week's new members of the RealSelf.com Professionals Program.
Kent V. Hasen, M.D. - Naples, FL
Stephen Prendiville, M.D. - Fort Myers, FL
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Top 10: Most-Viewed Professional Profiles In April
More than 9,500 consumers visit RealSelf.com each day, and although many factors influence how often they visit each professional profile, actively participating in Q&A and interacting with the RealSelf.com community drastically increases the chance that more potential patients and clients will notice you.
So, it comes as no surprise that some of the most active professional participants on RealSelf.com find their profiles among the top 10 most frequently-viewed profiles month after month.
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New Feature: Users Can Friend You
Consumer engagement is nirvana for brands and service providers who are challenged with the dual task of building trust with consumers and breaking through the information glut.
One way marketers are looking to drive engagement is by participating in social networks than enable "friending." That is, a user on MySpace can friend Janet Jackson, Pepsi, or the latest Hollywood hit film.
Friending leads others in the social network to discover these artists, brands, and products in a trusted way... an indirect but powerful form of promotion.
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Top Answer Contributors Get Top Billing On RealSelf.com
If you read the second issue of the RealSelf Professional Connection newsletter, then you already know that professional participants get ranked on directory pages according to the number of answers they've contributed.
What you may not know is that consumers also see the top five contributors for a particular location and specialty when viewing an unclaimed profile that belongs to a professional who does not participate on RealSelf.com.
Take a look below to see an example of top contributor cameos on an unclaimed profile page:
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Top 10: Most-Viewed Professional Profiles In March
Two new profiles made the Top 10 list for most unique page views in March, while many of last month's top profiles shuffled into different positions. Home page placement, participation rate, saturation on high-traffic pages, and market area location are all factors that affect how many unique page views a profile receives each month. Read on to find out whose profile was number one in March!
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Top 10: Most-Viewed Q&A
Ever wondered where people are looking to find answers on RealSelf.com? We've compiled data for the past 30 days that shows which Q&A pages have been most popular among visitors to RealSelf.com. Sign in or register, and click the links below to start answering questions on the most-viewed topic and treatment Q&A pages.
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Top 10: Most-Viewed Professional Profiles In February
The February numbers are in. So, whose profile had the most unique visits for the month? Drum roll please...
10. Jonathan Hoenig, M.D., Beverly Hills, CA
9. Dianne York-Goldman, La Jolla Spa MD & DYG Mineral Makeup, La Jolla, CA
8. Ashkan Ghavami, M.D., Beverly Hills, CA
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What Is RealSelf?
Want a quick background on RealSelf.com, what it's all about? Check out this video.
We had fun making this, however our CEO promises to go to acting school before the next shoot.
~April
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New Additions To RealSelf - A Busy Week For London's Beauty Experts
Since our last post, we've had many varied additions to RealSelf's Expert Q&A program:
Amy Palma from the South Beach Makeup Studio in Miami clued us in to airbrush makeup and taught us how to liven up our features with traditional makeup.
We also have four new experts from across the pond:
London plastic surgeon Mr. Charles Nduka contributed tips on anti-aging treatments and post-op scar healing.
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Ask, And You Shall Get Answers!
In response to RealSelf community questions, we have had several new additions in the past week.
L.A. hair guru Romi Cortier just contributed his first video tip! Listen as Romi explains what to look for in shampoos, conditioners, and color maintenance and styling products to make your hair look its best. Your hair will thank you.
