Okay, biting the bullet, going to start my own blog, I have some interesting ideas, thoughts to share, humor to give, and my own two cents.
So I look forward to chatting with some of you, discussing posts, and maybe letting you see the world from my eyes.
Keep in touch!
Tom
So I am Starting off with a contest! Enter below to win $5 paypal cash sent right to your email! I just really want people to stop by, say hi, get to know this place and give me a hint or two how to make it stand out!
I will email winner when contest is over, you have 48 hours to respond or new winner will be chosen. Make sure to check your spam folder and add me if I end up there!
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Congratulations to Amy D. She is my very first winner ever! Thanks to everyone for entering and posting. I do so appreciate it. Please stick around, there is so much more to come!
Hey! I love your blog!
Hey! I love my blog too! Thanks for stopping by!
Hello….you are off to a good start!
brich22 at earthlink dot net
Thank you for stopping by, hope to keep it going!
Hello! I love the color of this site.
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I do too! Thank you…was as close to the red I wanted without being overbearing, thanks for stopping by!
Hi there, I wish you luck in this adventure 🙂
An adventure it will be, thanks for stopping by!
I am not currently a blogger,but am also going to be starting soon
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
Well Thank you for stopping by, and congratulations, you are my first winner, I sent an email out notifying you, you have 48 hours to respond. Congrats again.
Honestly good reviews on good products will make a world of difference.
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fb/ shirley greenawalt zolenski
Reviews will be coming, and as a Paramedic, I am nothing but honest! Thanks for stopping by!
I would say, find blogs that you really like or regularly read & think about why you like them. Is it the way they have it set up, their writing style, something else? Of course, I am not saying to copying anyone (:)) just to think what makes YOU like a blog. Your blog isn’t going to be for everyone (I’m talking in a general “you, not a YOU you lol)and that’s ok. But there will be people that really like what you have to say.
I also just started asking a few of my favorite bloggers that I was already on FB, tips on what to do or where to go & from there I have been in several blogging groups & that has really helped. Good luck & it looks great so far 🙂
Thank you, I have been doing that, seeing how other people write, and respond. Thanks for the compliment, and I hope you subscribe by email, for future breaks.
Tom
Good luck with your blog. I only use my blog to enter giveaways so no advice from me.(Roxann)
Actually I do have one piece of advice. In the rafflecopter form if you can, put in a spot where you can put what name you posted your comment under. My blogger name is different than my Facebook name.
Thanks for the great advice! I will work on that in my next entry. Have a good day!
I like your graphics on this home page and color too
I appreciate it, thanks for stopping by!
I would love to win this, thanks for the chance!
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No problem, thanks for stopping by!
Not a blogger and no advice, but hello. I hope you enjoy this! Your blog is great!
tridingermckee at gmail dot com
Hello, thanks for the compliment!
Not a blogger but I will say hello. You’re off to a great start!
Its okay, you are not a blogger, I need readers too! Thanks for the compliment.
Stopping by to say Hello!! and hope your having a great day!!
Doing well, hope the same for you, thanks for stopping by!
Don’t know how often you plan to do giveaways, but please try to keep them simple–only 1-2 mandatory entries, and don’t go overboard on liking everyone under the sun, especially for those with fairly minor value.
cgclynsg0 @ gmail dot com
Thanks for the comment, as far as required it will be minimum if any at all. Optionals will be worth more in the future…and they will be simple in the most part always.
Thanks again.
Tom
Hi! Good luck with your blog!
mosaic317 at gmail dot com
Claire McKeon
Thank you very much for the luck, I might need it, have a good day!
no advice but i would like to say hello.im amy from pennsylvania
amy16323(at)gmail(dot)Com
Hi Amy from PA, Tom from Ohio. Thanks for stopping by!
it seems that offering great reviews and giveaways will help you grow quickly
jagar0047 at yahoo dot com
Reviews are coming, giveaways too! Thanks for stopping by…
Don’t have advice but I do like the background design/color on the blog. I will say hello and wish you a great day!
Thank you for the compliments, and have a great day also!
Hello. I’m looking forward to reading this blog 😀
Thanks for stopping by, subscribing will help you get the latest…will do my best..good luck.
My best tip would be to join as many Giveaway Hops as you can! That really gets your name out there, allows you to network, and brings you tons of followers 🙂
Hi Alisha, I joined one so far, got some twitter followers , working on more. Thanks again, and good luck!
Keep offering rafflecopter contests! I’m a nurse and I look forward to your posts!
I will be offering as much as I can on my medic pay, but I will definitely keep a contest here as best I can..good luck.
I’m not a blogger, but as a reader, my advice is to make your site easy on the eyes. The dark red is nice.
ericacarnes(at)gmail(dot)com
Hi Erica,
Thanks for the kind words. Good luck!
Be active and post often. Best of luck!!!
Well I am active as a citizen, and will be posting often as I can, thanks for stopping by, good luck in winning…
Tom
Hi! I wish you the best with your blog and I love the background color!
sugarsweet7202@yahoo(dot)com
Thank you, I appreciate the good wishes, and the compliment, of all that I saw, this color suited me the best. Good luck in winning, have a great day!
Tom
I like contests and reading funny stories about pets or kids.
Contests are good, I will try to do my best with kids, I don’t have any of my own, but have delivered a few over the years, have saved a few, and will offer things I know from a Medic’s point of view. As far as Pets, other than my sister in laws dog, “butters”, I will do my best to share what I can, but until I get my own that will be limited.
Good luck!
Hi! Thanks for the chance! Your blog looks great so far! Content comes with time. Cheers! 🙂
You are correct, with time there will be more, thanks for the good wishes, good luck in winning, have a great day!
Hi there. Good luck with your blog. It is nice to share real life experiments and your thoughts on certain products.
darkmysticnight(at)hotmail(dot)com
You are correct Carolyn, I have enjoyed this so far, looking forward to where it goes, thanks for the thoughts, and good luck to you!
I am not a blogger, but want to wish you luck!! 🙂
Its okay not to be a blogger, but you can join up with me here and take the journey. Good luck in winning, thanks for posting. have a good day!
I don’t have a blog but enjoy reading others and love entering contest. You might say well what can you get for $5, I can get books for my Kindle. Love it! My advice is write to all ages. I am a young 70 and keep it clean and [email protected]
Well, Thanks for stopping by, yes you can get some ebooks, and good luck in winning. Since I am a Paramedic, most of my articles will appeal to all, as I have experienced life in all age ranges in the past 20+ years. Have a good day.
I would agree that hosting small contests can help your blog grow
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Hoping to host as much as I can, but on a PRN/On call Paramedic’s salary that is hard to do, hoping to get some sponsored events, but you need growth, trying to do both.
Good luck, thanks for stopping by.
Tom
Hi there, when I use to blog..I found posting on a consistent basis helped potential readers coming back for more. Thank you for the entry!
Hi,
Thanks for stopping by, you said used to blog, why did you stop if I might ask? Good luck to you.
Tom
Hello! I am not a blogger but I wish you good luck with yours. I would say that contests are a huge draw
luvdatmouse at charter dot net
True, contests are a huge draw, but starting out, I can’t afford to give allot away, I am hoping for followers so I can get sponsors to give me things to share, so I can build a great community here.
Good luck, thanks for stopping by!
Hi! Just found your blog and contest on onlinesweepstakes.com Good luck growing your blog!
b dot ringer at hotmail dot com
Good luck, thanks for stopping by, I have been part of OLS for 8 years so I hope to see more of the OLS community here.
Thanks, and good luck.
Tom
(medictom on OLS)
This is great! I love reading other people’s thoughts!
vmkids3 at msn dot com
I have other posts here, would love to hear yours, pass on the good news, thanks for stopping by, and good luck!
Tom
Biggest things are to stay focused. Start w/ fb & twitter. Get those readers up and then keep adding new platforms to expand in. As you get your readers, you’ll get your ad rates up too! @roasted_beanz
Trying to do that Rachel, joined a free blogger opportunity to get twitter likes, working on facebook page, and this one. ads would be nice!
Good luck!
Tom
My advice would be to find that niche and stay true to it and you’ll become well-known for being a valuable resource on that topic. As your reputation builds, you may be able to bring in people to write about other topics or expand by yourself buildin on ur previous reputation
Thanks Rich, trying to do that. I will be trying to write about a variety of topics, and reputation I know comes with time. Good luck!
Thanks for entering my giveaway!
My advice–figure out WHY you’re blogging and always stay true to that. Just be yourself, and don’t get overwhelmed. Join some great blogging networks-they can really help you grow and learn! 🙂 Good luck!
Hi Nicole,
Thanks for entering mine. I will stay true, mostly about health, fun, collecting, selling collectibles, going to work on joining networks, one thing I need to figure out is how to get the HTML right, so people can add my button, and I need to re-design the button too, just created that for now, to get out there. Thanks again, have a great day~!
it’s so interesting that you have been a paramedic and still found time for contests! what a busy life you must lead
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I am mostly a PRN paramedic now and days, been one for 20+ years, so I do have time for contests, and doing this now! I still keep my paramedic certification and continuing education up to date. Thanks for entering, and good luck!
I’m not a blogger, but would love to follow your blog! I can’t find a Google Friend Connect widget anywhere on your page, but the majority of blogs I follow use that for followers. I would highly suggest it. 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!!!
Hi Laura, thanks for the suggestion, you can have it sent to your email, if you subscribe, and while I will research it further, everything I find says GFC was replaced by google +, which I do have on my site. I will look into it more. THank you. Good luck.
HI I am also a contest junkie.thnaks for the giveaway
Hi, thanks for stopping by, good luck to you!
Make sure to post often and tweet all the time. Also, be sure to Ping your blog.
I will be posting, have a worksheet of things to work on, will be tweeting..ping my blog? Can you or someone explain that one? I know how to ping a website to test my internet speed or connection, could you elaborate? Thanks for the post, and good luck!
I don’t know much about blogs, but I do love giveaways.
Thanks for visiting. But there is much more to my blog, articles and advice to come, other than my giveways, hope you stay for those too!
Good Luck.
What a great site, I love true stories 😉
Maybe if you had a happy ending, story section as well as the not so happy ending story section-just to remind people how precious life is and to cherish every moment. Also if you would share the ‘what if’ protocols for the non paramedic folks? As an example, just last week a woman hit the wall outside of our house, she had been riding a scooter without a helmet, her eye was..out and other gory things-my husband took his shirt off and we tried to stop as much bleeding as possible but, I’m really unsure if she survived her injuries 🙁 The don’t panic, and don’t move the victim popped into my mind but the Good Samaritan thing came to mind as well..was there more we could have done?
no19034770 @yahoo.com
You did good, securing a patients mobility is number one and breathing, they hold the same value, but keeping their neck and spine from moving, and making sure they are breathing. Thanks for what you did, and I plan to offer great bits of information here in posts to come. Good luck in the contest.
Hello! Best wishes with your blog! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, good luck!
Host Giveaways and Review products in your home that you have bought..
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I hope to do that soon, not sure how to get companies to notice me once I start doing that. But will be trying that! Good Luck.
I want to wish you the best of luck with your blog, though I don’t have alot of advice. I found this site today from online-sweepstakes.com but I’ll be following along and hope to see some interesting posts about your day-to-day life and career since I’m an ICU nurse and my husband is an EMT!
Marianna
Well thanks for stopping by, glad to have you here. Will be sharing some funny, and hopefully inspirational stories, thank you for what you do, I was an ICU Paramedic for 3 years, as part of my 20+ one of the best jobs I had.
Submit your reviews and giveaways to Online Sweepstakes for a large audience
I plan to do that since I have been part of OLS for almost 9 years..so that will definitely happen. Good luck.
hello, how you doin
I am doin okay, how ya doing? Good luck, thanks for dropping by.
I am also a contest junkie who loves to take photos. Looking forward to seeing more!
Well, come back, share some photo’s, I have lots to learn! Good luck!
I don’t have any advice and I am not very fuynny but Hello and I hope you are having a great day
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Hi Mary, thanks for responding, have a great day as well! Good luck to you!
I like blogs that are not overloaded with stuff. It takes to long to load
I do too! Going to try to keep it simple, yet fun! Thanks for posting!
Hi Tom!!! AbstractRose from OLS! I was thinking about blogging also!! I wish you all the best!!!
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Thank you so much for the post! Look forward to getting this going, pass on the news. Have a good day.
I love giveaways and reading reviews on products.
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I will try to host more giveaways..but starting out will be a few for now. Reviews will be coming of things I enjoy mostly.
I’m not a blogger but i love giveaways! 🙂
Giveaways are great! Good luck! Hope you come back just to see what I share, I have a variety of topics that I will be adding. Have a nice day!
You can never go wrong by hosting giveaways.
True. But I hope people come just to read some of the stuff I share, and post too! Good luck!
My hubby used to be an EMT and would love to hear some of your stories. 🙂
Thanks for entering, will be sharing some here, keep looking for new stuff, thanks again!
howdy!
ighmeg at yahoo dot com
Hello! Thanks for entering..
Hi Medictom – Ziggywag here from OLS (I’m the one editing your giveaway). Just wanted to leave a message saying hi and ooooohhh looks like I am first too LOL
Thank you..I appreciate the post…good luck…pass on the word for me!
Tom