As we begin a new year, we at The Optical Vision Site would like to thank each of our eyecare subscribers, optical sponsors, trade press, blog buddies and commenters that have supported us in our first fiscal year in business. It certainly has been an interesting experience, a huge learning curve for us that we could not have done this without the support of the following people.
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Special Thanks to our first sponsors, who believed in us even though we had no subscribers and no hits yet. They took a chance on us and we really appreciate it.
Vision West, Optylux, Signet Armorlite, Shamir, Vision Systems, BioSyntrx
After some posts under our belt we were ready to go and present our blog at Vision Expo East 2009. It was a little hairy because quite honestly, many of the people we spoke to had an idea of what a blog was, and felt that FaceBook and Twitter were not for them. (times have changed!)
Clearvision, Hoya, US Vision, VCA, Walman, Soderberg, Denise Solay Designs, First Media, Pixel, PPG/Trivex, Reed Expo, Transitions, Costa del Mar
all signed up giving us even more confidence in our product. Then
Tura, Zyloware, FirstSight Vision
At Vision Expo West 2009 we received lots of positive feedback, because everyone knew what blog was and knew that Facebook and Twitter could be a cost effective marketing tool: and the following signed up as sponsors:
SwitchVision, Visionease, Jonathan Paul Eyewear, iCoat, Hilco, Fashion Optical, Eyes of Faith, Best Image, Optical Specialists, OGI Eyewear, EyeStar TV, Satinellini, Classique Eyewear, Ron’s Optical, Super Systems/ Fast Grind International, Opticote, Nanofilm, Amcon
None of the above would have ever considered sponsorship without our readers:
Our first comment was by a …Smay! we were overjoyed! Somebody actually read our blog! I can’t even tell you how Shirley and I were jumping up and down! …Smay who inquired about patient loyalty programs and …The MEB, who kept us on our toes and letting us know you couldn’t see our posts. What a panic that set in with us! We love the comments and we thank each of our subscribers including Jamie Hansel, Bill Gerber, Lens Chic, Squeakcat to mention just a few (privacy factor on the others) on making comments and keeping us on our toes! Thank you to all blogs and eyecare websites that have linked back to us, we really appreciate that as well.
To top it all off, we started a 2nd Blog, www.opticalvisionresources.com a wholesale optical vendor directory. (now that’s been fun!)
We have many improvements and projects planned for 2010 and are looking forward to a new year with even more of a learning curve as we try to master and work with social media, SEO, HTML coding, better content and hopefully fun stuff!
Not to run on any more, Shirley and I wish you all a Happy New and Prosperous Year. We again Thank everyone for helping us stay in business! Cheers To All
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Thanks for the shout out. May I say that I have found your site to be extremly enlightening and entertaining. It has been a boon in helping our business maintain and thrive as well! Good luck in the years to follow….Mike (THE MEB)
Thank you Mike, we appreciate it and all your help when we were starting out, I do not know what we would have done without your feedback. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, ladies! Everyone here at OPTYLUX would like to thank you for your continued support of our Flair, Ete and Triton eyewear collections! We love sponsoring your blog because it’s, well, the absolute best optical blog out here in cyberspace and continues to be not only fun and well-written, but a fantastic source of information, helpful tips and a great way to network with others in the industry. Can wait to see what you’re cookin’ up for 2010…MJ, Helmut and the whole gang