A lot of our readers already know that HeatingOil.com is the authoritative voice on issues facing heating oil consumers. But many don’t know that it is also the number one destination for consumers looking for a new heating oil supplier.

With tens of thousands of consumers coming to our site every month to read our heating oil articles, more and more of our readers are trying out HeatingOil.com’s Dealer Locator. With over 200 HeatingOil.com Approved Dealers to choose from and thousands of buying inquiries a month, we’re revolutionizing the process of how consumers find a new heating oil company. HeatingOil.com’s Heating Oil Equipment service has also helped hundreds of heating oil users find the best equipment to fit their needs at the best prices available.

Choosing a new heating oil or equipment supplier is an important decision- it isn’t something you can do by just looking in the yellow pages. You need to know the dealer you select is going to be dependable, financially stable, and provide great service. With HeatingOil.com all our participating dealers have been vetted and approved to ensure they meet our standards. You’ll know that if you choose a dealer from HeatingOil.com, you’re working with one of the best in the industry.

For consumers, all you need to do is provide your contact info and HeatingOil.com will connect you with an Approved Dealer in your area.

For heating oil dealers, it’s just as easy. Applying to become an Approved Dealer is simple and fast, and if approved you’ll begin to receive consumer leads on a free trial basis immediately.

If you’re looking for a new heating oil company, give HeatingOil.com’s Dealer Finder a try here. And if you’re a high quality heating oil supplier looking for some new customers, you can apply for our free trial here.

HeatingOil.com celebrates its first birthday. (image: cakes-you-can-bake.com)

Over this past weekend, HeatingOil.com reached an important milestone…our first birthday.

Way back in July 2009 when we first launched the site, we had a pretty good idea of what we wanted to accomplish. We wanted to fill in what we perceived to be a massive information gap about this vital fuel and industry. And somehow we hoped we could make a dollar doing it. We were pretty sure we could handle the first part but the making a dollar part was a very open question. Thankfully, after a lot of hard work, experimentation, testing and about 5,000 WebEx presentations to heating oil dealers, we’re well on our way.

HeatingOil.com now counts over 200 heating oil suppliers among its customers and signs up more every day. We are also the most heavily trafficked site in the heating oil industry, with tens of thousands of unique visitors and hundreds of thousands of page views per month. In addition to providing news and information, we also help thousands of heating oil consumers identify the best heating oil suppliers in their area. We really didn’t expect all this to happen a year ago, and we’re very grateful to everyone that has helped us get this far.

In the current state of the world, just being in business a year later is a major accomplishment. We owe that to the incredibly high quality of work from our inveterate staff of writers, video production pros, administrative and sales staff, and our passionate and brilliant consultants that have made HeatingOil.com the most visited and important website in the heating oil industry.

Hopefully we’ll have as much good news to share on our second birthday—and we’ll work hard to make sure we do. Thanks for reading and stay tuned.

The face of Big Oil.

As we approach our one year anniversary in late July, we thought it might be fun to share some videos we made in June of 2009 to help us launch the site. We ended up not using any of them at the time- they seemed either too smarmy or too crazy- not the first impression you want to make on the reading public. So they’ve remained in the HeatingOil.com archives for 11 long months, until now.

The first time I watched this, I have to admit I was kind of shocked and horrified. There was no way I was going to use this to help promote our blog. We wanted to talk about helping our readers save money on heating oil and equipment- not terrify them.

But events change your perspective. The insane and creepy feeling of the piece seems entirely appropriate given the absurd situation with BP in the Gulf of Mexico. I think our fictitious ‘Board’ looks more realistic than ever.

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From the 2010 Atlantic Region Energy Expo Trade Show in Atlantic City, NJ, HeatingOil.com brings you a closer look at Buderus oil-fired boilers.

Jim French of Buderus gives a brief description of two cast iron oil-fired boilers, the G115 and G125. Mr. French points out that the G125 is one of just a handful of heating oil boilers on the market that qualifies for a $1,500 federal tax credit, making it a great investment in energy savings.

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Last week, HeatingOil.com headed to Atlantic City for the Atlantic Region Energy Expo, one of the largest meetings of energy industry and heating oil professionals in the country. We spent the day at the expo’s trade show, where heating oil equipment manufacturers and service providers showcase their products and services for heating oil dealers. We conducted short interviews with dozens of salespeople and executives to get a feel for what’s new and what’s useful in the heating oil industry.

We’ve put together a brief sampling of some sights and sounds from the trade show floor that you can watch below, and will be posting short videos of our conversations with different exhibitors from the show in the coming weeks. So if you’re looking for rundowns on the most cutting-edge heating oil equipment, technologies, and services from the AREE trade show, check back with HeatingOil.com daily!

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For the latest installment of the HeatingOil.com dealer profiles series, we bring you Medford Heating of Medford, New Jersey. Medford’s second-generation president, Steven Foulk, spoke with HeatingOil.com about his company’s full-fledged adoption of Bioheat (petroleum-based heating oil blended with biodiesel) as its product.

Foulk explains the many benefits of Bioheat that led his company to make the switch to the green fuel: high-efficiency burning in oilheat systems, lower emissions, domestic production that reduces our country’s dependence on foreign oil, and reliance on a feed stock (soybeans) that does not detract from food supplies.

As Foulk puts it, “the industry’s been full of change.” With a president who has repeatedly pledged to support increased production of biofuels like biodiesel and several state governments considering laws requiring biodiesel blending into heating oil, the industry’s future looks green.

Building on a 50-year history of responsibility and forward thinking, Medford Heating has already brought that future to southern New Jersey.

Watch the video profile of Medford Heating below or on HeatingOil.com’s YouTube channel.

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