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RSS offers a more convenient way for me to get the information I need from news and business sources. By subscribing to this information through an RSS feed, I can have all of my information aggregated into one place where I can easily access it when I have a moment to read it. RSS is an Internet technology for content distribution. Most news media sites will have an RSS feed available as do most blogs. RSS puts the control of the content you subscribe to in your hands. Simply subscribe to a feed using your feed reader of choice. The simplest feed reader (in my opinion) is using your Web browser. Both Internet Explorer 7.0 and Firefox enable you to bookmark feeds by clicking on the RSS icon in the toolbar and saving the feed. The top two images to the right shows IE7 and Firefox feed bookmarks. The bolded titles are those that have new content available. When you access the RSS feed of a web site or blog, the RSS feed icon turns orange. Clicking on the RSS icon enables you to subscribe to the feed. There are other feed readers available such as Bloglines, Newsgator, Yahoo, MSN and others. Blogs may display icons such as those listed in the Add This image to the right so you can easily select your particular reader. Using these feed readers are similar to the browser readers, with the biggest benefit for the feed reader services being you can access your feeds from any computer. Benefits of RSS
Debra Murphy is founder of Masterful Marketing, a marketing
coaching firm that empowers small business owners and independent professionals
to take control of their marketing to get better results. She helps you change
how you think about your business and put activities into motion that attract
your ideal client. She started Masterful Marketing to ensure small business
owners had access to the knowledge available to larger companies so they could
live their dreams and build a business around their passions. Although her
knowledge of marketing covers all the traditional channels, she specializes in
online and social media marketing to make sense of it all to those who want to
use it to effectively market their businesses.
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