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How Can RSS Make Me Money?
Most of you have seen those little buttons
on websites labeled RSS or XML. If you are wondering what
they are, RSS means Really Simple Syndication. Really simple
because when you subscribe to a site that has this feature,
you keep up-to-date with new information without having to
check the site every day. This is really good news because
you can use it to get newsfeeds from major news networks,
news on new movies, even your favorite musician's tour dates
or CD releases.
This new twist to the Internet is very valuable to you as
a Internet marketer too. Imagine replacing email marketing
with RSS marketing. People actually subscribe meaning they
want your information updates, similar to opt-in newsletters.
With newsletters you have to write them and your site content.
With RSS, when you update your content, all subscribers are
notified by their newsreaders.
Newsreaders are special software that read RSS feeds. To
get started, download a free RSS reader.
If you use a Windows PC, go to http://www.rssreader.com
For Mac users, see http://ranchero.com/netnewswire
Once you are set up, here's all you or your customers have
to do...
Right-click (control-click for Mac users)
on any RSS button on a site, blog or news source that interests
you. Select
Copy Shortcut ("Copy Link to Clipboard" for Mac, "Copy
Link Location" for Firefox browsers), and paste that
URL into your RSS Reader. And that is it, you are subscribed.
Once you get started, your favorite parts of the Web come
to you. No need to go out and check for updates all the time.
If you do not want to download software, subscribe to your
favorite feeds through My Yahoo or My MSN.
So how does any of this make you money?
More traffic means more money. By placing RSS on your website
or your blog, anyone can subscribe automatically and know
when a new product or service is available. This new breed
of Internet shopper is not to be ignored. To take advantage
of the traffic you have to make your RSS feed available to
website visitors and submit your feed information to RSS,
blog and XML type directories.
Here's how you get RSS for your site!
Go to http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss for the best
source of RSS and Blog information. There are several file
types for RSS and here you learn which is best and why.
There is no need to become a techie to use RSS and XML.
You just need to know enough about this newest technology
to use it. Once you do, it comes easy to see how you make
money online with RSS. In the same way newsletters and opt-in
email are used for successful marketing, RSS is much easier,
faster, and a much less intrusive way to communicate with
potential or existing clients and customers.
It's very critical to provide exactly what people want to
make money online. How can there be a better way to do that
than to allow people to subscribe to their wants and wishes?
Start using RSS and XML technologies now to make money online.
To add fuel to your marketing fire, use RSS to optimize content
and add frequent updates to your web pages.
