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How to Use RSS to Make Money Online
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. The easiest and fastest way to learn more about
this technology and see it in use is to go to http://rss.sitesell.com
where you find all you need to know about RSS, including
solid marketing ideas.
There
is no need to become a techie, no need to know all the
ins and outs of RSS and XML. There is huge need for
you 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 to
make money online now before it too becomes the jungle
email marketing is. To add fuel to your marketing fire,
use optimized content for frequent updates to your blogs
and web pages and deliver it with RSS.
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