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Home Business Marketing – Using an RSS Aggregator, Web Based Or Desktop?

April 30, 2010 by David J Ogden  
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Home Business Marketing – Using an RSS Aggregator, Web Based Or Desktop?

Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes In home business marketing efforts many people use RSS feeds online to help them get postings from their favorite websites or to get traffic to their own business online. RSS is also known as Really Simple Syndication and is becoming very popular all over the internet. Most people know what an RSS feed is but do you know what an RSS aggregator is? Most people don’t have a clue what this but if you are going to be using RSS then you need to know about this. There are two different types of aggregators that you need to know about. The first RSS aggregator is a downloadable program that you can put on your desktop. The second type is web based or on the internet. The downloadable type will usually requires a small fee for you to use it. This type is the most popular because you will get regular updates such as upgrades or patches for the original version, plus it allows more customization for your RSS feeds, page format or design. The web based type... 

Home Based Business Marketing – How Can an RSS Blog Help You Get More Traffic to Your Business?

April 23, 2010 by David J Ogden  
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Home Based Business Marketing – How Can an RSS Blog Help You Get More Traffic to Your Business?

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Anyone involved in home based business marketing has heard of a blog and an RSS feed because these two things are becoming more popular all the time. Both of these things can help you get traffic to your business, which will help you make money. So, do you know how an RSS blog can help you get that traffic? This is very important to know, especially if you have an online business. When you make a post on your blog, your RSS feed will automatically be updated. This will allow the people that are subscribed to your RSS blog see your new posts right after they are added. This is a good way to get many people to revisit your blog. Many people will find a blog that they like and will subscribe to the RSS feed so they will be alerted when you have added a new post. This is a powerful tool to get repeat customers. Another way that an RSS blog can help you in your home based business marketing is because there are times that other people don’t have their... 

How Does an RSS Reader Work?

April 23, 2010 by David J Ogden  
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How Does an RSS Reader Work?

Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes RSS feeds are an excellent way to keep up to date on the latest information from other bloggers and website owners. Thanks to the technology available through really simple syndication you can now keep current on what’s going on from some of your favorite websites. This is made possible because of an RSS reader and we are going to look a little closer at how this technology works. First of all you should have an RSS subscribe button on your blog where people can quickly find it. This makes it very easy for them to be notified whenever you make an update to your blog. The way you are able to read blog updates is through a software tool called an RSS reader. It’s also referred to as all an RSS aggregator, and it scans the web looking for the latest postings based on RSS code. Depending on the type of reader that you are using whenever it finds a new posting, or some sort of an update it will publish the RSS feed on your home page where you can...