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Although the term RSS feeds has been bandied about very frequently these

days, its still something that boggles not just a few minds. RSS feeds

however can certainly increase the profitability of your business or maybe

even provide you with a new source of income. If you still dont know what

RSS means, its high time you did.

RSS Stands for Really Simple Syndication

RSS feeds are simple and free feeds that briefly discuss new additions or

updates of a certain web page. With the right information and used at the

right place for the right target market, RSS feeds can give your business a

stronger presence in the Internet.

General Benefits of Using RSS Feeds

Facilitates BC (Business-to-Customer) Communication In the old, old days

like a few years ago? readers had to constantly check back at their favorite

virtual haunts to see if theres something new. With RSS feeds however,

information about bookmarked sites in which you have requested to receive

RSS feeds from arrive at your cyber doorstep and giving you a rundown of

whats new and whats hot for that day.

Its the Readers Call Unlike unappreciated SPAM, RSS feeds will only be

received if and for as long as you wish. This gives the reader a desired

control over the RSS content that arrives for their perusal. Once a reader

decides that the RSS content of a particular web page isnt something they

wish to continue receiving, theyll only have to disable reception and voila:

problem solved!

Easy to Create Unlike other marketing tools, RSS feeds arent subject to

privacy laws and other similar legal guidelines to protect customers from

unsolicited emails. Since RSS feeds are solely initiated by the customer

himself, and information contained in these feeds are according to customer

specifications, data thats published by the web page owner is automatically

edited according to the customers preferences and accepted as non-SPAM mail.

Who Needs RSS Feeds?

Blog Owners Readers of your blogs can be automatically updated on any new

entry or post youve made in your blog once they opt to receive RSS feeds

about your website. If you wish to sell something in a hurry through your

blog, RSS feeds will ensure that readers will be made aware of this right

away.

Website Owners Product launchings, promotions, and any other new

information can be featured in your RSS feed. This will be promptly sent to

the individuals who have chosen to receive updates from your sites, allowing

them to respond almost instantly to your offer.

Forum Owners If you wish for increased interaction in your forum, RSS feeds

can help you in this endeavor. RSS feeds can notify members about new topics

or polls opened in the forum and give them a link if they wish to join the

discussion as well. With increased interaction among your members,

advertisers and sponsors will be more encouraged to pay for exposure in your

forum.

Organization and Association Webmasters Organizations and associations

alike always hold various types of events throughout the year. Its naturally

important for them to gain as much participation as possible from their

members. With RSS feeds, members will be notified ahead of time when any

event is in the works and book their calendars in advance.

How to Create RSS Feeds

Creating Content Determine what type of information you wish to provide

through RSS feeds, how theyre going to be written, and how much of it should

be written.

Testing RSS Feeds for Use RSS feeds are created with the use of XML. This

is more complicated than basic HTML so you have to be very sure that youve

used the right codes at the right place along with the right tags. Subscribe

to your own RSS feeds to see if it truly works.

Use an RSS Button Provide an RSS button in your website for readers who

might wish to receive feeds from your company. If you wish to display the

information found on your RSS feed, do so in a separate page, and with a

proper hyperlink displayed in the main page of your website.

Advertising about RSS Feeds List your RSS feeds in as many RSS directories

as possible. In every article you make, always provide a link to your website

s RSS feed subscription as well as several benefits they can enjoy upon

subscribing to them.

RSS feeds are one of the best and easiest ways to increase business

profitability so make sure that your website offers them right away.

by: Elijah Chai

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