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Answer You - Taking the Easier Route to Generating RSS Subscribers
You know it's time, you feel it, you've been lazy for so long, you dream about something else, you just have to leave. You made your calculations and you felt that it's the right time to do it, maybe you found a better job, maybe you didn't, but you can't stay anymore: staying is hurting you. Finally you decide to resign, but little did you know that your resignation day is the most important day in your current job. Granted, resignation is not usually an easy thing to do, but doing it properly will maintain a good view about you among your workmates and your bosses forever. In theory, resigning is very easy, you just have to submit that resignation paper, and you're free as a bird. However, if you were a good resource, your responsible will feel cheated, and will act a bit on the offensive side. He/she might also try to tempt you with more money and/or a high
And of course, the feeds themselves and the RSS presentation page should be promoted in prominent locations on your website, especially directly below your e-mail e-zine subscription box and, if you're publishing topic oriented feeds, next to their respective topics on the site, just as Lockergnome.com is doing.
B] TR
The tragedy for millions of people is that they never decide what they want from life and make plans for it. Life will provide whatever we demand. Most of us don’t demand what we want but simply settle for what our job supplies. Too many jobs are dead-end with little room for advancement.Many don’t know what they want to do, so they drift through life with the hope that success will overtake them. Some still have no idea for their life’s profession after they have graduated from college. Sometimes you try something and get lucky. Your talent and temperament fit the job and you do well. Countless others hate their job and never advance to a satisfying one.Decide what you want from life and what it will take to get it. College can be used to explore areas you are interested in. Investigate the requirements of the position you w
In most cases your browser will simply display the XML code of the RSS feed ... which does not go far in making internet users comftorable with RSS.
Heck, if you didn't know what RSS was and clicked on an RSS button only to get a page full of code you don't understand, would that aid in turning you in to an RSS user?
Probably no. And much worse, you'd probably never consider clicking on one of those buttons again, at least not any time soon.
Consequently, if as a marketer you're trying to generate RSS subscribers, simply using an RSS subscribe button is the worst way to go for you and for the RSS industry as a whole as well.
So, what alternatives are there?
a] CREATE AN RSS PRESENTATION PAGE
If you're trying to generate RSS subscribers from your site and are targeting audiences that might not be farmiliar with RSS, you need at least a basic presentation of what RSS is on your site, and you need to link to that either directly from the RSS subscribe button or from a location right next to that button, like you can see on the MarketingStudies.net example.
On this page you should explain in easy-to-understand terms what RSS is, how your visitors can use it and how they'll benefit, and then provide links to some RSS readers and again links to your RSS feeds.
This page will be instrumental in telling your visitors about RSS and helping them subscribe to your feeds.
And of course, the feeds themselves and the RSS presentation page should be promoted in prominent locations on your website, especially directly below your e-mail e-zine subscription box and, if you're publishing topic oriented feeds, next to their respective topics on the site, just as Lockergnome.com is doing.
B] TR
If there is one company in the Philippines today that understands and knows the importance and value of brand names is Jollibee. A brand name creates a perception in the customers mind that becomes very strong, and no one understands this more than our countries number one fast food chain.Ask your average Filipino child where he would like to eat and 8 out of 10 will likely answer Jollibee. The Jollibee mascot is probably the most widely recognized character in the country. Thanks to the intense marketing and advertising campaign and the endorsement of various popular local actors and actress, brought about catchy names and memorable lines that almost every Filipino can immediately recognize and identify.Do you want to know how effective their advertising campaign is? Take for example their fried chicken product called chicken joy. My niece calls
Probably no. And much worse, you'd probably never consider clicking on one of those buttons again, at least not any time soon.
Consequently, if as a marketer you're trying to generate RSS subscribers, simply using an RSS subscribe button is the worst way to go for you and for the RSS industry as a whole as well.
So, what alternatives are there?
a] CREATE AN RSS PRESENTATION PAGE
If you're trying to generate RSS subscribers from your site and are targeting audiences that might not be farmiliar with RSS, you need at least a basic presentation of what RSS is on your site, and you need to link to that either directly from the RSS subscribe button or from a location right next to that button, like you can see on the MarketingStudies.net example.
On this page you should explain in easy-to-understand terms what RSS is, how your visitors can use it and how they'll benefit, and then provide links to some RSS readers and again links to your RSS feeds.
This page will be instrumental in telling your visitors about RSS and helping them subscribe to your feeds.
And of course, the feeds themselves and the RSS presentation page should be promoted in prominent locations on your website, especially directly below your e-mail e-zine subscription box and, if you're publishing topic oriented feeds, next to their respective topics on the site, just as Lockergnome.com is doing.
B] TR
Developing a business brand can be one of the most rewarding and challenging of experiences. The rewards of a successfully orchestrated brand identity can be found in that feeling of complete accomplishment. Yet, the challenges of this brand building experience can make any business owner give up before they have even begun. So, how does one avoid the pitfalls and shame of a butchered brand that so often consumes a company's meager marketing budget? Even the largest companies make the worst branding mistakes. However, by following these three simple steps, any size organization can build strong and lasting brands that are unique and recognizable: Arm Yourself Build Strategically Maintain The Brand Arm Yourself The foundation of great brands is t
So, what alternatives are there?
a] CREATE AN RSS PRESENTATION PAGE
If you're trying to generate RSS subscribers from your site and are targeting audiences that might not be farmiliar with RSS, you need at least a basic presentation of what RSS is on your site, and you need to link to that either directly from the RSS subscribe button or from a location right next to that button, like you can see on the MarketingStudies.net example.
On this page you should explain in easy-to-understand terms what RSS is, how your visitors can use it and how they'll benefit, and then provide links to some RSS readers and again links to your RSS feeds.
This page will be instrumental in telling your visitors about RSS and helping them subscribe to your feeds.
And of course, the feeds themselves and the RSS presentation page should be promoted in prominent locations on your website, especially directly below your e-mail e-zine subscription box and, if you're publishing topic oriented feeds, next to their respective topics on the site, just as Lockergnome.com is doing.
B] TR
My favorite way to market is to do something once that keeps marketing for me again and again. It is like sending sales reps out to work for you--but in many cases, you can get these sales reps to work for you at no cost. Here are some ideas to get you started.Get publicity. When you get the media to cover you, the story can stick around for a long time. I often get orders from people who say they saw me in an article that was published years ago.One way to get publicity to to send press releases. Posting press releases online may get the attention of the press, but even if it doesn't, it will enhance your online visibility. Post press releases at sites such as http://www.PRWeb.com/ Releases are indexed by the search engines and will help customers, as well as the media, find you.Get links to your Web site. Those links will work 24 hour
On this page you should explain in easy-to-understand terms what RSS is, how your visitors can use it and how they'll benefit, and then provide links to some RSS readers and again links to your RSS feeds.
This page will be instrumental in telling your visitors about RSS and helping them subscribe to your feeds.
And of course, the feeds themselves and the RSS presentation page should be promoted in prominent locations on your website, especially directly below your e-mail e-zine subscription box and, if you're publishing topic oriented feeds, next to their respective topics on the site, just as Lockergnome.com is doing.
B] TR
In business, entrepreneurs have to understand that to make it to the "next level" it can never be a solo journey. All too often we attempt to do everything on our own and fail to do what we're supposed to do, and that is stick to our strengths. Playing to your strengths and surrounding yourself with those who are stronger and smarter then you in other areas doesn't make you obsolete, it makes you incredible.Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were visionaries. They had a vision of blazing a trail to the western coast of what we now call the United States of America. These two men didn’t decide one day to do something new all by themselves, but they surrounded themselves with experts, and lay persons. They also enlisted the assistance of the local Native Americans because of their expert knowledge of the land. This led to a successful expedition, and the i
And of course, the feeds themselves and the RSS presentation page should be promoted in prominent locations on your website, especially directly below your e-mail e-zine subscription box and, if you're publishing topic oriented feeds, next to their respective topics on the site, just as Lockergnome.com is doing.
B] TRANSFORM AN RSS FEED IN TO XHTML
Having a link to an RSS presentation page right next to your RSS subscribe button does aid visitors in learning about RSS and helps them to subscribe, but it still doesn't solve the problem of a user actually clicking on an RSS feed button. That will still result in the visitor getting heaps of code he really won't know what to do with.
Going one step further, you can use XSL Transformations to make sure that the feed can in fact also be displayed in a browser (without making it useless for an RSS reader as well) ... and that with some additional information and instructions, such as a brief overview of RSS and a quick explanation on how the user can subscribe to this feed via an RSS reader.
I don't want to get technical here, so to see what I mean simply click on this link (via FeedBurner): http://feeds.feedburner.com/BurnThisRSS2
This is basically an RSS feed, which has been transformed in order to be displayed in a Web browser with some additional information, but can still be subscribed to via every RSS reader as well.
Some feed maintanance and publishing services such as FeedBurner already provide this functionality "out-of-the-box", without you having to do practically anything. All you need to do is register for their free service, enter your feed and then get this link, which you will place "behind" the RSS subscribe button on your site, as a link, instead of a direct link to your RSS feed.
If you don't want to use a third-
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