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RSS Feeds - A Must Have!

Posted by Nathan Lanza | | Labels: , , , | 4 comments
What is an RSS feed?
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a notification system used to alert subscribers to changes or updates made to their favorite web sites, blogs, music sites, etc. It is easy to recognize that the site is RSS-enabled by the orange rectangular button that allows visitors to subscribe.

RSS feeds is essential in web marketing to stay connected with potential customers notifying them that your website is updating something encouraging them to visit it, thus giving you traffic also. Building a better relationship with your customers is a must in a growing business.

There are lots of services in the web that would handle your RSS feeds and FeedBurner which is associated with Google is one of them. They offer a good subscribers list handling service with a lot of tools to track its performance for free. Blogger has it's own rss feeds but it offers no tools to customize your feeds so I don't recommend it much. FeedBurner extracts your rss feeds and sends it to feed aggregators (Google reader) chosen by your subscribers.

The things I like about FeedBurner:
  1. Visual graphs - shows the performance of your feeds
  2. SmartFeed - makes your feeds work in any reader (desktop, web, mobile)
  3. Monetize with Google ads - associated with big "G" remember?
  4. Cool chicklet - standard icon for RSS feeds
How to use FeedBurner:
  1. Subscribe to FeedBurner
  2. Copy your feeds URL provided by FeedBurner
  3. Go to Blogger editor > Settings Tab > Site Feed section
  4. Paste your feeds URL to Post Feed Redirect URL textbox
  5. Save settings then your finished!
All your recent posts will be sent to your subscribers automatically. It urges you to write more consistently. That's for today my fellow bloggers! ^-^

LinkReferral Review

Posted by Nathan Lanza | | Labels: , , | 16 comments
LinkReferral is a website that offers free traffic and reviews for your site. It uses the concept "viral traffic" generation. This is a good way to promote your blog and gain exposure to the blogosphere for free. I just wanted to put a little emphasis on this since I believe, "the best things in life is for free".

What is a Viral Traffic?
This is how it works. Person A refers person B then person B refers person C and D and the process goes on and on. Person A gets some points in referring someone which in this case is transformable to free traffic visits and site reviews and receives a portion of the traffic from person B.

LinkReferral allows you to visit 30 sites in a day in exchange of free visits to your site from other members. The ratio is 1:1 visit but that changes when your ranking gets higher.

Here are some tips to increase your site's exposure:
  1. Focus your efforts on subdirectories - subdirectories usually has lesser competition and thus it is easier to get your site be ranked at the top on that specific directory.
  2. Leave comments on blog you visit - comment something informative and write your URL as well to make him visit your site.
  3. Choose your favorite sites carefully - the owner of the site is informed when someone choose their site as a favorite therefore choose a site that may help you in the long run.
  4. Post something informative at the forum - forums contain informations for those who has some questions that aren't yet answered about the site and it's services and putting up a good name is one way to boost your site's exposure.
  5. Look for friends - be friend with bloggers that may help you such as link partners, traffic sharing, reviewing each other's blog, exchanging ideas and others more.
  6. Be wiser - be ranked at the top is a good idea but that isn't the only way to get your site exposed to the public.
Help me out by joining LinkReferral with this link LinkReferral Associate
If you have any more questions just leave a comment on this post and I'll get back at you shortly.

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