Here is a clear explanation of RSS feeds by Bill Johnson.

5 Benefits Of Using Feeds – How Feeds Can Help Your Online Business by Bill Robinson

Summary:
What’s a Feed?

Feeds are a way of sharing content. When you make material from your website available for publishing on other sites, you provide them with a feed. Basically, it’s a code that lets them post your articles and blogs. There are different kinds of codeXML, RSS, Atom, etc.but essentially they’re all just different ways of accessing a feed.

According to internet expert Sydney Johnston, The great thing about a feed is everybody wins. The article writer gains exposure, the reader learns about something of interest to them, and the online seller gets an endless source of pertinent content.

What Can a Feed Do for My Online Business?

Feeds are useful in a number of different ways:

They Eliminate Spam-filters. They’re 100% opt-in, so readers can subscribe and unsubscribe at will. Feeds are delivered directly to your subscribers, so you don’t contend with filters knocking you out of their inboxes.

They Provide Free Content. One of the best ways to differentiate your site is to supply readers with interesting materialeducate them on topics relating to the product you’re selling. If you sell preschool toys, chances are you don’t want to study child development and write numerous articles on the subjectso find someone else who’s already done that and make their feed available to your customers. The constantly updating, applicable subject matter gives your visitors a reason to keep coming back.

They Can Improve Your Search Engine Rankings. In the past, search engines were unable to read feeds, but software is now available to translate them into live links the engines can see (check out http://CyberWS.com). Search engines love fresh, dynamic content, so feeds are ideal. They provide relevant information that updates automatically. Not only do your customers get the facts they’re looking for, but the search engines like your site and give it better position.

For Affiliate Marketers, They’re an Alternative to Banners. You not only give your customer valuable knowledge, but if they click through and purchase something, you get credit. And unlike with banners, you don’t look like you’re putting up junk ads or spam.

They Can Increase Your Traffic. Anything you write, you should make available as a feed. When other sites pick it up, it’s free advertising for youall their traffic is able to click through the feed to your site. So you gain new potential customers you wouldn’t have otherwise.

Feeds on any subject are easy to find. There’s a whole collection of search engines just for feeds, like http://Plazoo.com and http://Feedster.com. Says Johnston,The future of the internet for entrepreneurs is feeds. If people don’t master them, they’re going to get left behind, period.

Bill Robinson has been a successful online marketer for over 10 years. The recent introduction of The Turn Key Money System was just introduced for beginners and Pro’s alike:

http://yourdailycashonline.com

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Oprah is talking about Skype. So, I thought it would be good to share some basic info with my readers. I have and still use Skype and enjoy it. Yet, there is sooo many of the features I have not used. I am currently researching recording features so I can do a teleseminar via Skype.

Below is a Wikepedia definition of this cool tool.

Skype (IPA: [ska?p]) is a software application that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service, and in some countries to free-of-charge numbers are free, while calls to other landlinesmobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing. and

Skype was written by Estonia-based developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn, who had also originally developed Kazaa.^[1] The Skype Group, founded by Swedish-born entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and the Dane Janus Friis, has its headquarters in Luxembourg, with offices in London, Tallinn, Tartu, Stockholm, Prague,^[2]San Jose. and

One of the initial names for the project was “Sky peer-to-peer”, which was then abbreviated to “Skyper”. However some of the domain names associated with “Skyper” were already taken. Dropping the final ‘r’ left the current title “Skype”, for which domain names were available.

Skype has experienced rapid growth in popular usage since the launch of its services. The company was acquired by eBay in September 2005 for $2.6 billion. EBay has written Skype down to $1.7 billion on its books and announced a public stock offering for 2010 to spin Skype off as a separate company.

Must Read Updates on Skype

• A read an engaging  post written by blogger Howard Wolinskylast year.
• Read news item on how Oprah promoted Skype
• 30 free Skype tools (note, this was done in 2007)
• Comments from those who selected Skype as a Top Tool for 2009!

I am convinced that Skype is not just Hype!  Toolie turned me on to in and I am glad she did.

Would be interested in your views and experience.

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