Should You be Using RSS Feeds and Blogs?

Copyright © 2005 Craig Desorcy

Effective-Info

http://www.effective-info.com/blogs-rss.html







Today's marketplace is extremely competitive. The Wal-Marts

of the world are squeezing the life out of small business

enterprises. Meanwhile the World Wide Web is inviting small

marketers with open arms. Rather than having an amazing amount

of resources available, the Internet requires savvy and alert

marketing methods. Blogs and RSS Feeds will blow your mind with

the virtually free growth potential they offer small and large

marketers alike.



Why not level the playing field to give your small or new web

business a boost? Blogs were once used as a personal online

"diary" where people could express their thoughts and feelings,

but today they offer a quick and efficient way to get your

website indexed really fast! Forget about spending months to

build a small clientele. A few minutes each day, spent writing

about the market you're involved in will bring your site to the

attention of search engines fast and we all love free traffic.

Incorporate your blog into a RSS feeds and your site will be

broadcasted across the world in no time at all bring even more

free traffic.



Alicia was the typical homemaker who spent her days raising kids,

sewing, cleaning, and of course folding piles of laundry. She

did have one pastime - surfing the web. Early in her experience

she knew absolutely nothing about web terms. In fact, the

mention of a spider would have sent her running. As her

knowledge grew, she began to get a wild dream of becoming a

virtual entrepreneur. Could she do it?



She thought of what her family would think about her attempt.

Their number one reaction she imagined would be surprise. This

made the decision - she would keep her business attempt a secret,

and if all went well she'd have a really great surprise in store

for them. Alicia went through the normal first steps of setting

up a website, and readying her product - a mother's personal

organizer. Next she researched all of the marketing plans she

could find.



Day after day, after the kids went off to school Alicia spent a

few minutes blogging about everyday events in the life of a

mother. She incorporated RSS feeds into her plan, and included a

great number of links to other sites of interest (all affiliate

links.) Day by day she watched her web traffic increase and her

bank account grow. By Christmas time she had the most amazing

surprise to present to her family - a bank statement that proved

she had earned more than $30,000 in her spare time of a few

minutes each day.



How could such a simple marketing plan work for an obvious

newbie? Simply! Alicia just found a plan that involved a little

technological knowledge and implemented it. She happened to have

found a way to get her site indexed and listed on search results

almost immediately. Spiders love updated content and long lists

of related links. Alicia, like most mothers, knew that if you

feed something what it likes, it'll pretty much do what you want

it to! For Alicia, a little mother's insight paid off.