Convince & Convert

MARCH 27, 2013

In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about the demise of Google Reader and how it’s overblown. Google Reader is Dead and I Shrug My Shoulders. I came back from Down Under to discover that Google Reader is being discontinued by Google. Back From Australia.

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SocMed Sean

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Social media offers a lot of great opportunities and access to information. Worker Smarter - Rather than spending your time surfing sites or reading tweets, have the content your really care about delivered to you using RSS feeds or through targeted Twitter lists.

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Josh S Peters

MARCH 19, 2013

Last week we saw some great announcements from Pinterest (of which I’ve already taken advantage ) as well as some great new things from Google+ and some great content marketing resources. Google Reader Alternatives: 3 Web Based RSS Readers to Manage Your Subscriptions via Kikolani. That’s right.

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Justin Levy

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In addition to keeping our physical and virtual systems and spaces organized, updated and refreshed, every once in a while we need to do some pruning and make tweaks to our sources of information. The voices are fresh, new and a welcomed addition to my addiction to the consumption of information.

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MAY 23, 2011

Human beings have an unquenchable thirst for information. Whenever I add another RSS feed to Google Reader or follow someone interesting on Twitter , I stop to realize that it's another bite in my voracious appetite for more and more information. google reader. information. not just knowledge.

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Jason Yormark

APRIL 8, 2011

It just seems like a great use of the tablet form factor as I find myself consuming much more content with their approach. Synchs with Google Reader which is a major plus and easy to share articles to your networks. Sometimes it’s great just to get some high level information about your web and social stats.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag by Adam Sherk on April 30, 2009 Really you shouldn’t need it. What you should be doing is avoiding duplicate content altogether.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

I still marvel at my Google Reader set-up. I can spend days and nights consuming content that I want, when I want it and in in the order of my choice. Beyond that, because publishing content is (essentially) free, the myriad of choices gives me access to information that I never thought I would have. google plus.

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

Where do you save and read your online content? You would think that with all of this technology and content that we''re constantly creating, publishing and reading, that it would be a whole lot simpler to save, share and consume it. Most of that technology was driven by the nascent days of tagging content. It''s a mess.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Become a Knowledge Management Ninja with Google Reader. In this era of data smog , the knowledge worker who can act like an agile ninja by consuming vast quantities of information, synthesizing it and getting it in the hands of the right people at the right time is invaluable. However, none matches the power of Google Reader.

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Kikolani

JULY 5, 2013

12 Google Reader Alternatives to Consider – You still have until July 15th to download your Google Reader subscriptions and move them to an alternative RSS reader. Blogging / Content. How to Find More Content Ideas than You’ll Ever be Able to Write – Stuck for content ideas?

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 12, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter for our team that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Justin Levy

JULY 23, 2010

Google Reader: Google Reader is the primary way I’m able to consume so much information on a daily basis. Powered By Headway Go To Top Administrator Login Copyright © 2010 Justin Levy All content © Justin Levy. So far, it’s pretty awesome! United States License.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google News Optimization Tips by Adam Sherk on September 3, 2009 This week Google put out a video to give publishers more information on how Google News works and how best to optimize for it. Creating textual descriptions and transcripts is helpful.

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Saying It Social

MAY 1, 2010

When you are posting online it is essential to make it as easy as possible for your readers to share your information with their networks. Now that your blog is done, you still need to find content to share with your networks throughout the rest of the week. Finding content to post can turn into a big “time suck”.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

The reason getting attention is that much harder is because there are so many published outlets and so many places to get information (about anything). In the online world everyone and anyone is a publisher of content as well. In the online world everyone and anyone is a publisher of content as well. google reader.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

If all else fails: Twitter whales, my Google Reader goes bust and I can't get any good links out of my friends and connections on LinkedIn , Facebook or Google + , I can always rely on these: 6 Websites That Deserve Your Attention (in alphabetical order): AdWeek. content marketing. google chrome. google plus.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Before images can be effective on your blog, it needs to be relevant and blend with the niche and content of your blog post. Recently, I started doing bullet points with images instead of the normal fancy dots, but carefully choosing corresponding images that blends with the information presented at each point. Use Relevant Images.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to SearchMonkey by Adam Sherk on August 31, 2009 On Friday Yahoo announced new additions to its SearchMonkey enhanced results, including options for news content. For technical details and instructions see the SearchMonkey News help page.

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Kikolani

APRIL 11, 2012

Nowadays there’s a lot of personal information publicly available on the web. Actively develop your reputation by creating “positive” content. Then add the RSS feed to your favorite RSS reader like Google Reader. How to Create an Online Writing Portfolio with Contently.

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Justin Levy

JULY 27, 2009

This is great for someone like me who likes to consume lots of information from as many different sources as possible. By integrating YouTube, this means that I stay on the Google News page longer and am more likely to consume more information. A lot of people choose to use Google Reader for this feature.

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Stay N' Alive

APRIL 17, 2011

In an informal poll where I brought up this same issue on Facebook, it seems many of you are seeing the same thing. Joshua Simmons said, "Personally I've abandoned my Google Reader (which I never could keep up with) -- now I just use Facebook Newsfeed and wait for relevant articles to percolate through my social network."

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The content on search engines and social media gets a little lost among all the stats and charts so I thought I’d summarize that data here. Related posts: Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences’ Social Circles? For the full findings on search engines and social media see section two of the Pew report.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 10, 2010

I just finished reading an interesting TechCrunch article about how Google has upgrade Google Reader, making it more visual. What’s interesting to me, as a search engine optimization expert and online marketer, is not the fact that Google has upgrade Google Reader. It is, after all, pretty cool stuff.

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Twist Image

DECEMBER 6, 2012

If you can't find out information in a general search (on Google , Bing , Yahoo or whatever), leverage your online social networks ( Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn , tumblr , etc.) you will have years and years of content to help you learn. google reader. to ask those you are connected to. Start tinkering.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Of the stories in Baltimore that week that contained new information, 95% came from traditional media and the majority of that from newspapers: So newspapers can pat themselves on the back for another day. You can get the details from the study itself but I wanted to point out a couple things that caught my attention.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate by Adam Sherk on January 14, 2010 As the devastation and human tragedy caused by the Haiti earthquake grows, people are flocking to the news media for information, and more importantly to learn ways that they can help.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 14, 2013

When it comes to link building publishers have a significant advantage because editorial content, be it hard news or evergreen content, lends itself naturally to linking and sharing. In addition producing quality content on a daily basis creates a steady stream of new opportunities. Partner links. Shine or MSN Living.

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 12, 2010

I’ve already shared how I personally became a much better writer (though I don’t rate myself that highly) and now I want to get into the specifics of how to create compelling content. Similarly, if I see content posted on Facebook or retweeted on Twitter, that same headline will determine whether I click through to your website.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

But Facebook Pages remain a key audience development and content promotion opportunity for publishers so it is important to make the most of them. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Justin Levy

JULY 30, 2010

It can cause bloggers to start rethinking their content strategy and possibly even considering whether or not they should continue blogging. Usually they tell me that their seeing their content being shared online but they still wish they were getting the comments on their blog. Sometimes the comments are even better than the post.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Related posts: My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? Perhaps some of the respondents took the question to mean third-party online press room services.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 21, 2013

Some of the biggest news in the blogging world over the last week was without a doubt Google’s announcement that on June 1st, they’re closing Google Reader. Paraphrasing their own words, the usage of Reader is smaller than ever, and Google want to focus on fewer products. ProBlogger: 94,647.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 13, 2009

Initially Google is supporting data on reviews and people. Reviews in particular offer a good opportunity for publishers as many content sites produce multiple types of reviews on a regular basis. But now is a good time to begin experimenting with it.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content by Adam Sherk on July 30, 2009 Executive quotes in press releases are notorious for lacking any kind of substantial information. Greg Jarboe July 31, 2009 at 6:03 pm Great example, Adam.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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