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3 Marketing Tools I Miss (and Their Alternatives)

Kikolani

Do you hate it when you invest your time and energy falling in love with what seems like the perfect marketing tool, only to have it bought out by a larger company and ruined or otherwise retired? Feedly also offers social engagement scoring on blog posts, but it is no where near as comprehensive as PostRank. Google Reader.

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Efficient Blog Commenting: Save Your Time and Energy

ProBlogger

I want to add more to it, to make the strategy energy- and time-efficient. You’ll be surprised how easy it is to practice a regular blog commenting schedule via your Google reader. I allocate 30 minutes every day to visit my Google reader and comment on unread posts. Effective blog commenting.

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Bright Sparks list: Reality checks and sexy playthings

Absolute PA

Over the years I’ve carefully cultivated a personal library of amazing resources using Google Reader. Google Reader saves me HOURS each week. Enter Feedly – my sexy new plaything! Grab your account here and have a play: Feedly. Seriously LOVE. Whose celebration is this anyway? If not you should try it.

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Fetching Friday – 21 Marketing Links

Kikolani

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. 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.

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10 Things You Should Know about Blogging (from Someone Who Didn’t)

ProBlogger

But unless you a) knew what an RSS feed was and b) had an RSS reader such as Google Reader to read it with, it wasn’t much use. And so I created a simple newsletter so the readers who understood email could receive a weekly newsletter from us. At the end of the day I ask myself two questions: “What gave me energy today?”.

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Fetching Friday – 22 Marketing Links

Kikolani

3 Marketing Tools I Miss (and Their Alternatives) – If you used PostRank, Formulists, or Google Reader, here are the best alternatives. It doesn’t make any sense to dump time, energy, money, and general resources into it if the site’s underdeveloped, lacks content, or is simply outdated. This Week on Kikolani.

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Building a Magnetic Blog: How to Keep Your Readers Coming Back for More

ProBlogger

A high customer retention rate means that you don’t need to spend as much time and effort in trying to win new customers, as you can spend most of your energy focusing on your existing clientele. Your regular readers don’t need any convincing to click through to your content. RSS Feeds – Still Alive and Kicking!

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