Justin Levy

JANUARY 11, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are You Subscribed Yet? If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. I love that we can share and learn together using something as simple as a feed reader.

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Feed Reader Google Reader RSS Flickr 133

Justin Levy

JULY 23, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking 12 Cloud-Based Tools to Stay Productive Written on July 23, 2010 by Justin Levy in communications , organization , productivity , technology 2 Comments - Leave a comment! I also heavily use Gmail and Google Docs in my personal life.

Products 232

Products Yammer Tools SocialCast 232

Kikolani

JUNE 14, 2013

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Why You Shouldn’t Create a Newsletter (and What to Do Instead) – Once upon a time, the online newsletter produced enormous profits for all kinds of businesses. The Resources Mashup.

Marketing 127

Marketing FeedBlitz RSS SEO 127

Twist Image

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. e-newsletter. google chrome. google plus.

Journal 102

Journal Google Reader WordPress Newsletter 102

Kikolani

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

RSS Folders. Of course, those unread items can quickly add up in your feed reader and make it a bit hard to handle. One way to make sure you are getting what you want from your feed reader is organizing your feeds into particular folders. My Google Reader is sorted by topic, plus a special folder for commenters on Kikolani.

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Organization StumbleUpon Tweetdeck RSS 167

Twist Image

MAY 23, 2011

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. You will never be able to read every e-newsletter, Blog post, tweet or listen/watch every Podcast or interesting YouTube video.

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Google Reader RSS Embedding YouTube 110

Kikolani

MAY 28, 2013

Opt-in Email Newsletter Popup Best Practices for 2012 (2012) – Conversion optimization testing and results with a popup opt-in form. It works with Aweber , GetResponse, Mailchimp, Turbo AutoResponder, Google Feedburner, and other mailing list service providers. Be sure to follow Kristi on Twitter , Facebook , and Google+.

Case Study 168

Case Study WordPress Study FeedBurner 168

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. Think email is dead?

Social Media 130

Social Media Metadata Flipboard Metrics 130

Kikolani

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Why Your Blog Needs a Mailing List Here are some great reasons to have a mailing list for your blog, plus some best practices for newsletters and opt-in forms. Learn more about using PostRank for social media analytics , as well as how to use it to sort RSS feeds in Google Reader to find the best posts from blogs you are subscribed to.

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Postrank Social Media StumbleUpon HootSuite 130

Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

“Go through your email in box and unsubscribe from all the email newsletters you never open.&# I heard this on Sunday and so just for fun I filtered every one of the newsletters and rss feeds that I never even bother to scan into a mailbox. In one of his recent seminars he said something like this. This took some practice.

Social Media 132

Social Media Alltop Tweetdeck HootSuite 132

Josh S Peters

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If people are looking for it on Google, chances are they’re also talking about it on Twitter. What you want to do is take your keywords, do some searches, and then get the RSS feed of that search sent to your Google Reader or feed reader of your choice. If you do, please put them in the comments.

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Twitter RSS Lijit eBook 100

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

It’s also important to note that while search engine visitors may be less loyal their volume is much greater, especially visitors from Google. In publishing that typically means additional page views and time on site, RSS and e-mail newsletter subscriptions, user account and on-site community sign-ups, etc.

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Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

ProBlogger

APRIL 15, 2021

One of the best decisions I ever made was to start a newsletter for Digital Photography School (and later ProBlogger). When blogs first became a thing, most of them asked people to subscribe to the RSS feed by having a big orange “Subscribe to my blog” button they could click on. drive sales of our products. build our community.

Energy 45

Energy eBook RSS Newsletter 45

Justin Levy

JANUARY 12, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Reply to Facebook Comments via Email Written on January 12, 2010 by Justin Levy in facebook , social media 15 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

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Comments Facebook Posterous Notification 113

ProBlogger

JANUARY 27, 2014

To encourage casual visitors to become regular readers, you should offer a number of different ways to follow your blog that are clearly visible within the design: 1. RSS Feeds – Still Alive and Kicking! RSS is not dead, despite what the naysayers may claim. Email Opt-in Form – The Money is in The List!

RSS 46

RSS How To Google Reader Feed 46

Justin Levy

JULY 30, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are Blog Comments Dead? If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. RSS and email subscriptions, site traffic and social sharing may all be continuing to increase.

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Comments Disqus Social Graph Blogger 220

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Recently I was asked to write an article for the European Council of International Schools Shortcuts Newsletter about using web 2.0 Set up an RSS Reader. The best way to do that is using an RSS reader like Google Reader or Netvibes. favorite posts into one place in your RSS reader.

Education 154

Education Web 2.0 RSS Wiki 154

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 2, 2011

Currently I’m doing this on Google+. I see a bright future for the Google. Susan’s Little Known Social Media Secret : Set up private lists in Twitter (or Circles in Google+) to read and keep up with movers and shakers in your industry, analysts, influencers and interesting people that you want to engage. Susan Beebe.

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Tools Tips Marketing Social Media 277

ProBlogger

MARCH 29, 2011

Last week I tweeted that I’d not checked my Google Reader account in a month. Within minutes, I started getting tweets back from others saying that they rarely check their RSS feeds any more. apps (some drew in RSS feeds, but others were recommendation engines). The decline of RSS? email subscriptions.

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FeedBurner Paper.li RSS Digg 45

ProBlogger

AUGUST 12, 2012

RSS subscribers. Hopefully you’re using Feedburner to manage your RSS feeds—if so, you’ll have a clear idea of how many people are subscribing to your blog via RSS. Showing the number of RSS subscribers on your blog can also be great social proof of your blogging chops. Google ranking for keywords.

RSS 42

RSS How To Blogger Analytics 42

Josh S Peters

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

PPC ads are often based on search terms (keywords) you bid on, as in the case of the ones we see on Google everyday. The easiest thing to do is to setup your keywords to be delivered via RSS to the feed reader of your choice (google reader, bloglines, etc).

Twitter 100

Twitter Case Study Lijit eBook 100

ProBlogger

MAY 11, 2012

Standford Smith recently shared his favorite IFTTT recipes that make content curation painless : Save a starred item in Google Reader to Evernote. Save a specific keyword in an RSS to Evernote. Add posts in Google Reader to a specific Evernote notebook. You choose “book covers,” “email newsletters,” and “desktop.”.

Real Estate 41

Real Estate Insurance Tools Content 41

Josh S Peters

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Setting up your listening posts and building a solid foundation can be done for free to cheap (on the software side) using tools like Google Reader, Google Alerts, Yahoo Pipes, etc. Low end “free&# listening tools – Most of the results of these will be delivered to you via either RSS or email.

Campaign 105

Campaign Social Media Radian6 Disqus 105

ProBlogger

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Make a list of the websites, newsletters, and bloggers who inspire you and utilize your favourite RSS reader, iPad app, or simply subscribe to have their content delivered to you each week. Just because you are waiting to be inspired before you write doesn’t mean you can’t be proactive about what inspires you.

How To 38

How To Banking Aggregator iPad 38

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Most organizations still see blogs as a way to push their content to learners, which to my mind makes blogs simply a multimedia e-newsletter. OK as far as it goes, but so NOT getting to the real opportunities.Blogs are a conversation between the blogger and him/herself (a form of reflection) and between the blogger and his/her readers.

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Project Web 2.0 Module Wiki 265

Twist Image

MARCH 14, 2013

I love Twitter , Facebook , Google+ and other places to publish, share and connect too, but I have a soft spot for blogs. It was a punch in the gut yesterday to read this tweet from Gina Trapani : "Wow, Google Reader shutting down. Watch for 'Subscribe in Google+.'" I haven't looked at Google Reader in months.

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Flipboard FeedBurner Google Reader Tumblr 107

Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

If you see that a certain site is sending a lot of RSS subscribers, you can work to get more traffic from that source. If you find that your readers go to the top right hand side of the page, you can put an ad there or something else that you want to get viewed.

Resources 77

Resources Netvibes Marketing Delicious 77

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 22, 2011

You could dedicate another email account to newsletters. I also have the Google Calendar gadget on my Gmail sidebar, so I have an easy way to access my upcoming meetings, appointments, and phone calls. Google Reader. I read my friends’ Facebook updates via RSS. Google Docs. Rapportive FTW.

Products 236

Products Tools Google Reader RSS 236

Justin Levy

JULY 6, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking My Obsession: The Consumption of Information Written on July 6, 2010 by Justin Levy in consumption , information 4 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

RSS 216

RSS Overview Journal News 216

Justin Levy

JULY 13, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are We Connected Yet? If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. I love that we can share and learn together using something as simple as a feed reader.

Feed Reader 113

Feed Reader Delicious Google Reader RSS 113

Twist Image

APRIL 23, 2012

I have not looked at my Google Reader RSS feeds in a very, very long time. I tend to get the information I need from e-newsletters (I know, this is very old school of me) or people I respect and follow in places like Facebook, Google Plus , Twitter and beyond. google plus. google reader.

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Tumblr Google Reader RSS Feed 102

Justin Levy

AUGUST 15, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Take a Peek at Who I Read Written on August 15, 2009 by Justin Levy in alltop , justinlevy , social media 3 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

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Alltop RSS Blogosphere Feed Reader 159

Kikolani

APRIL 26, 2013

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Infographic: The Periodic Table Of Google Analytics – Want to understand all the ways that Google Analytics can help you learn how people are interacting with your site? The Resources Mashup.

Exercises 126

Exercises Mashup Resources Adwords 126

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

If you’re the frugal type, take advantage of the free alerts from Google, YackTrack , Social Mention , BackType (which gives you alerts from blog/article comments , which other services do not include), and Trackur. Let me port my RSS feed to it and be done with it!&# Your investment is merely that of time. Engagement.

Social Media 278

Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Use WWSGD to include a little message before or after each of your posts, asking readers to subscribe to your RSS feed (or buy you a drink). Tracking Google Analytics No surprise, this is my primary statistical source for Convince & Convert. Despite being free, Google keeps adding functionality to Google Analytics.

Social Media 167

Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Social Media Strategery

APRIL 2, 2010

Baby Steps Do a Google search on your name. Set up a Google Alert for your name/organization so that you’re notified whenever someone writes a blog post, news article, etc. Google your organization’s name and “social media” or “Government 2.0” Start your day by opening your RSS reader and clicking through to see what’s new.

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Gov 2.0 Social Media Policies Privacy 138

Viper Chill

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Meta Tags When you search for a site in Google, you’ll see a snippet of content under the page link. I should mention that Google announced a few months ago they do not crawl the keywords tag anymore. The Google external keyword tool is a good place to start to see which phrases are popular in your audience.

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WordPress SEO NoFollow Sites 93