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Google Reader Alternatives: 3 Web Based RSS Readers to Manage Your Subscriptions

Kikolani

I follow a lot of blogs and various RSS feeds. Plus, when I’m ready to periodically purge my RSS feeds, I can look at the Twitter handles and figure out quickly whether I have engaged with them or not. How to Export Your Google Reader RSS Feeds & Subscriptions. The first thing you will want to do is export your RSS subscriptions in Google Reader. Now that you know handle RSS feeds, here are the alternatives I am considering.

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With the New Design, Twitter Kills RSS, Literally

Stay N' Alive

The blogosphere is abuzz lately about the latest trend: “RSS is Dead,&# everyone says. Other blogs say “RSS isn’t dead.&# (of which side I tend to agree with). The debate lies with the fact that more and more people are starting to use Twitter, Twitter lists, Facebook, and other social means to just get the news from the streams they follow on these sites rather than typical RSS Readers like Google Reader.

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How I Bumped My RSS Conversion Rate from 16% To 25%

ProBlogger

Want to find out how to boost RSS subscriber conversion? Besides having an obvious call to action above the fold and getting to [social news site] ‘s frontpage, the blogosphere doesn’t much discuss how to convert more readers to subscribers. I’d been meaning to test my RSS subscription page for a while, and finally got around to it. The RSS subscription page was way too busy! Want to help other bloggers and email marketers increase RSS conversions?

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The Most Effective Way to Increase RSS Subscribers

Viper Chill

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » The Most Effective Way to Increase RSS Subscribers The Most Effective Way to Increase RSS Subscribers Written by Glen, this post has 103 Comments I’ve been a big advocate of guest blogging over the years; currently ranking no.1 I think wring great content and getting links from other bloggers are the best ways to increase RSS Subscribers. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"

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iPhone 4 First Impressions

Justin Levy

If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. My overall reaction: it’s an amazing device and I’m not experiencing (knock on wood) the issues that are being reported across the blogosphere. Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking iPhone 4 First Impressions Written on June 25, 2010 by Justin Levy in iphone , video 6 Comments - Leave a comment!

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Super list of 50 social media links - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Super list of 50 social media links Have you ever wanted to know more about how to make a huge impact in social networking? I have collected a Super Link List from around the blogosphere for you to be all that you can be online! From Blogs to Twitter and everywhere in between. The “Middleman” of Social Media is Your Friend The Next Evolution of Social Media… You can’t handle the truth!

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Google Me – quick thoughts for and against…

The Way of the Web

And whenever there are big rumours, the blogosphere rushes to comment.

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Four Handy Windows Phone Apps

Idaconcpts

You can add a podcast with an RSS address. Blueprints is a versatile app for bloggers and their readers to help them stay afloat in the blogosphere. It must be difficult for Microsoft. They have had to get used to playing second and even third fiddle in this thing called the Mobile Operating System competition. Back in the tech boom 90’s, everything was ‘Wintel this’ and ‘Wintel that’.

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Blogging's Definitely Not Dead. The Conversations Surrounding it Seem to Be.

Stay N' Alive

Despite all this traffic and all the attention this post had gotten, none of it happened as a result of conversations in the blogosphere. I'm beginning to realize the conversation is moving away from the blogosphere and into the social ecosystem. We see trends such as today's realization that Twitter and Facebook have removed the visible RSS Feed links from their sites and in some cases completely. It's the conversation that is moving away from the blogosphere.

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Take a Peek at Who I Read

Justin Levy

If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. Since the blogosphere is so large and continues to grow larger and larger every day, Alltop can’t categorize every single blog out there. Tags: alltop , blogs , feeds , rss Written by Justin Levy « Previous Post Next Post » [link] justinlevy Ever wanted to know what blogs I read on a daily basis?

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How To Write Excellent Blog Content – What We Wish We Knew

ProBlogger

The Viral Nature of Lists – a single well written list post can launch a blog to great heights in the blogosphere. While the prolific nature of lists in the blogosphere can also mean your lists get ignored, I find that when writing the same content as a list that you write as an essay like article the list will almost always get more attention. Read more on Using images to make your posts POP in RSS feeds.

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How Transparent is Too Transparent?

Socialized

The following (with one letter masked) was displayed by Domino’s on its Pizza Turnaround site: When counseling clients on blog commenting policies, and the use of RSS feeds and Twitter feeds on their corporate sites, I remind them that they still own that real estate, and while they can’t control what people are saying about them out in the blogosphere, they can control their own Web sites.

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7 Tips for Writing 1,000 Words Each Day

Kikolani

It might be something that you wrote years or months ago, or it might be something that caught your attention on the Internet or in the blogosphere. Keep up with your favorite blogs through an RSS reader. This is a guest post by Jim DeBellis , a freelance writer for Criminal Justice Degree Schools. The curse of daily or weekly deadlines can turn even the joyful luster of creative writing into just another job that eats your life away.

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Top 25 Blogging and Social Media Posts on Kikolani

Kikolani

Fetching Friday Many great posts over the last year have been from my Fetching Friday series, where I compile the best posts of the week throughout the blogosphere on a variety of topics, including blogging, social media, SEO, personal development, and more. Twitterfeed, HootSuite RSS, and Blog Post Scheduling How to setup your favorite blogs’ RSS feeds to update your Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other accounts, and why your blog post schedule matters.

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Diva Marketing Blog Acquired. Almost! Part II

Diva Marketing Blog

Unlike traditional publishers who place a premium on your network, The X Man never asked about RSS subscriptions or my network reach. . After many eMails and behind the scenes work I thought we were at the end of the yellow brick blogosphere road and the doors of the Emerald City were close to opening. Who knows where the yellow brick road of the blogosphere will lead? Continuted from Part I. To sell Diva Marketing Or not to sell Diva Marketing. The bling was shiny.

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How to Make A Blogging Advice Implementation Plan

Kikolani

I have been noticing a pattern in the blogosphere that I think is at the root of many problems. But after reading the post, the ideas will be an afterthought and you’re on to the next blog post in your RSS reader or chasing the next distraction. Identify the Advice You Want to Implement : As you go through your RSS reader, write down the titles of 5 posts that had interesting ideas that you think you could implement.

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10 Dreadful Mistakes that Kill Your Comments

Kikolani

Besides her numerous guest posts all around the blogosphere, several prestigious awards like Finalists: Top 10 Social Media Blogs 2011 , and being an all around nice gal, Kristi is always about GIVING to her readers. If you are using Feedburner as your RSS feed management provider and have never changed their default settings, your CommentLuv links are most likely being stolen by them. This is a guest post by Ana Hoffman.

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Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses

Akamai Marketing

Seriously, the blogosphere is different, you are allowed and even encouraged to experiment and be creative.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Chicago Lightning

Kikolani

Here are some of the best articles I have stumbled upon , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Exploring loyalty in the blogosphere – are bloggers transient with their loyalty, or does it depend on the community? This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup.

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Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog

Waxing UnLyrical

It makes the blogosphere less frightening. And, quite frankly, the blogosphere can be daunting. If Kami Huyse hadn’t given me the opportunity (and a genteel kick-in-the-butt), I would never have ventured into the blogosphere. If I hadn’t given Bryce Keane or Herwin Icasiano a genteel kick-in-the-butt, they may never have ventured into the blogosphere. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email.

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Go Beyond Blogging – Multi-Channel Marketing via Online Media

ProBlogger

Blog RSS feeds. RSS feeds provide them with fresh content without having them to give away their information. Consumers should have control and RSS feeds fit perfectly into this strategy. Contest is an effective way to generate buzz around the blogosphere, especially if you are able to have other bloggers and influencers blog about it. The post Go Beyond Blogging – Multi-Channel Marketing via Online Media appeared first on ProBlogger.

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The Yellow Pages Equal Spam

Justin Levy

If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. I'm glad to see that you and your team are actively listening to the conversations taking place around the blogosphere. I'm glad to see that you and your team are actively listening to the conversations taking place around the blogosphere.

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Blogs: I'll Show You Mine if You'll Show Me Yours

Almost Savvy

I wrote about my own entry into the blogosphere late last year: Blogging Between Hot Flashes. Image courtesy of dullhunk If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! I’m now one of your RSS subscribers!

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Are Blog Comments Dead? | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

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. I don't know if this is due to personal taste/need or a trend in the blogosphere. Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are Blog Comments Dead?

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Want Traffic? Then Make Things Happen

Kikolani

After you have been successful in promoting your blog, did you notice your RSS feed, Twitter followers, or email subscription increasing? The blogosphere has been ever growing and ever dynamic. This is a guest post by Ramcel Gatchalian. The million-dollar question every newbie blogger ask is “How can I drive traffic to my blog?&#. Driving Traffic.

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Time to Rethink Your Blog Strategy? Writing Epic, Incredible Blog Posts

Pam Moore

They went so far as instructing them how to leverage RSS feeds, do social listening and more to get ideas for new blog content. Your blog should not be a copycat version of the rest of the blogosphere. The days of slamming out content that looks, smells and feels like what everyone else is writing are over and done. I recently saw a video and blog post from a leader in the social marketing space offering tips to generate new ideas for content blog writing.

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Protect Your Content from Being Copied in 3 Steps

ProBlogger

Content scraping still haunts the entire blogosphere. by scraping your RSS feed. Manage your RSS feeds. These auto-publishing sploggers target the RSS feed of your blog, where they scrape your creation in just a matter of seconds! This guest post is by Abhishek of Budding Geek. No matter how hard you try to defend your creation, content thieves will always find a way to steal it!

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Twitter Search or Instagram Search: Which is Better for Business?

Diva Marketing Blog

Recently I was chatting with long time BBF, Paul Chaney , about the changes in social media from the days when we began in what was then called The Blogosphere. Bill pioneered RSS advertising years ago and, despite his boyish good looks (which belie his clean Midwestern upbringing), is a long-time veteran of the social media marketing wars.

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Twitter Search or Instagram Search: Which is Better for Business?

Diva Marketing Blog

Recently I was chatting with long time BBF, Paul Chaney , about the changes in social media from the days when we began in what was then called The Blogosphere. Bill pioneered RSS advertising years ago and, despite his boyish good looks (which belie his clean Midwestern upbringing), is a long-time veteran of the social media marketing wars.

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How to Go Beyond Blogging and Harness Multi-Channel Marketing

ProBlogger

Blog RSS feeds. RSS feeds provide them with fresh content without having them to give away their information. Consumers should have control and RSS feeds fit perfectly into this strategy.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Temporal Distortion

Kikolani

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. 5 Key Innovations Made to the Blogosphere This Month – If you are a Triberr fan, you have to check out their latest plugin! Be sure to catch the weekly roundups by subscribing to Kikolani’s full feed via RSS or email. Or subscribe directly to Fetching Friday only via RSS or email.

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Social Media "Pioneers" Tell Why

Diva Marketing Blog

At the time we stepped into what was fondly called, The Blogosphere , it was an unproven direction to take business communications. Some of them, A few include Howard Rheingold, host the The Well, first online community; Randy Farmer, co-developer of Habitat, first use of avatars, so that you could have an online presence, Dave Winer, father of the blog, RSS and more, are all from the 60s. Almost as soon as I wrote my first post people reached out to welcome me to the blogosphere.

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Blogging Between Hot Flashes

Almost Savvy

Do I belong in the blogosphere? If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! The first lesson anyone learns about the blogosphere is “listening&# before jumping in to conversations. Do you belong in the blogosphere?

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Blogging Between Hot Flashes

Almost Savvy

Do I belong in the blogosphere? If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! The first lesson anyone learns about the blogosphere is “listening&# before jumping in to conversations. Do you belong in the blogosphere?

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Blogging: Social Media is Not Only About Social Media Sites

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Yaro explains: My membership site, BlogMastermind.com , certainly benefited from word of mouth and viral marketing across the blogosphere. Another well-known individual who utilized the blogosphere efficiently in his marketing efforts is 29-year-old Tim Ferriss. In fact, that’s exactly what one twenty-one year-old did as seen in this video: Tim credits his success to the blogosphere.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Buttermilk the Dwarf Goat

Kikolani

Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Add these to your playbook, and never head out to the blogosphere without a gameplan again! Be sure to catch the weekly roundups by subscribing to Kikolani’s full feed via RSS or email. Or subscribe directly to Fetching Friday only via RSS or email.

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Behind the Curtain of a Sports Social Media Giant

Convince & Convert

The RSS feed is: [link]. Social media, it seems, has not killed the blogosphere. Bryan Srabian, The SF Giants @srabe. Bryan Srabian , Director of Social Media for the San Francisco Giants , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss dedicating a physical space to social, basing an editorial calendar on the baseball game schedule, and how to handle rivalries in the Twittersphere. Read on for some of the highlights and tweetable moments, or listen to the full podcast.

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Five Ways to Become a Better Writer and Take Your Blog to the Top

ProBlogger

make you look like a big player in the blogosphere, even if you’re just starting out. How much reading do you do outside the blogosphere? As well as reading outside the blogosphere, try writing outside it. You can grab the Aliventures RSS feed here. This guest post is by Ali Luke of Aliventures. Does great writing matter in blogging? It’s a debate that isn’t over—yet.

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Why Kissing a Digital Baby is Better than Back-scratching a Super-famous Blogger

ProBlogger

Then, there is this “hush hush” unwritten law, “You should build strong relationships with established pro bloggers or blogosphere influences! Srini from BlogCastFM , goes on to say, “Emerging talent is the most undervalued asset in the blogosphere” I couldn’t agree more. Look through your blog comments, RSS reader, guest posts, and backlinks. This guest post is by Shamelle Perera of Better Blogging Ways.

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24 (of the) Best Business Blogging Guides, Tips and Tools of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

But as the blogosphere continues to expand (as noted by Diana Adams below), it becomes more difficult to stand out and be heard above the noise. Noting that will well over 100 million blogs on the web now it can be challenging to stand out, the effervescent Diana Adams shares a list of common mistakes to avoid such as making your RSS button hard to find, posting inconsistently, and failing to respond to reader comments.

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Micro Persuasion: Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Data Shows English Blogosphere Has Peaked » Sunday, February 25, 2007. I scan 275 RSS feeds in Google Reader and I use dozens of bookmarklets and shortcuts to help me manage it all. This works for any RSS feed, not just bookmarks. Posted at 09:35 PM in Gear , Linkblog , Mobile , RSS , Search , Tagging , Weblogs | Permalink. saving delicious bookmarks using yahoo alerts, The yahoo alert is generated on the rss feed and hence does not show the tags to the bookmark.

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Gov 2.0: Taking a Look Back at 2009 | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

conferences, seminars, workshops, Twitter, and the blogosphere. web20 wiki Meta Register Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.org © 2010 Social Media Strategery. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. Development Social Media Gov 2.0:

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Let Luck Be a Lady: Attending blogworld 2008

Social Media Strategery

8:45 AM “STATE OF THE BLOGOSPHERE ADDRESS&# & OPENING KEYNOTE 10:00 AM Free time 11:00 AM Twitter: Building the Connections that Drive Traffic 12:15 PM Bloggers & PR 1:30 PM free time 9:00 AM OPENING KEYNOTE 10:00 AM Free time 11:00 AM 7 Habits of Highly Effective Business Blogs 12:00 PM Free time 2:15 PM Steelers vs. Eagles 10:15 PM Head to airport In addition to posting here, I’ll also be live-tweeting, live-Yammering, and posting pictures and videos to Flickr and YouTube.

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