Profit With RSS Feeds

RSS Feeds have been around a long time but they are now enjoying a new surge of popularity. Marketers are using them and finding that they can bring massive amounts of quality traffic when done correctly. However many people using RSS feeds are not enjoying the full potential of this powerful marketing tactic. Here are some points to help you get the most out of using RSS feeds.

Firstly what are RSS Feeds? Roughly translated RSS can stand for “really simple syndication”. You can publish new information and news on your site and then alert all who subscribe to your feed. For example you can tell them about a new article you have written or some new trend in your industry. Anyone subscribing to your RSS feed will be able to be informed about new updates from your site.

How to set up an RSS feed:

Find a feed that will match your business. You can go to any of these websites:
a.    www.icerocket.com
b.    www.2rss.com
c.    http://news.yahoo.com/rss

Create your feed URL
d.    In the search box, enter your topic
e.    There will be an orange RSS feed icon, click on it
f.    Copy the feed URL-this will appear in your browser address bar

Create your feed HTML:
g.    Go to http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/feed/index.php?s=build
h.    Enter your yahoo feed URL
i.    Press generate feed button and code is ready.
j.    You can then put it on your website
Creating your own feed: you can do this with a piece of software at http://feedforall.com You will link it to your own content ( article or news brief )

How to utilize the power of your RSS feeds:
Get people to subscribe to your feed. You can get information on how to do this here http://www.rssspecifications.com/rss-readers.htm
Submit to all RSS and blog directories. Also submit to my MSN, and Yahoo
Link blogs to your feed
Link to other RSS feeds that are related to your business
Link your RSS feeds to articles then distribute the articles for extra exposure.

Tips to Help you make better RSS feeds:

Make your feeds about topics your subscribers will love. Trends, news hot topics
Look at other RSS Feeds to find new and interesting stories
Check business forums to learn what people are discussing and want to know more about
Use only RSS feeds that are relative and complimentary to your special market
Clipping services can give you new content and the latest information in your field

RSS feeds are one of the best ways to get targeted traffic to your site. Couple it with Blogs and make it even more Effective RSS feeds are also tied very closely with search engine positioning and linking.

RSS feeds will bring more visitors to your website and also other webmasters will link into your site because you are offering good resources for their visitors. In this way you will get valuable back links and improve your page ranking.

When you do this you will raise your Search engine rank. Search engines will find their way to your site through your back links and will rank you higher because of your informative content and good resources.

Try to set up an RSS feed today and see your traffic and sales increase. It may not happen overnight but if you do RSS feeds correctly you will be looking at a steady increase in leads, sales and profits.

May 11, 2006 – 5:25 pm by Constantin Chersin