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RSS... and WHY Its Being Considered The Newest Player In The
VIRAL Marketing Gam
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By Cory Threlfall
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I have a quick question to ask you... "Are you sick and tired ofhearing about RSS(Real Simple Syndication) and how it can takeyour online business to New levels with VERY little effort onyour part?"
If you answered 'YES' to the question above then stop readingthis article Right Now!
If you answered 'NO' then your going to love what I'm about toreveal to you about RSS and WHY its being consider the newestplayer in the VIRAL marketing game.
But before I do I think its important you understand themechanics of each(RSS and VIRAL marketing) and what there roleis so there's no confusion.
RSS by definition -- RSS stands for 'Real Simple syndication orRich Site Summary' and is used to syndicate news or informationand is usually associated with Blogs because blogs use an RSSfeed to distribute their content.
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VIRAL Marketing by definition -- is any form of advertisingand/or marketing techniques that "spread" like a virus withoutyou having to do anything.
Now that you have an idea what the two mean and the roles theyeach play it's now time to tie it all together.
I have another quick question...(As you can see I like to askquestions.) "What do all website owners and portal sites need ona 24/7 basis to keep their visitors/readers coming back dayafter day?
If you answered 'Content' then give yourself a pat on the backbecause your absolutely Right!
And what do RSS feeds contain that update on a 24/7 basis?
CONTENT! Whether its News related or Articles.
And where do website owners and portal webmasters go to findthese much needed RSS feeds?
You guessed it... 'RSS Directories' where hopefully Yousubmitted your RSS feed(s) to.
The great thing about 'RSS Directories' is they are allcategorized making it easy for whomever is looking.
And if your RSS feed catches their eye, guess what? They'll addyour feed to there website where You'll gain all that FREEexposure at their expense.
Now, just imagine if 100 or 1000 website owners picked up yourRSS feed.
Your traffic to your website would start to Explode effortlesslywithout you lifting a finger.
And the cool thing is all you had to do was set it up once.
The more 'Quality' RSS feeds you have out there the moreopportunities you have of getting picked up by webmasters.
Do you see Now how RSS is being considered VIRAL? And this allhappens while your sleeping.
It gets better So hold on.
Do you publish your own Content/Articles?
If you do you are also in for a real treat because guess whatother directories are starting to incorporate RSS into theirdirectories?
That's right, 'Article Directories'.
By submitting your articles to the TOP 'Article Directories' thesame effect will happen as I outlined with 'RSS Directories'.
Remember this, people come online primarily for Information thatwill help solve a particular problem they are dealing with.
Websites contain 'Information'.
Website owners need Fresh 'Information' on a 24/7 basis to feedtheir readers needs.
RSS feeds deliver content, whether its News related or Articles,on a 24/7 basis or whatever frequency the website owner chooses.
How can you take advantage of this Right Now if you haven'talready?
Simply set up a Blog at Blogger.com -- http://www.blogger.com --and start posting to it on a Daily basis with your Articles,Product Reviews or News related postings related to your targetaudience.
Then go submit your Blogs RSS feed to all the top 'RSSDirectories'.
Here's a link to a list of Top RSS Directories that you cansubmit your feed(s) to.
Go to: http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
Once you've done that you'll want to Ping your Blog to get theSearch Engines to come visit and start indexing your Blogs pages.
You can do this by using this Free service called Ping-O-Matic.
Go to: http://pingomatic.com/
Well there you have it in a nutshell.
I hope you see the true Power of RSS and more importantly..."WHY Its Being Considered The Newest Player In The VIRALMarketing Game".
The only thing left for you to do is... Take Action!
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