Manage your news feeds

Here’s a tip you may find useful.

Like most of you, I tend to quickly check specific Web sites first thing daily to find out the latest industry and client news.

I’ve tried out a variety of methods and sites and customized start pages, and settled on a specific one you might want to check out: www.bloglines.com

Simply create a free account, then subscribe to the feed for the site you want.

You can organize the links in categories that make sense to you. For example, I separate mine into Business, Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Technology

When you go to Bloglines.com in your Web browser, any new articles you subscribed to appear in bold. Simply skim thru the list of article titles and summaries. I find this method to be a huge timesaver. I can skim all the news sources I like in a matter of minutes, instead of clicking through bookmarks.

Another benefit is more and more sites start to include feed buttons on the page that make subscribing easy.

In summary:

• It’s free
• Accessible via Web browser
• Simple to use
• Easy to subscribe to feeds
• A huge time saver

I hope you find this tip useful.
-Roland

Roland Reinhart is an interactive marketing professional. His observations can be found at Chaos365.com and AdMadMan.com.

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