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How to Incorporate RSS Feeds Into Webpages

By Mohan Potukuchi

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a simple format that can be used either to receive updated content or to send content from one’s website or blog. It’s simple to use, and various free resources are available on the Net. Simply put, RSS is just like newspapers receiving content from news agencies like AP, Reuters, UNI, etc. If you have an RSS feed on your webpage, you continue to get the latest content automatically, provided it is updated by the provider or source.

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Tags: feeds, rss

RSS Feeds - What are They and What are They For?

By Barbara White

RSS has been used for more than a decade, but has only recently become commonly used. It is used to provide headlines and summaries of information in a concise and standardized way in one place, without the inconvenience of visiting separate sites on the Internet.

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (although versions before RSS 2.0 were often recognized under various names). RSS feeds are written in a computer language called XML. This technology is what makes big news websites possible: RSS files are used to create a data feed which will transmit headlines, links or virtually any other piece of information to a channel viewer application, which is sometimes called a news reader.

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Blogging for a Living

By Michele Foran

Blogging is a cheap and simple way to make money on the Internet. But, you have to know what you are doing or you’ll make very little money, or worse, you won’t make any money at all. If you’re like most people, you want to start making money and profits as soon as you can.

Why is blogging such a good idea?

Because you can communicate with people all over the world about your product or opinions. Because it’s such an easy, fast way to communicate with these people. Because it’s much easier to set up and maintain compared to a regular website. Because you can build a reputation and a loyal group of followers to buy your product. Because once you know how to drive traffic to your blog and get some top search engine rankings you can almost be an autopilot money making machine.

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Tags: blogging

Internet Marketing Tips – Dealing With the Down Times

By Steven Wagenheim

Internet marketing is a funny animal. Just when things are going well, BAM… you get hit with a slow economy or a holiday or whatever. Suddenly your $300 a day income is down to $100 a day… You’re about ready to hit the panic button and throw the baby out with the bath water. Well, before you do that, this article will help get you through those slow times. Trust me, they will pick up again.

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Basic Blog Branding 101

By Anne Moss Rogers

Personal blogs can be more random if it is simply sharing what you are doing with friends and family. But a blog for business, one you hope will make money, a blog that presents you as an expert or one to drive traffic to a website needs to have a marketing goal or purpose.

Generic will kill you. Trying to post a blog about being a stay-at-home mom might find fierce competition. Trying to post one about how a stay-at-home mom can run an Internet business might be more specific. But do not go posting a blog until you have taken a look around. You do not want to be number one million trying to climb to the top of the heap.

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Tags: blogs, publishing

Writing an eBook That Sells – 5 Tips on How to Increase Your eBook Sales by Getting Busy Online

By Connie Ragen Green

Writing your ebook will be about much more than simply writing. Online writing and marketing consists of a series of events that will move you from where you are now to where you want to be. If your goal is to write and sell an ebook on your niche topic, here are the steps you will take to accomplish your goal in a reasonable period of time.

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Tags: ebook, publishing

3D Box Shots

By Sunil Tanna

3D box shots (also known as “virtual box shots,” “virtual boxes,” “box covers,” or even “ecovers”) are images that appear to represent a 3D image of a product box. They are in fact just graphics (usually in PNG or JPEG format, but occasionally in other formats such as GIF, BMP or even Flash) associated with a product which is in reality completely non-physical and intangible, such as software, ebooks, video or music downloads, a subscription to a membership site or ezine, etc.

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Tags: graphics, product development

6 Steps to a Better Ezine

By Jennifer Williamson

An ezine can keep you in front of your prospects, help you market to a pre-screened list of people, and promote your credibility — all the things a paper newsletter does. But with an ezine, you can do it more frequently and at less cost. But not all ezines are created equal. Here are six ways to make yours pay off.

Discuss relevant issues. The Web demands current content. Your readers want to know what’s happening in your industry now. If you’re not offering a current perspective on your industry, they’ll look elsewhere.

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A Blog in a Million

By Elle N. Dee

There are millions of blogs on the Internet. In fact, there are a very large number of regular websites about blogs and blogging. For every niche and subniche, there are thousands, even millions of blogs. For every person’s opinion or personal crusade, there are millions more.

The trick is to make yours stand out from the crowd and capture your readers. The ways to accomplish this are very similar to the steps you’d take to develop a unique spin for a product you’d plan to sell in your niche. Essentially, your blog is your first Internet product, and you would position and market it to attract and build a relationship with loyal readers.

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Tags: blogs, publishing