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Top 5 Places to Submit Your Blog

You may have a blog, and that blog may be full of very interesting content, but it's not serving much of a purpose beyond honing your writing skills and allowing you to get something off your chest if other people aren't reading it. As with getting visitors or potential customers in any other aspect of your online business, it is going to take some promotion.

How Are You Promoting Your RSS Feeds?

I have written in the past about different ways that RSS feeds can benefit your business. The Benefits of RSS One way was from the perspective of the subscriber. You can boost your productivity by having all of your favorite blogs and news sources coming right to you in one place. This can be a tremendous time saver, particularly for those who do a lot of reading and research.

Getting Indexed with Feeds

I got a Google Alert of a site that used my name the other day, and was a bit surprised at the source—a self-described "black hat" firm that helps people use aggressive (some might say shady) techniques for search optimization. Happily, they didn't quote me as supporting unethical techniques, but they sell a package that helps you get your pages indexed and they quote me to show that some things they sell really are ethical. I haven't used their software, but the idea of using Web feeds to improve page indexing is a good one.

Marketing Through Contests

Here's some breaking news for you. People like to get free stuff. I've talked before about giving away promotional items for marketing and branding purposes, but now I want to discuss marketing through contests. A contest can be a great way to get people to notice your business, particularly if you are an online business.

Ways RSS Feeds Can Benefit Your Business

As I mentioned before, Google Reader is one of my favorite features that Google offers because it allows me to read the latest articles and posts from nearly every website and blog that I read on a regular basis all in one place. This can be a tremendous time-saver and tool to keep you up to date on all of the happenings in your niche, and boost your productivity as a result.Subscribing to Feeds