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Interesting Uses for RSS Feeds
By S. Housley

The core use for RSS is generally considered news headlines
and blog syndication, but innovative businesses are learning
to use RSS in different ways. Consider RSS as a
communication channel that can provide current, targeted
information as it appears within a very targeted audience.

Monitoring Newsgroups/Usenet

Google Groups is a free online community and discussion
group service that offers the Web’s most comprehensive
archive of Usenet postings. Google Groups can be monitored
using RSS feeds. In order to monitor a specific newsgroup
simply add “/feed/msgs.xml” to the end of the Google Group
URL. Add the new URL to a newsgroup reader and receive
updates each time a new post is added to the newsgroup.

Example Feed:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.shareware.authors/f eed/msgs.xml

Calendars

Build a calendar for public or private use and receive
calendar updates via an RSS feed. Calendars can be created
for personal reminders to pay bills or attend social
functions. Calendars can also be used for specific groups
like schools, sporting events, or industry events. The
calendar can be syndicated and shared using RSS feeds.

CalendarHub - http://www.calendarhub.com
Example Feed - http://www.calendarhub.com/rss/21882/month

Weather

Enter a zip code and obtain the weather information in a
specific region. Click the orange RSS icon and add the feed
to your reader. Each morning you will receive local and
regional weather reports as they are made available. RSS
feeds can be customized to include current local conditions,
local Doppler radar, pollen trends, regional video forecasts
with expert commentary, and extended forecast details.

Weather.com - http://www.weather.com or RSS Weather -
http://www.rssweather.com

Classifieds (Homes/Jobs)

Curious about the availability of specific employment
opportunities in a specific industry? Receive notification
when positions are made available. RSS feeds can be created
for regions, salary ranges, or positions.

RSSJobs - http://www.rssjobs.com or Craigslist Example Feed
- http://www.craigslist.com/sof/index.rss

Ego Searches

Ego searches are free and simple searches designed to
monitor blogs and news portals for mentions of your company,
product, competitors, or other specific keywords. Conducting
ego searches, not only allows you to stay informed, but also
allows you to maintain a strategic advantage over competing
companies. A number of new Internet services are freely
available that make these ‘ego searches’ painless and easy.

Many of the services allow you to create a keyword based
feed. Each time new information containing the keyword
appears in the searched resources, the RSS feed updates.

More on Ego Searches:
http://www.small-business-software.net/ego-searches.htm

Shipments

Receive notification via RSS feeds when packages are
delivered. Custom RSS feeds can be created to monitor
delivery progress. Track the status of packages shipped via
US Postal Service, USP, DHL or Federal Express.

Simple Tracking - http://www.simpletracking.com/

Site Checks

Initially used by search engines to indicate new websites
with top ranking for specific keywords. Many webmasters
provide RSS feeds to let visitors know when web content
changes occur.

Coupons or Specials

Everyone loves a bargain, RSS feeds that promote time
sensitive discounts or offers are becoming increasingly
popular. Restaurants convey lunch specials while travel
companies convey last minute deals to prospective travelers
using RSS Feeds.

Sample Restaurants Feed -
http://www.bestrestaurants.com.au/xml/feed/dining-specials-australia.xml or
Sample Travel Feed -
http://www.orbitz.com/rss/flightdeals.rss.xml

Auction Monitoring

Items on eBay are time sensitive, few individuals have time
to make daily auction checks of new auctions for specific
products. Create an RSS feed using keywords to monitor
products as they become available for auction.

Bidding Tools - http://www.freebiddingtools.com
Example Feeds -
http://www.freebiddingtools.com/rss/feeds/47459

RSS is still very young. Both publishers and consumers are
actively seeking ways to exploit this communication medium.
Additional uses of RSS feeds are popping up daily. Consider
how your business might use this new communication medium to
increase sales, increase productivity, and reach new
customers.

About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll
http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing,
publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon
manages marketing for NotePage http://www.notepage.net a
wireless text messaging software company.

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On April 21st - 23rd, I’ll be at Stephen Pierce’s
Publishing For Profits seminar.

This seminar is designed to teach aspiring writers
how to sell hundreds of thousands of their books
both online and offline. It’s limited to 50 attendees
and is going to be incredible.

I’m looking for a budding writer or two that would
like to join me. If you look at:
http://PublishingForProfits.com you’ll see that it’s a
little expensive. Since I’m looking to cut my
expenses, I’d like to chat with others who are
interested in attending and haven’t made reservations
yet. I think I can save us some money.

If interested, drop me an email at
willie@williecrawford.com
Make the subject of your email
“Publishing For Profits Seminar”
I’ll get back to you as soon as practical. Since this
seminar is less than 10 days away, it is critical that
you contact me now though.

Willie

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I thought I’d pass along this note sent to me by my
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Get a free link from a PR7 sites by posting your
article or press release to this site:
http://PressReleaseMonkey.com

If you don’t take advantage of this freebie… you may be crazy
Willie Crawford

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Get a free link from a PR7 sites by posting your
article or press release to this site:
http://PressReleaseMonkey.com

If you don’t take advantage of this freebie… you may be crazy
Willie Crawford

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I just wanted to show you a this great new way of marketing and
promoting your own sites and/or products. Whether or not you are
a believer in article submissions I suggest you try this one out.
If you haven’t already heard about http://www.SubmitContent.com,
you are bound to in the near future.

I’d venture to guess that http://www.SubmitContent.com is one of
the biggest concepts there is on the internet today when it
comes to article submissions and for all you know, you might
already have come across one of the sites belonging to its
network of close to 1500 websites. Yes it is that big and yes it
a tremendous way for you to market yourself without having to do
much at all.

What is it and why submit articles to http://SubmitContent.com
http://www.SubmitContent.com is a huge network consisting of close
to 1500 individual niche content site directories, all connected to
each other with Submit content as its main site. Therefore,
submitting articles to http://www.SubmitContent.com is like
submitting articles to hundreds of directories all at once. How does
this work?

Regardless of which one of the content sites you are visiting
and wanting to submit articles to, the article will go into
http://www.SubmitContent.com’s database. From there it will
automatically be posted to sites relative to your subject which
could end up being hundreds of sites. For example, an article
about babies will be sent out to all the sites relative to
babies. Just a few of those are: http://www.BabyContent.com,
http://www.ParentingContent.com, http://www.DadsContent.com,
http://www.MomsContent.com, http://www.BirthContent.com,
http://www.BabyShowerContent.com and so on.

Every one of the sites within the http://www.SubmitContent.com n
etwork are all niche content sites with content regarding only
subjects related to the name if its site.
http://www.InternetMarketingContent.com for example will only
have articles regarding matters related to internet marketing. This
is how it is with all of the sites. They are all dedicated to
specific niches which is a great tool for article marketers and
people searching for certain topics without having to spend
extra time finding articles regarding their interest.

http://www.SubmitContent.com just might prove to be the best tool
you have come across in a long time when it comes to article
marketing. One thing is for sure http:/www.SubmitContent.com has
created an awesome tool for people looking for content as well
as for you internet marketers out there wanting to get noticed.

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Here’s how I get my articles not only into the
http://SubmitContent.com’s massive database,but into potentially
many thousands of places. I submit TO SubmitContent.com through
ContentPropulsionLab using an application called Article
Submitter Pro (ASP).

ASP is a semi-automated articles submission tool that allows
you to submit you articles to up to 900 different places (as
appropriate). The leverage kicks when one of those places is
really an article NETWORK like SubmitContent.com Can you see
the power in this?

I said ASP was semi-automated because you have to enter your
username and password for some sites into the software before
it can submit to them. Once you’ve done this though, and stored
your usernames and passwords in ASP, you can submit to sites
that you select AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE. You can even use different
pen names within one account. This is very powerful. I’d tell
you how many articles per week I submit using this method but
you probably wouldn’t believe me. Let’s just say that I’m a
very prolific writer
Take a minute now to check out http://SubmitContent.com and
also Content Propulsion Lab, which you’ll find at:
http://CashThroughContent.com

Willie

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The following article was in today’s issue of the I-cop
newsletter. It’s good advice in preventing identity theft.
The I-cop newsletter is only sent to members, but you can
get information on membership on The International Council
of Online Professionals at:
http://www.i-cop.org/ref.cgi?id=williec

Here’s the article…

Guard Your Wallet

Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to
refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his
advice! A corporate attorney is said to have sent the
following out to the employees in his company.

PERSONAL CHECKS

1. The next time you order checks have only your initials
(instead of first name) and last name put on them. If someone
takes your checkbook they will not know if you sign your checks
with just your initials or your first name, but your bank will
know how you sign your checks.

2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card
accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the “For”
line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit
card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might
be handling your check as it passes through all the check
processing channels won’t have access to it.

3. Put your work phone number on your checks instead of your
home phone.

4. If you have a PO Box, use that instead of your home address.

5. Never have your Social Security Number printed on your
checks. You can add it if it is necessary, but if you have it
printed anyone can get it.

WALLET CONTENTS

1. Carry only, in your wallet or on your person, the cards,
checkbook, cash, etc. you absolutely need.

2. Do not carry a Social Security card in your wallet.
Memorize the number. If necessary, write the number on a piece
of paper in a manner that you can recognize it but another
person cannot.

3. Do not carry any record of account numbers. Memorize them.
If necessary, write the numbers on a piece of paper in a
manner that you can recognize it but another person cannot.

4. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine:
do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know
what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and
phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe
place.

5. I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel,
either here or abroad. We’ve all heard horror stories about
fraud that’s committed on us in stealing a name, address,
Social Security number, credit cards, etc.

CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS

Unfortunately I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because
my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thief
ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a
VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway
computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving
record information online, and more.

But here’s some critical information to limit the damage in
case this happens to you or someone you know:

1. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards
immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and
your card numbers handy so you know who to call. Keep those
where you can find them easily.

2. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where
it was stolen or lost. This proves to credit providers you
were diligent and is a first step toward an investigation (if
there ever is one).

3. But here’s what is perhaps most important: (I never even
thought to do this). Call the three national credit-reporting
organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name
and Social Security number.

I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that
called to tell me an application for credit was made over the
Internet in my name.

The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your
information was stolen and they have to contact you by phone to
authorize new credit.

By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after
the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of
all the credit checks initiated by the thief’s purchases, none
of which I knew about before placing the alert.

Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thief
threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It
seems to have stopped them in their tracks.

The numbers are:

Equifax:
1-800-525-6285

Experian (formerly TRW):
1-888-397-3742

Trans Union:
1-800-680-7289

Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271

————
“Gerald P. Nehra, of Muskegon, Michigan, is an MLM Specialist
Attorney at Law. His 33 years of legal experience include 9 years
as Director of the Amway Legal Division. His private law practice
was established in 1992 and is focused on serving the legal needs
of direct sales companies operating in the United States.
You are invited to visit his web site at www.mlmatty.com”

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At Yanik Silver’s Underground Online Seminar II, my friend
Dr. Mike Woo-Ming gave me a hint of one of the coolest
pieces of software that I’ve ever seen.

A fact seldom discussed by those who build a lot of
niche websites, and buy a lot of domain names is that
we often buy expired domains because they are already
listed in the major search engines, and already have
traffic going to them. When compared to the cost of
using pay-per-clicks, the free traffic from these domains
often pays for them within the first day!

Dr. Mike and his partner have developed a tool that finds
recently deleted or expiring domain names very easily.

The tool also gives you a LOT of data such as:
- How many backlinks the domain has in Google
- How many backlinks the domain has in Yahoo
- How many backlinks the domain has in MSN
- The sites Google pagerank
- If the site’s listed in DMOZ
- If the site’s listed in the Yahoo Directory
(this alone costs several hundred dollars)
- How old the site is (Google gives higher ranking
to older sites)

The software even gives you an estimated value for the
expired or expiring domain name. This is very cool
because you can actually just buy a domain and then
resell it for thousands of dollars in profit
The tool has an interface that allows you to put in
your bid on the expiring domain. It also has a page
builder tool where you just plug in your keywords,
your AdSense Code, and AdSense Channel and it generates
a directory page for you to upload to your new site to
immediately begin earning AdSense revenue.

Basically, the tool saves you many hours in researching
and grabbing expired domains before your competitors do.
You want those domains because they are ALREADY getting
the traffic from very good listings in the search engines.

Go take a look at this tool, which Dr. Mike calls NameSpy
now at: http://WillieRecommends.com/expireddomains.html

OH, all of the data that this software provides you is
realtime data!

When you look at return on investment, especially when
you factor in your time, this is the very cheapest
website traffic that you can get

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There is a REALLY nice fire sale going on over
at:
http://supernovafiresale2.com/content/blogcategory/14/28/
Jahn A is calling it his SuperNova Firesale

He has some incredible software (PDF brander that
costed $5000 to develop), a text to speech converter,
a content extractor, tons of web design headers
and graphics…. just an all around nice package.

Most of the products come with MASTER RESALE RIGHTS.

Take a look. I couldn’t resist some of the stuff.

Willie

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Here’ a photo I took with Vern, who played “Mini Me” in the Austin
Powers movies. He’s a really nice guy but doesn’t really care
for the character most people associate him with. I picked up on
some good vibes just from hanging out with him though.

Thanks Vern,

Willie

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