Social networks are a great place for getting your content seen by many people who are getting to know you. The best way to do this effectively is via RSS feeds.

So, What is an RSS feed?

RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication and this is exactly what it is! Real Simple Syndication. What does this mean for you? RSS allows you to take on a simple URL feel and add it to another application and so every time you publish a post, ALL the applications you added e.g. Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter etc, to your RSS feed is automatically updated.

Why would I want to do this?

• It makes your content visible to that application’s audience
• It gives you a traffic boost i.e. More people looking at your content
• You are sharing content that readers in other places may find useful
• You can also share other bloggers RSS feeds in various places, this is a good thing to do

Now you may ask, “where is this so called RSS feed”?

Generally the RSS feed is a big orange button which looks very much like the image on the left.
When you click on that button it navigates to

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