Monday, October 13, 2008

Have You Heard about RSS?

RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. What is does is,it resolves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. This helps you to save time by not needing to visit each site individually.
One thing that a public relations officer do not have much is time-spending time constantly searching the internet for worthy news items. This is where RSS becomes a great tool for any public relations officer. It saves you a lot of time. You also ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. This protect your privacy and the constancy of coming up with passwords and remembering them. It also offers customers the simplicity of justing clicking on your RSS feed to get the latest news items that they want.
So, if you have not yet subcribe to RSS, it's not too late. Do so now and save yourself lots of time and protect yourself from constant subscribing to newsletter from many websites. Before i sign off, let me pose this question. Would you like to know how to subscribe to RSS? If the answer is yes, shoot me a comment! In any case shoot me a comment.

3 comments:

Natalie said...

I like the look of your blog. I agree with you- RSS is important and we, as pr folks, need to be aware of it. I like how you offer to help people subscribe to it. :) Good idea!

KC said...

Thanks for offering up a way to help those less tech savvy joing the RSS craze. If I hadn't recently learned I would definitely be asking. Very informative post.

Unknown said...

Great post, you really explain RSS well and bring up great points as to why PR practitioners would want to use it- saves time, ensures privacy, don't have to remember passwords, etc. Who wouldn't want to use RSS?! So, how do I start using it ?!