An RSS Feed Reader is one of the most under used internet tools out there. In my experience many people have never heard of a reader or do not understand what it does. Learning those two things can be very useful to you, your art, and the marketing of your art.
Basically an RSS Reader is software that allows information on the internet to come to you instead of you having to constantly go out and find it. Almost all blogs and some websites have some form of an RSS feed that allows you to subscribe to the blog or website with your RSS reader. Just look for the orange RSS symbol. After you have subscribed any new content published on the blog will be sent directly to your reader. And since a reader allows you to subscribe to as many RSS feeds as you’d like you can simply open your reader and see any new content your favorite blogs or website have published. This saves you a lot of time because you don’t have to visit individual sites each day to stay informed.
This little video by Common Craft does a good job of explaining RSS:
Most, if not all, major email clients offer RSS Readers. And all internet browsers also have built in RSS Readers. Chances are you already have a reader and you just don’t know it. I use Google Reader which is built into my Gmail account.
Your mission: Find a blog that relates to your art and subscribe to the feed.
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