As part of this “Marketing With You” course run by Alex Jeffery’s all the students myself included have been encouraged to start a blog. Having got the blog up and running we are now finding different ways of attracting traffic to that blog because obviously without traffic then nobody will read the blog.
As part of this exercise to drive traffic to our blogs we have been encouraged to read and leave comments on other people’s blogs, to start with the people who are students also of Alex’s Internet marketing course.
The other afternoon while I was going through the list of students blogs and reading some of them I got to thinking, I wondered if there was a piece of software out there that would enable people to keep up with comments or posts written on different blogs without actually logging onto each blog in turn. I reasoned that if we could do this then it would save us an awful lot of time, I’m sure the other people on this course would agree with me it takes an awful long time to get to everybody’s blog and read the comments. So in answer to this question I started to have a look over the Internet and see if I could find something that would help, I came across a piece of software that is called ‘ Tristana reader ‘. This is a piece of software that you can download for free off the Internet. It opens in a window with a column down the left-hand side in which you can add different folders, in each of these folders you can insert the name and URL of each blog you want to search. The program is linked to the RSS feed of each blog and hence every time the person puts a post on the blog it updates. Thus all we have to do to read different posts on different blogs is to click on each name or address in the left-hand column and in a window on the right hand side that blog appears so you scroll down to the newest post and away you go.
This RSS reader below will obviously only work with blogs that have RSS feeds to them but I think you’ll find that the majority of blogs do have this feature. I have found this software a great help in reducing time spent logging on and off different peoples blogs, okay it won’t read and write the comment you wish to put but it does save quite a lot of time all the same.
The URL to this software is :- http://www.tristana.org/
I posted a short video on how to download the Tristana software. The video also shows a short explanation of how to use the program and how to update it with a new folder and the blogs that you want to follow. So if you choose to use this I hope you find it as useful as I do and enjoy this little bit of free software.
Okay I will catch you all soon, bye for now.
Regards Steve.
Click on the orange link below to view video. I did change it to a smaller size but you could not see it, so changed it back to full size. It may take a few seconds to load.
August 6, 2009
Hey Steve!
Great post my friend! Will go and take a look at Tristana – what a great idea.
The great thing with RSS feeds is that they can be pulled into RSS apps like the one you’ve found…. I’m sure this tip that you’ve shared is going to help a lot of people save an awful lot of time – it certainly beats having a spreadsheet full of links and going back and forward between the spreadsheet and a web browser!
Iain.
August 6, 2009
Hi Steve,
This is a great post! I think RSS is wonderful, it allows you to keep a track of loads of blogs easily without having to visit each one individually.
Personally, I use Wizz RSS which plugs into Firefox. I have all the students blogs RSS feeds and about another hundred or so feeds for internet marketing blogs.
By keeping track of things this way, you will never be short of ideas for new blogs posts or commenting opportunities again!
David
August 6, 2009
Steve,
Cool stuff… Tristana… Got to bookmark this and read a bit more.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
thx,
Rob
August 7, 2009
Hi Steve,
Food for thought indeed. I have no idea where I have posted comments and with whom.
This could well be the solution to my disorganization and probably needs to be included in my module 1 plans (still a work in progress).
Thanks very much for bringing this to our attention.
Regards,
Dave
August 7, 2009
Hi Steve
I just came over to look at the software your were referring to. I see Dave Walker has commented and uses a different program. You might like to add this to the forum for discussion and get a consensus as to what others are using and see which is the most popular. The answers will come from the more experienced bloggers.
I will certainly bare this in mind.
Looking at your blog you are certainly ahead of me on the video front.
One thing I have just done to eliminate a pain and that is, I just created a new identity in my form filling software Roboform. I can now enter Name, Email, and Website for my blog identity at one click of the button.
This will save me time and my fingers when visiting blogs and completing the required information before submitting my comment.
Keep up the good work!
David
August 11, 2009
Hi Steve,
thanks for stopping by my blog.
I decided right from my first blog,
I was going to post exactly what
I feel about something, and make
the reader feel good about my
thoughts.
Let’s keep in touch now and even after the
course is finished.
To your success,
Rich Cardarelli
August 12, 2009
This is really useful, Steve, thanks for sharing.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
August 13, 2009
Hi Rich,
Bit behind here trying to thank everyone for their comments. yes would be good to keep in touch. Tell me how are you finding the course?
Talk soon.
Regards Steve.
August 13, 2009
Hi David,
Thanks for the comment, I Am looking at Roboform, still playing with it. Have put an update to post about Wizz Rss.
regards Steve.
August 13, 2009
Hi Dave,
Thanks for the comments, I am a bit slow in replying to every one.
There are not enough hours in the day to do all this stuff. I think the world
would be a better place if the word was spread !!
All The Best.
Regards Steve.
August 13, 2009
Hi David,
Thanks for your comments. Just trying to get sorted into some sort of order and reply to everyone.
how do you find enough time in the day?
talk soon.
Regards Steve
August 13, 2009
Hi Iain,
Thanks for the comment, I am sorry for being slow in replying. I am trying to get things in some sort of order
at the moment. Have done an update to that post have a look, Wizz might suit you better.
Regards Steve.
August 18, 2009
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