Comments on: 10 Reasons Why RSS Beats Email

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Drainedge Link Tank » Links — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:25:01 +0000

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By: Paul Bradish

Paul Bradish — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:28:01 +0000

The power of RSS is undeniable. Excellent post! That being said – I think that email campaigns have their uses as well (especially in e-commerce).

By: Jason Stillwell

Jason Stillwell — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:59:22 +0000

Bruce is just trying to sound smart. In fact, he doesn’t seem to get it at all. Dweeb

By: Emory Rowland

Emory Rowland — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:44:23 +0000

Thanks, Barry, for the encouraging remarks and for introducing this on Sphinn! This is my first Sphunn post ever and I’ve been enjoying the community interaction and excellent search marketing posts there. I hope this post will encourage some fence sitters to dive into RSS and setup up their readers with subscriptions.

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Chi vince tra le email ed i feed RSS? « La Scatola di Pandora — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:16:35 +0000

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By: Barry Welford

Barry Welford — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:10:19 +0000

A really great post. I believe that RSS news feeds may well go to the movers and shakers in any field. So you have privileged access to some important people.

In fact I liked this so much I Sphunn it. :)

By: Gecko Tales

Gecko Tales — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:10:41 +0000

Bruce,
They are related if you are talking about ways to promote your site or share your info with interested readers. For years now we have been blasting emails to subscribers that often end up in the spam folder or are ignored. RSS is simply another way to get your info out to subscribers without email. This article is stating why it’s better than email.
I do see the comparisions from an Internet marketing perspective. It’s not apples and oranges. They are related and in the same pool of marketing techniques.

By: Bruce Smith

Bruce Smith — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:46:51 +0000

Isn’t that like saying “Top 10 reasons apples beat oranges”. Email and RSS aren’t even related.

By: Emory Rowland

Emory Rowland — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:44:59 +0000

Jefferson,
The fact that you can save an email is an advantage I hadn’t thought of. Once that feed entry is gone from your reader, it’s gone. I suppose the near equivalent would be to visit the actual feed destination page and bookmark it.

By: Jefferson Otwell

Jefferson Otwell — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:39:49 +0000

Excellent points! I wondered when I read the title exactly why you would compare the two, but you certainly make a very strong case for simply abandoning the email subscription biz.

On the other hand, you can always save an email if you wish.