Social Media

Required news gathering tech know-how for digital sales people

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Media Sales Tech

The old way of staying up to date on your industry, your media and your clients was to read industry journals, magazines, the local and / or national newspaper (be it printed or digital) and newsletters. In come RSS readers and social media aggregators to save you much time and simplify the scanning and reading process as well as highlighting important sought after information.

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Searching for alternatives…: Google Reader is dead pt.3

Two weeks ago I started this 3-part series about Google Reader’s imminent closure with how an RSS reader allows me to plow through large volumes of news articles and blog posts, as I categorize them into topics relevant to me. I continued last week with how I actually get through all my reading material daily and share what’s important.

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Reading & Sharing: Google Reader is dead pt.2

Last week I started my 3-part series on how Google Reader’s imminent closure is forcing me out of my comfort zone, to re-evaluate what I do with it and what is available out there (hint: nothing impressive) so I don’t get caught with my shorts down come July 1st. I started outlining last week how an RSS reader allows me to plow through large volumes of news articles and blog posts, as I categorize them into topics relevant to me.

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Google Reader is dead, long live Google Reader (I hope)

I know there are many other RSS readers out there, but NONE come close to Google Reader quite unfortunately. This means I don’t just needs to switch to a different reader and adjust to a different layout, but that I need to find alternatives for a number of different uses I got out of it while saving tremendous amounts of time.

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