Comments on: Sorry Bernice, RSS is not for Lead Generation

By: Tim O'Keefe

Tim O'Keefe — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:41:10 +0000

Jenna is correct. Many use RSS to take feeds and pull them into their site for pertenent content. This is probably more prevelant than people using rss feeds in their reader which is currently at about 12%. She isn’t out to lunch just did not explain it very well.

By: Jenna Ryan

Jenna Ryan — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:57:38 +0000

Whatchutalkinbout?

Bernice is just a few months ahead of her time. Soon and very soon some brilliant programmer will create a site with an easier than easy “application” for novice real estate agents to install RSS Feeds on their own websites.

What she probably meant to say was that you can use content on your website to cause your site to be “sticky.” One way to add fresh content to your site is by using RSS Feeds.

By: REBlogGirl

REBlogGirl — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:44:01 +0000

Excellent observation. I find a lot of people can’t really understand the utility of RSS. Once Vista comes out they will be amazed at what can be done with it and those not already exploring it now will be left in the dust. I run Vista on one of my test machines and love the desktop RSS reader- it can do things no other reader can. It will transform the use of RSS among the masses by 2009.

By: Justin Smith

Justin Smith — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:57:42 +0000

Interesting post. I had the same frustration with Bernice when she wrote on SEO techniques in June: http://www.inman.com/InmanNews.aspx?ID=52928

It’s great that she tries, but the information is so general and unhelpful.

By: Tom Bailey

Tom Bailey — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:04:23 +0000

Scary, really scary to read a quote like that from such a well-known source like Inman.

But I agree with Michael, we shouldn’t be too critical. At least traditional media, Inman News, is trying to get in the game. They just need to read and understand a little more.

We’ve all said some really uninformed things when we first got involved with this new world.

By: Richard Johnston

Richard Johnston — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:28:30 +0000

I definately agree that people are inundated with information. Real estate agents have to have a more personal contact with their site visitors rather than relying on their website to automate everthing.

By: Michael Price

Michael Price — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:22:12 +0000

I was going to post on this as well. This is the part I didn’t follow “You can use the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) software to let visitors on your Web site know that there is fresh content on your site”

The RSS software? RSS isn’t software. With that said, I still applaud her efforts to get the word out regarding the technology. It just needs to be explained better. There is no succint way to do it. I’ve tried and I still can’t get an elevator pitch that I am happy with. We’re getting there though. At least now I can just point to the results people are getting with our product and that speaks for itself.

By: TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE (www.TransparentRE.com)

TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE (www.TransparentRE.com) — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

thesis on why Blogging will be integral to the Internet User’s experience with Microsoft’s new Vista OS and its built-in RSS features (if you don’t know what RSS is, read Mary’s article). And here’s an example of a critical difference as noted by Joel at FutureRealEstateMarketing between the two writers, the techie Mary and the journalistic Bernice Ross at Inman News, on how they report on RSS, a technology that I’m positive 99% of the general public cannot

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