Comments on: Should PR Pros Be Reading Blogs?

By: max191

max191 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:38:09 +0000

I am about to start a blog and your blog gave me much hint how to do it. I really loved to visit your blog. Hope to see more inputs from you in your blog.
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By: KellyeCrane

KellyeCrane — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:48:25 +0000

Thanks, Sue – glad to have your participation!

By: Sue Burness

Sue Burness — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:10:55 +0000

Love your Blog! You have helped me out – found Freshbooks on your site last spring when I went out on my own. I hope to jump in on the weekly chat when I can. Great sharing.

By: Kellye Crane

Kellye Crane — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:49:40 +0000

@Lauren- Interesting note about the “ego” searching aspects of RSS. I’m sure that is a big motivator for quite a few users.

@Jason- You’re right – I’ve even heard many on Twitter wondering if that service is rendering RSS obsolete. For those who don’t fully engage in Twitter though, RSS would still be a useful tool. Regardless, the key is to check out interesting blogs (however you get there!). Thanks for your comment.

By: jason kenny

jason kenny — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:32:27 +0000

Just like you, I go forever with out reading RSS. My view is, if it’s important at all, It will hit my twitter stream.

By: Lauren Vargas

Lauren Vargas — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:09:21 +0000

Unfortunately, I find most people are not interested in RSS until you make it about them. Once you show them how to set up Google Alerts and Blog searches about them and track by RSS then the light turn on! Great list above. Also, I look forward to reading your series about Modern PR. Lauren Vargas’s last blog post..How parenting skills (or lack of) affect customer relationship building

By: Kellye Crane

Kellye Crane — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:34:06 +0000

@Melanie – Thanks for sharing how you manage your time to include blog reading – I’m sure it will be helpful to many as they look at how to compartmentalize their day.

@Karen – You raise a good point. Even if you can only take a look once a week at your feed reader, you’ll still be smarter for it!

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:41:18 +0000

Kellye, this is quite a round-up and I'm honored to be included. I loved your last resource list so much and found new tools to add to my toolkit. What a great overview of RSS too for the newbie. During the week I don't always get time to catch up but over the weekend I scroll through my reader and get caught up. Karen Swim’s last blog post..Five in the Morning

By: Melanie Thompson

Melanie Thompson — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:16:57 +0000

I used to have a hard time reading through all my must-read blogs. There was too much work going on at work (novel concept I know) to take 30 minutes to read through industry / personal development blogs. As part of a New Year's resolution, I am now using my lunch hour as a way to read blogs. I bring food from home (more healthy than eating out) and read through my must-read blogs and comment as well. It's the perfect plan. Melanie Thompson’s last blog post..Which ads do you remember?

By: Kellye Crane

Kellye Crane — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:38:00 +0000

@Jen – Terrific idea to set up a secondary email account for your subscriptions. Thanks for sharing.

@Kami – As usual you have an excellent way of stating things. Love this: “The meat is in the blog, the appetizer in Twitter.” Thanks for weighing in!