A now "deceased" website on RSS marketing and RSS publishing - a look at the history of internet marketing

Rok Hrastnik

A Note from the Author: The RSS Diary is Closed

rssdiary.marketingstudies.net was built to help marketers get the most from RSS. However, much has changed since the site was last updated in 2007 - and it's pretty fair to say that it's now completely outdated.

Since I've moved on to other interests in internet marketing years ago, the site is now officially closed, and only remains online as an archive of a part of internet marketing's past. This is how we used to see RSS between 2004 - 2007. We don't, anymore, but there's no harm in having a small part of our past available online.

With that, I'm also making the e-book that started all of this, Unleas the Marketing and Publishing Power of RSS, available for free download.

Rok Hrastnik [to contact and/or follow me: LinkedIn l Facebook]

RSS Audio Interviews and Conversations

 
[03.05.2007 l Rok Hrastnik]

The NewsGator Interview: RSS in the Enterprise - Manage Internal Information More Easily

In part 3 of the RSS interview with Greg Reinacker of NewsGator find out how Enterprise RSS makes information management easier within a corporation.
 
[03.05.2007 l Rok Hrastnik]

The NewsGator Interview: RSS for Online Media and Branded RSS Readers

In part 2 of the RSS interview with Greg Reinacker of NewsGator find out how online media can take advantage of RSS beyond publishing RSS content.
 
[03.05.2007 l Rok Hrastnik]

The NewsGator Interview: How are Vista and IE Changing the RSS Landscape?

In part 1 of the NewsGator interview, find out about how Windows Vista and Internet Explorer are changing the RSS landscape ...
 
[16.04.2007 l Rok Hrastnik]

Bryan Eisenberg RSS Interview, part 2: RSS Marketing Best Practices

What works best in RSS marketing? How are RSS subscribers different than e-mail subscribers? RSS publishing best practices if you want to sell? Find out all this and more in one of the best RSS marketing interviews we've done so far ...
 
[04.04.2007 l Rok Hrastnik]

Bryan Eisenberg RSS Interview, part 1: Making RSS Radars Work to Increase Your Sales

How is the famous optimization resource GrokDotCom.com doing RSS Radars in an entirely new way and what results are they achieving?
 
[21.03.2006 l Rok Hrastnik]

Audio Interview With Robert Scoble on Marketing With Blogs #1

Just recently I've had the pleasure of interviewing Robert Scoble, the co-author of a hit blogging book, Naked Conversations, on marketing with blogs. In the first part of the interview Robert tells you why you should blog, how it will help your sales and what makes a blog a blog.
 
[20.09.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Podcasting for Marketers Interview with Rodney Rumford: Part 2

In the second part of the podcast marketing interview, we ask Rodney two key questions marketers are most interested in, real-life success stories and recommended best pratices.
 
[14.09.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Podcasting for Marketers Interview with Rodney Rumford, PodBlaze.com: Part 1

We interviewed Rodney Rumford of PodBlaze.com to get first-hand information on how marketers really can use podcasting to increase their marketing and overall business results.
 
[22.06.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS Metrics Focus: Interview With Dick Costolo and Stuart Watson, Part 4 - Defining RSS Metrics, the RSS Metrics Space and RSS for SEO

In this final part of the RSS metrics interview series Stuart Watson of Syndicate IQ and I take a closer look at what specific RSS metrics mean, advanced metrics systems, the RSS metrics space and using RSS for SEO.
 
[19.06.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS Metrics Focus: Interview With Dick Costolo and Stuart Watson, Part 3 - Concrete Feedburner Metrics, RSS Measurements Step-by-Step and Average Daily Readership

In part 3 of our RSS metrics interview, Stuart Watson opens with a simple to follow step-by-step plan on how to start measuring RSS, Dick Costolo continues with some very hard numbers from Feedburner and Stuart finishes with an announcement of a new type of RSS metric.
 
[16.06.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS Metrics Focus: Interview With Dick Costolo and Stuart Watson, Part 2 - RSS Advertising and Specific RSS Measurements

We continue with the second part of the RSS Metrics Interview with Dick Costolo of Feedburner and Stuart Watson of Syndicate IQ, and the focus today is especially on RSS advertising, covering everything from tactics that work to real-life metrics. And this also means you'll be able to hear the whole reasoning from Dick on why and how RSS feeds with ads are not losing subscribers ...
 
[14.06.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS Metrics Focus: Interview With Dick Costolo and Stuart Watson, Part 1 - Different RSS Metrics Approaches

We did an incredible joint interview on RSS metrics last week with Dick Costolo of Feedburner and Stuart Watson of Syndicate IQ, two of the handful of companies that are leading the RSS metrics way. In part 1 of the interview we cover the differences between different RSS metrics approaches and how they relate to RSS targeting and personalization.
 
[13.06.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Blog and RSS Marketing Strategies and PressFeed: Interview with Sally Falkow

Sally Falkow and I discuss the merits of their new RSS publishing solution (PressFeed), in-depth RSS and blog marketing case studies, internet content strategies and using RSS for SEO.
 
[24.05.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Mobile RSS as the Next RSS Wave: Interview with Scott Rogers

Mobile RSS is still not a hot topic yet, but according to Scott Rogers of FreeRange Communications, mobile RSS is the next RSS wave and the next step in its evolution.
 
[24.05.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

The Podcasting Business Model: Interview with Michael Dunn

Is there a business case for podcasting? What is it? Will people pay for podcasts? What will that mean for audio quality?
 
[24.05.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Audio Interview with Nick Bradbury: The Future of RSS and Bradbury Soft Acquired by Newsgator

In this interview, Nick explains some background of the deal and also why exactly Newsgator ''went for him'', and also discusses the future of RSS filtering through RSS readers. Actually, he discloses this is the direction they are going in to ...
 
[24.05.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Ad Dollars Will Follow RSS in 3 or 5 Years: Audio from Tig Tillinghast

Tig Tillinghast at the Syndicate conference worries that RSS advertising is a huge opportunity for marketers and agencies right now, but he does fear that the industry will only go mainstream in about 3 or 5 years and its acceptance is generally going to be a very slow process.
 
[12.05.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

The Challenges of Podcasting Interview With David Berlind, ZDNet

When I noticed that David Berlind, the Executive Editor of ZDNet is speaking on podcasting at the upcoming Syndicate conference, I couldn't resist inviting him to do an audio interview on the greatest challenges of podcasting ...
 
[24.04.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Blogsites, RSS Radars and RSS Search Engine Optimization: Interview with F. Andy Seidl, MyST Technology Partners

Blogsites are complex blog implementations with the power of turning your site in to the preferred content source for your industry, as well as generating high search engine rankings for you. This audio interview focuses on the mechanics of blogsites, RSS radars, using RSS for increased search engine rankings and more ...
 
[19.04.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Unique RSS Applications: Interview with Sharon Housley, FeedForAll.com

Have you ever thought of using RSS to rotate banners for your sites? Or displaying homes for sale using the enclosure tag? Or for using RSS to distribute proposals? Sharon Housely of FeedForAll reveals exactly these kind of case studies and some more unique RSS uses for marketers ...
 
[11.04.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS, Blogs and Relationship Marketing: Interview With Roger C. Parker

RSS and blogs can in fact be used as powerful relationship marketing tools, as explained in this interview by the guerrilla marketer and author Roger C. Parker.
 
[04.04.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Debbie Weil on Corporate Blogging and Rok Hrastnik on the Basics of Marketing with RSS

Debbie Weil, one of the foremost corporate blogging experts, recently suggested we do a 'double interview', where she first asks me a couple of beginner questions on RSS, after which I 'move in' and pick her brain on the topic of corporate blogging.
 
[28.03.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

John Jantsch on Corporate Blogging and Referral Marketing

I interviewed John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing to get the "how-to" on corporate blogging and referral marketing. The interview reveals excellent pointers on how to integrate business blogging in your business strategy, the differences between the buying patterns of e-mail and RSS subscribers, and a complete referral marketing system.
 
[21.03.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS Advertising, RSS Metrics and RSS Consumption: Interview With Scott Rafer of Feedster

We interviewed Scott Rafer of Feedster to get the scoop on the future and present of RSS advertising, RSS metrics and RSS consumption habits. Scott provides unique content and insights of great use and advantage to all advertisers and RSS marketers.
 
[13.03.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Enterprise RSS: Interview with Greg Reinacker, NewsGator

How can companies leverage the power of RSS for internal communications and information/knowledge management? The impact of branded RSS aggregators: how to implement them and why? And "watching" RSS feeds on your TV ... Find out more in this interview.
 
[13.03.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS Metrics - Unique URLs Might Not be the Best Choice: Interview with Fergus Burns, Nooked.com

I spoke quite extensively with Fergus Burns of Nooked while attending the International Direct Marketing Fair in London. In this interview, recorded on-location, we discuss the technology approaches to RSS metrics and the corporate RSS marketplace. The interesting thing is that Fergus believes that using unique URLs to track RSS subscribers might not be the best solution, since it puts a higher bandwidth strain on online RSS aggregation services.
 
[08.03.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Exclusive Search Engine Optimization Strategies and RSS: Interview with Lee Odden, TopRank

In this interview, Lee Odden of TopRank shares his exclusive search engine marketing and optimization strategies, especially those related to RSS and blogs. These strategies are not widely used yet, so Lee's advice is by all means worth gold.
 
[03.03.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Robin Good on NewsMastering and Becoming the #1 Content Source in Your Industry

In this interview Robin explains all the key elements of NewsMastering; ranging from what NewsMastering is, how companies can benefit from it, what it takes to publish NewsMaster RSS feeds (News Radars on specific topics) and the entire process of preparing the content for your feed. His report is coming out next week, but right now you have the unique opportunity of finding out how NewsMastering can help you become the preffered content source in your industry, getting there before anyone else does.
 
[28.02.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS Advertising: Interview with Bill Flitter, Pheedo.com

We interviewed Bill Flitter of Pheedo.com, one of the leading people in the RSS marketing industry, to get all the key information about advertising in RSS feeds.
 
[17.02.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS Feed Customization: Audio Interview With Mark Carlson, SimpleFeed

RSS feed customization could become one of the hot RSS topics in the near future, but right now there are just too few companies doing it ... and too few providers offering RSS feed customization solutions. SimpleFeed, however, is one of them, and we interviewed Mark Carlson to give us all the details:)
 
[14.02.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS Metrics: Audio Interview with Stuart Watson, SyndicateIQ

In this audio interview, Stuart Watson of SyndicateIQ reveales how their RSS metrics service works, and especially what RSS marketers and publishers can really achieve with relevant RSS metrics. Stuart also discusses the workgroup SyndicateIQ, Pheedo.com and Feedburner formed to provide some RSS ad standards and best practices for RSS publishers and advertisers. Stuart expects to have the standards ready for IAB by 2006. Among other things, Stuart also gives some great ideas on how marketers can take best advantage of RSS.
 
[08.02.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Audio Interview with Tinu Abayomi-Paul: Using RSS For Search Engine Positioning

We interviewed Tinu Abayomi-Paul to get the scoop on the best tactics of using RSS for increasing search engine rankings, as well as a huge load of tips and tactics for generating traffic using all relevant means available. Tinu shares her best secrets and gives step-by-step instructions to help you get more traffic as soon as possible.
 
[03.02.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

Audio Interview with Paul Chaney: The Pro Bloggers Association, Blogging Transparentcy, Becoming an A-list Blogger and RSS

What is the Professional Bloggers Association? What are its goals? And most especially, how can they help (and plan to help) professional bloggers? What makes for an A-list blogger, and how can one become one of the top bloggers on the internet? What are the exact steps for getting readership and increasing your blog traffic? How to increase your RSS readership? Is there a witch-hunt on for bloggers who promote things with their blogs? Are the 'transparentcy police' really here?
 
[31.01.2005 l Rok Hrastnik]

RSS, Blogging and PR Interview with Sally Falkow, Expansionplus.com

To bring you the best of RSS and help you make the most of what this powerful content delivery channel provides, MarketingStudies.net is publishing a series of audio interviews and conversations with experts from different fields, which all have one thing in common: RSS. The first expert interviewed is Sally Falkow, a PR expert who discovered how to get from zero search engine visibility to #1 search engine rankings through the use of blogsites.
Unleash the Marketing and Publishing Power of RSS