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Ok, finding blogs to read, and then adding them to your RSS reader is all well and good, but the next three reasons for using RSS will really make you a lean, mean, feed reading machine! You, the small business owner, can not afford not to keep up with industry news, trends, and the doings of competitors. And while you’re at it, you can streamline your life by using RSS to keep tabs on local and national news, sports, info about companies whose stock you own – the list gets longer every day.

All because of those little orange buttons and the magic of RSS.

I want to reiterate that this post is by no means a comprehensive look at all things RSS. I’m sharing the things I’ve used RSS for, in the hopes that it will encourage you to start using this tool.

Here are the main ways to keep on top of topics of interest via your RSS reader, besides reading other blogs:

• Search engines
• Newspapers and other online news services
• Other people’s bookmarks and tags

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I’m planning on having the latest installment up by the end of the day (5:30 PM or so, EST).

In the meantime, here are some additional articles on RSS that I should have mentioned in previous posts:

• 23 real simple steps to making your Internet life much better
• RSS: The Web at Your Fingertips
• Ten RSS Hacks
• Save time with syndication
• Using RSS 101 - Screencast

I recommend them — I learned from all of them.