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Investing, Business, and Program Management from an MBA

Shoemoney.com – Cheating Makes me Sick

I have always preferred reading shoemoney (link removed in response to Shoemoney removing link over johnchow.com. Why? I always felt he knew his stuff a bit more than John. I also hated the cheating attitude of John.

This most recent RSS contest has left me with a sick (exaggerated a bit) taste in my mouth from Jeremy Schoemaker and the lack of explanation. I don’t have the exact numbers on the RSS contest but here is what happened for those that don’t know and I will also go into why I don’t like it. [Read more…]

How do You Build your RSS Subscribers

The past 6 – 8 weeks or so I started working on my RSS subscribers. I had always stayed as far away as possible from feeds. I was more or less scared I suppose. So I took More Merchant and started doing a little work trying to get a few more subscribers. Today as you can see we are at 131 subscribers. Good growth, from nothing to 131 in less than 2 months.

As I learn more I am going to start sharing my RSS Tips. While we are at it, what works for you? How do you get more RSS subscribers?