publish to social media with hypersyndication | nabshow 2015 social media symposium
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Hypersyndication How to Get Your Digital Content More Eyeballs
Richard Harrington | RHED Pixel
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twitter.com/ rhedpixel
Goals of Session
■ It used to be, publish or die.
■ Now its really becoming divide and conquer.
■ In order to succeed, your content needs to be seen by as many eyeballs as possible.
■ But instead of trying to draw people to your site, consider going to where the people already exist.
Richard Harrington■ RHED Pixel — Founder ■ Piqsure — Entrepreneur ■ Photofocus — Publisher ■ Director & Editor ■ Photographer
Getting In Touch
twitter.com/rhedpixel
facebook.com/RichHarringtonStuff
plus.google.com/+RichardHarrington/
linkedin.com/in/richardharrington
RichardHarrington.com
vimeo.com/rhedpixel
www.pinterest.com/rhedpixel/
Why do you need to hypersyndicate?■ It used to be, publish or die
■ Now its really becoming divide and conquer
■ In order to succeed, your content needs to be seen by as many eyeballs as possible
■ But instead of trying to draw people to your site, consider going to where the people already exist
■ You can’t beat the stickiness of social media
Why do you need to hypersyndicate?
RSS
RSS – real simple syndication
A document written in XML
Usually called a “feed”
Is used to publish frequently updated content
RSS
Works for blog entries, news headlines and podcasts
Feeds can be subscribed to using an aggregator or just viewed
XML
XML – Extensible Markup Language The programming language that creates RSS feeds through use of enclosure tags ID3 tags are also present in RSS, thus wrapping the media with metadata
http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?
screen_name={USERNAME}
http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?
screen_name=rhedpixel
Feed Validator
■ Use Feed Validator to test RSS Feeds
■ www.feedvalidator.org/
■ Identifies errors and recommends solution
Feed Burner
■ Ideal for streamlining and republishing content
■ www.feedburner.com
■ Provides detailed user and item usage statistics
More on Compression
■ Apple is setting global standards on media compression for portable devices due to market leader status
■ http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/specs.html#formattingvideo
Richard Harrington■ RHED Pixel — Founder ■ Piqsure — Entrepreneur ■ Photofocus — Publisher ■ Director & Editor ■ Photographer
Getting In Touchtwitter.com/rhedpixel
facebook.com/RichHarringtonStuff
plus.google.com/+RichardHarrington/
linkedin.com/in/richardharrington
RichardHarrington.com
vimeo.com/rhedpixel
www.pinterest.com/rhedpixel/