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Subscribing to the Expertise Marketplace Blog with RSS

Most people "subscribe" to blogs with something called RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication.

We'll provide instructions for subscribing with a free service called Bloglines; there are many other blog subscription services available, which you are welcome to explore. Bloglines lets you see when all your favorite blogs have been updated.

Subscribing with Bloglines

1. Create an account at www.bloglines.com and log in.
2. Click the tab called My Feeds.
3. Click Add.
4. A form will appear on the right.
5. In the field "Blog or Feed URL" copy and paste the following address: http://expertisemarketing.typepad.com/marketplace/index.rdf
6. Click Subscribe.
7. Another form will pop up, which allows you to organize blog subscriptions into categories. To make it simple, just click Subscribe at the bottom.
8. The Expertise Marketplace blog will now show up on the left as one of the blogs to which you are subscribed.
9. Bookmark your Bloglines page. We find that it's especially convenient to put it in your Web browser's bookmarks toolbar folder so it's always easy to find.
10. Everytime you visit your Bloglines page, blogs with new entries will show up in bold. You can read the posts from within Bloglines or click through to reach the blog.

Note: When you see other blogs you'd like to add to your Bloglines account, look on the blog for the link to its RSS feed. This is often text that says "syndicate this site" or an orange graphic saying "XML." Right-click to Copy Link Location, then paste it into the Add form on Bloglines.

Questions?