Can Google Reader Save You Time?

As a busy network marketer, you do not have time to read every blog that you would like to, to learn everything there is to know happening today or to keep in touch with the vast number of tidbits you need to know to keep your prospects informed and to keep you on the path to success. 

Google Reader is a tool that may be helpful for you, though.  Use it to help you stay up to date on the latest network marketing tips from your favorite blogs or use it to keep your prospects filled with information.  The process of using it is quite simple.

Sign into your Google account.  If you do not have one, get one and easily get it set up.  Then, you will want to visit http://Google.com/reader.  (You can sign up for a Google account here, too.)  There is a helpful tutorial, but you probably do not need to use it to get the gist of what this program can offer to you.  The system will subscribe you to the website's RSS. 

From this point, you can subscribe to as many of the websites you want to so you can stay up to date.  You can do this by clicking on the link that says, "Add subscription."  When you do, you can type in the website address of your favorite blogs, websites or anything else that is important to you.  Then, click "add" which will add the website to your list and gives you a confirmation message.

One of the best ways to use this information is to do so using the "List View" tab on the page.  The reason this is helpful is that it displays all of the latest posts to the website in an email like listing.  This gives you the latest information with a bit of the first words on the page, so you can see what the latest posts are and easily click on those that you want to read and leave those that you do not.  You get to see the headlines and are able to click whenever you want more information.

You can take this even further by keeping your feeds organized using Google Reader's folders.  Again, this is very simple to use.  You simply need to click on the "feed settings' then "new folder" links.  Type in the name you want to give the folder.  A good way to do this is by topic. 

If this sounds painfully simple, that is because it is.  How can a network marketer use this?  One way is to keep up to date on the postings to your favorite blogs.  All those helpful tips and resources that they always give you are kept here and are easier to use.  In addition, it is simple for you to access all the information in one spot rather than having to log into various websites, wait for them to load and then gather your information.  It is one of the easier methods of keeping up to date.