How to be an Authority Maven: 21 Tips for Keeping Up to Date in Your Niche @ chrisg.com

10 Jan 10

paul lowe

"Keeping abreast of news in your niche can be tough. I know the feeling of being left behind, when you think you need to be checking thousands of feeds 24 hours a day.

Fact is you do not need to have such a punishing regime.

I have been known to follow stupidly excessive amounts of RSS feeds, plus my Twitter following got well out of hand.

My feeds are now down to 300 and I am slowly trimming who I follow on Twitter. I’m down from 900 and some to hopefully approaching a manageable number below 700.

This might still seem like a lot to you, how do I manage to follow so many feeds?

Here are 21 tips for a more productive approach to keeping up with all the crucial developments in your niche. They will work for feeds or Twitter in most cases but I have aimed mainly at RSS:"

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