tag:www.barbarafeldman.com,2008://1/tag:www.barbarafeldman.com,2003://1.84- 2008-04-23T05:24:24Z Comments for RSS as a Syndication Platform Welcome to my office. I am Barbara J. Feldman, syndicated newspaper columnist, online publisher, author, mother, wife and Net surfer supreme (not listed in order of importance, of course). Movable Type 4.1 tag:www.barbarafeldman.com,2003://1.84 2003-08-20T14:40:26Z 2007-02-27T23:53:12Z RSS as a Syndication Platform Most of my focus this month has been on RSS as a newsletter publishing medium. But one of my readers reminded how nicely RSS works for syndication with this use... http://www.surfnetkids.com Most of my focus this month has been on RSS as a newsletter publishing medium. But one of my readers reminded how nicely RSS works for syndication with this use of my Surfnetkids Headlines feed at SATEL (South Australian Teachers' Email List) . Look for the Surfnetkids summaries in the lower right-hand corner.

]]> tag:www.barbarafeldman.com,2003://1.84-comment:142 Comment from Robert Hurst on 2003-08-20 Robert Hurst http://www.ma001.com/anony/newsletters/H4/H4_0008.asp?cusid=*323436393430383533 We came up with a similar concept to this but from a different angle and I am interested in a comparison and people's comments. I have NOT read the stuff on RSS but if I do not write this my mind will go blank on the subject!

MailAgent has built into it the ability to deliver personalised emails in a web browser. What we did was to design a system to send subscribers a single mail with a link to the latest version of the newsletter.

All that happens is that centrally the link is repointed as new newsletters are created and hey-presto the "Perpetual Newsletter" is born.

Benfits:

- You still send emails and migrate people to Perpetual
- Personalisation is retained for tracking
- People only read when they want
- Stats are consolidated for all delivery mechanisms

Cons:

- No Pull technology (well it's in the lab)
- Notifcaition is needed for ad-hoc mailers
- Lose the Master mail and you have to ask again

This is a great new area and one which has a lot of potential. We think combine the old and new - what do people think?

Regards

Robert Hurst

MD
MailAgent

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