(Length: 15 pages)

July 26, 2005

RSS 101 For Marketers

This is the first document in the "Marketing And RSS" series.

by Charlene Li

with Henry H. Harteveldt, Thomas Powell, Chloe Stromberg, Tenley McHarg

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

In Forrester's February 2005 Marketer Online Survey, 57% of marketers said that they were interested in using Really Simple Syndication (RSS) as a marketing channel. Why the interest when just 2% of North American online adults use RSS? The combination of reduced email marketing effectiveness and growing consumer advertising backlash drives marketers to test RSS — from creating their own feeds to putting ads into RSS feeds themselves. This report introduces who uses RSS in North America and the implications of RSS adoption. The second report in the series looks at best practices for marketers using RSS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemRSS 101

itemUsers Benefit From Better Information Control And Efficiency

itemRSS Users: Today, The Young, Male Technological Elite

itemNew Developments Will Soon Broaden The Market

WHAT IT MEANS

itemRSS Moves Beyond Syndicating Content To Become A Platform For Applications

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed 30 vendor and user companies, including: Bloglines, CNET Networks, FeedBurner, Google, Microsoft, NewsGator Technologies, New York Times Digital, and Yahoo!.

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Analyst: Charlene Li
Technology: Customer Experience, Interactive Marketing, Marketing & Advertising, Social Computing & Web 2.0
Geography: North America

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