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Using RSS Feeds to Promote your eCrater store

 

Every eCrater store have multiple rss feeds available. Learn how to use these RSS feeds to promote your store items on other websites such as Squidoo, Zimbio, and blogs.

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RSS and eCrater Links 

eCrater - Free Online Marketplace & Free Ecommerce Website Builder
Free Online Marketplace & Free Ecommerce Website Builder - get a free web store, free online marketplace, free ecommerce website builder, free online store.
10 Tips when Using eCrater.com - Associated Content
10 tips to help you improve your eCrater store and give your customers a better shopping experience.
Shop Blossom - Nurture your Business
Helping small online merchants network and grow their business.
FeedBurner
Allows weblog owners and podcasters the ability to manage their RSS feeds and track usage of their subscribers

Finding the RSS Feeds 

RSS Feeds for Categories
To find the RSS Feed for an entire category open the category page and find the rss button at the bottom of the page.


Generate RSS Feeds from Search
To generate an rss feed from a search in your store first select "advanced search". In the advanced search form insert the criteria you would like to have displayed in your rss feed, then click search.

The rss feed button will be at the bottom of the search result page.

Using eCrater RSS Feed on Squidoo 

You can easily display your eCrater items on Squidoo coplete with "Buy Now" buttons.

Make sure excerpt is set to "Everything Available" and display HTML is set to "Yes".

Example of Using RSS Feed on Squidoo 

Jewelry from Noadi's Art Shop

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by

Using Feedburner with eCrater Feeds 

Feedburner allows anyone to track rss stats and promote their feeds with various tools. Simply visit feedburner.com and enter your rss feed.

Using Feedburner BuzzBoost to Display your eCrater Items 

One of the most useful tools Feedburner has is BuzzBoost, a tools that allows you to convert an rss feed to a snippet of javascript. You can then input this into any website that allows you to use javascript such as a personal webpage or blog.

After burning your feed with Feedburner select the Publicize tab and then the BuzzBoost link on that page.



After clicking Activate you will be given a snippet of javascript. Copy and paste that into the page where you want the rss feed to display.

Tools to Help You Display your Feeds 

On your blog, website, myspace, facebook, etc.

CaRP/WP - Display RSS Feeds In WordPress Posts With This Free WordPress Plugin
CaRP/WP - Display RSS Feeds In Your WordPress Posts Free Plugin Integrates WordPress & CaRP
RSS-to-JavaScript.com
RSS/RDF Converter: Convert a Feed - RSS-to-JavaScript.com: Free RSS/RDF to JavaScript Conversion Tool for Webmasters
FeedFlash widget, a flash feed reader, put feeds and news everywhere on the Web...
FeedFlash widget, a Flash RSS reader to put feeds and news everywhere on the Web ... for sites that do not accept javascript like MySpace.
Widgetbox: World's largest widget directory and gallery - web widgets for Facebook apps, Blogger, TypePad, MySpace, Wordpress and more
Widgetbox is the world's largest widget marketplace, with widgets for Facebook, Blogger, TypePad, MySpace, Bebo, WordPress, Piczo, Xanga, Freewebs, Netvibes, Pageflakes, iGoogle, and all blogs and web pages.
6 free RSS to Javascript tools
There are quite a few tools available now that allow you to convert RSS to Javascript to allow you to display the contents of an RSS feed on your site. This method is by far the easiest way to display updated content on your site. I have put together a list of some free RSS to Javascript tools you can use.
10 Genuinely Useful RSS Tools - Software Developer
A collection of utilities guaranteed to improve the way you use and work with RSS feeds.

Places to Submit your RSS Feeds 

Zimbio - Online Magazines
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit, with coverage of current events, cultural reference points, and niche areas of interest.
Blog and ping | Pingoat
Ping over fifty blog services instantly. Pingoat also has an XML-RPC server. Ping services like Technorati, newsgator,feedster..
Platform for Blog Communities @ BUMPzee!
...read blogs, comment here or there, start new discussions, network with others.
RSS Submissions
Submit RSS files to the following sites and location to expedite content syndication.
TopRank Best List of RSS Blog Directories to Submit Your Blog and Feed | Online Marketing Blog
Below is a list of the submission urls for RSS and blog directories that you can submit your blog or RSS feed to. This list is a
FriendFeed
Share your stuff from other sites automatically.

Reader Feedback 

Leave any questions or comments here.

AngelCityArt

You rock! Another great, informative page.
Thanks for all your help.
Is there a way to get your feed to open in a new window?

Posted July 19, 2008
Fides

The information on RSS is especially helpful. From one Ecraterian to another, thank you for writing this.

Posted June 10, 2008
Voila

Thank you so much for your great lens. Very helpful. Very much deserves it's 5 stars. Oh, and I love your artwork, too...

Posted June 02, 2008
fromlu2you

Thanks for your help!! I never did understand RSS til now. Lu fromlu2you, ecrater store.

Gave ya 5 Stars!!

Posted May 12, 2008
LjtFineArts

Another great lens! Thank you for your help.

Posted May 11, 2008
 
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