Find Info Quickly: My Top Five RSS Feeds to Follow

One of the best ways to grow as a business person, a writer, and a person is to read. Now there are many things out there to read but where do you start – books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, or other great reads? What can provide you with the most information in the most time-effective manner?

One way to save some time is to read RSS feeds. These are feeds that gather all of the updates, particularly blogs, that a website posts. These can be good tools for a busy person because the feeds automatically update so that you do not have to keep checking the website everyday for a new blog. RSS feeds are great because they can save you time and we all know that means you can get back to work and be more productive.

Everyday I like to start my day with a visit to feedly. What exactly is feedly? Feedly is a time-saving tool that gathers all of your favorite RSS feeds into one easy-to-read feed. You can organize all of your feeds into categories as well. For example, I have a social media category, one for marketing, analytics, entrepreneurs, and I even have a feed for some of the podcast feeds I follow for fun.

Here are the top five RSS feeds I follow:

1. Buffer Social Blog. Buffer is my go-to read every morning. They approach their blog with an open manner by letting the reader know what they are doing in their own social campaigns.
2. Hootsuite Social Blog. Hootsuite is a social media scheduling app and their blog focuses on anything and everything social media. I love this blog because while it is similar to the Buffer blog it offers a different perspective on the topics. This provides us with a couple of ways to approach and solve any social media problems or questions we face.
3. Social Media Examiner. The Social Media Examiner is another good read for all things social media. Again, it provides a different perspective on the social media side and I really enjoy their infographics.
4. Copyblogger. Copyblogger is a great place to receive all of your marketing information. Not only do they have written blogs but they also have a podcast series, Hack the Entrepreneur. I like this because sometimes reading articles can become monotonous and listening to a podcast can liven up the way you consume your media.
5. Google Analytics Blog. I like the Google Analytics blog because we use Google Analytics to track our website stats. What better way to learn how to effectively use a tool than by reading a blog written for and dedicated to that tool. Be warned the blog can be a little dry but it does provide good information for you to learn about using analytics.

So those are the top five RSS feeds I follow on feedly. There are several others I follow and many, many more you can follow. What are some of the best RSS feeds you follow and why?