Tim Bursch

Part 2- Information Flow

Are you an on-line reader? Are you part of a business or organization and want to know what people are saying and writing about? Then Google Reader (GR) is your friend.

SET-UP
Go to GR here to set-up your preferences. When you find sites you like add their subscription. One easy place to find good reads is Alltop. I skim a lot of blogs and read about 20 daily. You can manage your subscriptions to your preference.

TRACKING
I like to know what is going on with certain topics, keywords and names. You can go to GR and set up to receive information by RSS or email. If your topic is really broad you might want to limit your intake to one email a week.

LISTENING
Do you care about your brands? I set up a Google Alert and Twitter Search for my personal and business brands and feed them into Google Reader. This will let you know what is being said out there.

SHARING
GR allows you to share and email articles you think friends or colleagues might be interested in. Links are at the bottom of each post in GR. If you are passive aggressive it’s a great way to just give hints. Ha, not really.

So, GR is a great way to filter incoming info. How do you handle information overload?

Tomorrow  - one last tip on setting up your Google Command Center.

Further reading:

Google Command Center Part 1

Thinking About Starting a Blog?