Email is a good way to communicate but at times there are too many problems with getting newsletters from marketers or blogs that you are following as they can get lost in the midst of your other emails as well as finding their way to your junk folder. While you can still sign up for these newsletters and follow various people and websites that way, they there are some techniques for accessing the info without have it delivered to your email account.
The first is RSS. When you go to a website look for the orange RSS icon that will show up in your address bar or on the site somewhere. To use RSS you need an RSS reader. These are free and work either online or as a desktop application. Think of them like email icons to simplify the concept. If you click on that orange icon and add that link to your RSS reader, you will get updates in that "inbox". You can only get updates that you approve so it's impossible to have spam or junk delivered with this method.
Another way of staying in touch is with social media. On many sites you may have noticed Twitter or Facebook icons that link to that particular blog sites account. You personally might not be into using things like Twitter or Facebook, but they can be useful tools to follow other people and keep up to date on what is happening on that blog. With twitter for example if someone updates their site or adds a video to a popular website, they will put a link into a tweet. If you have a twitter account, you can get that tweet and be notified when they make their updates as well as allowing you to retweet the original tweeted message to pass along any good info that you thing people following you might enjoy. The same works for other versions of social media. You can use these tools without posting anything yourself though it is always good to get out there and interact with others who share the same interest as you.
There are also quite a few ways of contacting people via the popular video sites online. These have private messages, comments, and other things that let you interact with people on there. There are many who use these platforms to stay in touch.
While email still serves a function, these other options make staying in touch with information much easier.
The first is RSS. When you go to a website look for the orange RSS icon that will show up in your address bar or on the site somewhere. To use RSS you need an RSS reader. These are free and work either online or as a desktop application. Think of them like email icons to simplify the concept. If you click on that orange icon and add that link to your RSS reader, you will get updates in that "inbox". You can only get updates that you approve so it's impossible to have spam or junk delivered with this method.
Another way of staying in touch is with social media. On many sites you may have noticed Twitter or Facebook icons that link to that particular blog sites account. You personally might not be into using things like Twitter or Facebook, but they can be useful tools to follow other people and keep up to date on what is happening on that blog. With twitter for example if someone updates their site or adds a video to a popular website, they will put a link into a tweet. If you have a twitter account, you can get that tweet and be notified when they make their updates as well as allowing you to retweet the original tweeted message to pass along any good info that you thing people following you might enjoy. The same works for other versions of social media. You can use these tools without posting anything yourself though it is always good to get out there and interact with others who share the same interest as you.
There are also quite a few ways of contacting people via the popular video sites online. These have private messages, comments, and other things that let you interact with people on there. There are many who use these platforms to stay in touch.
While email still serves a function, these other options make staying in touch with information much easier.