Comments on: The Ad Feed: One Stop and You’re Full

By: BT

BT — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:29:35 +0000

Thank You Ann.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:03:00 +0000

I agree with Ann, but appear some questions.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:09:13 +0000

I thank you for your comment.

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:37:58 +0000

Thanks to everyone for the positive comments and suggestions. I’ll try and cover every question.
As much as you have to bookmark The Ad Feed to save the hassle of typing the URL, I don’t see that as a bad thing. If you’re a fan of 1, 3, 10, or whatnot of the sites I feature, The Ad Feed just lets you see all of those at once in a summarized version without having to visit each site.
I keep the link in my bookmark toolbar in Firefox and can visit TAF throughout the day, see the best of over 20 different ad/marketing sites, without anything more than a click.
Like I said in the interview, I created The Ad Feed for myself and it just so happened others liked it. It’s not made for everyone. There are some blogs of other topics that I wouldn’t enjoy reading in such an aggregator. So I still manually visit or use FeedDemon to read political, gaming, architecture, etc– feeds.
But I do enjoy consuming ad content in The Ad Feed. It really has made my life a little easier from a content digestion stand point.
When I was an ad student a couple years ago I had to learn how to read, speak, taste, feel and listen to advertising. I was a newborn and didn’t know where to start.
I think The Ad Feed is a cheat sheet that I would have loved to come across back then. But with that sheet comes a warm feeling in your stomach because you know that some of the big shots in the industry are reading the same thing.
So it doesn’t feel like Advertising or Marketing Blogs for Dummies, it just feels like required reading that you can enjoy.
As my link network grows and more and more sites send me an e-mail letting me know they exist (travis at theadfeed dot com), I’ll find creative and links that you probably wouldn’t in your daily process. That’s what I hope The Ad Feed becomes even more as it grows. A place you can find everything you love in one spot, and find things you would never have had the chance to love.
Hope that covers every question and concern. If you have more suggestions or would just like to talk, send me an email: travis at theadfeed dot com. I’d love to hear from you all.
Cheers.

By: Mike Sansone

Mike Sansone — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:16:59 +0000

Congrats on being included – as MPDailyFix should be…
I’m with Lewis on this one. I still bookmark things too much (like Mack’s challenge – but with bookmarks).
The thing that would make me a daily AdFeed reader is one feed where I can opt in or out of certain parts.
I’ll visit now and again because there IS value – but visiting the site takes more time than getting a feed, no?
Great content over there, though.

By: Ann Handley

Ann Handley — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:34:02 +0000

Thanks all for the comments. And Lewis — there’s no elfin magic here…. You still need to bookmark The Ad Feed. Basically, instead of going to those three blogs you read regularly that are represented on it, you could go to the single site — The Ad Feed — and scan the headlines on your favorites, clicking through as your interest is piqued. It’s a one-stop-shop for many ad-related blogs and web sites, is all….
In the meantime, you might find a few others represented there that you might enjoy as well. Included in Travis’s daily compilation, for example, are headlines from the MIT Ad Lab, which I always forget to visit, so it’s a nice reminder to have it front & center.

By: Lewis Green

Lewis Green — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:59:14 +0000

Ann,
What am I missing here? Unless I am wrong (which is very possible), we still need to bookmark AdFeed. Furthermore, there doesn’t seem to be an RSS feed or an aggregator I can place on my desktop. In addition, AdFeed contains only three blogs I regularly read, so I’m not sure what the advantages are.
Help me understand why this is a good thing.

By: David Armano

David Armano — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:37:13 +0000

Ann,
Congrats on being featured on The Ad Feed (and nice interview). I’ve told Travis I think it’s a great idea. Everyone who’ve I shared it with in the Ad biz seems to really like it. Comes in handy especially when you’re not using an aggregator.

By: Mack Collier

Mack Collier — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:58:38 +0000

A good idea because I see myself doing the same thing with my RSS feeds. I can’t keep up, and I get so far behind that I just clear out them all, just to slowly get behind again all over again

By: Jim Kukral

Jim Kukral — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:26:43 +0000

I think it’s a great idea, however, the design is not readable. Techmeme has a good thing going there.