By Amy Hawthorne December 27, 2010
Wouldn’t it be nice if every time you logged on to your computer you had a button pop up with any and all content that is relevant to you?
Information comes online faster than ever before. Is it relevant to you? Is it information you need? How do you know it’s even out there if you aren’t listening?
Relevance describes how pertinent, connected, or applicable something is to a given matter. A thing is relevant if it serves as a means to a given purpose. – Wikipedia
Filtering IN relevant content is going to be the only way to stay on top of your game. Here’s a few things I’m using to ensure I don’t miss out on anything I need or want to know -
- Google Reader – it’s easy, its free and its how I’m keeping up with thought leaders
- Tweetdeck – LOVE being able to filter on keywords and company names.
- iGoogle – I use it for news widgets and other personal stuff like – Spanish word a the day (I want to be bilingual so bad!), ESPN updates, Digg top news, and cool recipes.
- Workstreamer – (of course!) we’re using our own product to keep up with prospects, partners and competitors. The Linkedin updates, Twitter tone cloud and multiple news stories on a given announcement are awesome. Business professionals no longer have to sift through pages and pages of content.
- And with last week’s announcement, I’m now looking forward to seeing what and how @MassRelevance is going to help us even further filter Twitter.
How are you ensuring you are relevant? What tools are you using to ensure you don’t missing anything important?