MEDIA PLANNING & BUYING: IN FOCUS

What every brand should do
Do these three things today:
- Make a list of Wikipedia pages that affect you.
- Locate the RSS feed for each page.
- Subscribe to it using Google Reader.
First, make a list of every Wikipedia page that affects you. This is non-trivial. If you blow this, the rest will not make much sense. Include the following:
- The main page for your brand.
- The main page for sub-brands.
- The main page for your competitors.
- Specialty pages focusing on your brand (e.g., McDonald's legal issues).
Second, locate the RSS feed for each page. To do this, follow these steps:
- Click on the History tab of the Wikipedia page you care about.
- On the left sidebar, you should see "RSS Atom."
- Click on RSS.
- Copy and paste the URL into Google Reader.
Third, in Google Reader, create a new folder that includes all the pages you want to follow. Refresh.

