Learn how to utilize Google Alerts and Google Reader to help keep you informed of news and information relating to your area of expertise and your clients' business.

1. Turning Hour Tasks Into Minutes Google Reader & Google Alerts By Michael Blachly Director of Client Development Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.

2. Using Google Reader and Google Alerts Makes Life … Simpler

3. First - Setup a Google Account

4. First - Setup a Google Account Complete the form to setup an account

5. You Are Done! Welcome to Google

6. ALERTS

7. What Is Google Alerts Google Alerts is a monitoring service that automatically notifies users when new content from news, web, blogs, video and/or discussion groups matches a set of search terms selected by the user. Notifications can be sent by email, as a web feed or displayed on the users iGoogle page.

9. Track your company’s name

10. Track your clients’ names

11. Track your clients’ company names

12. Track your clients’ industries

13. Track news

15. How to Setup Google Alerts Search Term: What I am Looking For. Type: What type of information am I seeking (news articles, blogs, video clips, discussion forums or everything). How Often: How often do I want to receive updates on my searches. Volume: Do I want everything the search finds or only the best results Deliver to: Do I want it emailed to me or sent via an RSS feed (see latter portion of presentation)

16. How to Setup Google Alerts (using "Piggly Wiggly" as my Search Term)

17. How to Setup Google Alerts (using "Piggly Wiggly" as my Search Term)

18. How to Setup Google Alerts (using "Piggly Wiggly" as my Search Term)

19. Blogs, RSS & Google Reader

20. Why Read Blogs?

21. What Blogs Should I Read? Answer – Anything You Want (news, legal trends, business development tips, fun reading)

22. Problem: You Spend Hours Going to Blog Sites YOU

23. Solution: Use An RSS Reader (Like Google Reader) One-Stop-Shop

24. GoogleReader A Central Point For All Your Blogs

26. You Only See News Posted Since Your Last Visit

27. It can be Archived (And Organized)

29. How to Setup Google Reader

30. How to Setup Google Reader (subscribing to emedialaw.com) Option 1

31. How to Setup Google Reader (subscribing to emedialaw.com) Option 2 Any site with RSS Feeds will have this button visible in your browser

32. How to Setup Google Reader (subscribing to emedialaw.com) Option 2 Any site with RSS Feeds will have this button visible in your browser

33. How to Setup Google Reader (subscribing to emedialaw.com) DONE!

34. You Can Read Google Reader on Your Phone Too

35. Google Reader and Google Alerts Will Make You More Efficient and Smarter

36. Thank You! Michael Blachly Director of Client Development Looper Reed & McGraw