Is There Really a Secret To Getting More Blog Subscribers?
A few weeks ago, I started messing around with my RSS feed, I added a counter and decided to really work on increasing my subscribers. You can check out that post here. Right after that post, I had to take some time off to be with my family. I’m back and ready to re-visit the question:
How do I get more subscribers to my blog?
I’ve been working digging around for information, and this is what I’ve come up with so far:
- Educate yourself on what RSS is and how to use it most effectively. Jack Humphrey has put together A Great Big Guide to RSS Feed Marketing.
- Add the wordpress plugin, What Would Seth Godin Do.
- Educate your readers on what RSS is. I have many friends that haven’t subscribed to a feed simply because they don’t really understand what it is. Feed 101
- Make it easy for your readers to subscribe. When your reader clicks that one standard button all the other options that normally clutter up your sidebar will be there anyway, don’t try and confuse them with too many choices.
- Place a graphic, not just a text link, in a prominent place on your site (must be above the fold). In my searching today, I found some really cool variations from the standard boring RSS button that everyone is using. You can check them out here.
- I found some great information at Steven Aitchison’s blog. Check out his post How to get more than 500 RSS Subscribers per month.
- Brian Clark over at CopyBlogger knows what he’s doing when it comes to getting subscribers, he’s got over 17 000 of them. He shares the Real Secret to getting subscribers.
Of course the best way the I know to keep readers coming back is to provide information they want to read. Keep your blog current and constantly being updated, and engage the readers by answering questions and replying to comments.
It doesn’t matter how many tweaks and tricks you use on your site, you won’t get readers if you don’t provide what they’re looking for.
Let’s work together and set a goal. How many subscribers do you want to get to your blog in the month of June? How are you going to achieve that goal?
Leave me a comment, I’d love to check out your blog and subscribe to your feed if it’s something that interests me. Likewise, if you find this information helpful, subscribe to my feed and/or plug this article 
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May 29th, 2007 22:09
Hi Heather!
Found you over from Steven’s post. I’m eagerly taking his challenge and took it up a notch!
Please check out the details here and let me know which network sites you’re a member of, so we can help one another WAH
To our success & empowerment,
Ponn
May 30th, 2007 06:51
I’m going to do a post challenging my readers too. Let’s all work together on this…
Every Success,
Heather
May 30th, 2007 13:39
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May 30th, 2007 17:02
Hey Heather!
Wowser! This method is *totally* working! I’ve almost doubled my average unique visitors per day, and it’s only 7pm EST (and my stats are behind 3-hours). So, please my dear–post your challenge now, trackback to me so I can link your post directly in my post, to share the link-love, traffic and kudos!
A big virtual hug to my newest social bookmarking buddy!
May 30th, 2007 18:50
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May 31st, 2007 05:35
Hey Heather,
Thanks for all the resources you’ve posted. It’s going to help me a lot on my blog. Any tips on how to get out of supplementary results?
June 1st, 2007 19:03
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June 3rd, 2007 20:37
Heather~I bookmarked this site awhile back. Today I was going thru some bookmarks and clicked on Home with Heather..and look its wahmbuddy (know you from MYBLOG)and it was!
The info on this site is wonderful…thank you. I need the 411 on RSS feeds. I’m not sure what they are and how they work so you gave a lot of sites/articles on it so THANKS A LOT!!!
~Pam
June 3rd, 2007 20:51
You are very welcome Pam. I’m just starting to get into RSS and feeds myself, they are a wonderful tool both for webmasters and for visitors. I find myself adding a site to my reader almost daily.
Are you going to participate in the challenge and try to increase your readers over the month of June?
October 2nd, 2007 07:12
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