10 Effective Ways To Increase Blog Subscribers

The number of subscribers is a best measure of a blog success from my point of view. It has been widely adopted in the blogosphere. Frankly I wish I had more of them.

What Is RSS Feed?

RSS feed is a type of XML file which provides the readers or subscribers of the fresh and newly updated content of a certain website or blog. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.

Here are 10 specific strategies you can implement immediately and start getting more blog subscribers right away.

#1 Make It Obvious And Easy

As implemented by many successful bloggers, making your subscription link or button obvious such as big button or bright color can draw the attention of your blog readers. In addition, fewer steps does certainly help your readers to subscribe.

#2 Offer Email Subscription

Some visitors don’t like RSS.  Don’t ignore them, offer them a alternative way to subscribe your blog by offering email subscription. FeedBurner has built-in email subscription feature which you can enable it through administrative screen.

#3 Educate Your Readers

Although Internet is widely popular across the world, but there are still many people don’t understand what RSS is and how to use it especially those non-technical person. In this case, education become important for your readers to understand how to follow your site or blog.

#4 Give Your Readers A Bonus

Many online marketers and bloggers build solid subscription base by giving their readers an incentive in the form of a free ebook, report, e-course or audio. Typically this only works for email subscription with autoresponders feature.

#5 Dedicated Subscription Landing Page

You can create a page that is completely dedicated to obtain subscription, and drive traffic to it from Adwords, forum, advertisement, or other source you want. You can even combine it with strategy #4 and offer bribe to your readers to increase signup rate.

#6 Become A Guest Blogger

Contributing content to someone else’s blog is getting popular in blogosphere. It’s a solid strategy to gain subscribers by exposing your blog to wider visitors. Be sure to make it clear that you’d like to put a brief byline at the end of the post linking back to your website or blog.

#7 Show Personalized Message

Different readers will be attracted to different subscription methods. WP Greet Box is a WordPress plugin to show different greeting messages to your new visitors depending on their referring URL. For example, when a Digg user clicks through from Digg, they will see a message reminding them to digg your post if they like it. Another example, when a visitor clicks through from Twitter, they will see a message suggesting them to twit the post and follow you on Twitter.

#9 Ask For It At The End Of Blog Post

Ask your visitors for the subscription at the end of your blog post (you can see example at the end of this post) is a good idea. If visitors like your article, they will be easily convinced at the end of a blog post.

#10 Quality Content

Content is king. Quality content is king of king. The quality of your blog content is what really led your visitors to subscribe your blog RSS feed. This is the most important tips. So, keep your momentum and passion to write interesting and quality content.

Conclusion

The llist should not just end with 10 items. There are still many many ways to improve your RSS feed subscribers. Please share with us what you think.

One last thing, are you subscribed to BlogHighlight’s RSS feed? If not, you should know what to do.

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