35 methods for adding RSS feeds

Everyone wants to increase the number of readers who subscribe to their blogs. This article provides 35 methods to increase the RSS feed volume. This is the second article in the author's RSS subscription series. The first article focuses on the importance of RSS subscription. Let's take a look at how to increase the number of RSS subscriptions:

1. Generate attractive content. I hate to put this in the first article because everyone has such suggestions, but there must be a reason. We have no reason to subscribe to your blog unless you provide content worth reading. You have to give your readers a reason to visit your blog again. If there is no reason to attract them to read it again, why should they subscribe to it?

2. publish articles every day. Let's think about why people subscribe to a blog so that they don't miss every article they want to read. Therefore, you must write well enough content and publish it at a high frequency, so that the subscriber has to read your RSS carefully to avoid missing the highlights. I think it is better to write an article once a day.

3. Do not enter the title in a hurry. Before sending an article, think about the title carefully. The reader will not subscribe to a blog with a title that cannot accurately reflect the content.

4. Use the big orange RSS icon. People with RSS subscription habits will definitely find this orange icon, which is already accepted. I have also seen sites that use RSS icons of different colors, but they are not as easy to find as orange. In short, no matter what color is used, the goal is to make it easy for readers to discover it.

5. Place the RSS icon on the top of the page. If you want your readers to subscribe to your blog by clicking the RSS subscription icon, place the icons above the page, everyone is more happy to subscribe to sites that are easy to find RSS icons. Here is a good example.

6. Let the RSS feed show all your content. Most RSS subscribers do not like to subscribe to a site that only displays part of the content of an RSS feed. I will not do this either. I subscribe to more than 300 blogs. Of course, I am not likely to read all the articles. Therefore, I prefer to scan to find articles that I am interested in. I hope to scan the full text instead of fragments. Performacing lists 41 reasons for blog failure. Vandely Website Design also writes a meaningful full-text release comparison with the effect of fragment-based RSS feed, dcr. blogs also writes six reasons why you need to use full-text RSS feed. If you do not believe this reason, read the article above.

7. Allow your readers to subscribe via email. For many bloggers, it is hard to imagine people who don't need RSS reading, but I believe these people actually occupy the majority. Therefore, you need to provide these people with a method to subscribe to your blog. The best way is to send your article to them via email because most people are using emails. There are many providers that can provide such services now. I am using Feedburner. Feedblitz is another popular service provider that provides email Publishing. John Chow wrote an email to increase your RSS feed volume, which is a very successful example of the use of Enterprenuer's Journey.

8. Reduce the subscription process. Using Feedburner can achieve this well, so I strongly recommend Feedburner's subscription service. I will talk about the benefits of using Feedburner in another article. Through the study of MarketingExperiments.com, it is found that if you reduce the subscription step to only one step, it will greatly increase the volume of subscriptions. How to increase your RSS feed volume through Feedburner of Shoemoney is a good example.

9. write an article about RSS and how to subscribe to it. People who write blogs will always try to get familiar with every technology, but don't forget that many people don't know what RSS is and how to use it. You should write an article about how RSS is subscribed and put the article in a location that is easy to find. Darren Rowse writes RSS articles, and DoshDosh also writes about how to make your readers learn to subscribe to them. The same Rich Gilcrest also writes about RSS feeds.

10. write an article about how to use RSS reader. Many people do not know how to use the RSS reader or how to experience the fun it brings. It would be great to write an article about the use of different RSS readers. Scobleizer recently met Eric Engleman, general manager of Bloglines. You can embed this Bloglines introduction RSS subscription video into your blog.

11. Add the RSS subscription prompt at the end of each article. After a reader reads your good article, he will be happy to subscribe to your site. Therefore, adding a large orange RSS icon at the end of each article will make it easy. Daily Blog Tips lists this as one of the 40 suggestions for creating a Blog.

12. Use the MyBlogLog plug-in. Requiring readers to subscribe is a good way to increase the number of subscriptions, but sometimes readers need to be "encouraged" multiple times, maybe they haven't thought of subscribing yet or they haven't started using RSS reader yet, then you can prompt them that your site can subscribe through RSS. The MyBlogLog plug-in allows you to track the readers who visit your site and send them a message to remind them that they can subscribe to your site. When a new MyBlogLog visitor appears on the sidebar of your blog, you can send them a message to remind them to subscribe to the site for fuel consumption. Of course, you can also send them an RSS address.

13. Use the Bumpzee plug-in. This plug-in is similar to the plug-in of MyBlogLog. It can also be used to track visitors and send messages to them.

14. Use the BlogCatalog plug-in. This is something similar to the two plug-ins above.

15. Make sure the browser can automatically discover your RSS feed. You may notice that the browser has a small RSS icon, which is added when the browser automatically detects that the page has an RSS feed. Visit your site to make sure that the browser has such a small RSS icon. Some subscribers subscribe in this way (the translator Heiyoo said, too ). I don't think you want to lose readers because RSS is not automatically detected by the browser?

16. Use the What wocould Seth Godin Do plug-in. This plug-in allows you to say hello to your new subscribers.

17. send an email to the readers who leave a message on your blog. If a reader is willing to leave a message, it means that they are very likely to subscribe to your blog. Then, ask them to subscribe to your blog to ensure that your email reflects your personality.

18. If the reader sends you an email, please make sure to reply. If you are willing to email you, it means that they are very likely to subscribe to your blog. If you do not reply back in time, you cannot ensure that the readers subscribe to your site. This is important. Do not disappoint your readers.

19. Leave your RSS address when you leave a blog comment. In other cases, I am not sure if this is appropriate because I think this may drive away my readers, but it may also greatly increase the number of subscribers. I think it is better for you to judge whether to use this function.

20. Make sure your article is unique. When a reader can only get information from other places, they are very likely to subscribe to your blog. If you are writing articles that have been written by others, so your article is very likely to read others' blogs.

21. Make your article suitable for fast scanning. Readers all hope to quickly scan the content. Making your articles suitable for quick scanning will make it easy for readers to read your articles, especially when they use RSS readers. Readers usually do not have enough time to read each feed. Therefore, writing articles suitable for fast scanning is a good method.

22. Use interesting titles. Make sure your title is attractive. People who use RSS readers often scan only the title of the article and then read the articles they are interested in, if your title is not attractive enough, they will not subscribe to your blog to read your article. Of course, make sure that the title and content of the article are consistent. If the reader cannot obtain the expected topic, we usually lose such a reader. We recommend that you go to Digg or Sphinn to learn how the titles of excellent articles are obtained. These excellent articles usually have great titles.

23. Provides free e-books. This is a good way to attract readers and attract them to get more content they want.

24. Free content is provided through the Feedvertising plug-in. This plug-in only displays specific content to users who subscribe to RSS. You need to know that if users can get more content, they are more willing to subscribe to your blog

25. Visit other blogs. By visiting other blogs, you will let more blog writers know, which will bring a certain amount of attention. Of course, you need to write valuable content to reply, which will lead to more new subscribers.

26. See blogger gathering. This method allows many blogger and readers to participate in the process. The more attention you get, the more attention you get.

27. Encourage other blogger to leave content in your blog. This will not only increase the content value of your blog, but will also attract readers of other blogs to your blog. the readers of other blogger that naturally become your readers.

28. Use video. Shooting a video can attract more people. Currently, there are not many blogger users using this method, so this must be brilliant.

29. Active in the Forum. Actively participate in the Forum to create your personal image, so that more people can know your strengths in some aspects and attract more people to your space, to subscribe to your blog. Here are 10 forums that can make your blog better.

30. Write your RSS feed address in the email signature and forum signature. This will make it easy for people who have contact with you to subscribe to you. I like this method very much and it is very convenient for readers to subscribe to you.

31. Reference other blog articles. By helping you find other excellent content, you can have more readers, because your readers are more willing to subscribe to your blog, and you lead them to get other valuable content.

32. Publish the RSS feed to the RSS directory. In this way, more readers will find your blog through feed. You can refer to the list of 55 RSS directories written by DotSauce.

33. More traffic is generated through paid advertisements. If you are interested in your links when you click on a paid advertisement, they may subscribe to your blog. I suggest using Google Adwords or Stumble.

34. Your article should include your clear point of view. Readers prefer to use your blog to discover your point of view. Resources and information can be obtained through many methods. However, your point of view can only be provided by you.

35. Publish your subscriptions. I recommend that you publish your subscription quantity. Once your subscription volume reaches 100, there will always be a mass effect. If you find that many people have subscribed to your blog, new readers will naturally be willing to subscribe to your blog. This is a message in the blog circle :)

Original Author: Fred Peters Translator: Heiyoo Original article link