I’ve been having some “fluctuation” (for the worst ) with my subscriber feed count today and thought of this post that I could write about it. I’ve concluded that even though people may un-subscribe from my blog, the largest part of the fluctuation is that many people don’t tune into their R.S.S readers everyday and then Feedburner counts that as an “Unsubscription“.

I’m sure that you know that writing good content is the key to gaining readers and traffic, so I won’t go into detail about that.

So, if your blog is hitting a rough patch in your subscriber or reader count, don’t be discouraged.. Your loyal readers will just have more posts to read later when they turn their Really Simple Syndication (..So thats what R.S.S Stands for!!) readers on.

An above all, If you do manage to lose a couple subscribers.. Don’t stop writing content thats worth reading, or the past will be replayed in the future.

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I load your blog in Firefox and read one of your fascinating articles. I decide that yes, I will give you a comment for the work you have done, expressing my opinion and maybe receive a free back-link to www.bradblogging.com (NoFollow is a great plugin to remove Wordpress’s “No-Follow” policy, giving your readers a free link to their website when they comment). Of course I have to fill in the standard “Name, Email, Website” boxes with my real information to continue to comment. Once I’m done I will submit it.

So when I have seen all of the latest articles on your site, away I go stumbling or doing other things. Perhaps even check my email! So after I’m done logging in, I see 20 new messages from your blog with the same title post that I commented on! Realizing that I commented on a blog that automatically subscribes me to any other comments posted on that particular article, I angrily delete the comments and never comment (or perhaps visit) again on that website.

Nothing can drive a visitor more crazy than commenting on a post and using their time to input their opinion, to then be blind-sidedly subscribed to all the comments their after. The Wordpress C.M.S. (Content Mangegment System) comes with the option of subscribing to comments at the end of the comment area with a little “check-box” that you can select.

So in an attempt to gain more comments on the posts that your write, DO NOT automatically subscribe your faithful commenter’s (if there is such a word) to the ones after theirs, because it causes an unnecessary distraction in their Inbox. If they are interested in what other people have to say, they will come back!!

Look at this!

Problogger is making a 6-figure income every year from just writing articles! Shoemoney’s raking in over $100,000 in Adsense with only one check! But wait! Is that Micheal Martin is making $695 per blog he designs?!? Man! Don’t you want to be like those guys?

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Many people are all about showing off how many subscribers they have by displaying Feedburner’s Feedcount plugin. It simply states the amount of subscribers that a particular feed has. Even if you have only one subscriber, this option is available to you for free and you can still place the widget on your blog. The only problem is…

“Are you potentially crippling the chance of you gaining more subscribers by doing this?”

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After submitting your site to many directories listed on my last post, we need to find a base for attracting readers and getting the word out about your blog. By using these free services called “Social Networks” you can meet other bloggers while promoting your own. These websites are great to start promoting your blog without spending a penny. Today’s post will cover how to sign-up to these programs and simple strategies to use to gain maximum click-throughs to your blog!

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