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How To Gain R.S.S Subscribers To Your RSS Feed Or Blog

More times than not, when I go “Blog-surfing“, I read an article or two that sparks my interest, and then I usually will subscribe…

RSS ICON

Wait a minute.. WHERE DO I SUBSCRIBE? This blog in question has no button and makes the visitor look all over the blog for a simple button that would enable the visitors to do so.

This Technique to gain RSS Subscribers to your Rss Feed or Blog is actually really simple to understand and learn from. In order to convey it in a friendly, kind manner, I will put it in a list.

  1. Get a cool RSS icon from ProBlogDesign‘s list (or find your own).
  2. Place it above the fold and link it to your RSS feed.
  3. Watch more people subscribe as a result of it.

What are some strategies that you use to “Gain R.S.S Subscribers to your RSS Feed or Blog?”

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10 Comments

  1. Slevi
    Posted July 14, 2008 at 5:52 am | Permalink

    I place it above the fold on my blog definitely but I must say I do not make much use of that when being on other blogs. Just the RSS button in the url bar in firefox is the first thing I look for, if it’s not there I take it as no feed available and ain’t even going to search for anything possibly hidden away.

    Slevi’s last blog post..Hulu adds more and more full length movies for free!

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  2. Technology blog
    Posted July 14, 2008 at 12:33 pm | Permalink

    Great tip, here are some other really nice RSS icons for anyone’s use:

    Silk

    Feed icons

    Technology blog’s last blog post..One Million iPhones sold in first weekend

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  3. Michael Martin
    Posted July 15, 2008 at 4:22 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the link Brad! Those designers made some really stunning icons. :D

    Michael Martin’s last blog post..Prepare Your Blog for the iPhone, Easily

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  4. bradblog
    Posted July 15, 2008 at 4:45 am | Permalink

    @ Slevi – That button definately does help when you don’t feel like looking for the RSS icon. However, If you want to subscribe by email (I usually do) your outta luck. :(

    @ Tech – Thanks for even more resources :)

    @ Micheal – No problem. That list was excellent and looked like it took a while to make.. (You uploaded each one separately).

    Reply
  5. Adam Pieniazek
    Posted July 15, 2008 at 12:13 pm | Permalink

    Hmmm, now I wonder how many people have clicked on my RSS icon. Personally, I do click on the RSS icon though I’m just as likely to trust my feed reader [Net News Wire] to find the feed address and add it. I imagine an RSS icon should be on everyone’s site just to have on obvious way of subscribing but it shouldn’t be the only way. I like including a link to my feed at the bottom of my page and at the end of posts and have seen a small bump since adding links there.

    Adam Pieniazek’s last blog post..20 Mac Applications I Just Deleted

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  6. Rajaie AlKorani
    Posted July 15, 2008 at 12:37 pm | Permalink

    You can always remind your readers to subscribe to your feed at the end of each post, that will usually help out

    Rajaie AlKorani’s last blog post..5 Important Characteristics Of Social Media Content

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  7. Runjun
    Posted July 16, 2008 at 5:59 am | Permalink

    Some really cool RSS icons are there. I will pick one from it. Thanks.

    Runjun’s last blog post..Change in Technorati Authority!

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  8. bradblog
    Posted July 16, 2008 at 7:17 am | Permalink

    @ Adam – Interesting strategy. I might have to start doing that. Thanks for the tip :)

    @ Rajaie – Same as above :D

    @ Runjun – Don’t thank me, I just linked to the list, Michael deserves some creditation for creating the list. :D

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  9. Anthony
    Posted July 17, 2008 at 11:24 am | Permalink

    Good Idea !

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  10. Kat
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 1:53 pm | Permalink

    Brad,
    Thanks for the tips…..I am sorta new, and hope I did it right….
    If you get a chance, would you mind checking for me?  You have so much knowledge about this stuff….my head is hurting from reading all your posts and trying to absorb it all!
    Thanks a bunch!
    Kat
    http://soycandleblog.blogspot.com/

    Reply

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