33 Guaranteed Ways to Increase Blog RSS Subscribers

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    I'm sure you want to increase the number of RSS subscribers to your blog. In this article, I offer you 33 ways to increase your subscribers. So, let's find new subscribers for your blog.

    1. Only quality information. I do not like to write this advice first, because it is the advice that all professional bloggers give. But here is the reason everyone gives this advice. It makes no sense to subscribe to a blog if you are not offering anything worth reading. You must give the reader a reason to return. If there is no reason to return, then why should he subscribe?

    2. Write every day.Let's think about why people subscribe to blogs. Because they do not want to miss the next posts. That is why you should write excellent articles and publish them with sufficient frequency so that it would seem to people that they might miss something. It’s nice to write one article a day. Make your readers afraid to skip one of your articles. (but do not forget about the first point, always write quality articles)

    3. Do not write off topic. Always remember the theme of your blog. Readers will not subscribe if you write all the time on different topics.

    4. Use the large orange RSS button.People are looking for this orange button when they want to subscribe. It has become a recognizable, universal symbol of RSS feeds. I met sites on which the RSS icon was a different color, blue or green, but it is recommended to use orange, because everyone is used to the RSS RSS icon.

    5. Place your RSS button as high as possible. If you are trying to get your readers to do something on their blog, for example, subscribe to RSS, make sure that this feature is at the top of your blog. People are more likely to pay attention to what's at the top of your blog.

    6. Only full texts in RSS!Many people who use RSS readers do not subscribe to blogs with incomplete RSS posts. I do not subscribe either. There are about 200 RSS feeds in my reader, I can’t read them all at once, so I use search and filters for topics that interest me. I would like to search for the full text of the entry, and not for its entry. Many bloggers recommend using only full-text RSS feeds.

    7. Allow your readers to subscribe via e-mail.It’s very difficult for bloggers to imagine how people live without using RSS readers, but believe me, a very small percentage of Internet users use RSS. That is why you should give the opportunity to subscribe to your RSS feed via email. Email, now uses almost every Internet user. There are so many services that will allow you to add this feature to your blog, I use FeedBurner. Some might like rss2email more.

    8. Speed ​​up your subscription.Reduce the number of steps required to subscribe to RSS feeds. Using FeedBurner is a great option to optimize your subscription process. Once again, I recommend using FeedBurner for your RSS feed, now this service is becoming more and more popular, not only for subscribing your visitors, but also for statistics and calculating blog ratings.

    9. Write an article explaining what RSS is and how to subscribe to your blog. Bloggers often forget that many of their readers may not know what RSS is and how to use it. Write an article about RSS and your users will know that they can subscribe to the blog.

    10. Write an article explaining how to use RSS readers.Many do not know about these programs, and do not know how they can make their life easier. Describe several programs, their settings, disadvantages and advantages, tell us which programs you use to read RSS.

    11. At the end of each article, ask the reader to subscribe to your RSS feed. Perhaps the reader will want to subscribe after reading one of your excellent articles, simplify this task for him. Post your RSS icon or text link at the end of each of your posts.

    12. Use the Toodoo widget.One of the best ways to increase the number of subscribers to your blog is to ask people to subscribe to it. Sometimes readers need to be invited or encouraged by something to subscribe. Perhaps they did not think about subscribing, maybe they do not even use an RSS reader. By inviting them to subscribe, you are reminded that there is the possibility of subscribing to your blog. The Toodoo widget shows people who are registered on the service and visit your blog, when the widget shows a new person who has visited your blog, you can click on the avatar and send him an email. For example, thank him for visiting your blog with a request to subscribe to your blog, and a link to an RSS feed.

    13. Make sure your blog’s RSS feed is automatically detected.You may have noticed that a small RSS icon appears in your browser. This icon appears when the browser automatically finds the RSS feed address on the site you are viewing. Check your blog and make sure Internet Explorer or Firefox automatically finds your RSS feed. Some subscribers use this method to subscribe to blogs. You do not want to lose a subscriber, just because this function does not work on your blog?

    14. Use the plugin “What Would Seth Godin Do”. This plugin allows you to ask your users to subscribe to your blog. This plugin is good in that it allows showing this request, only for new users.

    15. Write a letter to readers who comment on your blog.Invite them to subscribe to your blog. If the reader leaves comments, he may want to subscribe to your blog. Make your letter personal, the point is to establish a connection with the commentator.

    16. If readers have written you a letter, be sure to reply to it. If the reader wrote you an e-mail, this does not mean that he has already subscribed to your blog. If you do not respond to emails, why should he subscribe to your blog? You must remember that the time of your readers is precious. If they read your blog and write letters to you, they invest their time. Do not let your investors down.

    17. Link to your RSS in the form of comments.I'm not sure about this method, it can sometimes annoy visitors. However, this is also a way to attract RSS subscribers. You decide whether you use it or not.

    18. Offer unique information that your readers will not find anywhere else. By making your blog unique, you are encouraging your readers to subscribe to your blog, because they will not find such great information anywhere other than your blog. If you simply repeat the posts of others, people can simply read others.

    19. Write in a way that is comfortable to read.Blog readers tend to want a lot of information in a short time. If you write readable posts, you make it easier for visitors to read your blog. Be sure when writing a new post, think about how it will look like in an RSS reader. People do not always have enough time to read each RSS feed. If you write human-readable posts, people are more likely to read your RSS feed.

    20. Write engaging headlines.Make sure your headlines get your attention. Sometimes the only chance to entice the reader to read your blog is the post title. If the title is not interesting, the reader will simply go on to read the next blog and certainly will not subscribe to your RSS. When people read articles in their RSS reader, they usually look at the headlines, and read those that interest them. However, you do not need to write headings that do not match the content of your post. Inappropriate headlines, this is a quick way to lose your RSS subscribers. To see examples of interesting headlines, browse popular articles on social news services, News2, Habrahabr, Smi2. Popular articles tend to have excellent headlines.

    21. Offer a free e-book to those who subscribe to your RSS.This is a good way to attract followers with additional content.

    22. Offer access to classified information only for RSS subscribers. If you report that only your subscribers will have access to additional information, visitors will start subscribing to your blog. This can be a private forum, or the password for some private posts. For convenience, you can use the Feedvertising plugin, it allows you to insert a link in the post, which will be visible only to RSS subscribers.

    23. Write guest posts.When you write guest posts, you advertise your blog on other blogs. This gives you the chance to turn subscribers to another blog into subscribers to your blog. However, be careful. In guest posts, you need to write great posts. If, as guest posts, you write posts of average quality, you lose the opportunity to attract new visitors to your blog.

    24. Participate in blogging contests and events. It is very useful to participate in contests and events in which a large number of bloggers and readers participate. The more attention you get to your blog, the more subscribers you can get to your blog.

    25. Invite other bloggers to your blog for guest posts.This will not only add great articles to your site, but also new visitors and subscribers, because the blogger who writes the guest post, as a rule, reports about it in his blog so that his readers can familiarize themselves with the guest post.

    26. Start hosting podcasts. Podcasting can also increase the number of subscribers to your blog. Not many bloggers host podcasts. That’s why keeping podcasts will help you stand out among other bloggers.

    27. Actively communicate in the forums. Leave a pleasant impression by chatting on different forums. By helping people on topics related to the niche of your blog, you will establish yourself as an expert in your field and they will want to subscribe to your blog.

    28.Link to your RSS feed, in the signature on the forums and in the E-mail. This will allow your readers to quickly subscribe to your blog. Alternatively, you can write two links to your blog and to your RSS feed, and the reader will decide what he wants.

    29. Link to articles on other blogs. Readers can subscribe to your blog, knowing that you always provide additional sources of information in your posts.

    30. Register the RSS feed of your blog in RSS directories. The more directories you know about your blog’s RSS feed, the more people will be able to subscribe to your blog.

    31. Use paid advertising to increase visitors to your blog.People following contextual links are interested in information from your niche, some of them will subscribe to your blog. I recommend using Google.Adwords or Yandex.Direct ads.

    32. Articles should contain your opinion or comments on the news in your niche. People are more likely to subscribe to your blog if your thoughts are expressed in it, on any topic or news. They can read the news on any news service, but they can only find your thoughts and your view of them on your blog.

    33. Publish the number of your subscribers.As soon as you have more than 100 subscribers, I recommend publishing the number of subscribers to your blog. People are more likely to follow someone than to lead. If people see that many have already subscribed to your blog, they will subscribe too.

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