Comments on: Comment Friday for March 14th

By: sir jorge

sir jorge — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:31:18 +0000

You’re awesome!

Sympathy works!

WOOOO!

By: Matthew Henrickson

Matthew Henrickson — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:26:50 +0000

I felt a little bad for Sir Jorge, lol, so he’s the winner!

Maybe we can send you a few people to subscribe

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:55:25 +0000

I haven’t promoted it much lately because of upgrading the blog and other things, but I do agree with others….I did just from 10 to 30 or so pretty quick with having links above and below each post.

30 isn’t a ton but it’s a start, and I loved your post on it.

By: Roy Sencio

Roy Sencio — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:29:28 +0000

To be honest I really have not given a lot of thought about RSS and getting subscribers, so this post has been truly an eye opener.

Chester, I do agree with anything prominent displayed at the top and catchy enough, will certainly get eyeballs, and yes if your content is bad, no one would really bother subscribing.

Jim, that’s actually one of the best ways to get an action or conversion, if your conversion is to get a subscriber, it comes right after content so if the content is really good then I guess the higher chance of getting the reader to subscribe.

Thanks for all the input.

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:10:47 +0000

I am still trying to figure out how to get subscribers! So it was interesting for me to read the previous comments.
I have easy to find feed buttons, and I try to write something interesting. I haven’t tried a contest or anything like that yet.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:47:56 +0000

I don’t have too many subscribers as of yet, but I think that a great way to get them is to put out an obvious subscription reminder at the end of every post. And then maybe another button that is static and always on your pages.

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:32:39 +0000

I know of quite a few of our subscribers who we picked up after either Dede or I left comments on their blogs. I always try to leave comments anytime I have something constructive to add to the conversation. A little feedback can really validate and fuel a blogger – I know how much I enjoy getting comments on my own blog posts, so I figure other bloggers appreciate ‘em too.

Also, we’ve found that participating on forums has gained quite a few new subscribers for our blogs.

By: Chester's Clean House

Chester's Clean House — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:58:10 +0000

I have gotten my best results by putting the RSS feed links at the top of the page in a prominate location. Adding an RSS by email option also has helped as 2/3rds of my readers are using the email option. Writing good content is also very important. If people don’t like what you are offering, why would they subscribe? You have to add value to your users on a daily basis.

By: sir jorge

sir jorge — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:54:22 +0000

I don’t get them.

I asked, I tried comment fridays, I tried giving away money, videos, dvd’s, no one cared.