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Getting People to Subscribe

Posted by klawedkillerkitten • 1/03/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogs, subscribe, traffic

I'm trying to get people to subscribe to my feed because my blog is of funny pictures I make and if they like it, they could get them everyday if they subscribed.

Do you have any tactics to get more subscribers? The number I have is low and fluctuates everyday. I have a few buttons on my site and a link at the top that says 'click here to be updated everytime a new picture is added' hoping it would get me more people. No luck. And I get from 100-500 visitors a day, which isn't tons but ok I guess. There was even one day when I got 10,000 when my blog was featured on deadspin.

ordinary-stars.blogspot.com

User Comments

1/04/08

jmarzo

Well it's all about credibility. People won't just subscribe if they don't know you. The best thing to get people subscribing is create a contest. A lot of people are doing this lately, and it's been great from what I hear. Additionally, you can also submit your site to a lot of rss feeds. I hope this helps.

I like your site BTW. I think it's hilarious. Keep those pictures coming.

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1. 1/04/08
  
  klawedkillerkitten
  
  haha, I put at least one new picture up a day!
1/04/08

suburbqueen

Patience and regularity. Keep posting and the subscribers will come.

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1/04/08

acca

Yeah, patience, good content, posting on regularly basics.

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1/04/08

ThriftShopRomantic

What are you guys seeing on average in terms of subscribers? I just newly have the RSS feed capability for my blog (in spite of blogging for quite a while) so really have no benchmarks.

I have, say, five on average daily so far. Which is amusing to me.

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1. 1/04/08
  
  jungl
  
  Just passed 200 for my photo blog
  
  Yeah, patience is a virtue.
2. 1/04/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Okay, I feel better.
  
  It is fun to see them trickle in.
1/04/08

jungl

Maybe put a RSS butten further up?
On wordpress there is a nice plugin where new visitors get a message about subscribing. www.richardkmiller.com/blog/wordpress-plugin-what-would-seth-godin-do/

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1/04/08

monkeytale

I don't think I've ever subscribed to anyone's feed and have no idea how many have subscribed to mine. I just visit blogs the old fashioned way I guess.

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1. 1/04/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  I was just about to say those exact words lol. I have never subscribed to a feed.
1/04/08

gosmelltheflowers

Same here Mikster but we are looking into RSS feeds at the moment!

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1/04/08

click3

I visited your page and while your RSS reminder is at the top of your page, it does not stand out that well. Most visitors will skip right over it.

I would run a test on its placement. Keep it there for a week and track results, then move it to another spot and track those results until you find the best spot.

My suggestion ... add the RSS reminder to display on each post, just above the time & tags.

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1/04/08

ChicaX

Getting people is the easy part, but keeping them is the hard part lol. Good luck with your site.

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1/04/08

offendedblogger

Well even though I am not a feed subscriber, I think your site is great. I'll be back for more (the old fashioned way).

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1/04/08

WilDip

I just tell my readers that I'm gonna shoot myself in the head if they don't subscribe.

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1. 1/04/08
  
  klawedkillerkitten
  
  lol, well I guess that would be a way.
1/04/08

ashish028

I once subscribed to Darren Rowse..The mailbox started getting flooded and I never cared to read them..Finally unsubscribed...

But I'm subscribed to my blog
cooladvertisements.blogspot.com/

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1/04/08

ghostytwofish

I subscribe to feeds consistantly. I read 20-30 blogs ... who has time to go visit them all every day, just to see if there's something new? With the RSS reader, I only visit the ones that have updated. Saves tons of time.

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1. 1/04/08
  
  klawedkillerkitten
  
  it does. that's why I would love more people to subscribe. and the fact that it will get more visitors involved. my comments are sooo empty! the ones that are already there are lonely and need some friends.
1/04/08

Judeaj

Jmarzo, what do you mean by submit to RSS Sites?

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1. 1/05/08
  
  klawedkillerkitten
  
  i think they meant there's RSS directories and RSS sites where you can submit your feed to. it's like a blog directory but with feeds.
2. 1/05/08
  
  ashish028
  
  there is a big list in this guys blog
  
  www.toprankblog.com/rss-blog-directories/
10/11/09

AtlanticEquity

Wow! I subscribed to a lot of different blogs today! Subscribe to Source Blogger: feeds.feedburner.com/SourceBlogger

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