It doesn't take a whole lot to start a blog and run it these days but in terms of getting and keeping subscribers it can be pretty hard. You have lots of options for getting RSS subscribers but there's no rule that says all of those options need to work for you. Keep reading to learn a few good methods that you can use to raise the numbers on your RSS subscription list--the only way to find out if these methods actually work for you is to test them out. Ready to go?
Give Reader Encouragement at the Bottom of Each Post: People need to be encouraged and they need to be reminded about the fact that they should and they can subscribe to your blog's RSS feed. You can effectively put a small message at the end of each post which states that readers can subscribe to your feed and gives them the information on how to subscribe. Since your post is already going to be interactive in nature where you commit to communicate your ideas with your readers, your little message is going to come within this flow and it won't look odd. There is nothing wrong in showing your readers the benefit of subscribing to you blogs RSS feed. This is the perfect time to put out that message because if your readers liked your post they will be in a receptive mode.
Keep Your Blog Focused: If your blog is clear on what it is about, you will find that to stay update, more and more people will be willing to subscribe to your blogs feed. If there isn't a defining theme to your blog and you jump around from topic to topic without giving focus to any, then people will probably not be inclined to subscribe to your blog feed because they won't feel its valuable to them. So your readers know exactly what to expect when they subscribe and that you know exactly what you are giving, the content of your blog should be tight and focused. There's a great demand for specialized and targeted knowledge today, and through your blog, you can actually give your target audience that. Now is the time to get your blog in place and focused rather than scattered so you can increase the number of people who are willing to subscribe and opt-in.
Allow Visitors to Subscribe to Email: Rather than just offer visitors the option of only subscribing to your RSS feed, why not offer email subscriptions as well for them to stay updated about new posts? The vast majority of people still prefer to use email to receive updates about blogs they enjoy anyway. Besides, if you use Feedburner for your feeds, you can use this same service to send out your email updates via their 'publicize' option. FeedBlitz is also excellent for helping you manage your email subscriptions and your RSS feeds.
The beginning stages of your blog and audience development are always going to be a challenge and that's why you need to work to gain repeat visitors so that your traffic stays balanced.
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