Increasing Subscribers to Your Blog's RSS Feed to Improve Your Success



by Robinson Rodriquez


If you run a blog or plan to create one, then it's obvious that you know the importance of getting and retaining RSS subscribers to ensure that you get repeat visitors. The purpose of this article is to clearly show you what kind of steps you can and how you can work on getting more RSS feed subscribers to your blog in the best possible way ...

Use a Clear Icon to Represent RSS Feed: You might have visited blogs before where the icon showing the RSS feed is so small it's barely noticeable. Your blog's visitors need to be able to easily see where they're expected to subscribe. Blog readers may not work out that you expect them to go hunting for a tiny RSS feed icon somewhere out of sight on your page, so they just won't subscribe. Find an icon that is easily recognizable and make the effort to put it in an easily visible place on your blog. While you want to place the icon in a prominent location, you also don't want it to ruin your blog's overall design or professionalism. You also shouldn't alter the color of your RSS icon, as the distinctive orange color is what people recognize.

Prominent Feed Icon Placement: It's important to place your RSS feed icon in a location that is immediately noticeable. You should try to display it above the fold, which means your readers shouldn't have to scroll all the way down to see the icon. The object is to make it easy for your visitors to see it and then subscribe, so make sure it's clear. As well as choosing the right location, you also need to be sure it's visible on all pages across your blog. It should be seen by default in the sidebar of your blog so that no matter what page your readers are, they should be able to subscribe when they want to.

Keep Tabs on Your Feed: Discovering that your blog's RSS feed isn't working because there's a technical issue or broken link is not all that uncommon. Tracking your feed is important because you need to make sure that your feed is working; otherwise you could be losing out on tons of subscribers who are trying to reach you.Now, this certainly doesn't mean that you should get obsessed with this one factor, but doing periodic checks will help you keep your feed healthy and running. Beyond that, having a broken link or other similar glitch could make a bad impression on your readers; they might even stop reading your blog because they find you unprofessional. You never know how a reader is going to react so do everything you can to make the experience as smooth as it can possibly be.

There are plenty of ways to entice people to sign up to your RSS feed,sobe patient andpersistentand you'll see the resultsyou want.




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