Offering bonus content to increase RSS subscribers

June 3rd, 2008

I was reading Yaro’s blog today (he’s a total cutie!) over at Entrepreneurs-Journey.com and noticed that he offers a bonus copy of his book “How To Start An Internet Business & Make Your First $1,000 Online” for readers who subscribe to his RSS feed.

Now, I will freely admit that my RSS subscriber numbers are so embarrassingly low that I might as well say they’re nonexistent. For the longest time, it was a struggle just to manage one post a week (or a month!) to this blog. Now that I’m posting more frequently, I can focus more on increasing readership and RSS subscribers. That’s why I’ve been keeping my eye out for ideas like this.

Anyhoo, I just thought that Yaro’s bonus offer was an interesting and cool tactic to attract new RSS subscribers. It isn’t a new tactic, but it’s one of the few times I’ve seen it implemented.

If you’re looking for ways to increase your blog readership through RSS, this is one way to do it. BloggingTips.com has a post with a few more good ideas too.

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3 Comments Add your own

1. Kevin | June 5th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

Thanks for the link
2. Cassie | June 5th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

No problem Kevin. I like pointing people to good content, even if it’s not my own
3. Jacob from Group Writing Projects | July 10th, 2008 at 10:19 pm

Hey Cassie, you should consider entering this tip in my Building RSS Group Writing Project:

http://groupwritingprojects.com/blog/building-rss-group-writing-project/

All you would need to qualify for over $350 in prizes - including consults with Liz Strauss and David Airey - is to link your above article to the announcement post at the above link. Although additional tips before Sunday night’s deadline would increase your chances of winning even more.

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