RSS Feed Subscriptions for Your Blog

Being a blogger, you will always anticipate for that moment when you can see regular followers and readers. Then you would think of ways and means for special services you might be able to offer to your loyal readers. I tell you, you can absolutely do that via offering subscriptions buttons. Yes, subscription buttons, because eventually your readers would want to be updated to your every post. Why not do that with RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds?

Now, we’re going too fast with that one. Let me define these feeds first. I’ve told you about subscriptions, so what are these feeds got to do with subscriptions? Feeds are tools for websites (big or small) in distributing contents beyond visitors using browsers. They allow subscriptions to your regular updates being delivered automatically through web portals, news readers, and in some cases even the good old emails of your readers. So for easy subscription of your readers, make sure you have RSS available on your site. Many hosted blogging solution don’t have RSS available, so you may need to add it manually.

Then offer now RSS subscription buttons. Several popular RSS aggregators are available for easy subscription of yourreaders . It is also worth the time to add the RSS logo and these aggregators’ logos for one click-subscription to your feed.  With so many aggregators available, you may use FeedButton so you may be able to offer multiple aggregators (which you can even add up manually) on your site with just a single expanding rollover button.

But then, a problem arises when people are not able to get RSS. So accommodate them by offering an option to get your updates through email instead.

Here are two RSS aggregate alternatives available for your blog although there are also many other tools available to do this task:

Here are two RSS aggregate alternatives available for your blog although there are also many other tools available to do this task:

1. FeedBlitz

The FeedBlitz RSS service is a service that makes your RSS feeds better. It enhances feeds with branding, detailed metrics, browser and mobile friendly serving, integrated third party content, easy viral marketing tools and more. It’s fully supported by FeedBlitz, and integrates with the FeedBlitz RSS and blog to email service for one-stop subscriber management and communication. – FeedBlitz

Also, what’s good with Feedblitz is that you can it together with Feed Burner so as to avoid losing RSS subscribers.

 2. Feed Mailer (currently for sale)

Feed Mailer was created to keep you updated via e-mail! You select feeds that interest you then sit back and we will do the rest!
You can receive updates every hour, every day or every week!
Feed Mailer takes RSS one step further! It e-mails you the updates! We take the hassle out of staying up-to-date, by e-mailing you the very latest information that you are interested in. – Feed Mailer

Let your avid readers have the ease of reading your posts with easy subscriptions. Subscription is an easy way of letting your readers be updated to your recentposts as well as not losing your readers even if they don’t get the time to visit your site.

Have a great time getting subscribers on your blog!