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Since I joined the Blogging Idol contest, I am looking for ways to improve my RSS subscriptions count. I tried several things, amongst which offering 30 ec for every email subscriber. I succeeded to double my count from 7 to 14, but this is far from being satisfactory. Seeing the way the competition is going, my chances of winning against some blogs who went from 0 to 100+ (following the rules or not?), are really really small. However, I would like to use the contest to motivate myself increasing the number of my subscribers and the goal I am setting for myself at the end of the month of July is 100 subscribers.
So, I am offering a deal : I will subscribe to the RSS feeds of everyone who subscribes to mine. In order to track that, I think we should use Email subscriptions. I will email everyone who subscribes so that he/she sends me a link for his/her blog and I will subscribe.
This will help creating a network of reciprocal readers, and serve our blogs by increasing their subscriptions count. Uniting can help our smaller blogs reach their various goals. And if you could spread the word about this initiative, it would be great and we can create a community just like “U Drop, I follow” that helps increase our readership. Of course, anybody willing to join the initiative commits that he/she is going to do his/her best to offer quality content to readers. It’s not just about numbers; everyone is looking for good articles and for an added value. Anyone willing to join the community, please leave a comment on this post with your URL, so that I can keep a list of everyone offering the reciprocal subscriptions and make them easier to find.
So go ahead : Join the community and subscribe to my RSS feed. I will get back to you within 24 hours and will subscibe to your RSS. I also created a little button for the initiative, that anyone can use on his/her blog to show (s)he’s a reciprocal subscriber.
Thanks everyone and let’s grow those numbers.
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July 18th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I have taken my blog from 33 to 96 so far.
You should think about running a contest, it really helps!
July 19th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Hey David. I just subscribed to your RSS and entered the contest.
I thought about running a contest and putting some cash to win, but I read it was against the rules of the Blogging Idol. But well, since I won’t be able to explode numbers in a different way, and won’t be winning the Blogging Idol apparently, I may end up running a cash contest. Thanks for the comment and for visiting.
July 26th, 2008 at 6:25 am
I just subscribed. I noticed on the entire first page of your blog readers are bombarded with requests to subscribe. This can be a turnoff for some, just a thought to help improve things. If you have any ideas for me to improve my site it would be greatly appreciated - mine needs work I know!
July 28th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Hey Winning Startups, I just followed and subscribed to your feed by email.
Thanks for the thought on the subscription requests. I am happy to hear from you and will look it over. You are sure right. Thanks for subscribing.