subject: How to Get Subscribers: Your Unique Way Is What Will Work [print this page] How to Get Subscribers: Your Unique Way Is What Will Work
You must have read a few dozens of rules on how to get subscribers for your RSS feed. You probably have even tried a few of them. Some will have worked for you and others made absolutely no difference.
Now did you know that those techniques that did not work for you work miracles for other bloggers? In fact, the big trick that you use to get traffic may never work for someone else. While we may take lots of time to give you suggestions on what you should be using, there are a few things we need not forget.
There is only one rule of thumb
There is only one rule of thumb on how to get subscribers have killer content. This is the only thing that I have seen working for every blogger. The importance of great content cannot actually be overemphasized. After all, people visit your blog and subscribe to your feeds because they feel that what you are offering is super content.
Now let us take a deeper look at these other highly held rules.
How often should you blog?
The blogging rule on frequency of posting says at least five times a week. However, I have seen blogs which get a post in a week and they are doing far much better than blogs on which posts are made every day. There could be many factors that lead to this scenario but it all trickles down to the fact that one thing will work for your and fail with another. One thing that perhaps should be kept in mind is that you should not so blindly follow the post-frequently rule that you compromise on the quality of your content.
What length of a blog post is best?
If you have been following suggestions on how to get subscribers, you must have noticed that most bloggers claim that a 300 to 700 words blog post is ideal. I wonder what you should do if you have content that will need much more than 700 words. Besides, while some readers would like short, straight to the point articles, others would prefer meaty ones that leave out no detail at all. You know your readership better; create, therefore, what they will like.
Does guest blogging work?
This is also another question that cannot be answered with a straight yes or no. If you can, then go right ahead and make that guest blog. If it works for you, thank luck and make it your way of getting RSS subscribers. That may not work for others since the main reason why people visit popular blogs is what they get from there. That means they may be disinterested with what others have to offer on the same topic. If it does not work for you, do not think that you are not a good blogger. It's just that something else will.
Conclusion
When blogging, you are the master on how to get subscribers for your RSS feeds. You are the only person who is able to know what will be best for you and what would not. It would do you no harm at all trying all the methods that there are so you can know what to capitalize on.
