How to Put an Email Subscription Box on a Blog
Inviting your blog readers to subscribe to your blog RSS feed is a great way to boost your readership. You can remind them to keep visiting your blog regularly by offering an RSS subscription option that allows users to receive your blog updates directly to in their inbox instead of relying on them to return to your site on their own. Learn how to create an email sign up for your blog subscription today.
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Adding a Subscription Box For a Blog RSS Feed
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Create a blog RSS feed for your blog. Most free blogging software programs come with a built in RSS subscription feature that allows users to access your blog subscription via a reader or using a live bookmarking feature built into many browsers.
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Choose an email subscription provider. Some popular ones are Zookoda, Feedblitz, Blogarithm, Feedburner, Mailer4u, and Listpower. Create an account with the provider of your choice.
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Familiarize yourself with the features that your provider offers. Not only will they give you the tools to add an email sign up for your blog subscription,but you'll likely be able to track your click-through rate (CTR) add google adsense, and import addresses from other service providers.
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Identify the "feed address" for your blog RSS feed. You can do this by right-clicking on your subscribe link (mac users control +click) and selecting the "properties" option. The URL for your feed will be visible, and you'll want to copy and paste it into the applicable area of your email subscription feed provider.
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Follow the on-screen prompts to generate the HTML coding necessary to add an email sign up for your blog subscription. You'll need to enter the feed address to generate the code and then copy it to be pasted into your blog's sidebar or at the footer or header of each post.
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Tips & Warnings
Encourage readers to sign up for your email blog subscription by placing the code in a prominent place on your blog, like the top left or right hand sidebar.
Be very careful when you're altering the HTML code of your blog. Always keep a backup copy just in case something goes wrong.
