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There is a Question That Keeps turning up from different people:

There is a Question That Keeps turning up from different people:

"What do I need to do to get more subscribers to my blog?"

Personally, I look at subscribers on the same level as pages-views or traffic. Subscribers are the life blood of a successful blog, and I wish I had more of them.

So I hunted for ideas on the way to start enticing more blog customers immediately.

Take a look at these strategies that I found:

1. Make It Straightforward & Plain - As I have discussed before in more detail, make your subscription options noticable, supply an email alternative option to RSS, and ask for the subscriptions.

2. Be Targeted - Now, this is kind of a no brainer, but it needs to be said. Make sure that you are going after a particular niche. That way you can specialize your material better to your audience. Take a look at the bigger picture and see if there are enough readers that are interested in your content.

3. Offer Up A Bribe - Now, don't do anything illegal. But be smart about it.

Here's what I'm talking about. Since you likely have an RSS feed, and SHOULD be using a Wordpress.org blog, use the "FeedVertising" plugin to create a link to a download of a free gift for subscribing. FeedVertising links only show up in the feed of your blog, not the post. So only RSS Feed subscribers will get the link to your bonus!

4. Create A Viral E-book - Partner up with a friend to have them give away your E-book or bundle it with something of theirs for sale that they already offer on their blog. The E-book will then promote your blog and get you more traffic.

5. Create A Subscription Specific Page - Within your blog, create a new page that is dedicated ONLY to promoting a subscription. Then simply drive traffic to that page form all of the normal sources that you drive traffic from. I've even seen some people create a specific domain for this page and forward the blog subscription page to that domain.

Another point I want to make. Of all of the tips I gave you already, it's assuming that you're cranking out valuable content to your readers. If you can't take a step back and say that you're providing value to your readers, then you might want to take a closer look at what you're doing online.

But after you get that down, using some or all of the above will definitely raise your subscriber count!

Remember - This is the first part of my Top Ten Surefire Ways to Attract More Blog Subscribers to your Blog.

Remember, blogging is a person oriented method. You need to be writing content for human readers, not the search engines. If that's the route you choose to go, you'll find success.

Your readers are the ones that are providing you with the REAL spread of content be sharing links, letting your content spread like a virus, leaving comments on your blog, and simple networking.

To miss that part of the equation will do you harm over time.

I like you to consider taking a look at one more thing more closely:

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