Practical Tips On
Ways To Promote Your Blog's RSS Feed
I am not going to
explain in details about what a RSS Feed is. I presume every blogger knows and
if in case, a blogger doesn’t know, he is not blogger yet Sorry to be blunt.
I call myself an
old time blogger who started blogging before many of the present day social
media including twitter. I used to depend only web directories and RSS feed
directories to promote my blog posts.
With the advent of
interactive digital marketing platforms, I am sure blog promotion through RSS
feed is clearly overlooked.
Practical tips.
The RSS feed link
on most blogs is usually so innocuous that blog readers are rarely even aware
that it exists, so your first priority should be to make it more visible on your
blog.
Placing a large
RSS feed button in a prominent place on you blog , adjacent to the subscription
box and or along with the social sharing
links is a good place to begin.
Consider including
smaller buttons for these links at the bottom of each blog post, plus a bit of
text at the end of each post to remind people that the subscription and sharing
options exist and to urge them to use them.
It's also a good
idea to include a bit of text below the feed subscription form explaining why
it can make it easier for them to view your content in their email and how they
can use it.
Alternatively, you
can create a separate page on your blog about the RSS Feed in general and its
advantages to the blogger as well as the blog reader. By having a special page
on your site with this information, you can link to this page in your blog
posts and in your blog theme beneath your subscription and sharing buttons.
Another useful way
to promote your RSS feed is to use RSS feed directories. RSS feed directories
are special directory websites that publish the contents of your RSS feed. It
also means that any links to your content that are published with the feed will
become backlinks to your website. Surely you know this will encourage search
engines to index and rank your blog.
Where to find RSS Feed Directory?
It is very easy to find them by using the
following search terms I Google.
"RSS
directory"
"RSS feed directory"
"RSS directory list"
"publish RSS feeds"
You can probably
find many more ways to promote your RSS feed by using your imagination and
looking for places where it would be appropriate to post the feed link.
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