Comments on: A Secret to Finding New Subscribers for Your Blog

By: Gaje Master

Gaje Master — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:04:11 +0000

I didn’t read all the comments but this is definitely a good post for anticipation since we would have to wait to find out the full scoop.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:37:50 +0000

Yes… Anticipation.

The only problem with this is that you have to publish a series of related articles, you just can’t pick a random subject and go… After all, if you create anticipation, you don’t want to let your readers down.

By: Dot Design

Dot Design — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:01:01 +0000

Great article, I’ve recently started a blob on my site and will certainly be taking all your comments on board to make it a success. Many thanks. Gareth

By: Debt Free Hispanic

Debt Free Hispanic — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:23:06 +0000

I think anticipation is key. Your blog must create urgency so people can feel the importance.

By: Clams

Clams — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:54:06 +0000

Anticipation is a wonderful thing and you’ve shown that anticipation is the driving force that keeps us coming back again and again to a blog that’s exciting and insightful.

Thanks again Darren for another wonderful article.

Clams
http://www.EducationalToys4Tots.com/

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:24:12 +0000

I look forward to learning about this. In a sense I detect that you used this as a way to make anticipation on this post : p.

By: susy

susy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:57:55 +0000

Thanks for giving me so much to think about. I’m an old blogger– but just recently have started thinking about it as a much more important tool for me, as a self-employed designer.

I’m really enjoying trying to find my own ways to put your advice to use, and I’m now checking problogger lately.

Thanks for sharing all this info.

susy

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:07:26 +0000

I agree with your post. My entire blog is built upon anticipation (I hope) as I tell the story of my real estate investment exploits complete with the actual financial performance of my deals. Just starting and tough getting the name out there. However, your blog has saved me a ton of time trying to figure it out by myself.

Terry

By: Darryl Heron

Darryl Heron — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:42:57 +0000

Darren:

You have some good ideas in your post. as well as several of the comments have hit upon this as well, but I’m not really in a position where I can consistantly follow a posting schedule or know what my next post will be. I find myself to be drowning in all the administrative things (which are all new to me) and searching to find decent information about attacting new readers. For me it is annoying when I find a post that I think will help and then I need try to find the rest of the post or worse find that it is only a teaser. Something to consider. I do hope that I can get into a postion where I can ceate and follow a posting schedule and build anticipation.

Darryl

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:12:22 +0000

Scott, Real Estate is visual. Both in the product you are managing for sale and the person/agent (your wife in this case) looking for prospects that can meet all the requirements to purchase the home or property. We found that email was one level of good communication but clearly not a personal approach. We found a company that provides Video Email but not by sending MB’s to the inbox. They send you a nicely configured (visually) email that is clickable to a site where they host and manage the actual video message. We have quite a few Real Estate and Travel Agents using this service now. We use it to thank our clients and make them aware of anything special like our Monthly Contest but with a visual email that carries our brand. Click on my name above and you will go to the service site. This is a great addition to blogging!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:29:30 +0000

Anticipation comes in many forms and creates quite the buzz. We are by no means a big site with 1000’s of visitors per day. Now in our 9th month of existence we have seen our unique visitor rate climb from 10 per day to now 300 per day all with content. We have found that adding a “contest” with a real prize has now created a surge in the month of march. We have an article writing contest with a case of our Mona Vie juice as the prize. In itself this is a $140 gift and we plan on doing this every month.

By having an article contest we also create MORE content on our site which enriches our pull on the Net itself. Yes, its a bit more work for us but by the end of this first ever contest we should have some interesting pull stats to review….

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:24:06 +0000

I am in the beginning stages of my wifes local real estate blog. It seems most folks in our local area are not RSS feed savy. For the most part blog savy. So email subscriptions seem to be understandable solution. Anybody elses opinion on email vs feeds?

By: CanCar

CanCar — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:28:01 +0000

In my opinion, a series of posts should be like different chapters in a book… All loosely based on the same topic, but each with their own main theme. Having to wait another day for a continuation of the same idea makes me want to hit the unsubscribe link and be done with it.

By: SWoda

SWoda — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:37:53 +0000

Terrific post. I completely agree with your thoughts here, and I am really looking forward to your upcoming posts.

By: johnathan

johnathan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:49:22 +0000

i really need to learn this tactics and pay attention to detail.

By: Ria Ludy

Ria Ludy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:34:17 +0000

Brausch talks alot about getting RSS subscribers vs getting email subscribers and of course based on the business model being used, the argument could go to either one of them.

Darren is engaged with his RSS subscribers offering solid advice, incentives for reading (example – this post) and uses a business model in which RSS subscribers helps “sell” advertising space. Ok that’s pretty obvious but lots of new bloggers don’t think in those terms yet. I was one of them.

Blog readers are good, we always want more. First though, determine the business model you want to implement and then decide if RSS subscribers or email subscribers are more beneficial to that model. Then start using Darren’s tactics.

By: troy

troy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:17:27 +0000

Superb and masterful. I hope that someday I will be able to accomplish this at my site.

By: Budzer

Budzer — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:28:45 +0000

Totally brilliant post. I remember reading your 31 Days to Building a Better Blog.

By: Webhosting Reality

Webhosting Reality — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:00:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing with us your insights. In addition to what you’ve said, it is important that there is consistency of quality for every post in any given day.

By: Connie

Connie — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:26:26 +0000

I found your commentary on how to entice people to your blog very interesting. I am new to blogging and looking for information on how to get my blog out to people.

I am going to try and put into effect what you wrote down.

Thank you for giving out the information.