December 20, 2008
In this post, we're going to talk about Email Subscription for your Blog visitors.
Your can offer two subscription options to your visitors:
► RSS subscription - people will subscribe to your Blog, and will read the news in their favorite Reader
► E-mail subscription - people will get the news (new posts, info) directly into their E-mail
It's advisable to use both options, because different people prefer different things....Personally, I like the E-mail subscription, but as you can see, I use both in my Blog.SO, HOW TO PLACE AN E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION BOX INTO MY BLOG?
For Blogger there are two options:
► If you do not have an account with Feedburner - use FeedBlitz.com
► If you have an account with Feedburner - just activate the E-mail subscription option
Feedburner .com is a service that offers detailed statistics about your Feed, you can get the info on how many people subscribed, in what Reader, where from.....
It's advisable to redirect your default Feed from Blogger to Feedburner. This way, you'll have all the information you need.
And don't worry, you won't lose anything. It's just REDIRECTION. To create an account with them, visit Feedburner.com and follow the instructions.
1. Ok, if you've chosen not to redirect your feed to Feedburner, there's still a way to have an E-mail subscription on your Blog. Using FeedBlitz. Step-by-step:
1. sign in to your Blogger account
2. go to FeedBlitz.com
3. enter your E-mail address (the same one you use for Blogger)
4. enter verification code
5. click on "Install your Email subscription widget on blogger" button
You will be taken to your Blogger account when you successfully complete the form.2. If you already have an account with Feedburner, you just have to activate this option, and place some code. Step by step:
1. sign in to your account on Feedburner.com
2. click on "My Feeds" on the top of the screen
3. select your Blog feed under "Feed Title"
4. click on "Publicize" tab ► choose "Email subscriptions" on the left
5. choose "Feedburner" from the list (the first one) and hit "Activate"
6. click on "Subscription Management"
7. copy the provided code
8. sign in to your Blogger account, then go to LAYOUT ► PAGE ELEMENTS ► click on "Add a Gadget" and choose "HTML/JavaScript" from the list.
9. place the code there
10. Save settings.
11. Smile!
12 comments:
what image editor do u use to edit your pictures like this?
Photoshop + Illustrator
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Wow, this actually worked for me!! I am so excited. Thanks for the awesome instructions... I would not have been able to do it without you! Now, is there a way to know which of my followers has subscribed?
Thanks again!! :)
Hey Becky...
You can check this going to:
FEEDBURNER ► My feeds ► click on your Feed ► PUBLICIZE tab ► Email Subscriptions (on the left) ► Subscription management ► scroll to the bottom, and click on View Subscriber detail...
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Thank you so much for the tip!! This was exactly what I was looking for and you made it super easy to understand. Thanks a bunch!
Thanks Pocket,
Another fine tutorial!!!
Thanks so much for your website - its been a savior for a newbie like me who wants to customize with NO HTML experience. I have looked at so many other sites and yours is the easiest to follow and everything has worked perfectly -
You are fabulous!!
ey i have a slight problem
on my analyze place it says i dont have any subscribers
but when i go to the subscription management to see whos subscribe
theres 4
but when i post osmething new
it doenst come up in ur email
Hi
Your bolg is very nice. I have really learnt a lot from this blog thanks. logo design
thks u so much
ok I wish I found this post like tow days ago! BTW, glad to see that you are back Pocket! My question is how does one install a rss icon ( I have an image of an rss zebra) onto their blog?
Nickie,
to add a customized RSS icon, read this:
RSS icon in Blogger
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