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13 Tips to maintaining and growing feed Subscriber Base
By Sharon Housley

You have an RSS feed, and you have worked hard to get the word out. According to your logs, you have subscribers! Now the hard part: how to retain subscribers to your RSS feed. Follow these simple steps to assure that your subscriber base grows.1. original content
A uniform flow of original content will do well to earn subscribers loyalty. Best RSS feeds provide content that is compelling and unique. Rolling up the existing content, search a unique angle or not spin If you want to cover something hot in the blogosphere. 2. quality Over frequency
A posts quality is far more important than a post frequency. Readers will tire of farm holders or nonsensical posts that contain no real value. Time is precious and there are plenty of feeds and blogs, in order to retain readers provide quality not quantity. 3. get it right
Syndication has the power to damage; misquoting or just plain getting it wrong can affect your reputation and perpetuate incorrect information. Be sure to verify all of your RSS feed and blogs information prior to posting. 4. Experienced
Blog posts are not instant messages: You should always use proper grammar, correct spelling and punctuation. Your post is a reflection of your knowledge; content presentation issues and affect how you see it. 5. Griping
Do not constantly gripe, nobody likes a whiner. If you want to appeal, it is not enough to point out problems, you should offer a suggestion for improvement or details about how to fix a problem. 6. Balance sheet
The titles of RSS Feed items and headlines of blog posts should relate to the contents of the actual position. There's nothing worse than just tempting readers with information and not after. Use catchy titles, but be sure to follow it with related content. In your actual speech Remember strike balance to provide enough information without overwhelming readers.7. Focus
Regardless of your RSS feeds focus stay on topic! Your feed or blog posts will generally revolve around a specific theme, not go too far, or you can lose readers. If your RSS feed has a specific theme, stay true to this theme. 8. Length matters
Not too long, not too short it is a difficult balance, but your record length means something! If an entry is too long, consider breaking it up or partitioning for easy-to-digest paragraphs or break it up into several posts. Post length should be consistent throughout your blog and feed. Try not to vary it too much. 9. Credibility
As a publisher you can be seen as a credible source. Posting or reposting inaccurate information will reduce if not nullify any credibility you have. Specify the credentials when offering an opinion and make sure factual information is accurate before posting.10. Link
Include hyperlinks to related information in the description field of your RSS feed, this is a great way to complement the content. Outbound connections is also often place links back to your blog or website. 11. Consistency
It is important to remain consistent, try not to vary too much in your daily speech. Stay true to your formula for content, if it works. 12. listen to your audience
Readers often communicate what they like and what they dislike about your content. It is important that you stay in tune with what your subscribers like and not like and do the appropriate accommodation. 13. Advertising
Do not clutter your RSS feed with advertisements. If you choose to include ads in your RSS you will need to find a balance between the quality content and advertising.Starts an RSS feed or is not difficult to attract readers, but it is difficult to retain readers. By following a few simple unwritten rules, you will find your subscriber base swell. About the author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for RecordForAll http://www.recordforall.com audio recording and editing software.