I disagree completely with RKINFO (Blogging Tips) about not to worry about the number of subscribers during the first year of a blog. While it is true that we must maintain a focus, twelve months is too long to try to overturn a lower number of subscribers.

Starting my fourth week with Girly Blogger, I decided to worry more about my readers (the sooner the better). So, I decided to implement four not very usual ways to get more subscribers. RSS flashy icons (large, animated, visible positions) that go together with the contents of a blog always help, but there are other alternatives to experience that clearly will not produce negative results, but rather the opposite:

Experiment 1

Use the link in my feed every time I comment on a blog . Instead of putting just the link to my blog to get some traffic, I can kill two birds with one stone: the Feedburner link I can allow others to see what I write (full content), while I encourage you to subscribe to my blog.

Experiment 2

Put a subscription form via e-mail at the foot of the entries (no subscription only links but Feedburner form). Why? Because it is likely that many will not even take the trouble to go to the sidebar to subscribe. The easier, more accessible, and in fewer steps, the better.

Experiment 3

Personally thank the new commentators via e-mail (a person, mail). How about the WordPress plugin Thanks me later , saving considerable time? Many times we do not usually distinguish between what is automatic or not, and always seen as a nice gesture even * Auto * (yes, you have to be careful not seem spammers). And again if I kill two birds with one stone (or rather three), probably best comment directly on blogs commentators, including the link to my feed. This way, I can get other people too.

Experiment 4

Subscribe to my own feed through Google Reader, and then share my subscription with my friends . In this case, you should create a new gmail account just to share my blog subscriptions to those who have accepted me in chat using Google and Google Reader are like me. It's like my friends to subscribe to my Feed (saving them work, no?) And can be as beneficial as share my links via Twitter or Facebook.

* Darren Rowse of ProBlogger recommended Aweber to manage subscriptions, but regardless of whether or not a popup could be very annoying, not a free service.