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By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:25:29 +0000

Exactly. I would much rather have readers who are engaged even if it means having 1/10 the total

By: Anne Helmond

Anne Helmond — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:46:15 +0000

I had not logged into Feedburner for a while and discovered my subscriber number had almost trippled (meaning it went from 25 to 70). I used to check my stats regularly but it made me think about the fluctuations too much. As you described it made me wonder too much about “why did I lose five subscribers, was it because of my previous post?”

I like your point about “getting more of the right people to subscribe” because I think at one point I had a lot of subscribers when I wrote an article series on WordPress, photos and photoblogs. While this gave me a lot of new readers it is not a topic I blog about weekly so a lot of these subscribers probably left.

I think that a slow and steady growing number of RSS subscribers is indeed very healthy. It is not about the numbers, it is about your readers that actually read and contribute to your blog. I rather have 10 loyal readers that frequently comment on my blog (which is probably the case right now) than a 1000 subscribers who don’t.

By: Guillermo

Guillermo — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:05:51 +0000

I’m very happy with my RSS subscribers! I’ve reached 100 yesterday and accomplished my first goal!

I want subscribers because that ensures me a base amount of people that will read what I publish and, hopefully, give me some pageviews, pageloads, clicks, and so on.

but WTF!! I’ve reached 100 today!! Yesssssssssssssss!!!!!!

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:26:26 +0000

@Robert – Exactly, blogs are a tool for all of us, and as such each person can use the tool their own way without having to play the “who is bigger” games :)

@Randa – Slowly and steadily is perfect :) They key is that it attracts and provides value for the people you want to attract.

By: Randa Clay

Randa Clay — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:55:20 +0000

Good points all Chris. I could probably have a higher subscriber count if I really pushed on it, and posted every day, but I’d rather have the kind of subscribers who want to read what I write, no matter the frequency. Those are the people I’m interested in providing great content for. The number grows slowly and steadily, and that’s fine with me.

By: Robert Irizarry

Robert Irizarry — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:32:52 +0000

Thank you, Chris for challenging us to think about the constant drive toward increased RSS subscribers! I fear that many of us spend so much effort on this that we forget about “getting more of the right people to subscribe”.

Unfortunately, it’s the message we get every time we read blogs on “SEO” or “making money online”. Many of these sites don’t consider the niches that many of us inhabit – having nothing to do with either of these subjects. Many times it seems they’re talking to each other and not to the rest of us. Thanks for the wakeup call.