You can write the best blog possible and still get very little attention. One way to gain attention is to write the blog then send an email to your list telling them that you just wrote the blog. Bad!! Or you could install an RSS Feed by going to http://feedburner.google.com.
As I mentioned in my blog about RSS Feeds, you will have to have a Google account in order to set up the RSS feed with Feedburner. Not a big restriction and you get so much benefit from Google.
- Go to the text box labeled “Burn a feed right this instant.” and follow the directions. Click the Next button.
- On the next page, Identify Feed Source, select the radio button for RSS Feed and click the Next button.
- On the next page, Welcome!, type in a word or phrase identifying the Feed then click the Next button.
- On the next page, Congrats!, click the Next button.
- On the next page, Get More Gusto, choose the options you wish, then click Next button.
- On the Next page, click on the Publicize tab, choose Chicklet Chooser, and select a radio button for a new standard feed icon. I chose the smaller version of the icon with the orange background. Scroll down the page to the area labeled “Copy the HTML”, copy the code, go to your WordPress dashboard, choose Appearance, then Widgets. Choose Text from the Available Widgets selections, move the text box into an area beneath Sidebar 1, give it a title, and paste the RSS code into the large area, and hit the Save button.
Voila, you are now ready to provide RSS feeds to your readership.
Caveat Blogger! The example above is just one set of instructions that you can perform to set up an RSS Feed. Note that I have an RSS Subscription link on my personal blog that was created as explained above while the subscription link on this page is a bit differrent. Feel adventurous and find another way. Comment about it here. Please. It’s lonely out here when no one speaks to me.
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