Comments on: Feedburner – get blog posts by email http://rog-blog.com/general/feedburner-get-blog-posts-by-email/ Life, The Internet ... Everything ! Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:46:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Roger http://rog-blog.com/general/feedburner-get-blog-posts-by-email/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Roger Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:56:00 +0000 http://rog-blog.com/?p=158#comment-45 Fair question Rod - right now, the way I look at it is that it does two things: <ol> <li>It's another way of reaching people which they may prefer - see my comments on firewalls and off-line readers.</li> <li>Once a reader knows that they want to hear what you have to say, you can "push" content to them rather than try to "pull" them to your site. This gets around the <em>"Rats, I didn't have time to check out that guy's blog ... oh well !"</em> syndrome or the <em>"Where is that site again, I meant to bookmark it ?" </em>effect. Or (dare I say it) the, <em>"This guy never updates his blog !"</em> scenario. Even if you <em>don't</em> do it that often, when you do get around to it, Feedburner subscribers will be told about it !</li> </ol> <br> I guess the trick is to have other stuff on your blog that does actually bring them back e.g. sign-ups for offers, ebooks, etc. <br> The jury is still out on this one. I'll see how things develop over time. Anybody else using Feedburner ? <br> Roger Fair question Rod – right now, the way I look at it is that it does two things:

  1. It’s another way of reaching people which they may prefer – see my comments on firewalls and off-line readers.
  2. Once a reader knows that they want to hear what you have to say, you can “push” content to them rather than try to “pull” them to your site. This gets around the “Rats, I didn’t have time to check out that guy’s blog … oh well !” syndrome or the “Where is that site again, I meant to bookmark it ?” effect. Or (dare I say it) the, “This guy never updates his blog !” scenario. Even if you don’t do it that often, when you do get around to it, Feedburner subscribers will be told about it !

I guess the trick is to have other stuff on your blog that does actually bring them back e.g. sign-ups for offers, ebooks, etc.

The jury is still out on this one. I’ll see how things develop over time. Anybody else using Feedburner ?

Roger

]]> By: Rod Macbeth http://rog-blog.com/general/feedburner-get-blog-posts-by-email/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Rod Macbeth Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:23:28 +0000 http://rog-blog.com/?p=158#comment-44 I'm kind of on the fence on this. On one hand we're providing an alternative way to provide content to our readers. On the other we are driving people away from our site. If they can read our posts in their email why drop by for a visit? I’m kind of on the fence on this. On one hand we’re providing an alternative way to provide content to our readers. On the other we are driving people away from our site. If they can read our posts in their email why drop by for a visit?

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