Have you ever wondered what your feed can do for your blog? Your own feed in particular is very important, as it is a way for your readers to get access to your blog without going to your site. Having great content in your feed can actually get people to click through to your blog and read more of your articles, thus increasing your value as a blogger to them. This in turn can lead to more links, more free promotion, and many other opportunities for you.

Now think about the thousands of other bloggers out there who are trying to get the word out about their own blogs. There are so many bloggers out there, and a lot provide valuable information. It’s just really difficult to visit each and every single blog every day in order to read up, and leave comments which aid to the conversation. This is why I suggest getting a feed reader. Personally, I use Newsfire. Of course, this is only available for Mac, but there are plenty of other ways to subscribe to a feed.

• Google Reader
• Bloglines
• Live Bookmarks
• Email

It may also help to know what an RSS feed is. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Basically, it is doing exactly what it says, it is syndicating your blog. All of your posts and images will be transferred into your feed. When setting up your feed, I suggest using Feedburner. You can direct your feed through them, and gain many statistics and widgets telling you how many subscribers you have, live visits to your feed, as well as click throughs on your site. Feedburner also has many tools which allow you to promote your blog, so get over there and check them out!

Now that we know how to subscribe to a feed, and what a feed is, why is it important for YOU to read other people’s feeds? I feel that this is very important because it allows you to stay current on all the blogs that you might be interested in, and is a free way to help those that help you in your blogging endeavors. Many people are proud of their feed counts, and often have contests geared towards people who subscribe to their feed. This is actually a really good way to promote your blog, and I will likely be doing something like that really soon. Anyway, using a feed reader can help you get your daily dose of blog reading, and allows you to click through and leave comments easily, all while keeping track of the blogs you read the most!

I hope this has helped you understand why feeds are so important! Why don’t you sign up for my feed to find out more?

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