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that's a great point . . i have realized best results after key events/milestones . . . so it happens with each key event, but that said, the count has been increasing more rapidly as of late, as i am seeing more organic search engine traffic resulting from SEO

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5:24 pm
February 15, 2011

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Post edited 5:28 pm – February 15, 2011 by Sustainable PF

Sunil from The Extra Money Blog said:

that's a great point . . i have realized best results after key events/milestones . . . so it happens with each key event, but that said, the count has been increasing more rapidly as of late, as i am seeing more organic search engine traffic resulting from SEO

I will be interesting to see whattomorrow as we were highlighted by a major Canadian newspaper today.

Before today our previous visit top 5 were: 310, 278 and 269. Today, with 3.5 hrs left until midnight we've had 593 visits …. it has been an exciting day! :)

Previous highs on unique visitors are 268,267 and 243 – today 546!

6:03 am
February 28, 2011

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Jaymus (RealizedReturns) said:

SPF – the plugin I use is "FD Feedburner":

http://wordpress.org/extend/pl…..er-plugin/

It will redirect all feeds to the feedburner url you put in its options. Works like a charm. It won't magically get you more subscribers, but it will ensure all of your feed subscribers are getting the same feed from feedburner, no matter how they subscribed.

I installed this yesterday and my subscriber count jumped about 60 overnight on the feedburner dashboard. I don't see this kind of change that quickly in general.

Thanks Jaymus!

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7:05 am
February 28, 2011

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I was using FD Feedburner but it was breaking my link on my website and people couldn't subscribe so I had to ditch it …

6:49 am
March 1, 2011

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Jaymus. If I have my feed burned to feedburner and have always used that as my subscribe option, then do I need this plug in? I am trying to understand what issues SPF has been having and if I am unknowingly having the same issues.

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9:09 am
March 1, 2011

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Okay, honestly… I consider myself an experienced blog reader. Okay, maybe I have an unhealthy addiction to the internet! LOL. I went and checked out your icons and, had I not been looking for the RSS icon, I would have never found it. Though cute, it sort of blends in and you have to look at it in detail before realizing it is an RSS icon.

I am a fan of mre 'old school' icons that clearly indicate what they are for. The ones I have on my site, for instance, are not as flashy but they are instantly recognizable. And, to better assist my reader, I also altered them to include a simple keyword.

That said, a lot of people don't subscribe to RSS feeds, so don't worry if you don't get a lot of subscribers that way.

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9:38 am
March 1, 2011

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You might want to install a plugin with a message to new readers.

I use "what would Seth Godin Do."

A message shows right on top asking reader to subscribe if he/she is new (first 3 times.)

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10:21 am
March 1, 2011

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Sustainable PF said:

Thanks Jaymus

I've had some real issues w/ my site feed vs published feed and when they actually display in our readers RSS. So if I set it up to the faster feed people will hopefully see our feeds within 30 mins of publishing instead of the random 3-10 hours we're getting now.

Thanks, I never would have known to use this plugin. I also think my stats have been affected, especially since I recently switched from blogger to wordpress.

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2:25 pm
March 1, 2011

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I use WWSGD, but I added the hellobar last week and it seems to be doing well.

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5:57 pm
March 1, 2011

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Miss T said:

Jaymus. If I have my feed burned to feedburner and have always used that as my subscribe option, then do I need this plug in? I am trying to understand what issues SPF has been having and if I am unknowingly having the same issues.

Give it a try Miss T – PLEASE.

I e-installed it today and my readers jumped to 124!!! (from 64) I am finally OK with showing the count widget.

The issue I had, I think, was I was pointing to the wrong feed (the RSS2 not the other one).

We also use WWSGD but you'd never see that Miss T :)

Btw – why did you ditch sexy bookmarks?

7:02 pm
March 1, 2011

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here's my 2 cents:

- contest definitely help on the short term (after that, you must deliver good content ;-) )

- make your RSS button bigger

- I would change your small RSS box text for somethign like : "you liked what you have read? get our latest update in your mailbox for free by subscribing to our RSS feed"

- add the same box at the end of your post

I see 125 today… great increase ;-D

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7:55 pm
March 1, 2011

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The Financial Blogger said:

here's my 2 cents:

- contest definitely help on the short term (after that, you must deliver good content ;-) )

- make your RSS button bigger

- I would change your small RSS box text for somethign like : "you liked what you have read? get our latest update in your mailbox for free by subscribing to our RSS feed"

- add the same box at the end of your post

I see 125 today… great increase ;-D

you talkin' to me, punk? ;) haha

email me yer suggestions for our site would ya pal? we have no text on our RSS box, so i'm assuming you can't be referring to us! hee hee

5:02 am
March 2, 2011

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