This blog is almost 2 years old – time to get more RSS readers….
At the minute, i’m having record numbers… 80+ It’s gradually climbed from day 1 but gradually isn’t good enough for me anymore.
I’ll be adding new buttons up beside the logo so you can subscribe to my RSS feed in a reader or email. There’s already a subscribe button in the static black bar at the very top of the page – but the more the merrier 
My latest ebook (launching Monday) will be free to all RSS subscribers. This is a tactic i’ve seen used to great effect on other blogs and provided the actual content in the ebook is quality, people won’t just subscribe and unsubscribe… they’ll stay subscribed (or so i hope!).
So it’s forcing the issue slightly… being more aggressive but at the end of the day, if it gets the numbers up, it’s job done. I’ll not be happy until i have about 500 RSS subscribers… after that, i’ll have my eyes on the 1,000 mark etc…
It’s a never ending goal but that’s good as it means i’ll never stop working and producing content and thinking of creative ways to boost my readership. If this experiment goes well, i may start producing more free ebooks on various different subjects in a bid to lure in more subscribers.
I’m also toying with the idea of launching a huge contest, but i might tie it in with my potential skydive jump for charity. It’ll be another few weeks though before i get moving on that and reach that point of no return.
All of a sudden i seem to be getting backlinks here and there for no particular reason… i think the age of the blog, the consistency of posting and now the half decent RSS numbers all give me some sort of trust/respect factor amongst other bloggers.
I keep saying the only way this blog can go is up, but it’s true.
