Comments on: Top 10 Ways To Lose Subscribers To Your Blog

By: Richard Scott

Richard Scott — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:44:19 +0000

There are a couple of reasons why I stop reading and commenting on blogs. You’ve touched on most of them:
1) Not inspiring me anymore.
2) Not posting in weeks.
3) Not replying back to my comments.
4) Having to log in just to leave a comment.

By: Early Retirement Extreme

Early Retirement Extreme — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:34:00 +0000

People have told me that around half of those are the very reason they come to my blog, especially 1 and 4. Breaking the rules can work to your advantage

By: BestWicklessCandles

BestWicklessCandles — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:16:34 +0000

As a blog reader, your point number one is the down fall of most blogs. I am following a blog mostly for the topic. Discussing an unrelated topic is annoying and wasting my time.

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:52:05 +0000

Thanks for catching that! Automatic spell check plays games with things sometimes.

By: Bridget Willard

Bridget Willard — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:11:18 +0000

” by getting desperate for the all might dollar, ”

I think it should be “almighty (or Almighty) dollar,”

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By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:18:22 +0000

Tim…that is only supposed to show up once per visitor…ever. Do you clear out your cookies every time you close your browser?

By: Tim L.

Tim L. — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:40:52 +0000

Robb, I’d gladly put up with more banners on your site if you’d get rid of that nagging pop-up I have to close every time I visit. Really annoying and it makes me not want to come back as often.

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:06:34 +0000

Thanks Chad! I’ll do my best to keep #2 in place!

You are right though…I think a lot of beginning bloggers read articles about “posting schedules” and think they have to keep to that or everyone is going to unsubscribe right away. A lot more readers unsubscribe because of diminishing content quality over keeping to a schedule.

By: Robb Sutton

Robb Sutton — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:04:49 +0000

Mike,

You are going to always run into that when you send out a newsletter. I try to watch for any comments that come through…but the reality is…

- Some people change email addresses
- Some people sign up for what you are giving away
- There is normal leakage of subscribers with anything

I would try to watch the ratio and make sure that you are retaining a much higher percentage. While it is easy to focus on the one or two that leave over the double or triple digits that stay…try not to change two much for the small percentage and focus on keeping the large percentage happy.