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Are Subscribers Over-rated?

Went Hot: February 9, 2008 - 4:20 pm
Posted By: SiteMost 335 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.skelliewag.org)
Category: Blogging

Much has been written about trying to gather more subscribers. A lot less time has been dedicated to examining why we should be pursuing this goal. It’s assumed that subscribers are worth their weight in gold, but are they really?

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from Gab 332 days ago #

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They are. Case in point: you sphunn this.

Besides that, someone else wrote the same question a few days back and it was here on Sphinn, yet didn't go hot. Kind of crummy, fellow Sphinners :P

from SlightlyShadySEO 331 days ago #

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I don't believe them to be overrated at all. But then again, I don't concentrate on monetizing them.
I use them as a gauge to figure out if my readers like what I'm putting out there. If I see a lot of referrers from RSS readers, I know that my reader base likes the topic I'm putting out. If I don't see a lot, I know that perhaps I need to change subject matter around a bit to appeal to them more. It's value in that way is incredibil, and irreplacable.

from JamesDuthie 331 days ago #

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Absolutely.

Subscribers = return visitors = advocates = referrals.

So yes... they are very important.

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