If you’re wandering why you would want to do this, well, it’s a great way of keeping in touch with your visitors and letting them know when you’ve posted something new to your blog to get them to come back again.

To do this you will need to have an “Autoresponder” service set up.

I use AWeber and I highly recommend them as they are not only very easy to use and have some pretty cool features, but they also have the highest “email delivered” rate in the market (as far as I know).

What does that mean?

Well most ISP’s (internet service providers) have automated spam filters built in to stop spam, but in the process they will often stop email sent from autoresponders.

AWeber work with the different ISP’s to make sure that their emails don’t get caught in these spam filters, so your email actually gets through to the person that wanted it.

Pretty important really.

Here’s the video on how to add the subscription form (under 3 minutes):

How to add a newsletter optin subscription form to your WordPress blog

Note: It is worth offering your visitors something for free in return for signing up to your newsletter.

The best option is to write a short and informative report that is on the same subject as your blog. Make it something that your visitors will find useful and they are far more likely to be willing to give you their email address…

Next we’ll have a look at how to create a new header graphic for your blog to personalize it…

Tags: Blog Setup

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