Some bloggers have been using secret messages in their rss feeds. How or why would you do this?Lets take as an example Mr John Chow, professional blogger and and marketer of johnchow.com. A tactic he uses which helps him to grow his RSS feed is to add secret messages exclusively to feed readers.The reader who identifies the secret message first can win a cash prize. This can go a long way in terms of making numbers with your feed grow.

Keep in mind as well though that it will probably also attract people who will just be looking to win a prize and nothing more. Nonetheless it can motivate readers that come from time to time to your blog to signup. On the other hand its a nice way to reward your feed readers, in effect saying thanks for supporting my blog. Right now I want to thank those of you who are subscribed to my feed and encourage those of you who haven’t to sign up.

Another method of growing your feed subscription is to Use the secret rss messages to include some really nice tips which you may not include in your regular posts of your blog. This is beneficial because it gives more value to a feed and encourages people to join for these tips. This is also something I will be incorporating to my feed as well.

When it comes to building a better blog and promoting it a feed is where your core readers reside. They are the ones that keep up to date with your posts, and are the most loyal of all readers. This is why a reward or just a thanks to them is so important, and secret or exclusive messages is one way to show that appreciation.