Comments on: How did John Cow manage to get 8294 more subscribers in one day? http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/ Blog Themes, Blog Design & Daily Blog Tips Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ganesh http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-218780 Ganesh Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:53:27 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-218780 Maybe it is possible. Not for you and me. :mrgreen: The contest that Cow is having plus his identity revealing post must have contributed to the subscriber jump. :shock: Maybe it is possible. Not for you and me. :mrgreen:

The contest that Cow is having plus his identity revealing post must have contributed to the subscriber jump. :shock:

]]> By: Kevin Muldoon http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-218262 Kevin Muldoon Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:41:05 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-218262 Oh right, that's a different story then :) Oh right, that's a different story then :)

]]> By: John Cow http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-218260 John Cow Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:37:30 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-218260 There is only one writer for the blog... but three owners :) There is only one writer for the blog… but three owners :)

]]> By: Kevin Muldoon http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-218258 Kevin Muldoon Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:19:15 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-218258 Thanks, glad you like it. I read your post the other day, it seems like JohnCow will finally start heading in the right direction. I was aware that the guy who created it was, as you mentioned, not as experienced as some other people (though he did build up the blog well). In the past my opinion on JohnCow was mixed - previous owners have got involved in spats with other bloggers and throw mud in a lot of posts, ciriticism is good but some of it came across as just childish insults. I also believe that there was a lack of substance in the past - like there would be one really good article or tutorial that went into a lot of detail and wouldn't be out of place on a top blog like smashingmagazine - it was then followed by several posts about competitions and what not. It will be good to see what you guys do with it. I know that historically all posts have been written by the alias 'JohnCow' however I think it would be good if you guys just wrote under your real names. I don't think that readers would have a problem with this and it would help people relate more with the authors. I think that having 3 or more people writing under the same name (JohnCow) is a bad idea as each author has a certain style and they will have their own views on a subject too. Thanks, glad you like it. I read your post the other day, it seems like JohnCow will finally start heading in the right direction. I was aware that the guy who created it was, as you mentioned, not as experienced as some other people (though he did build up the blog well). In the past my opinion on JohnCow was mixed – previous owners have got involved in spats with other bloggers and throw mud in a lot of posts, ciriticism is good but some of it came across as just childish insults. I also believe that there was a lack of substance in the past – like there would be one really good article or tutorial that went into a lot of detail and wouldn't be out of place on a top blog like smashingmagazine – it was then followed by several posts about competitions and what not.

It will be good to see what you guys do with it. I know that historically all posts have been written by the alias 'JohnCow' however I think it would be good if you guys just wrote under your real names. I don't think that readers would have a problem with this and it would help people relate more with the authors. I think that having 3 or more people writing under the same name (JohnCow) is a bad idea as each author has a certain style and they will have their own views on a subject too.

]]> By: John Cow http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-218256 John Cow Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:09:50 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-218256 No problem... I do not blame you for the skepticism, there are services out there that will actually create fake subscribers for your feedburner and make it look like you have more then you actually do. We are sending out another email today and I suspect that tomorrow (since feedburner is 24 hours delayed) we will see another jump. I also subscribed to your blog.. you got a pretty good log going on here. No problem… I do not blame you for the skepticism, there are services out there that will actually create fake subscribers for your feedburner and make it look like you have more then you actually do. We are sending out another email today and I suspect that tomorrow (since feedburner is 24 hours delayed) we will see another jump.

I also subscribed to your blog.. you got a pretty good log going on here.

]]> By: Kevin Muldoon http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-218223 Kevin Muldoon Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:15:12 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-218223 John - Thanks for dropping by and clarifying. I have read a few articles about the benefits of using aweber however since the number of subscribers dropped so much after that initial spike, I really did thing some kind of dodgy tactic was used (I was wrong to assume this but as I mentioned in the article, the only other time I saw such a large spike and drop in feedcount before was by shoemoney). Thanks for the tip with AWeber :) John – Thanks for dropping by and clarifying. I have read a few articles about the benefits of using aweber however since the number of subscribers dropped so much after that initial spike, I really did thing some kind of dodgy tactic was used (I was wrong to assume this but as I mentioned in the article, the only other time I saw such a large spike and drop in feedcount before was by shoemoney).

Thanks for the tip with AWeber :)

]]> By: John Cow http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-218165 John Cow Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:44:59 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-218165 Nothing sneaky going on here :cool: What we did was we finally announced the change of ownership and we emailed our other lists about it as well. Because we have other good size mailing lists we were able to get a pretty good jump. You should see another good jump today. The other component... which i highly recommend you try out, is we are using Aweber, which allows feedburner to track subscribers and aweber emails the list when our rss feed updates. We created a solid incentive for people to subscribe via email instead of just rss. This is powerful because now we can also communicate directly to our readers about things we do not want to post on the blog. Hoe that clarifies things a little. Nothing sneaky going on here :cool:

What we did was we finally announced the change of ownership and we emailed our other lists about it as well. Because we have other good size mailing lists we were able to get a pretty good jump. You should see another good jump today.

The other component… which i highly recommend you try out, is we are using Aweber, which allows feedburner to track subscribers and aweber emails the list when our rss feed updates. We created a solid incentive for people to subscribe via email instead of just rss. This is powerful because now we can also communicate directly to our readers about things we do not want to post on the blog.

Hoe that clarifies things a little.

]]> By: Joe http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-218151 Joe Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:16:20 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-218151 Your right this is strange. I am interested to see if anyone else can explain this. Your right this is strange. I am interested to see if anyone else can explain this.

]]> By: Kevin Muldoon http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-218115 Kevin Muldoon Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:05:32 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-218115 mecca - Thanks, glad you like the blog :) Link Building Bible - No doubt there is software available to increase subscriber counts but that doesn't explain why it has continued to drop after the spike. mecca – Thanks, glad you like the blog :)

Link Building Bible – No doubt there is software available to increase subscriber counts but that doesn't explain why it has continued to drop after the spike.

]]> By: Link Building Bible http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-217967 Link Building Bible Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:48:47 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-217967 You can get fake subscriber bots...... You can get fake subscriber bots……

]]> By: rob http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-217833 rob Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:00:29 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-217833 good catch. not sure why such a jump would occur other than some e-mail, ad campaign, promo, etc. good catch. not sure why such a jump would occur other than some e-mail, ad campaign, promo, etc.

]]> By: mecca2425 http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-217806 mecca2425 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:05:23 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-217806 I would die for numbers like that...maybe someday. In the meantime, I'm thrilled to have found your blog today. LOVE IT!! Cecelia <a href="http://www.coolbabykid.com" rel="nofollow">www.coolbabykid.com</a> I would die for numbers like that…maybe someday. In the meantime, I'm thrilled to have found your blog today. LOVE IT!!

Cecelia
http://www.coolbabykid.com

]]> By: Alex the Freelance T http://www.bloggingtips.com/2008/07/27/how-did-john-cow-manage-to-get-8294-more-subscribers-in-one-day/#comment-217780 Alex the Freelance T Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:33:33 +0000 http://www.bloggingtips.com/?p=2141#comment-217780 I've never seen an RSS subscriber count jump like that before, pretty impressive. Of course it's already obvious they wont be able to keep those numbers up. I've never seen an RSS subscriber count jump like that before, pretty impressive. Of course it's already obvious they wont be able to keep those numbers up.

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