Are you using FeedBurner to republish your blog’s RSS feed? Yes? Awesome! Now are you using their FeedFlare service/feature? No? Well you should, not because it’s cool (okay it is, but that’s not why), but because FeedFlares give both your feed and blog posts added boosts that can help promote your blog, make it easier to subscribe to, and make it easier to submit to social bookmarking sites (Digg, del.icio.us, StumbleUpon). From DoshDosh come their 15 favourite FeedFlares:
If you?re using Feedburner to manage the site feeds for your blog, you might have noticed the Feedflares option, which allows you to include a simple footer at the bottom of each blog post in your feed.
According to Feedburner, this allows your feed subscribers to easily email, tag, share or act upon the content that you?ve published.
These feedflares can promote your blog posts outside the boundaries of feed readers: Utilizing them effectively can considerably impact how your subscribers interact with your blog. Source: 15 Feedburner Feedflares that Promote Your Content and Website
In case you’re wondering, I generally activate these for all our client sites that we design and develop. Not using FeedFlares is like getting hot, fresh, homemade bread put on the table and not using the butter that is sitting right there.
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