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Everyone who owns a blog or publishes content to a blog or a website provide their users some kind of an RSS option. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication used to publish frequenty updated digital content such as blogs or news feeds.

Users of RSS content use software programs called “feed readers” or “feed aggregators”. The user subscribes to a feed by entering a link of the feed into the reader program. The reader can then check the user’s subscribed feeds to see if any of those feeds have new content since the last time it checked, and if so, retrieve that content and present it to the user.

FeedBurner is the leading provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds. If you long for creative ways to attract an audience, see where your content goes once you publish it and generally add a lot more value to your feed, then “feedburning” is for you.

You used Feedburner to get a feed and then used the FeedBurner plugin for your blog. What’s next? Well, you need to promote your feedburner feed and get people to subscribe to your blog and turn them into loyal and regular visitors to your blog.

Step # 1: Log into your FeedBurner account. Click on the Publicize Tab in your FeedBurner Dashboard

Step # 2: Click the Chicklet Chooser Service on the left hand side. A Chicklet Chooser allows you to promote your FeedBurner feed directly on your website and allows your users to easily subscribe to your feed.  Once you select Chicklet Chooser, you are given a list of options to choose your standard feed icon. I would recommend choosing the default feed icon with the larger sized icon.

Step # 3: Scroll down below and copy the HTML generated for you.

Step # 4: Now, go to your WordPress Admin section. Then select Presentation and choose SideBar Widgets. From the available widgets below, drag and drop Text 1 into your Sidebar. Change the title of Text 1 and rename it to something like Subscribe to TechCounter or RSS Subscription or something on those lines. Paste the code you copied in Step # 3 in the content area below. Click the X once you are done to close the widget box

Step # 5: Click Save Changes. Once you are done, you should see the Chicklet Chooser in the sidebar of your WordPress Blog like how you can see here at TechCounter.

Article Series - Consolidate your RSS Feeds using FeedBurner

1. Consolidate your RSS feeds using FeedBurner 
2. How to Create a FeedBurner Feed for your Blog
3. FeedBurner Plugin for your WordPress Blog
4. How to Promote your FeedBurner Feed on your WordPress Blog

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