WordPress.com Forums » Tag: new followers - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/new-followers WordPress.com Forums » Tag: new followers - Recent Posts en Fri, 24 May 2013 08:24:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 satnavandcider on "No longer receiving email notifications of new followers" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/no-longer-receiving-email-notifications-of-new-followers#post-1026906 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:08:39 +0000 satnavandcider 1026906@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm at a loss. As of September 28 I have not received any email notifications of new followers. I'm still getting comment and reblog notifications. I looked at settings and follows, comments, and reblogs (but not likes) all have check marks in their boxes. I did not change any settings between the time the emails were sent and when they stopped.

Also, I checked my spam/junk email folders and nothing there either.

Help?!?

]]> alwaysquilting on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-953530 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 05:02:13 +0000 alwaysquilting 953530@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you for this reminder. I had already thought about using a message in the post that I used to announce the E-book offer telling current subscribers to request the link to the book.

What I am really looking for is a way that I can send the link to NEW subscribers. A four step subscriber /follow process:
1. the reader subscribes
2. They receive the automated message from wordpress asking them to confirm that they did subscribe
3. They respond to this to opt in / confirm their subscription
4. A second automated email is sent saying "thank you here is the link to your Free E-book"

I've seen this on other websites/blogs. I can set this up on my website but really want to use it on my blog to build the readership.

]]> auxclass on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-953466 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:24:12 +0000 auxclass 953466@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Caution on the use of a subscriber list - people sign up to be notified of new Posts - not spammed by the blog owner - in many countries using the subscriber email for ANYTHING other than subscriptions is illegal - the only legal way is to have a contact form for people to request the free ebook when they subscribe - yes that is two steps -

]]> alwaysquilting on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-953445 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:16:43 +0000 alwaysquilting 953445@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you for responding.

I was hoping for a way to set up a second auto-responder that would send the subscriber/follower an email after they had confirmed that they had been the person to subscribe to the blog.

That may end up being what I have to do manually.

PS: You are meant to be able to down load the subscriber contact details as a .csv file. I haven’t tried this but it was one of the response that I found as I searched this Forum

]]> megacolby on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-952273 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:32:24 +0000 megacolby 952273@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ As far as I know (if been a WordPress.com blogger for 3 years this October) there is no way to find a subscriber's email address unless you manually typed in there email and sent them a request to follow your blog! I suggest to create a page with a title, (along the lines of) "Free E-Book with Superscription" and have a form were they put there name, username and email.
Hope that helps!

]]> alwaysquilting on "How do I set up a give away incentive to encourage new followers?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-set-up-a-give-away-incentive-to-encourage-new-followers#post-952267 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:15:35 +0000 alwaysquilting 952267@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I posted this question a couple of days ago but think I must have sent it to the wrong spot as I haven't had any responses.

How can I send a message to subscriber/followers AFTER they have confirmed that they chose to follow my blog?

I want to offer a free E-Book to subscribers but can only see an option for a single email message asking subscribers/followers to confirm that they opted to receive email messages.

Once they have confirmed I want to be able to automatically send them a second email with the link to download the E-Book.
Jenny Scott
Blog url: http://alwaysquilting.wordpress.com/

]]> timethief on "email privacy" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/email-privacy-1#post-889858 Sat, 19 May 2012 18:03:36 +0000 timethief 889858@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Is there a way where I can keep my email private in the first few exchanges until I am sure the new follower is genuine?

No. What most of us do is keep our personal email address private and share it only with family and close friends. For our blogs we get a different email address from a free email procider like gmail or Yahoo and that one is used only in connection with our blogs.

]]> elspethc on "email privacy" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/email-privacy-1#post-889851 Sat, 19 May 2012 17:58:04 +0000 elspethc 889851@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I want to put a comment on someone else's blog, one I do not already know. I know that when I comment, it means the blog-owner can email me with reply, and they can read my email address. I am worried if I leave a comment on an unknown blog that I may be exposing my email to anyone, without my having any idea who they are, especially new followers for example. I would like to reply to them but also feel safe in the first instance.

Surely others feel this too? When is a follower a follower and not a stalker?

At the same time, I do want to be able to continue to comment on blogs that I have chosen to follow and already comment on regularly without difficulty. I do not want to mess around with free hotmail or yahoo addresses.

Am I asking too much? Is there a way where I can keep my email private in the first few exchanges until I am sure the new follower is genuine?

]]>