In a very crowded marketplace, you should always be on the lookout for opportunities to do some creative branding, something that most others may overlook or find unimportant. It’s what makes your brand different and can give you and edge over competitors.
Your Feedburner subscribe page does not have to look like all the others. Why not claim that piece of internet real estate as your own by branding it? Make it clear that the page is part of your operation by installing your brand or logo. Yes, it’s a small thing but the cumulative effect of branding your business at every opportunity is what it’s all about. Small things matter. Attention to details has always been a positive for anyone who has it.
When someone takes an interest in your site and decides to subscribe to your feed they are often greeted with something like this;
or
This plain version where you can install your own brand image or logo.
So here’s the problem, the one image is too busy and jumbled introducing confusion for early day bloggers and it is just not that inviting for the subscriber. T other image is just too plain.
If you were to add your logo or brand image the result would be something like this;
As you can see, it’s nothing overly dramatic but more than most.
So how is it done?
I’ll show you in the short video below.
To Recap:
- Login to your Feedburner account
- Select the feed you want to brand
- Click the “Optimize” tab
- In the left navigation area click “Browser Friendly”
- Under “Appearance Options” be certain that the drop down menu is set to “ClearFeed (English)”, or whatever language is appropriate.
- Be sure that the check box next to “Landing page renders as a web page in all browsers” is clear and unchecked.
- Find “Feed Image Burner” in the left navigation further down the page and enter the link address (URL) to the image. This can be hosted on a sight like PhotoBucket or Flickr.
- Make sure the “Image Source” drop-down is set to “Specify custom image URL”
- Copy and paste the URL into the image URL slot then click “Save”
You should now have a much better looking Feedburner Subscribe Page.
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That one goes to the the top five of my things to do list. Looks simple enough for me and should be very effective.
Thanks for this info. I'm looking into getting a pro logo/header for my blog right now and will definitely do this for my feedburner page!
Hi Tiffany and welcome!
Glad you found the post helpful and I wish you well. It's the little things that count with your business.
If you need a source for developing you header let me know. I'd also like to see it when installed.
Thanks for visiting!
Great post, Jimi! I can't wait to break this into my FeedBurner feed tomorrow morning!
That relates really well with Robb Sutton's theory of having everything be a system. Now your feedburner can add to the system and make it more complete! Thanks for the tutorial!
Hi Joe. I agree, this does tie in with what Robb teaches and it's so true.
Glad you found this helpful.
OMG, I can't believe I missed your screencast debut. You sound great; you're a natural! I must subscribe to your YT channel. Great job Jimi.
Thanks for the kind words, Ileane.
Gets better with time and repetition I guess.
I've got a long way to go.
Wow! Very helpful..followed step by step..and bamb, it's done.
Thanks, Jimi! This looks so much better.
Glad you found this helpful, Evelyn.
hi … Can I ask you please,
In BrowserFriendly .. under theme … why we clear and unchecked the check box “Landing page renders as a web page in all browsers”?
Why we do this? .. What is the benefit? can you explain to me please Simple language Because I am not an expert in blogging.
thank you
Hi Lora.
Without getting too technical, at the time of this post (July 2010) some browsers like Internet Explorer and Maxthon would sometimes fail to load the image with this box checked.
The benefit is that you want this to load and look good no matter what browser readers may be using. There were no known issues of this being a problem with the box unchecked to my knowledge.
Thanks for your question, I hope this helps.
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Hi Jimi….
Ok Does this mean that it we can be left enabled? I mean can I activate the the check box? Or do you advise me to clear and unchecked the check box ?
thank you for your help
I would leave it unchecked, since we know that the page renders fine in all browsers with this configuration.
Hope this helps.
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aha ..
thank you for your help.
Hi Jimi
Can I ask you about something else pleae .. because you professional ..
In same page under “Appearance Options” we have “Content Options”.. please open this photo to see what I mean,
http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff471/lora88888888/?action=view¤t=3b.jpg
I need to understand some things,
1- In”Feed Content” we have three options..”List feed item titles and content” & “List item titles only” & “Don’t list items”
what mean this options?
2- In “Personal Message” can we write some description about blog?
3- What mean “Use your redirected feed URL on your BrowserFriendly landing page”?
Thank you for your help
Greeting
Hi Lora.
Sorry I’m just getting back to you, been away for a few days and missed your email initially.
If you haven’t figured this out already, you want to “List feed item titles and content” as your selection. This shows the title of the article and the written texts and photos in your feed. “Titles Only” would be just that, a list of titles with no content in the list.
Hope this helps. Send me a link to your site, I’ll be happy to have a look.
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I see .. thank you for your help
Oh no I can’t send you my site because Iam Still builds my glog .. Iam shy
when I finish I will send
thank you
