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So, here is my use case. (I'm about to start a blog.) I think I have interesting information, but it's infrequent. I would like to connect with people who also

So, here is my use case. (I'm about to start a blog.) I think I have interesting information, but it's infrequent. I would like to connect with people who also find what I'm writing about interesting, but I don't expect them to continually look. While I know that some have RSS readers, not everyone does. How would you like me to let you know that I'd like to continue this interaction in an asynchronous way? My goal is to have good information that people read without being dependent on the whims of the aggrigators, because the first five people to vote may just not be my target audience. The answers seem to be email and linkbait, and linkbait doesn't connect me to the people I want.

mcintyre1994 13y ago
Email seems like the right answer, but can you not put it in a sidebar, at the top of the page or probably best at the bottom of the content with a relevant CTA linking the article to your list? Unfortunately I'm guessing huge popups convert better, although I'm not convinced that's true if your audience are similar to this community.
danudey 13y ago
At the bottom of your posts (or whatever), have a blurb saying 'if you'd like to see more content like this, consider signing up to…' etc. If I visit your site and I only get halfway through the first paragraph before something pops up blocking my view, then best case I close the pop-up without reading it, and typical case I close the window entirely and go read something else. It's much faster for me to hit Cmd-W than it is for me to interact with your pop-up/lightbox at all.