Secret RSS messages

Your RSS feed needn't be just a clone of your blog posts. You can add extra content in your RSS feeds that will only be visible to your loyal RSS readers and not your site visitors.

Hidden RSS content

The prevalence of RSS advertising is growing as more and more site visitors turn to RSS to get their next fix of your content. But additional RSS content does not just have to be limited to advertising. I mentioned the other day the growing use of RSS copyright messages.

John Robinson over at Sitefever has been using hidden RSS content to reward his loyal RSS subscribers. He is offering an exclusive RSS contest for them to enter. This is a good way of saying thank you to your loyal readers.

You can also use these secret RSS messages to encourage your site visitors to subscribe to your RSS feed. Marketing pilgrim used as similar technique which seems to have boosted their subscriber base to nearly 7,000.