<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d36dbc26-aae3-4a93-8c78-28c0e4fdc24d/C174DBC1-8954-4889-91E4-29914D1B4D51/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/" href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.problogger.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3 id="post-3892"><A title="10 Techniques I Used To Go From 0 To 12,000 RSS Subscribers In Seven Months - With No Ads Or Leverage" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/">10 Techniques I Used To Go From 0 To 12,000 RSS Subscribers In Seven Months - With No Ads Or Leverage</A> </H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><P>Hopefully, that title got your attention a little bit, but it’s true. I launched <A href="http://www.thesimpledollar.com/">The Simple Dollar</A> at the very end of October 2006. I had no pre-existing blog that I could use to drive early traffic, nor did I have any personal contacts that I could use. I also had zero advertising budget. But by June 2007, I had 12,000 RSS readers and was generating enough traffic that I had to switch hosting plans twice. How did I do it? Here are a few specific techniques that really helped me build my blog’s traffic over time.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>1. Lay some groundwork before starting</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>2. Listen to del.icio.us</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>3. Find your community</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>4. Immerse yourself in a social bookmarking site</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>5. Don’t give into negativity</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>6. Keep an idea box</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>7. Clear your schedule when you’re in the flow</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>8. Keep a posting schedule - but make it slow at first</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>9. Get ahead - don’t fall behind</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/06/21/10-techniques-i-used-to-go-from-0-to-12000-rss-subscribers-in-seven-months-with-no-ads-or-leverage/"><H3>10. 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