How do i inform my followers on my blog?

[SilvershineOdyssey]

How do my blog followers know that there's an update on my blog. Do i just rely on them that they will check my blog every week? Is there an easy way to inform them rather than e-mailing them individually?

thank you for the support

[GalleryJuana]

If you're posting regularly, they will know when to check.
I have blogspot, and the blogs that I follow show up in my dashboard feed.

[Former_Member]

You can set up your RSS feed to give people to option of subscribing by email. That's what I have on my blog: http://theintermissionart.blogspot.com

I wouldn't recommend emailing your followers about your updates. That could be considered spam. If they are follows, they will be *following* and they'll see when you post.

[Former_Member]

If you have a twitter account, you could ask them to follow you on twitter, and tweet a link to your new post. That is, if you don't post a million times a day.. because that would get annoying if it was too often.

Good luck!

[Former_Member]

I also use facebook (I have a fan page) to update people when a new post goes live.

[Former_Member]

RSS feeds via email are an option, but I think most people who subscribe to feeds read blogs through a feed reader like Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader/
You just subscribe to whatever you want to-blogs, news sites, online magazines or anything with a RSS or atom feed enabled, and your reader will let you know when something has been updated. If you read lots of blogs and you're not using a reader yet, you'll love it. Saves A LOT of time hopping around the Internet looking for updates.

[Former_Member]

I get the post updates on my Google Reader.

[Former_Member]

I love Google Reader...saves bunches of time!

[Former_Member]

If you have a regular posting schedule, that works out nicely. As readers get familliar with your blog, they'll know which days of the week to visit for a new post. I think the majority or RSS feed users are bloggers themselves, a lot of readers have no idea what that is. I use Blogger and I always scroll through the new blog posts in my Dashboard (it always shows a listing of the most recent posts for blogs that I follow). As you build your blog, it's great to send out a newsletter containing additional information or goodies for followers that subscribe. I haven't done that yet, but it's on my to do list- here's a newsletter service for you to check out: http://www.mailchimp.com/

[SilvershineOdyssey]

thank you all. these are great advice. On my blog i have google friend connect. i do have rss feed but i don't know exactly who is subscribing. I am using iweb for my blog, so i don't get the updates of the blog i am following. But the idea of putting the time frame of when the blog will be updated is a good idea since i update the blog only once a week for now.