The daily prompt asks a good question today – How do you build loyal subscribers?

We used to have a saying in the newspaper business that “Content is King” meaning if you have good and interesting content, well displayed organized and illustrated, they will come and stay.

I hope something I present here connects with people maybe an image makes them smile or laugh. And I thank you for subscribing if you choose to.

It’s not that I don’t care about people looking at this. I’ve met some very nice and supportive people here and I love this environment more than other social media platforms. Not that I utilize others much. A little Facebook that I’d like to ditch because of ownership, but life is short and I’d still like to keep a few long-distance relationships I have going through that platform.

I’m puzzled by some of my subscribers, some are just doing it to get their site attention and they are selling something. Others in faraway places in the world puzzle me also.

I’m guessing a few may subscribe for nefarious reasons.

But back to the question, (my mind wanders often). Obviously the first change I’d make is to make navigating my blog easier. I’d switch off this out and no longer supported theme. I’d have sections for the work I’m presenting. I’d build more things to promote interaction. I’d build value into the site by providing expertise, experience, information, and views that are important to a target audience.

You find out what your subscribers want and provide that information to them. You can entertain them, maybe it’s finding other like-minded people to that bond to build something bigger and better. Like the challenges that people run.

I do this for fun. I do this to improve my skills. I do this to grow mentally and challenge myself. I do it in bits and pieces between a very busy life. None of this probably builds loyal subscribers. I do this because of my daily publishing background has somehow ingrained in me to publish daily on my own.

One day I’ll get my act together and make this something that will have some significant subscribers because I hope to have much better content. And Content is King.

But it won’t matter a bit to me if that doesn’t happen either as long as keep having fun at it. Thankfully subscribers aren’t what drives this effort. Not that I don’t appreciate them, the comments and likes makes me think someone enjoyed my somersaults.