You made it! This is the last Blogger’s Guide to Feedburner post, and I’m sure your pimped-out feed is drawing new subscribers like flies. OK, getting subscribers isn’t that easy, but at least you’ve got a great feed. So far we’ve set up your feed in Feedburner, familiarized ourselves with the Feedburner site, learned how to analyze and troubleshootize your feed, optimized your feed with extra features, and publicized your feed to other web sites. All that’s left, is networkizing and monetizing your feed.
At this stage of the game, you may not be able to networkize or monetize your feed. Networks are groups of feeds that have something in common, maybe an activity or a geographical location. Feedburner takes all of their feeds and mashes them into one big feed. The network owner is responsible for managing the network and inviting new members to join. In general, you must be a member of an existing network to create a new network, and you must be a member of a network to monetize your feed (or you need eleventy billion subscribers). Regardless of your situation, we’re covering these two topics today.
Let’s start by going to the My Networks page. On this page, you’ll see a list of networks to which you belong, a link to create a network, and a link to find and join a network. If you’re a member of a network, you can click on a network title to go to that network’s page. On that page, you’ll find a list of members and a set of network tools:
- Member badge: Provides code so you can add a network identifier (aka a member badge) to your site.
- BuzzBoost: Allows you to add content from the network to your site using your specifications.
- Chicklets: Provides code so you can add a network chicklet to your site.
- FeedFlare: Promotes network advertising opportunities in your feed.
That’s about all you can do with a network. Go back to the My Feeds page, and click the Monetize tab. If Feedburner has approved your feed for the Feedburner Ad Network (FAN), you’ll have the option of reviewing and approving ad campaigns. You’ll also be able to configure the ads that appear in your feed or site. If you are approved to FAN, you’ll need to edit your account payment information on the My Account page.
So that’s it. That’s Feedburner. And if you’re a blogger, now you have no excuse for not using this great (and did I mention free?) service. If you have any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them. Simply shoot me an e-mail at sarahjoaustin@gmail.com (or leave a comment on this post)
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