Followers who do not have accounts/members

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  mrsmelvin21 · Member · Sep 9, 2014 at 12:10 am

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  I followed the steps to show the “follow” option on my page, but it does not show. I want people who are not members to be able to follow my blog posts.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  futureswitch · Member · Sep 9, 2014 at 1:35 am

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  Hi, Mrs. Melvin. When not logged in to your WordPress.com account, you will see the “Follow” link in the lower right hand corner of your blog. Log out and see for yourself! :^)

  Cheers,
  -Brian*

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  mrsmelvin21 · Member · Sep 9, 2014 at 3:02 pm

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  Ok perfect! I see it.
  Thank you! 😁

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  timethief · Member · Sep 9, 2014 at 3:36 pm

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  I don’t see an email subscription widget on your site.

  1. You can set up email subscriptions here > Appearance > Widgets > Follow Blog Widgets by using this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/

  2. If you would like a follow button to appear on the bottom right hand corner of your site for those who do not have WordPress.com accounts go to > Settings > Reading and scroll down to Follower Settings:

  These settings change emails sent from your blog to followers.
  Logged out users __ Show follow button to logged out users.

  Checking this will present a follow button to logged out users in the bottom corner of their screen.

  3. Find Friends Who Use WordPress > http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/find-friends/

  4. You can customize the contact form with multiple fields, change the email address where you’ll be notified, and mark feedbacks as spam from your dashboard. http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

  Alternatively, you can create a sign up page on MailChimp directly and simply link to it from your WordPress.com site. Here’s a link to their instructions http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-to-add-a-mailchimp-signup-form-to-your-wordpress-blog