Subscribe / follow button
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This is my first blog. I can’t find a subscribe or follow button. Is it common to not offer that? If so, how do you grow a user base or followers?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there – you can add a Follow Blog widget to any widget area:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/
Or you can add a blog subscription shortcode to any page or post:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/
As well, any logged-in WordPress.com user can follow you from the “action bar” they’ll see at the bottom right.
Welcome to WordPress.com! Let us know if we can help with anything else.
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Thank you for all that kathrynwp. One more question if you don’t mind. What’s your thoughts on a join as a member page. My site is geared as an advocacy site where numbers will help the cause. Will I need a plugin for something like that?
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It depends a bit what you’d like members to be able to do. What did you have in mind?
You could use a contact form to collect membership information.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/forms/contact-form/
There are a couple of other options here:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/tutorials/build-a-membership-website-tutorial/
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Something like this access 4 bikes join . Eventually I will need to push for some kind of legislation in my local area and I need human numbers to back me up. A basic member list is all I am looking for. Thank you for the links I will check those out
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I think a contact form would be enough to replicate what’s being done on that page. Be sure to let people know there you may send them emails in the future, as you’ll need explicit permission from people to abide by anti-spam rules.
Another option is starting a MailChimp mailing list:
If you didn’t want to use the popup widget, you could just link to the standalone MailChimp form that they provide.
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Hey Chris, I’m not quite sure what you’re asking about outsourcing, could you clarify? Thanks!
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Sorry, can I pay you for help if I ever need it. You’d be surprised how hard it is to find someone to help with these things .
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Ah, thanks for explaining! While I don’t do freelance work, if you ever do need more assistance, we’re happy to help here. With a Premium or Business plan, you’d also have access to live chat and email help.
If you’d like to hire someone to get a bit more hands-on, a good place to look is often a local WordPress meetup group – you can find lots here: https://www.meetup.com/pro/wordpress/ Other places to look are https://jobs.wordpress.net/ and https://jetpack.pro/ Hope this helps!
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