It is becoming a popular trend to display your RSS feed and Twitter follower count on your blog. A trend that has started from that trend is displaying these numbers in text form.
Services like Feedburner and Twitter Counter both allow you to show your RSS and Twitter count, but in a rather ugly looking chicklet.
Why text is better than an ugly ol’ chicklet
When you change to the text form, I almost guarantee you will see more conversions and will gain new subscribers – if you do it right!
The real perk of using this text block is that it just shows the number of followers/subscribers you have. That means you are free to add any kind of text you want before or after that count. The real trick here is how to hook people in to clicking that link and subscribing to your feed or following you on Twitter.
A simple example of what may be a good catch to sign up would be something like “Come join 1,568 other people who are learning about blogging.” It’s simple, catchy and it shows that there are a number of people who are learning about blogging by reading from your blog.
For further instruction, check out the full article at Blogussion: How To Display RSS and Twitter Count in Plain Text
