Why and how to back up the Feedburner mailing list

Backing up the Feedburner email list to become Smart Blogger

At the beginning of this article, I want to tell you a story about my friends' carelessness, where he lost his little list of emails and then left the blogs.

This was not a long time ago. I think about 12 months ago, one of my good friends started blogging about my advice since I had a lot of free time after graduating. I advised him to start blogging until he finds an appropriate job for himself.

At that time he started blogging with WordPress and started working in approximately 3 months with decent traffic, not Google, but comments from Facebook and blogs. I did not want to share All-Story because it could take a long time, so I'll go quickly to the point where I accumulated a small list of emails from active readers. I was surprised to see him getting a decent success without the help of the search results.

After 6-7 months of Carrier, he was happy with part-time blogs because his only goal was to help people in the field of medicine. But there came a time when he wanted to delete his Gmail account. I do not know why. But he accidentally deleted his entire Google account that eliminated all the services associated with that account, including the Feedburner email list, which eliminated his million-dollar email list.

And now what will happen next, got a job in the company's Medicine and then left blogs because she got so irritated that it took a lot of hard work to build vital email lists, but it takes milliseconds to be eliminated. Then he eliminated his free blog because getting the list of emails again was very difficult. That could be taken again from 4 to 6 months.

What I want to tell you with this story is that you do not neglect it. If you want to become a professional in this business, think smarter and take quick steps.

I'm talking about your email list here. What happens if you also lose your important list of Feedburner emails or the email list of any other service. I have seen many other cases on this topic. So Always backup Important things Especially Your email list if you are a blogger.

So today we are sharing a method to safeguard your email subscription list. I refer to Feedburner's email list for backup. This issue will not be new for those who are in this field for many years, but newcomers may not have focused on this issue. So I've written a simple step-by-step guide to teach

How to make a backup copy of the Feedburner email list?

# 1 Open the Feedburner website and log in with your credentials.

# 2 You will see the list of subscriptions by email from their different blogs. Click on the list that you want a backup.

# 3 Now click on "Publish" as shown in the following screenshot:

# 4 Now on the left side you will see many options. Click on "Subscription by email."

# 5 A new page will open where some other options may appear. Then click on "Subscription management"

# 6 Now scroll down on the subscriber's management page and look for "View subscriber details". Then click on it.

# 7 After clicking on "View subscriber details", you will find two options. Click on "Export CSV" and it will ask you to save a CSV file in your system. Save that file on your computer and go.

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Why do not I recommend FeedBurner?

In short, FeedBurner is outdated and its statistics are often inaccurate. You can read more about why I moved from FeedBurner and what I recommend in this publication.

Having said that, there are still many, many people who use the service. If you want to use FeedBurner, you can find your start guide here.

The following tips were written when I was still using FeedBurner. As of this writing, they still apply.

1. How to export your list of FeedBurner email subscribers

Email subscribers are much better than RSS subscribers. I recommend that you try to get email subscribers through RSS subscribers as much as possible.

I also recommend that if you are actively moving away from FeedBurner or using FeedBurner, export and save your list of email subscribers on a regular basis, as a backup is not done for you.

Then, scroll to the bottom of the screen.

The number you see next to "Total Subscribers" is only for email subscribers, NOT for your RSS subscribers (RSS subscribers are not accessible). If you remember that the subscriber numbers are much higher than what you see here, you are probably used to logging in and seeing the total subscriber count (RSS and email subs). Remember, this is just email subs.

It's okay, keep going.

Click on "View subscriber details" which will then give you the option to "Export CSV" below. Click on "Export CSV".

Once you download it, save this CSV file in a place you will remember in case you need it later. For the moment, your emails should be sent as usual. Hopefully, you realize this since you subscribe to your own feed and you have not realized that it has not been delivered, right? ??

Export and save this CSV file on a regular basis. If FeedBurner ever dies completely or if you decide to move to another service, you want this list to be transferred to your new service.

Tips:

You can import a CSV file into a spreadsheet such as Google Sheets or Excel. In the application of your choice, go to File> Import.

If you spend some time online, you will undoubtedly hear the importance of creating an email list. The CSV file here is the beginning of your email list, but keep in mind that FeedBurner does not allow you to send emails to this list manually. That is, the only job of FeedBurner is to track when you publish a new publication on your site (this is done automatically when it is set up) and send an email of those publications to your subscribers. If you wish to be able to send unique emails, apart from your publications, you must register with an ESP (Email service provider). This is the one that I use.

2. How to change the delivery time of FeedBurner

I recommend that you experiment with the time of day that FeedBurner delivers its blog posts to its subscribers. In the past, I have seen noticeable differences in the amount of traffic I receive, depending on when my posts are sent via email.

Sign in to FeedBurner and choose the title of your feed.

Click on the "Publish" tab, "Email subscriptions" and then on "Delivery options" (left column). Choose a time in the "Schedule email delivery" menu.

Tips:

When you restore your time, keep it there for at least a few days and preferably a week or more. This will give you a more accurate picture of the effectiveness of a particular moment.

Do not assume that the default value set by FeedBurner or the time chosen by another person will work for you. All blogs are different and all audiences are different. Experimentation is key.

Take note of yourself to make this an annual, semi-annual or quarterly exercise.

3. How to verify your unverified FeedBurner email subscribers

When someone registers to be an email subscriber of your blog, the process is as follows:

Enter your email address in the appropriate form (get the code or the link to your form in the Publicize tab in FeedBurner).

They are sent a verification email in which they are asked to confirm their subscription request.

They click on the link in the email (or copy and paste the URL provided) to confirm.

Once they do, they register. They will receive the following email sent by FeedBurner.

The problem with the registration process.

Sometimes, you enter your email address as in Step 1 above, but never verify your subscription as in Step 2. In effect, the process was never completed and, therefore, they do not receive your emails.

Who knows why someone does not check their email subscription (they forgot it, they overlooked it, they did not realize it, laziness?), But the fact is that, at least, they were sufficiently interested in their blog to provide your email address in the first place. Therefore, there is a good chance that they will go ahead with a little push.

This is not a quick process, but it might be worth it if you hate to see how those near subscribers escape.

First, find the email addresses of unverified subscribers.

Sign in to FeedBurner and choose the title of your feed.

Click on the "Publish" and "Email Subscriptions" tab.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "View subscriber details". You will see the list of email addresses of your subscribers appear. The unverified ones are indicated.

With the email not verified in hand, send a brief friendly note explaining that you noticed that they had not completed the verification process and ask them if they have any questions they can answer personally.

You can then tell them the verification email they received from FeedBurner and follow the instructions. If they do not have it, they can re-subscribe (delete their email address in FeedBurner before they do).

I would not exaggerate here: a few sentences would suffice in your email, but it may be worth trying. If they do not respond, let it go and move on. Do not bother them! The last thing you want to do is arrive as spam or desperate.

conclusion

While the (free) price and ease of use of FeedBurner make it attractive to many site owners, I do not think it's worth starting with it.

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