Hi fellow bloggers! We all have our preferred method of reading blogs and I have found that having them come in my e-mail works best for me. I never did get into the habit of going to Bloglovin. I've come across quite a few blogs that I really wanted to follow but they didn't have the Follow by Email option in their sidebar. One lady didn't have any idea how to add it! So I'm creating this tutorial for those who don't have the "Follow by E-Mail" option on your blog and am hoping you will consider adding it. It doesn't take up much space and you may gain a few followers that you wouldn't have otherwise had.
This tutorial is for blogspot but you can find a tutorial for Word press at this link.
Log in to your Blogger Account
Go to your Blogger Dashboard
Click on Layout tab from left pane
Find Sidebar-Side-1 and click on Add a Gadget
Click on Add a Gadget and scroll down to “Follow by E-mail”
The “Follow by E-mail” option will now appear on your right sidebar.
If you want to rearrange the order in which things appear on
your sidebar, then while you are in the
Layout option of your blog, you can click and drag each gadget and place them
in the order you prefer.
Hope this helps you!!
Have you thought of using an aggregate reader such as Feedly? That way it just scrolls from blog to blog and you don't have to click onto the email link, etc.
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Nice write up, Janice! Following by email is my preference, too, so I hope a few more bloggers make that option available.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of the follow by email option as well. If it comes in email form I will drink my cuppa and read the post properly instead of skimming past the headlines. Which is how I read yours ;)
ReplyDeleteVery useful tutorial, Janice!
ReplyDeleteExcellent tutorial! It is nice to find little hints here and there about becoming a more accessible & successful blogger. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteA great tutorial. Someone asked me to add that gadget to my blog a couple of years ago. I didn't know it existed.
ReplyDeletegood to know that following by email is a preferred method...I like it too!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your helpful tutorial!
ReplyDeletethanks for this! I just added the option to my blog :-) I had no idea some people preferred following via e-mail. (I found you from the link up at Beth's cooking up quilts :-)
ReplyDeletehappy creating ~ Tracy