How effective are feeds / plugins? - GoFuckYourself.com

xenigo · 10-29-2009, 06:17 PM

I'm not looking for this to turn into Plugin Spam-Fest 2009. I want some feedback from paysite owners on how well feeds actually retain members.

I know it's sort of a difficult question to answer because it depends on how many feeds, how closely they match your niche, how much other content you've got, etc.

Just give me the best answer you can.

Martin · 10-29-2009, 06:41 PM

A feed that updates daily definitely helps retain members. No question. I'm not just saying that because Member Channels has multiple updates a day and can be plugged right into your members area. ;) I'm saying that because I know for a fact it helps retain members.

Unless you have tons of your own content to do daily updates you should have a good feed inside your members area. Even then you should have atleast 1 or 2

Cheers.

xenigo · 10-29-2009, 11:35 PM

Everyone uses feeds...

Loch · 10-29-2009, 11:41 PM

Feeds will help you, and the smaller the program the better.
Bigger programs use them as they are fairly cheap and they do not have to keep many members to be worth it.
We do have feeds but its a VERY small part of our company....we use feeds in our programs as well and a LOT of them!

But you should have more then just one feed company just like you should buy from more then one content company!

Some members will like one of the feed companies for their navigation, and other members will go for your secondary feed as its in their niche.

Its not hard to tell if feeds help you.....its math, the feed system where you see a ton of BW being spent will help you retain, the one where you dont use much wont help you a ton but at the same time cost you next to nothing

etc etc

psili · 10-29-2009, 11:44 PM

I'm confused already.
- "How effective are feeds"
- "Everyone uses feeds"

10-29-2009, 06:17 PM	#1
xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	How effective are feeds / plugins? I'm not looking for this to turn into Plugin Spam-Fest 2009. I want some feedback from paysite owners on how well feeds actually retain members. I know it's sort of a difficult question to answer because it depends on how many feeds, how closely they match your niche, how much other content you've got, etc. Just give me the best answer you can.

10-29-2009, 06:41 PM	#2
Martin "Assassins" Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: At home Posts: 17,277	A feed that updates daily definitely helps retain members. No question. I'm not just saying that because Member Channels has multiple updates a day and can be plugged right into your members area. ;) I'm saying that because I know for a fact it helps retain members. Unless you have tons of your own content to do daily updates you should have a good feed inside your members area. Even then you should have atleast 1 or 2 Cheers. __________________

10-29-2009, 11:41 PM	#4
Loch Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 7,674	Feeds will help you, and the smaller the program the better. Bigger programs use them as they are fairly cheap and they do not have to keep many members to be worth it. We do have feeds but its a VERY small part of our company....we use feeds in our programs as well and a LOT of them! But you should have more then just one feed company just like you should buy from more then one content company! Some members will like one of the feed companies for their navigation, and other members will go for your secondary feed as its in their niche. Its not hard to tell if feeds help you.....its math, the feed system where you see a ton of BW being spent will help you retain, the one where you dont use much wont help you a ton but at the same time cost you next to nothing etc etc __________________ Contact us for Beta store access (4000 HD/SD productions) - Editing - Encoding/Post production ICQ - 277 862 930 E-mail casper /@/ cool-content.com

10-29-2009, 11:44 PM	#5
psili Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Loveland, CO Posts: 5,526	I'm confused already. - "How effective are feeds" - "Everyone uses feeds" __________________ Your post count means nothing.

10-29-2009, 11:35 PM	#3
xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	Everyone uses feeds...