My name is Matthew Bredel and as of March, 2007, I am a full-time, work-at-home internet marketer.
For close to 10 years, I worked for a defense company which was an OK job, but I was so uninspired in life and frankly, I needed some more money. That is when I first discovered internet marketing! Now I admit that I didn't start making thousands in my first couple of months (in fact, I lost my shirt!), but I finally saw the "internet light"...
Feedburner, which has been bought by Google, is a great way to organize, syndicate, and manage your own RSS feeds. But for some reason, their email default settings are kind of silly! See what I am talking about and watch the video on how to fix this in just a couple of minutes.
If you are using Feedburner (which is now owned by Google) to manage your RSS feeds, you should pay attention!
First, using Feedburner to manage and structure your current RSS feed is just a great way of aggregating and distributing your current RSS feed. I have been using it for years and I prefer its functionality over my standard Wordpress blog RSS feed. (I’ll save the details of RSS feeds for another post, but this added layer of RSS syndication and organization is great for maximum exposure!).
But there is one setting that has been driving me nuts these days and it involves how they format their syndication emails. Let me explain…
First, if you are new to RSS feeds and don’t understand how to use them, no problem! There is a built-in Feedburner function that allows followers (like you!) to subscribe to blogs (or other content websites) without using an RSS reader.
Simply put your email address in the RSS Subscription Box:
That is it! So whenever your favorite blog or website updates its content (or writes a new post), you will receive an email of the new content. Very cool (and it is built-into Feedburner/Google!).
But there is one little problem (no pun intended!): For some reason, by default, Feedburner chooses the smallest font known to man to send to your subscribers…
I know this because I have received over 5 complaints from subscribers about it! It is really easy to fix, though. The video (above) shows you how in a couple of quick steps.
So the moral of the story is simple:
1) If you have a blog or website that supports an RSS feed, be sure to add it to your Feedburner account. This is part of Google, so if you already have a Google account, you are already set-up! Just add your RSS feed to it! Once you sign up, be sure to fix your default email settings (and don’t forget to add the email subscription box to your website or blog!).
2) Don’t forget, if you aren’t a subscriber to Inside the Internet Marketing Mind, you can grab the RSS Feed here or sign up for the email subscription (and check out my new font size!):
(Subtle request for your subscription, hey?) 
cheers…matt
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Customizing Your Feedburner Emails , Smaller organizations can have larger mailbox limits. This should be managed through mailbox quotas enforced by Exchange Server. As users approach their assigned quota they’ll receive warning messages to that effect. Once they reach the quota they’ll be restricted from sending and receiving emails.
October 22nd, 2010 at 8:10 pm
This is exactly what I was looking for. That feedburner font size and default font was driving me nuts, thank you very much for the post!
April 7th, 2011 at 11:19 am