With blogger you can add a text element to the bottom of each page. Edit the Layout of the page, insert "Text" widget, then edit in HTML rather than Rich Text to insert the appropriate <script> tag.

You can also use this to insert aweber analytics.

Probably should have a <noscript> tag in there too so that the page makes sense even if JavaScript is turned off.

Example of the finished effect at blog.riskythinking.com

Only just gone up and it’s a new blog so can’t assess its effectiveness yet.

Dear Russ, be aware..

I’ve been testing this on WordPress (and I guess Blogger or other platform act the same too) and you should use the shorter javascript
code as the longer one (html) gives problems sometimes.

The "techie" stuff is easy for me as I’ve been playing with it since I started back in 1999.. yet I’m not a genius, nor a techie guy..

Cheers!

Thanks for the tip. I’ll begin testing opt-in forms at the end of posts. I’m also currently testing the new chicklet feature.

Just emailed our webmaster about adding the chicklet feature. And we’ll test the optin at the end of posts as well. Thanks, M, for the advice about longer posts. Makes sense.

Thanks, great tips.
I am looking forward for the next ones.

This is excellent. Brilliant findings and I will surely instruct my web master to test this.

Thanks

#M - adding a text link could work too. Also, mentioning a bonus gift at the end of each and every post should also boost sign-ups.

# Martin - you’ve said..

"This means every page on your entire blog will be updated with the sign up form automatically rather than going in and manually adding :optin: to every page"

Are you using a plugin to do this?

As I am aware of that is impossible to do it with default WP editor..

I too would like to know how to do a Javascript insert into Wordpress.

Tim, how tough was the upgrade? Did you use the auto-upgrade plugin? I think I’ll try what you did and upgrade my install. So if you know of any pitfalls, let me know so I’ll be prepared.

Making a site backup now….

thanks for the tip.

Excellent ideas guys - many thanks!

@Brad Isaac - Brad, the upgrade to 2.6 had to be done through a direct download from the wordpress site since my host does not have the most current version. If your blog is not too ‘entrenched’ then you can use the upgrade instrux from the WP site. If your blog is really established then be careful of the usual upgrade caveats … you can lose mods you have made to the files if any. Though if all you changed was your theme then you can back it up to your computer and add the theme back after the upgrade.

Great idea! Where do I find the HTML code to add the subscription form at the bottom of my WP posts?

[…] Here's a quick video showing at least one way to use a tip I found out about over at the AWeber blog. […]

After reading through the replies above I can see there are lots of ways to do this but one of the easiest I’ve found is to install a plug-in called "Add Signature"

What it enables you to do is to add any custom message (including HTML, CSS and certain other variables) at the end of every message you have posted on your blog.

You can even set it to appear on specific types of pages like index, posts, static pages, archive and search pages. You choose where you want it to be seen.

http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/add-signature-plugin-for-wordpress/

It looks like this plug-in was originally intended to be a way of adding more information about the author of the blog post. But actually it’s much more flexible than this.

I’m using this on my own blog in conjunction with the What Would Seth Godin Do plug-in which I’ve set to only show after a certain number of visits.

I almost forgot… you can have up to 3 different signature (maybe use this to split test 3 different optin box designs?) at the bottom of your blog posts, just use the text trigger codes they give you.

I’m really glad I found this blog post because I’d never considered adding an optin form to the bottom of each post in this way! Great idea!

I hope this plug-in helps.

Great idea from aweber - and wonderful to read all the helpful feedback.

I’ve just implemented this throughout one big project and the increased response rate in new subscribers is immediate!

Kudos to Brian Terry for the tips on the Wordpress Plugin(s)

Implemented most of this, and the Aweber counter, seems to be doing the trick on a blog I do think it helps that people can see a decent number of subscribers.

Here’s an example of it in reality
http://www.brinkzone.com/blog/

I’m also going to implement the dedicated signup page and put a small link at the end of every post saying something like

"Enjoyed This Blog - Get Subscribed for Weekly Updates"

Something along those lines, all in all this has been a good set of posts on increasing blog numbers.

Thanks