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Skrillex pictured in 2011
|Background information
|Also known as
|Sonny, Twipz, Skrocle
|January 15, 1988
|Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|Dubstep, electro house, post-hardcore
|DJ, music producer, guitarist, singer
|Vocals, bass, turntables, drum machine, synthesiser, sampler, sequencer, personal computer
|Years active
|Atlantic, Big Beat, mau5trap, OWSLA
|Associated acts
|From First to Last, deadmau5, Diplo, Kill the Noise, Porter Robinson, Dog Blood
Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), better known by his stage name Skrillex, is an electronic dance music producer, DJ, and singer-songwriter. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and in Northern California, Sonny Moore joined the American post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead singer in 2004, and recorded two studio albums with the band (Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count, 2004, and Heroine, 2006) before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007.[1][2] He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore joined the Alternative Press Tour to support bands such as All Time Low and The Rocket Summer, and appeared on the cover of Alternative Press' annual "100 Bands You Need to Know" issue.[3]
After releasing the Gypsyhook EP in 2009, Moore was scheduled to record his debut studio album, Bells, with producer Noah Shain. However, he ceased production of the album and began performing under the name Skrillex, distributing the My Name Is Skrillex EP for free download on his official MySpace page. Subsequently, he released the Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites EP in late–2010 and More Monsters and Sprites EP in mid–2011, both of which have since become moderate commercial successes. On November 30, 2011, he was nominated for a total of five Grammy Awards at the 54th Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and won three: "Best Dance/Electronica Album", "Best Dance Recording", and "Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical".[4] On December 5, 2011, the BBC announced that he had been nominated for their Sound of 2012 poll.[5] On December 12, 2011, he was also named MTV's Electronic Dance Music Artist of the Year.[6] Skrillex has won a total of six Grammy Awards.
Life and career 1
- Early life 1.1
- 2004–09: From First to Last 1.2
- 2008–13: Solo career and extended plays 1.3
- 2014: Recess 1.4
- Influences 2
- Personal life 3
- Discography 4
- Filmography 5
Awards 6
- Grammy Awards 6.1
- MTV Video Music Awards 6.2
- Annie Awards 6.3
- See also 7
- References 8
- External links 9
Life and career
Early life
Moore was born in the Highland Park neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles,[7][8] but moved to the Forest Hill neighborhood of San Francisco at the age of 2, where he attended elementary school. At the ages of 9 and 10, Moore attended a local boarding school located in the Mojave Desert LV, but eventually moved back to Northern California. By the time he was 12, his family moved back to his birthplace of northeast L.A., where he enrolled in a private academy school specializing in arts. Later he was home schooled at the age of 14 due to bullying. In 2004, he learned he was adopted[9] and dropped out of the program when he was 16.[10][11] While a young teenager in Los Angeles, Moore would attend punk gigs in Mexican American neighborhoods in East and South Los Angeles, and later at electro club raves in the downtown's Silver Lake and Echo Park neighborhoods.[12][13]
2004–09: From First to Last
In 2004, Moore contacted Epitaph Records released the band's first full-length record with their new bandmate, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count. After performing on several successful tours, two being the Vans Warped Tour and Dead by Dawn tour, they began recording their second album, Heroine with producer Ross Robinson. The album was released in March 2006 on Epitaph. With high record sales once again, the band found themselves part of many successful tours, until Moore started suffering vocal problems, causing the band to resign from several tours. After going through a successful vocal surgical procedure, Moore informed the band he would be permanently resigning to work on a solo career. FFTL's last show performed with Moore was in their hometown of Orlando at The House of Blues while touring with Atreyu.
Moore announced he had left From First to Last to pursue a solo career. He then launched a Myspace page displaying three demos ("Signal", "Equinox", and "Glow Worm"). This led to Moore's first performance since his leaving From First to Last. On April 7, 2007, alongside harpist Carol Robbins, Moore played several original songs at a local art building. After months of releasing demos via Myspace, Moore played on the Team Sleep Tour with a full band. The tour also featured supporting acts Monster in the Machine and Strata. Moore made several demo CDs available on this tour, limited to about 30 per show. These CDs were tour exclusive, and were packaged in "baby blue envelopes", each with a unique drawing by Moore or bandmate.
2008–13: Solo career and extended plays
In February 2008, Alternative Press Magazine announced the second annual AP Tour, with All Time Low, The Rocket Summer, The Matches, and Forever the Sickest Kids, as well as Sonny Moore. The tour started in Houston, Texas on March 14 and went through North America, ending in Cleveland, Ohio on May 2, with the majority of the shows being sold out. All bands playing the tour would be featured on the cover of Alternative Press Magazine's annual 100 Bands You Need to Know special, and would be interviewed on the Alternative Press Podcast. During this tour Moore's line-up consisted of Sean Friday on drums, Christopher Null on guitar, and Aaron Rothe on keyboards. On April 7, 2009, he released Gypsyhook EP, a digital EP, which featured three songs and four remixes. Also included was a Japanese version of "Mora" entitled "海水" ("Kaisui"). Physical copies of the EP were available at his shows. After going on tour with Innerpartysystem and Paper Route and opening for Chiodos on their European tour, Moore performed at Bamboozle on May 2. He performed on Bamboozle Left's Saints and Sinners stage on April 4. He toured with Hollywood Undead in April 2009 performing under the band name Sonny and the Blood Monkeys, with Chris Null (electric guitar), Sean Friday (drums, percussion & beats) and Aaron Rothe (keyboards, synthesizers, programming & turntables). Moore has stated that the album Bells will not be released.[14]
In 2008, Moore began producing and performing under the alias Skrillex at clubs in the Los Angeles area. Previously, he had been known on the Internet as Twipz. On June 7, 2010, Moore released his official Skrillex debut EP, My Name Is Skrillex as a free download.[15] Moore provided programming and vocals for UK metalcore band Bring Me the Horizon on their third studio album, There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret.[16] Later in the year, Sonny began a nationwide tour with Deadmau5 after being signed to mau5trap recordings and released his second EP, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.
Moore kicked off the "Project Blue Book Tour" in 2011 with support from Porter Robinson, Tommy Lee and DJ Aero as well as appearances from Sofia Toufa for a new song titled "Bring Out the Devil". Skrillex unveiled several new songs on this tour including "First of the Year" (formerly known as "Equinox"), "Reptile", and "Cinema" (remix of a Benny Benassi track). "Reptile" was featured in the TV commercial for Mortal Kombat 9, and "First of the Year (Equinox)" is featured on his follow up EP and remix companion to Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, titled More Monsters and Sprites. In April 2011, Spin magazine premiered "Get Up", an exclusive new track from Korn that was produced by Skrillex. Korn made "Get Up" available for free download via their Facebook page.[17] On April 15, 2011 KoRn joined Skrillex on stage for his set at Coachella 2011. On April 18, 2011, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEA) development studio Naughty Dog released a trailer[18] for the multiplayer component of their PlayStation 3 game Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, featuring "Kill EVERYBODY" from Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.
In June 2011, "More Monsters and Sprites" was released on Beatport, an EP consisting of three original tracks, including "First of the Year (Equinox)" and two versions of his original track "Ruffneck". A leaked track entitled "Ruffneck Bass" had been leaked on the internet months prior which used the same sample as in the new "Ruffneck" tracks on the EP. Skrillex released a music video for "Rock n' Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain)" on his official YouTube page on June 20, 2011.[19] On August 17, 2011 Skrillex announced his label, OWSLA.[20] "The label's first releases will come from Bristol-based dubstep producers KOAN Sound, electro-house newcomer Porter Robinson from North Carolina, singer/songwriter Alvin Risk, and San Francisco-based M Machine (formally Metropolis)."[21] Skrillex released a music video for "First of the Year (Equinox)" via Spin.com on August 19, 2011. In late August 2011 it was released that he would be appearing Knife Party's first release, collaborating on a Moombahton style track entitled "Zoology". A preview was released on YouTube. In late September 2011 he created the track "Syndicate" as promotion for the video game of the same name. Kaskade's 2011 album Fire & Ice features a collaboration between Kaskade and Skrillex entitled "Lick It". The video for Skrillex's song "First of the Year (Equinox)" appears on the first episode of the Beavis and Butt-head revival.
On November 8, Skrillex stated that he intended to release an album entitled Voltage. Skrillex gave fans more info about Voltage in RockSound Magazine after a photoshoot for the cover and doing an extensive interview on his tour.[22] For unknown reasons, however, the album was never released, however on December 21, 2011, Skrillex unveiled the Bangarang EP for a Beatport release on December 23, then on August 12, 2012, his new side-project formed with Boys Noize called Dog Blood released an EP called Next Order/Middle Finger. On November 6, 2012, Skrillex released a limited edition triple vinyl box set.[23] Skrillex composed the song "Bug Hunt" for the 2012 animated film Wreck-It Ralph, as well as making a brief cameo as a DJ in the film's first act, and in December 2012, "Make It Bun Dem" is used in as a looped variant during the single player mission 'Kick the Hornets Nest' in the video game Far Cry 3.
2014: Recess
Skrillex confirmed at a show in January 2013 that he will release a new LP in the summer.[24] On January 2, 2013, Skrillex released his 7th EP, Leaving, on the OWSLA subscription service, Nest IV.[25] He later released the single "Try It Out" with Alvin Risk.
On March 7, 2014, an App titled "Alien Ride" was put up on Apple's App Store which contained a secret folder with 11 hidden objects and a countdown ending March 10 at 6:30EST. Moore's website was updated with the App's picture on the front page and it was later revealed the folder contains Google Play and iTunes url's which eventually were revealed to be 11 new songs available to stream that comprised his debut LP, titled Recess. The album was made available for pre-order at midnight and was released on March 18, 2014.
Moore has stated in an online interview that he has been a longtime fan of Warp, an electronic music label that has released recordings from artists such as Aphex Twin and Squarepusher.[26]
Personal life
In February 2012, Rolling Stone[27] reported that Skrillex was dating the artist and singer Ellie Goulding, who provided vocals for the track "Summit" on the Bangarang EP.[28] In late October 2012 the couple had split up, citing an inability to make their long distance relationship work.[29]
- Gypsyhook EP (2009)
- My Name Is Skrillex (2010)
- Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (2010)
- More Monsters and Sprites (2011)
- Bangarang (2011)
- Make It Bun Dem After Hours (2012)
- Leaving (2013)
- Recess (2014)
- Let's Make A Spaceship (2014)
Moore has partnered up with Red Bull to produce a documentary titled "Let's Make a Spaceship". It was premiered on 11 October 2014 at 10PM CT at ACL Festival after his headline performance.[30] His performance and documentary, and other's performances are available for stream at Red Bull TV's website[31]
Grammy Awards
|Best New Artist
|"Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites"
|Best Dance Recording
|Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
|Best Dance/Electronica Album
|Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go – "Cinema (Skrillex Remix)"
|Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
|"First of the Year (Equinox)"
|Best Short Form Music Video
|Best Dance Recording
|Best Dance/Electronica Album
|Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)
|Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
MTV Video Music Awards
|"First of the Year (Equinox)"
|Best Electronic Dance Music Video
|Best Visual Effects
|"Breakn' a Sweat"
|Best Visual Effects
Annie Awards
|Wreck-It Ralph
|Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production
See also
- ^ "'"Korn Preview New Track 'Get Up. RTT News. April 18, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
- ^ Siegal, Daniel. "Coachella 2011: Our body-grooving guide to the dance tents". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
- ^ "100 Bands You Need to Know". Alternative Press. 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
- ^ "Nominees And Winners". Retrieved November 30, 2011.
- ^ "Sound of – 2012 – Skrillex". BBC. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ "Skrillex Is MTV's EDM Artist Of 2011!". MTV. December 12, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ McKinley, James (January 26, 2012). "Manic Peter Pan Rules Dance Clubs".
- ^ Glazer, Joshua. "Skrillex: Strictly Laptop".
- ^ James C. McKinley, Jr. (2012-01-27). "Manic Peter Pan Rules Dance Clubs". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Moore, Sonny. "Skrillex Quotes". sonnymoore.org. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ Li, Christina (January 2011). "Skrillex, Former S.F. Resident, Talks Free Music, the Origin of His Name, and What Movie He'd Soundtrack".
- ^ Muggs, Joe (September 29, 2011). "Is Skrillex the most hated man in dubstep?".
- ^ "whodat: Skrillex". mun2.tv. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ "Skrillex INTERVIEW: Dancing Astronaut EXCLUSIVE". November 20, 2010.
- ^ "Introducing: Skrillex". Beatportal. Beatport, LLC. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
- ^ There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret (CD insert). Bring Me the Horizon.
- ^ "Korn & Skrillex Team Up And Give Away Free MP3". Glasswerk National. Glasswerk.co.uk Ltd. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ^ IGN (2011-04-18). "Uncharted 3: Official Multiplayer Trailer". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ "Skrillex – Rock n Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain)". June 20, 2011.
- ^ "Skrillex Bio, Music, News & Shows". DJZ.com. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ^ "Skrillex Announces Launch of OWSLA Label". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ "Skrillex Full Length Album Just Weeks Away". Rock Sound. Rock Sound. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
- ^ "Skrillex Released Limited Edition Triple Vinyl Box Set". New York Music News. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ^ http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=txY7zhbtqSM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DtxY7zhbtqSM
- ^ "Skrillex – Leaving EP : Free 3 Song EP Released on The Nest". ThisSongisSick.com. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ^ Tekavolver712 (2 November 2010). "Skrillex Talks Dubstep And More" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ^ "Skrillex is Dating Ellie Goulding". Rollingstone.com. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
- ^ Ariana Finlayson (15 February 2012). "Exclusive: Skrillex Is Dating Ellie Goulding!". US Weekly. Wenner Media. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ^ Ryan Crittenden (29 October 2012). "Ellie Goulding splits from dubstep boyfriend Skrillex". Gigwise. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ http://artistprojects.redbull.com/
- ^ http://aclfest.redbull.tv/
External links
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- Skrillex on Facebook
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- Living people
- Ableton Live users
- American adoptees
- American electronic musicians
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It's unclear how aggressively de Blasio will pursue the carriage ban once he takes office in the new year. For now, the activists, aided by a deep-pocketed developer, are vowing to keep up the fight. But with their livelihoods potentially on the line, the carriage drivers aren't backing down. And they're getting some powerful backup from the Teamsters union, a political force in labor-friendly New York.
De Blasio aides declined to provide details about the mayor-elect's work on the issue during the transition, saying only that he is committed to following through on the ban. He attended a fundraiser hosted by animal rights group NYCLASS earlier this month, reportedly receiving a bronze horse statue for his support.
Whatever the de Blasio era brings, it will be felt not just by gaggles of tourists in Central Park, but also by the horses and drivers in the industry's four stables on the West Side of Manhattan. The manager of Clinton Park Stables on West 52nd Street, Conor McHugh, opened the facility — and the stall of one of his own horses, Arnie — to a reporter two days before Christmas as he mused about the carriages' future.
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"If people didn't want to ride in our carriages, we would be out of business," said McHugh, sidestepping a staffer wheeling hay through the stable and greeting a veterinarian who was making rounds. But the demand is there and the industry already hews to many city-imposed regulations, he said.
Some of the industry's 300 workers joined a local Teamsters chapter a few years ago, adding to their organizational heft. (The union's official history notes that its name refers to horse-drawn carriage drivers who organized in the early 20th century.) They counted Quinn, the outgoing council speaker and onetime mayoral frontrunner, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg as carriage-ban opponents. The industry accounts for about $19 million in annual economic activity, according to study cited by the Teamsters.
( Also on POLITICO: Bill de Blasio daughter reveals drug, alcohol abuse)
A native of Ireland who immigrated to New York like many of the other drivers, McHugh's office affords him a view of horses ambling up the street from the stable to the park with carriages in tow. He rues the money and politics that he sees as driving the debate.
"I think if de Blasio doesn't do something, he's going to be hearing from NYCLASS," he said.
That group — whose name stands for New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets — is part of a somewhat complex web of animal-rights groups that makes up the carriage industry's opposition. The groups have been calling for banning the carriages and replacing them with vintage electric cars to give tourists rides around the park.
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The organization was founded in 2008 with a financial contribution from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals — which also supports the ban and shares oversight authority over the industry, according to The New York Times. The co-founder was Edison Properties CEO Steve Nislick. In turn, NYCLASS served as "a major financial backer of a group called NYC Not 4 Sale, which drove the 'Anybody But Quinn' effort, including TV ads, campaign literature and protesters trailing her at events," wrote Capital New York.


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- Victoria Beckham's team always denies the best rumors. Blake Lively, apparently, will not be the face of her next campaign for the dress line. [UK Vogue]
- Helena Christensen's photographs of climate change in Peru are being exhibited in London. [BBC]
- The sheikh who had such grand plans for Christian Lacroix when he bid for the company has failed to file key financing guarantees with the bankruptcy judge on time. This jeopardizes the sale of Lacroix, since all the other would-be bidders for the troubled company have dropped out. The sheikh, or anyone else interested in buying the brand, has until December 1 to prove they have the financial wherewithal and the business plans to relaunch the brand. [WWD]
- Lauren Conrad is authoring a book on style. Most astoundingly, it'll feature "new and never seen before photos" of the "style icon" — we assumed between the camera crews and the tabloids, her every style move was amply documented. [People]
- Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein dressed Penelope Cruz for the New York premiere of Pedro Almodovar's new movie, Broken Embraces. Says Costa, "I wasn't in the last fitting, and I got pictures of her in the clothes at the hotel room. And they looked like movie stills. She was just wearing the clothes in the hotel room, but it almost felt like Helmut Newton pictures, there was so much of her in the photos." [People]
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- Leighton Meester, on the cover of UK Glamour this month, has some fashion advice for Blair Waldorf. We hate when actors do that; can you imagine Leonard Nimoy telling Spock to, you know, loosen up a little? Why must actors constantly remind us that they are acting? It's so meta. Anyway, she'd like her to put her hairbands on differently. Meester also says, "I actually think I'm prettier without makeup." Which puts her in the solid majority of women. [People]
- J.C. Penney is going to stop printing such big catalogs, because most people shop online now. [NBC]
- Russell Athletic closed a factory in Honduras when its 1,200 workers voted to unionize in 2008. Now, because of pressure from college anti-sweatshop groups that persuaded universities to drop Russell products, the company has announced that the employees will be rehired. The new Honduras factory where they will work will be unionized, and Russell has agreed not to fight unionization at its seven other plants in the country. [NYTimes]
- Model Karlie Kloss played ping pong against pro Wally Green. And won. The girl is unstoppable. [Style.com]
- After hearing that Gemma Ward planned to return to modeling in the new year, FrostFrench — Sadie Frost and Jemima French's London-based label — has announced it would like her to be the face of their next campaign. Right now, before she (presumably) gets down to her fighting weight again. This is like when a boy asks you out in front of the whole school, only FrostFrench is doing it in front of the whole Internet, and it smacks of a publicity stunt. Just, no. [Fashionista]
- Chanel Iman suggested to the Victoria's Secret stylist that they bedazzle her name on the back of the t-shirt she wears in one look for the show. [InStyle]
- Former Abercrombie & Fitch model Brad Greiner confirmed that the company recompenses its models pretty terribly: although Bruce Weber's images of Greiner were splashed all over national billboards, in-store displays, and even shopping bags, he made only $500 a day. The shoot lasted two days. That's not quite American Apparel-bad, but it's close. With runway work already pro bono, lookbook bookings suddenly a status symbol, and editorial work also unpaid, will campaigns be next to tell models it's worth it for the 'exposure'? Abercrombie has underpaid its campaign models for years, but other successful fashion companies might, in these straitened times, try applying its business model. [StyleSectionLA]
- An Australian fashion editor who bought a pair of Versace sandals and then had the heel quickly break off of one is pissed because when she sent the shoes to Milan for repair, they were returned with instructions for her to deal with the Australian Versace stores. There are no longer any Australian Versace stores, because the company closed them. [News.com.au]
- The U.S. Polo Association is suing Polo Ralph Lauren for allegedly blocking its efforts to license its trademarks for a line of fragrances. [WWD]
- Burberry is looking to open 21 stores in India through a partnership deal with a local company. Indians spent about £2 billion on luxury goods last year. [ToL]
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What's Next for Sprint After Dish Drops Bid?
Dish Network said it won't submit a new offer for Sprint Nextel by its Tuesday deadline, a move that appears to clear the way for the third largest U.S. wireless carrier to be bought by SoftBank of Japan. Now what? Anton Troianovski joins MoneyBeat.
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Live Tiles have been a much loved feature in Windows Phone since the platform launched back in 2010. Microsoft has since improved the functionality by extending the column support from two to four, enabling more tiles to be present on-screen at any one time. But how did Live Tiles in Windows Phone 8 come about at Microsoft?
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For those who are unaware just what Live Tiles do on Windows Phone, they replace static app icons one is accustomed to seeing on competitor platforms (iOS, Android, etc.). Displaying useful information from within an app, Live Tiles ensure users spend less time navigating around the device but receive relevant information they need from the app itself.
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The MGH Department of Surgery hosted Lord Ara Darzi of Denham, England, as the keynote speaker of the third annual Charles D. McCabe Lecture in Surgical Education Sept. 16. Darzi is the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery at the Imperial College of London, a member of the House of Lords and the former parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Department of Health of the United Kingdom. He is one of the world's foremost experts in surgical education and quality, safety and value in surgical practice. In addition to his "Innovation and Surgical Training" lecture, Darzi met with Department of Surgery and MGH leaders to discuss both education and quality programs.
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We've seen how beneficial RSS can be to both publishers and readers alike earlier in this series so, with that in mind, it's going to be important to encourage as many people as possible to subscribe to your feed so that they receive your latest posts automatically.
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1. Promote your feed prominently on your blog
It's important to make sure that the RSS icon / feed link is displayed in a prominent position at the top of your blog – as with anything, the placement on the page is very important and, in general, the higher up the page you place it, the more attention and clicks it will attract. What some blogs do is have the feed link appearing down in the footer of the page – don't make that mistake yourselves!
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While we can talk about how useful RSS is (and it is!), that will not overcome the fact that a lot of people remain much more comfortable with email and slightly hesitant in the face of technology they're not totally familiar with. So give them what they want. Offer the option to receive your blog updates automatically via email (ssshh – it's still using RSS really) – Feedburner, Feedblitz and Aweber all have systems to help you to do this.
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They've read your post – they've loved what you've written – so what better time to remind them that they can get all your articles delivered to them automatically than by adding a link to your feed at the bottom of each post together with a (Attention: marketing term!) call to action. They need never miss a thing you write again.
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Most of us have a "signature" at the bottom of every email we send – usually it contains our contact details and perhaps a short tagline for the business. Well, what better place to get your RSS feed information out to people you're in contact with. You can do this either as a link or, if you use Feedburner, then you can use their "headline animator" and have the titles of your last 5 posts appear to help encourage people along.
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In business, we are in contact with potential customers on a constant basis, whether that's when we give presentations, run seminars, participate in exhibitions etc. Here's a great opportunity to help them get all your latest news and really get to know what you're all about by making sure they are clear where to find your feed and what to do with it.
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As I mentioned above, there are still many people who remain unclear of what RSS is and the benefits that it can offer them. Help them to find out. Put together a page which gives details of what RSS is and how they can use it to keep up with all the information they look at on a daily basis. To make it easy, if you'd like to use the introduction to RSS page I put together then please do – and if you could mention where you found it then that would be even better.
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Not all feeds are created equal. You can send out the complete post (full feed) or just an excerpt of it (partial feed) in your RSS - the general consensus seems to indicate that you are more likely to keep the subscribers if you offer them a full feed. The downside is that it does make it easier for scrapers to reproduce your content. I still say, "Go for full feed!".
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You can always give an incentive (reward, giveaway, thank you … call it what you want) for people to sign up – something like an ebook focusing on a subject of particular relevance to your readers would probably work well. The easiest way to achieve this is to create a special link within your RSS feed which appears at the bottom of each post and takes subscribers through to a page where the download can be accessed.
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Don't forget to use the other online marketing methods to promote your feed as well – email marketing, online PR, SEO, social networks even Pay Per Click all have their place to encourage new subscribers to follow you, should you decide that they are relevant.
10. Feeds to feed directories
Alongside general web directories and the blog directories, there are also RSS directories where you can submit your feed. Make the most of them and submit your feed to all the relevant ones you can find – making it visible to as many people as possible through them is only going to be of benefit and may encourage further syndication of your content.
11. Network elsewhere? Promote the feed there too
The likelihood is that you network on certain sites and also participate in forums where there are people who would be interested in the information your feed contains. Make sure that if your profile offers the chance to promote your feed that you use it and, perhaps more importantly, include it in your signature on posts or comments you make.
12. Encourage people to recommend your feed
This might be done simply through basic referral marketing by asking current subscribers to pass on details of your feed to colleagues and friends – if you want to help them to do this, then include an email a friend option or encourage social bookmarking if you feel that would be appropriate.
13. Include on key documents you distribute
Mention your feed as part of the information that you send out with ebooks, white papers etc. In my own case, there is a pdf which forms part of each section of my Business Blogging eCourse. This includes a link through to this blog's RSS feed so that people taking the course can also keep up on new posts at the same time.
14. In your Newsletters
Newsletters and blogs work really well together – very complementary! So make sure that you promote your RSS feed in your own newsletter and readers will be able to follow your blog inbetween the newsletters. You can then return the compliment and promote your newsletter via blog posts, distributed automatically by your feed.
What about you – do you have any ways that you recommend to increase your RSS subscribers that you'd like to share?
RSS Series:
1. RSS - An Introduction: So, what is RSS all about then?
2. RSS Benefits for businesses, bloggers and publishers
3. Business benefits of RSS to subscribers & readers
4. Ways to increase your RSS subscribers
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