I came across a fun idea on WordPress developer Jeremy Herve’s blog (I previously wrote about using one of his plugins) to include a welcome message with RSS feed items thanking subscribers. I decided to add a small thank you note to my feed footers using Jeff Starr’s Simple Custom Content plugin, which I already used to ensure that all feed items conclude with a link to the original and a copyright notice. I decided to make my thank you message focus primarily on thanking people for subscribing, but added a note that feeds are the best way to subscribe.