This is a neat little trick using a feature of feedburner that some people may not be aware of yet.

Step 1:

If you haven’t yet burned your RSS feed using feedburner, I strongly recommend you do so. Feedburner has a ton of tools, and this feature is just the tip of the iceburg.

Step 2:

After doing that, go to the PUBLICIZE tab on your feed’s management menu.

Step 3:

You will see on the left sidebar, an option called HEADLINE ANIMATOR: Display Rotating Headlines. This will create a box containing your 5 most headlines, displayed in rotation. You can add this box to any html page. This is what mine looks like:

Step 4:

Under the ADD TO drop down box on that page, select EMAIL SIGNATURE. So far, this function can be used in Outlook Express, Yahoo mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, and they also have workarounds for Gmail and Apple mail.

If your email signature supports html, you can click on the Other (just gimme the code). I used the html option in yahoo mail, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it works in hotmail as well.

Step 5:

That’s it! Having your latest 5 rotating headlines tacked on the end of every outgoing email is sure to bring at least a boost to your traffic.

Update: You can use this little hack to use it in Gmail as well.

P.S. China’s Stolen-Media-of-the Day: The entire first season of Friends. The Offender: Yoqoo.com.

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