> The trick to getting people to sign up is... (you are not going to like this)... a pop-up.
LOL. No sir, I don't like it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGlN6mluGA
But I am going to put the subscription form at least at the bottom of each post, and think of other ways to get it in front of people. I may consider a popup in the future if I put the work in to make sure people who are already subscribed generally don't see it. Like when they confirm their subscription, set a cookie that will block the popup. Something like that. Or a "don't show me this again" button. I didn't see a popup on your site FWIW.
EDIT: Or duh, just a URL param like show_popup=false in the notification email URL.
Anyway thanks for the feedback. I'm realizing now that I've read your posts in the past and really enjoyed them, so you have another subscriber!