Oh, of course it's not follow begging to put that in your footer! I'm not going to other people's blogs and asking them to do it.
The difference is like a guy with a sign on the street corner begging for money vs someone at a cash register in a store you voluntarily entered asking if you'd like to donate a dollar to Red Cross with your purchase.
Does that make sense?
Do people actually become more motivated by seeing that? Have you got any statistics or metrics that support doing it?
Yes! It's called a CTA (call to action) and it is an integral part of marketing. You can research the term in any search engine and find many sources to read and watch.
Yes, that makes it perfectly clear! Thank-you for that explanation. I had read a different post discouraging the asking for a follow, so I assumed that was a no-no across the board.
I know about call to action, but does it work here too? I suppose I should have made myself more clear in my initial question. (I was pulling an all-nighter trying to clear up all the BOLDED text in my comments, replies and feed tabs and was getting too tired to think clearly.)