Guess the Birthday and Win 200 Entrecard Credits
Who was born on March 11th? To celebrate this birthday, for this very successful person, Business Leaps is giving away 200 Entrecard Credits. Contest ends on March 11th 8:00 AM.
Hint: The Birthday person is extremely successful in our related field.
See if you be the first to guess and win the Contest! First person to guess in the comments below wins. Limited to one guess per person. Comments won’t be approved until March 11th.
Also, checkout our other Entrecard Contest, we’re giving away 500 Entrecard Credits.
Entrecard Contest, Win 500 Credits
It’s time to win 500 Entrecard Credits. I have 500 Credits going to one lucky reader. You can enter by making one comment on any article — preferably on an article other than this post.
Each genuine comment is an entry, so each comment greatly increases your chances of winning.
Contest ends in Seven (7) days — March 3rd, 2008. And at the end of the contest the winner will be picked randomly.
Enjoy!
Crafting a Successful Entrecard Strategy
About every 2.3 seconds a new, revolutionary – take your business to the next level without working – tool comes on-line. Many of these tools aren’t working as promised, mush like the ‘rushing of the blogs’ by Reese a few months back.
However there are a few that begin to offer incredible value to for bloggers and on-line entrepreneurs. One such tool is Entrecard. It’s the better version of a traffic exchange program. As Patric Altoft, on BlogStorm, says it’s “the widget that actually sends traffic.”
The Entrecard network uses credits, which can be sent to anyone on the network using the user’s email address. A credit comes from either dropping a card or receiving a card. Earning credits from dropping card encourages the users to visit blogs within the Entrecard network (real traffic). Second, allowing other blogs to advertise on your blog’s Entrecard widget earns credits.
Although several probloggers like John Chow and Darren Rowse are using Entrecard, Dave at eXtra seems to think the service is on its way out.“Entrecard is another widget fad that is spreading across the blogosphere right now.”
“Once the buzz wears out, [Entrecard’s owner] will sell the site, pocket a decent deal of money, and leave most people with another useless widget on their blogs.”
Yet other bloggers disagree saying Entrecard has increased traffic to their blog and being part of the network encourages repeat visitors. If its the visitors you might be looking for from Entrecard, here’s a few tips for success.
1) Advertise on Only the Best Blogs
There are two levels of thought for advertising on the ‘best’ sites. The first idea is advertising on the new or cheap sites. Generally the cost of having your ad on a new blog is 2 credits. With this low amount used, you can afford advertising on hundreds of blogs. Check the “Most Recent Tab” as much as possible and find relevant sites for your ad. Every time there’s a new blog, advertise on it.
The second idea of the ‘best’ blogs means blogs with the widget ‘above the fold.’ This means advertise on blogs where your ad will be seen. But this means finding sites with the widget above the fold and checking back to see if the widget has moved.
2) Put the Widget on All of Your Blogs
Most bloggers have multiple blogs, get an Entrecard for each of your blogs to see which blog it works best on. However, Entrecard does have a quality control in-place, so check to see if each blog meets the requirements for Entrecard. Second, as of now, Entrecard requires an email address for each Entrecard, so you’ll have to have multiple emails.
3) Drop and Network
You earn a credit from visiting a blog and dropping your Entrecard; however, most users drop and run. This drop-and-run refers to users bouncing to a blog, dropping a card, and visiting the next blog solely to earn more credits.
Instead visit the blogs in the Entrecard network and contribute to her blog by commenting, adding her blog to your blogroll, and writing about her posts. It’s the blogger who network — they’re the successful bloggers.
4) Move the Widget Higher
By having the widget be one of the first things visitors see, you can command more credits from other bloggers wanting to advertise on your blog. Second, this makes other Entrecard Users more likely to visit your site more often. Yes, that includes the drop-and-run visitors.
5) Be Patient
When you do create an account, you’ll be asked to approve adverts for other bloggers. Wait for the credit cost to move higher, which means you’ll earn more credits from others advertising on your site.
Finally, Entrecard isn’t the super pill for your blog; it’s just one more tool for networking and driving traffic to your site. At the end of the day, it’s the blogs that give tremendous value to the readers and advertisers that profit the most, so focus o giving tremendous value.
