EntreCard is a great way of improving traffic flow on your blog by leaving (or ‘dropping’) virtual ‘business cards’ on other participants’ blogs. By doing this, you earn credits which can be exchanged for advertising and promotion for your blog within the EntreCard network.
EntreCard got me 250 visitors in the first three days I used it. So how did I manage it? Here are some tips for effective use of EntreCard.
- Create a banner as the standard text links are largely unappealing. Take the time to construct your own custom banner ad (125 x 125px) to be striking and effectively depict your blog’s theme. Remember, this will represent your blog within the whole EntreCard network.
- Place your own EntreCard quite high up on your page. People surfing quickly will be able to swiftly drop their card and it makes your blog more appealing to potential advertisers.
- Download the Entrecard Toolbar for Firefox. With a fast computer, you can scroll through 300 blogs in around 1 and a half hours. The favourites feature also makes creating a droplist much easier.
Method
- Begin with blogs in your inbox, then move onto your droplist (favourites). These represent your core followers.
- Next, go through the newest blogs (All categories) as they are likely to have new, active droppers
- Then, scroll through the most popular blogs in your category, and finally the most popular in similar categories/all categories.
Purchasing ads
- As you build up credits, you will be able to advertise on the more popular blogs. Place an emphasis on blogs in your own category and advertise on both cheap and expensive blogs 50%-50%
- Alternatively, you can save up your credits to exchange them for real cash. See here for more details.
of course it really effective. We just need to keep trying and do our best.
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I didn’t know anything about Entrecard only had heard of it but, now I feel like I know a lot more thanks to you. This was informative and interesting thanks for the information.