Because Everyone Is Talking About It Anyway

Just about every blog that I read lately is talking about Entrecard. OK FINE.

Yes I signed up, yes I am getting a bunch of traffic from it, yes I have met some really cool people because of it and yes it is worth your time and energy.

Since everyone else is doing it and my draft menu is getting a little low, I too am going to write a glowing review about Entrecard!

Here is what you do. You sign up and upload the image you want for your business card. Once that is done, you have to put the Entrecard widget on your site. From there, any site you visit with the Entrecard widget, you will be able to drop your card. This results in your card showing up in the widget owner's control panel.

There are 2 ways get traffic from Entrecard. Once when other EC users click on your card in their dashboard and two, when people click on the 125 x 125 ad on a site that you are advertising on.

There is a cost for advertising on someone else's site. However you pay with your Entrecard Credits. These credits are earned when someone advertises on your site OR when you drop a card on someone else's widget.

Not that it's any real big deal, well actually it kind of is for me since I am a big fan, but guess who is wants to advertise on The Big Bald Blog? John Chow! Here is a screen shot of his card in my pending file, and yes I approved it.



Bottom line? This is the single most effective (and fun) thing I have participated in that brings traffic in. Some have even started blog contests that are offering Entrecard Credits to the winners.

I have nabbed the RSS feeds from blogs like Sly Bald Guys, Gorilla Sushi, Caveman Conclusion, Marketing Deviant, CK Marketing, Cigar Jack and many others because of it. If you have a blog, head on over and check it out. It's definitely worth doing!

On a side note, I am still seeing BlogRush widgets all over the place, is anyone getting any traffic from that? I know I'm not.