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So it’s been a bit quite for us in the dropping department this weekend. I apologize for not being able to drop! I’m on vacation with limited, slow internet access and it’s a pain in the butt trying to load some 50 websites! I will try my best to drop this week, but things will be back to normal on Friday when I return home! In the meantime, subscribe to EntreBlast so you don’t miss new posts due to the lack of dropping! See, I’m sure you’ll forget to visit if you’re visit is due to reciprocating a drop. Just because I can’t return your drops this week doesn’t mean I won’t dish out new content!

This week’s winner of 150 ECs is…

fool of foolsville.net – Check out this interesting web blog!

Congrats! Your ECs have been sent!

Week 7 info:

Pot: 200 ECs

Sponsors: Worldwide Travel Blog  (150 ECs) – Check out this blog for cool facts, information, and pictures of various places!

Entrance: A simple comment on this post will get you in!

If you’d like to donate to the Weekly Entrecredit Blast, visit my Entrecard profile! Your donation will be put in next week’s pot and you’ll receive a link to your blog! Plus, you’ll still be allowed to enter for a chance to win the pot!

Two months of doing the weekly poll! Wow wee!

This week, with recent drama in the Entrecard forums, will be focused on the forums.

Do you read or post in the Entrecard forums?

Drop a comment!

Like the name? So the last post mentioned an EntreBlast contest was just basically rambling. I was celebrating the entrance into the top 100k of Alexa and the next thing you know I’m asking for a bunch of different stuff to sponsor a huge giveaway. Well, I’ve now come to my senses and I realize that I don’t want to giveaway a ton of variety of stuff- that would just make it confusing and potentially disastrous. Let’s stick with just Entrecard credits.

Donate to the EntreBlast Summer Credit Splash

You can donate ECs to the contest via my Entrecard profile. Then click on ‘Give Credits to This Site’. Your credits will remain securely in my account and I will distribute all EC prizes to the winners. It’s preferable that you donate in even 00 increments (100, 200, 400, 1000, 5000, etc). Any amount of ECs is appreciated! However, if you want a link to your blog on the sponsors list there is a minimum required! These are set to shorten the list and reward those that helped support the contest the most!

400 or less: Thanks for the donation! You won’t appear on the sponsors list but we’ll still thank you.

500: Minimum to appear on sponsors list. You’ll be on the list but it won’t be required for contest entrants to link to you when they publish the list on their blog. This is to shorten the list so it’s not spammy looking.

1000 (to 4000): Thanks! You’ll appear on the sponsors list and be included in the link-to-sponsors-for-an-entry section.

5000 (to 9000): Awesome! Thanks for sponsoring! You’ll appear higher on the list in a separated section.

10,000+: Wow! You’ll be on the top of the list plus you’ll receive a month’s worth of advertising on EntreBlast for free!

Visit my Entrecard profile if you’re interested!

Alright, after this week we’re going back to doing this on Sundays, sorry for that. The winner of a huge 554 ECs is…

Silla of Bits and Pixels – Check out this tech blog and read about web contests, technology, design, and more!

Your ECs have been sent! Congrats on winning a HUGE pot!

Week 6 info:

Pot:  150 ECs

Sponsors: None

Entrance: Let’s go back to commenting. Just a simple comment and you’re in!

If you’d like to donate to the Weekly Entrecredit Blast, visit my Entrecard profile! Your donation will be put in next week’s pot and you’ll receive a link to your blog! Plus, you’ll still be allowed to enter for a chance to win the pot!

Another Friday, another question! Oh by the way, I will be distributing your ECs if you participated in week 5’s question this week! Sorry for the delay!

This question pertains to Entrecard’s blog:

Do you read Entrecard’s Blog? Are you subscribed? How often to you check the blog for new content?

Please, drop a comment!

That’s right! In less than three months, EntreBlast has managed to dive under the Alexa 200k barrier! I didn’t expect it to happen so quick, but it did! Hopefully, we will continue a steady climb down. Thanks guys for dropping on EntreBlast and checking it out daily!

Here’s what I want to do now. I want to hold a bangin’ awesome contest giveaway on my blog to celebrate… summer! It’d be a little selfish to hold a contest to celebrate my own success, so the theme will be focused around something hopefully everyone enjoys!

I need your help!

I only have so many ECs. The bigger the prize, the more fun it’ll be! So, I’m asking for you guys to help me out! Whether you want to donate a cash prize, ECs, free memberships, etc, it’ll be much appreciated!

ECs:  You can donate ECs to the contest via my Entrecard profile. Then click on ‘Give Credits to This Site’. Your credits will remain securely in my account and I will distribute all EC prizes to the winners. It’s preferable that you donate in even 00 increments (100, 200, 400, 1000, 5000, etc). The more you donate, the higher you’ll appear on the EC sponsor list:

400 or less: Thanks for the donation! You won’t appear on the sponsors list but we’ll still thank you.
500: Minimum to appear on sponsors list. You’ll be on the list but it won’t be required for contest entrants to link to you when they publish the list on their blog. This is to shorten the list so it’s not spammy looking.
1000 (to 4000): Thanks! You’ll appear on the sponsors list and be included in the link-to-sponsors-for-an-entry section.
5000 (to 9000): Awesome! Thanks for sponsoring! You’ll appear higher on the list in a separated section.
10,000+: Wow! You’ll be on the top of the list plus you’ll receive a month’s worth of advertising on EntreBlast for free!

Visit my Entrecard profile if you’re interested!

Other Prizes You Can Sponsor With:

There are other ways to sponsor, and people will like them just as much (if not more!). Here are some ideas if you don’t have enough ECs to spare:

-Free advertising on your blog
-Money!
-Gift Cards (that can be used online please- Amazon, iTunes, etc will work!)
-Consultation sessions
-eBooks (must either own the book or have resell rights)
-Blog/website reviews

Those are probably the most idealized and simple to give away. For more ideas,  remember the Hochstadt Party Contest? Check out that post for some inspiration.

Everything (decent) is appreciated! If you want to sponsor something other than ECs, contact me and let me know! Or you can contact me with questions and concerns.

Alright, here’s what is up. Last week we missed the Entrecredit Blast due to the unexpected Entrecard outage. So, we are going to combine #4’s pot, add the ECs from drops to the pot, and come up with one big pot for this week. This will make it a ton easier and the pot will be twice as big!

Week 5 info:

Pot: 554 ECs!

Sponsors: None for this week

Entrance: This week we’re changing it up again but, keeping it simple. Stumble EntreBlast and then leave a comment on this post with your Stumbleupon username. If you’re not a member, sign up for Stumbleupon! It’s free to join and a great way to find new websites.

If you’d like to donate to the Weekly Entrecredit Blast, visit my Entrecard profile! Your donation will be put in next week’s pot and you’ll receive a link to your blog! Plus, you’ll still be allowed to enter for a chance to win the pot!

Our sixth week of the weekly Entrecard Thoughts Friday!

This week’s question is obviously going to be dealing with Entrecard’s new buy credits feature.

Have you bought credits through Entrecard.com yet or have you attempted to buy any? How many did you buy?

Feel free to drop a comment!  Also, you can still participate in last week’s Entrecard Thoughts Friday #5 and receive 50 ECs! I’ll leave that open for this weekend.

This week on Entrecard Thoughts Friday, I need your help again!

I’m considering tossing Project Wonderful. It’s been running for weeks now only to see less than a dollar sitting in our account. Instead, EntreBlast is considering selling ads directly! So, actually there is more than one question this week.

Traffic info: EntreBlast became officially open on March 31st, 2008. It’s been almost two months and we have bounced all the way down to an Alexa traffic ranking of 263,320. And, this is all just from dropping and posting occasionally in the forums. With new features and a big contest in the works for June and July, we plan to keep climbing down.

Answer all of the questions truthfully, and you’ll be rewarded 50 ECs! By ads, we are talking about 125×125 ads on the sidebar. You can enter by commenting on this post or contacting me.

1. Would you be interested in advertising on EntreBlast?
2. Would you be willing to pay in cash? How about in Entrecredits? Which one would you prefer?
3. What time frame would you prefer to have an ad of yours running for? A week or a month at a time?
4. How much (in $) would you pay for a 31 day ad on EntreBlast? For a 1 week ad?
5. How much (in ECs) would you pay for a 31 day ad? For a 1 week ad?