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After seeing the advertisement for The Ad Master EVERYWHERE (seriously, if you haven’t seen it, you must be new to Entrecard), I decided to do an interview. Learn about The Ad Master blog, their success with Entrecard, and where the image that represents The Ad Master on Entrecard came from.

So, describe what your blog is all about.

I started this blog so I could consolidate all of the information I had learned on Internet Marketing. I had 100s of bookmarks and quite a few ebooks to look through everytime I was promoting a new product. I finally got fed up and started a blog. The posts in this site are usually the result of me trying to learn more about a specific subject.

What inspired you to start your blog?

I started Theadmaster.net because I wanted one site where new marketers/bloggers/internet entrepreneurs could find information on everything they need to get started online. This was kind of, I wish there was something like this when I started, sort of thing.

How many cards do you drop daily? How many cards do you get dropped on you daily?

I drop 300 cards everyday. (I have a couple other blog and I try to drop 300 on them too, but that hardly ever works) – Before the paid advertisement fiasco I was recieving 500-600 drops a day, now it is more like 400-500 a day.

How many ads do you have running every day?

It depends, I have at least 5 running every day. I spend all the credits I earn every day on advertising. I never save them up.

Where do you get all of these Entrecard credits from? Have you had them saved or do you buy them?

I earn around 3000 ECs a day (all three of my blogs together). Sometimes I buy credits and sometimes I buy paid advertising.

How many ECs have you spent on placing Entrecard ads total?

I don’t know how many ECs I’ve spent all together but I have placed 3789 ads (I buy a lot in the 512-768 range)

How has placing all of these ads with Entrecard and dropping daily effected your blog?

Entrecard has helped me gain a steadily growing reader base. I know a lot of people don’t like the whole drop and run concept, but I think, do anything to get the people to your site – hopefully they’ll see something that makes them want to stay.

Now, about the image that you use to advertise with – what made you come up with this idea? Where’d you find the image?

My son picked it out (typical 11 year old) – I told him I was looking for something that would attract attention. I bought the image from bigstockphoto.

I’ve seen your ad in Adgitize and CMF Ads widgets too. How heavy are you advertising with those ad platforms and how successful have they been for you?

I just started advertising with adgitize this week. CMF, I think I have bought $20 worth of credits and I reinvest the credits I earn on new ads. I definitely spend more time on EC – I love the traffic and the interaction with other bloggers.

What’s one piece of advice you’d like to share with Entrecard users?

With everything going on at EC lately I would tell people to not be so quick to judge others in the blogosphere (something I’ve been guilty of) Too many people getting mad and quitting, stick it out – in the end Entrecard brings you visitors and is worth every minute you spend on it.

Thanks for the interview! Be sure to check out The Ad Master blog.

A new post category is being introduced today with this post: Interviews. I plan on conducting interviews with Graham, Phirate, other Entrecard staff members, and even Entrecard users. These will be conducted every once and a while. Expect one at least after a newly launched feature.

Last week on Entrecard Thoughts Friday, I asked what you guys thought would be next for Entrecard. Well now I’ll dish out what IS next for Entrecard. I was able to take 10 minutes away from Graham’s super busy schedule to find out more what his plans are for Entrecard.
Learn about the good investment news, the improvements for various areas of Entrecard, and the future of Entrecard’s Development Day.

1. What’s coming up next for Entrecard? A new feature, a new partnership announcement, an improved feature?
Well, the VERY next thing for Entrecard is to close an investment of seven figures. This will allow us to hire a proper staff, developers, etc. We’re pretty close.

2. What do you see for the future of Entrecard?
Credits embedded deeply into the economy, with a 100% liquidity rate (meaning you can sell them immediately to others, whenever you feel like), and a completely balanced economy.

3. What are your thoughts on the following features? How are you planning to improve them?

- The Entrebar
There are a lot of things we’re planning with the Entrebar. One of them may or may not be to include a filter for social media, so you can drop only on members who use digg, or only on members who use stumble, etc.

- The forums

- The economy
The economy is going to take a little work. We are going to release a suite of virtual goods you can purchase, to pull more and more credits out of the economy. Once we achieve a balance (that is, the same amount of credits that are created are pulled out of the economy in tandem), we will really be able to open up and do some amazing things.

- The Entrecard shop
This is at the very top of my list. The current shop system is broken, and we do intend to fix it, allow everyone to be sellers, and release a widget to make the point of sale right at your very own blog.

4. A few months back, you a Phirate held a Development Day, which was where users could log onto a chat room, joining you and Phirate to talk about new features, current features, and suggestions for improvements. What do you think about holding another one to get some ideas and opinions from members in a live chat session again?
It’s possible. We’re really stretched for human resources right now, but once we close an investment there is a very good chance you will see this become a regular (monthly, bi-monthly) part of Entrecard culture.

Cheers,
Graham