Entrecard’s New Partner

By Casey | July 15, 2008

Buzz has been generating yesterday after Graham mentioned in the ‘Latest Buzz’ section of the Dashboard that Entrecard is going to be announcing its new partner on Tuesday. Well, today is the day. At 00:00 AM Eastern time, Graham announced Entrecard’s new partner.

The new Entrecard partner is:

Sezwho

Sezwho is a social networking site encouraging users to provide quality content and build a reputation for doing so. Your contributions (such as guest posting and commenting) get tracked and can be seen on your Sezwho profile. This builds credibility and reputation.

What does this mean for Entrecard now?

Sezwho will help add a community feel as well as rewarding users for commenting on other blogs. You’ll earn ECs for comments that you make on blogs. Quality comments is a must though! You won’t earn credits for lame comments. Users will rate your comments and from there you’ll receive between 1 and 10 ECs. Sweet huh?

Get Started with Sezwho

Getting started is super easy. You can register from your Entrecard Dashboard! Once there, under QuickStats, you should see a link asking you to sign up with Sezwho. Fill out the three fields and you are done! Once you have registered, you will have to download and activate the plugin to your blog.

For more information, Graham has posted a lengthy announcement on the Entrecard blog. Check out the official announcement of the partnership between Entrecard and Sezwho.

P.S - Sezwho is activated on EntreBlast!

Weekly Entrecredit Blast #10

By Casey | July 13, 2008

Sorry for posting this late. Ever had one of those days where you just don’t feel like writing? Yeah, it was one of those days. The winner of the 444 EC pot is:

JunkieYard Dot Com - Check out this blog, there is a huge Entrecard contest going on!

Congrats! Your prize has been sent!

Week 10 Info:

Pot: 807 ECs! Almost doubled of last weeks!

Sponsors:
your hand in mine (500 ECs) - Pictures and interesting stories that go along. Thanks for the huge donation!
Blog-o-Ninja (157 ECs) - Blogging tips and tricks!
Worldwide Travel Blog (150 ECs) - Sweet travel pictures and places!

Entrance: Stumble EntreBlast’s homepage: www.entreblast.com. Then, leave a comment on this post with your stumble upon username!

If you’d like to sponsor 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!

Entrecard Thoughts Friday #10

By Casey | July 11, 2008

Into the double digits with Entrecard Thoughts Friday. I just realized I missed last week, I guess due to celebrating the 4th of July!

This week let’s talk about Entrecard’s new weekly feature- the scavenger hunt. Every week a criteria is set and the object is to find blogs that fit this criteria. The first 6 to correctly submit win a prize.

Have you participated in the Scavenger Hunt Thursdays yet? What do you think about the new blog feature?

Drop a comment and share your thoughts!

Drop Faster With Firefox 3

By Casey | July 8, 2008

Firefox 3 was officially released last month and has been impressive regarding some changes, fixes, and especially speed. I downloaded Firefox 3 the day it was officially released, June 18th,  and have been impressed on the improvement with web page loading times. I’m sure those who have it downloaded will agree with me! You won’t notice it when loading Google or Yahoo, but when it comes to widget-heavy, poor hosted, blogs- you’ll definitely see the difference!

Firefox 3 has decreased my time spent dropping a lot. I get more drops than I did a month ago, but I’m dropping faster than I did a month ago as well! Perfect timing! With Firefox 2, the website I was browsing on would become laggy after opening three or four blogs that I would drop on once they completely loaded. Now, I can open, in tabs, more than 6 blogs and never experience any laggy. With Firefox 3, you get faster loading times, and no lag. Horray!

So, I recommend that you download Firefox 3 to help improve your dropping experience. Especially if you are one of those 300 drops a day people! I can guarantee your drop time will be shorter. I feel like I’m trying to sell you something! Haha.

If you aren’t a Firefox user already, now is a great time to become one! It is the most popular web browser, and not to mention the best as far as speed, safety, customizable, and the list goes on! Normally, I’m a skeptic when it comes to trying something new and popular, like I was with Entrecard! I didn’t join until a few months ago. Firefox was something I surprisingly got into early and and relieved I chose to do it sooner- I can’t stand Internet Explorer now!

There will always be a rivalry between IE and FF, but not a competition.

Weekly Entrecredit Blast #9

By Casey | July 6, 2008

Week number 9! Woo hoo! Week 8’s winner of 321 ECs is:

Kevin at Geeks: DIY - Learn how to hack out your car, tv, even your door!

Congrats Kevin! Your prize has been sent!

Week 9 Info:

Pot: 444 ECs!

Sponsors: Worldwide Travel Blog (150 ECs) - This weeks winner and sponsor! I guess that equals out to two free links and extra attention in just one post!

Entrance: Leave a comment on this post and you will be entered!

If you’d like to sponsor 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!

EntreBlast Site News - 07/03

By Casey | July 3, 2008

Hey! This is our first edition of EntreBlast Site News. Occasionally, I’ll write a post like this to give updates and information on the happenings around the blog! I hate the feeling of being distant from my readers. So, here we go!

Advertising Available on EntreBlast

This is something I’m very excited about. I have finally dropped Project Wonderful from my blog. Making 30 cents a month won’t get me anywhere! I probably will look to further monetizing my blog later on. The last thing I want to do is scare people away with a bunch of ads everywhere!

There are 6 ad spots in the sidebar available for purchasing. The current cost is $10/month or 1500 ECs/month. This is a super sweet deal for a blog with an Alexa rank of 177,728. To pay with cash via Paypal, simply click on an ad spot and fill out the details! If you’re interested in paying with ECs, send the amount to my Entrecard Profile and under note/reason write ‘EntreBlast Ad Spot’. I’ll send you a PM asking for your ad image in return!

For more information, check out the new Advertise page.

Summer Credit Splash Update

We have hit the 15,000 EC mark for the pot total! This came way faster than expected, but nonetheless I’m happy. One 5,000 EC donation has been received, and several 1,000 EC donations have been sent our way. Thanks guys! I decided to include the pot total count on the sidebar, and will update regularly.

Oh, and it’s definitely not to late to donate! I’ll be setting a goal to hit and the contest will start once that goal is reached. I want this to be big! If you donate you’ll be rewarded with links back!

Check out the Summer Credit Splash post for more information.

New Feed Image

Something very minor but I’ve replaced the poor quality EntreBlast feed image with something a bit nicer. I finally have a better image-editing software and the first thing was to toss that old feed image.

Join the Entrecard Digg Train!

By Casey | July 1, 2008

With the recent post, “Promoting Your Blog With Digg“, Graham is looking to form an Entrecard community on Digg consisting of at least 200 members. Graham’s digg username is EntreLangdon, and we are well on our way to achieving the 200 member goal. Graham currently has 55 friends and I’m sure by the end of today he’ll have around 200.

Join Digg!

Digg is a great way to find interesting articles and even submit your own in hopes of getting “Dugg” and noticed. The goal here is get fellow Entrecarders using Digg and start Digging posts they enjoyed reading from blogs they’ve dropped on. Digg is free to join and use and can provide you with a new source of traffic.

The Entrecard Community on Digg

Having friends on Digg makes helping your peers and getting your posts dugg even easier. Once you have created a Digg.com account, make a comment on the post “Promoting Your Blog With Digg” or on this post with your Digg username. I’ll be compiling a list of Digg usernames here making it easier to add fellow Entrecarders!

The List
Below is a list of Digg usernames belonging to Entrecard users who have submitted it to this post or the Entrecard blog.
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Entrecard’s Comment Rush

By Casey | June 30, 2008

Early yesterday, Graham brought up an idea in the Entrecard forums, deciding to organize a comment “bomb” or I guess it is also known as a comment “rush”. The idea is to select a quality post from a member’s blog, and spotlight it on the Entrecard blog. Users will be pointed to the user’s blog and post and then asked to comment on that post. The goal is to give 100 comments to that blog post.

There are many benefits to this comment rush, for both the receiver of the comment rush and those who comment on the receiver’s blog.

Benefits for the Commenter:
-Share your thoughts and critiques on a fellow members blog
-Free exposure, even if it is just a little bit
-Participate and give to the Entrecard Community

Benefits for the Receiver of a Comment Rush:
-Tons of free exposure
-100 quality comments with feedback on the post
-Chance to receive new regular readers and feed subscribers

Of course, if you’re selected for the comment rush, there are greater benefits. Imagine having free exposure to a site with thousands of active members! That should get your motivation up and running, right?

Personally, I think this new comment rush is a great idea. For one, it will help develop a community-like feel to Entrecard. Not that there isn’t a feel already. It’ll also motivate users to produce quality articles for their blog. If you could write an original, quality article for the chance to receive a spotlight on Entrecard, wouldn’t you? It’s a great way to reward those who put a lot of effort into writing something worth reading!

If you want to spotlight one of your posts, send Graham a message!

Entrecard’s First Comment Rush

The plan was to hold the first comment rush this coming Friday, but I guess excitement got the best of Graham and he decided to do it later yesterday, after the response in the forums was overwelmingly positive! So, was it a success, or a failure?

Success!

Before the day ended, the first ever comment rush was organized, produced, and then completed. Ken Armstrong was the first lucky victim of the Entrecard Comment Rush with his post, “Music and Driving“. As of right now, 10 AM Monday, Ken has received over 150 comments on that post. That is truly the work of a helping community! Ken received 150+ comments, tons of exposure, and probably a dozen links to his post and blog.

Now here’s the ultimate question: Will the users of Entrecard continue to comment on this new regular event? Or will momentum rub off and after a few weeks, it’ll take more than a day to get the 100 comments to a blog post? Only time will tell!

Weekly Entrecredit Blast #8

By Casey | June 29, 2008

Two months worth of giving away free Entrecard credits! Woohoo! Week 7’s winner of 200 ECs is:

Mark of World Wide Travel Blog - Check out this travel blog for regularly updated posts with interesting places and pictures!

Congrats! Your ECs have been sent!

Week 8 Info:

Pot: 321 ECs

Sponsors: Worldwide Travel Blog  (150 ECs) - This weeks winner and sponsor! I guess that equals out to two free links and extra attention in just one post!

Entrance: Comment on this post and you will be entered!

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!

Entrecard Quick Drop Pages Officially Banned

By Casey | June 28, 2008

Effective July 1st, this coming Tuesday, Entrecard Quick Drop sites will be banned from Entrecard. These are simple-crafted pages and even entire sites made with nothing but Entrecard widget(s). Also known as Power Dropping, the idea is to easily locate the Entrecard widget(s), making it fast to just drop and leave the empty page. It’s just another way to cheat the system and now the Entrecard Team has decided to penalize those taking advantage.

I repeat: Starting July 1st, all Power/Quick Dropping Websites will be banned from Entrecard. Additionally, any of them that slip through the cracks and eventually caught, well the people that have been using them can be penalized as well.

Do not get confused. If your site is fast loading or your Entrecard widget is in a very prominent location, you won’t be banned. For example, those using the Entrecard Popper plug in on their blog is still acceptable.