Comments on: Entrecard – does it work?

By: Entrecard designs - Not being funny, but… | Web Design Harrogate - Thinksynergy.co.uk

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:26:00 +0000

[...] have been running with the Entrecard system for a few weeks now and have been largely impressed with it. I like the way it brings new people to the site, and [...]

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Comment your way to the top | Web Design Harrogate - Thinksynergy.co.uk — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:31:44 +0000

[...] to various people about various marketing strategies over the past few weeks, as well as trying out Entrecard. My findings have been very interesting. The debate has largely been about whether different [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:02:31 +0000

@A: You are completely correct and I think I overdid the point a little. Photography is a perfect example of somene that should be advertising here, but I haven’t had too many. I seem to get a lot of weird adverts cropping up that really wouldn’t be suitable (sexy chinese girls was the latest LOL).

Thanks for the comment

By: A.

A. — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:38:50 +0000

Accepting that yours is a professional blog, I still think that someone visiting for professional reasons may nevertheless be interested to see an advertisement for a photographic blog for instance, or some other unrelated subject. Disclaimer: I don’t have a photographic blog! Your advertiser today has a card showing on his own site that has nothing whatever to do with web design. Granted there is a lot of dross out there, but there are some excellent blogs which shouldn’t detract from your own image. You are entirely entitled to pick and choose your advertisers of course, and I don’t think anyone is trying to suggest otherwise, merely that you could possibly stretch your boundaries a little.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:31:29 +0000

hehe, well you’ve got a couple of links home from these comments If you fancy advertising drop your card again and I’ll accept. I was a little hasty (sorry) and am sure people will be wondering from these comments what your site is about anyway, so we may as well have your card on there. Your card was the red arrow, yes?

As the days go on I must say all this is a very pleasant (and big) surprise.

By: DownUnder

DownUnder — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:26:34 +0000

Jim, all is good, This valuable information is good feedback, you ask where is the content, ? and i think this is where it throws people. It is a web directory, but taken to new levels, and when first seen it is confusing.

the home page is soley dedicated to the new people in the system ( no little whats new here ) and the rest works like a directory but with added fetures, / promotions for those advertising in the directory etc. Our goal is simple, promote to the best of our ability those who choose to list with us, but we also have a long way to go like many.

Mate all is good and I will continue to, like we all do, learn and improve.

end result is I like your blog and have bookmarked it, keep up the great work.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:09:32 +0000

@Downunder : Thank you for the visit and thank you for taking time to comment in detail.

I do get quite a lot of advert requests and 99% I have declined. This is usually either because the card doesnt fit in with my subject matter, or the design of the card doesn’t fit in with the site. I did look at your site when I first got the request and I was confused as to what it was about (it looked like a car racing forum), hence I declined the ad. I didn’t mean anything personal, it just didn’t seem to fit with the subject matter I am writing about.

I am not usually quick to judge, and perhaps I was a little hasty. Where must I look on your site to find the content? I am happy to look again and if it fits with what I write about I will happily advertise your site.

Thanks again for taking time to comment

By: DownUnder

DownUnder — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:54:49 +0000

A very interesting and apt post, I think you make some valid points as to the pro’s and cons. I am with TWWSP and others here.

If you did not have EC i would not be reading your blog and posts, but where i differ is i just applied to advertise on your blog with EC and almost instantly i was sent a declined from you.

Most people may see this as bad but i do not, i wanted to visit the place that declined me so that i could learn and improve upon what i do ( everything has a positive )

What I found a little funny is how by skimming over the surface in short a time that these decisions are made. I have gone to extra levels to not only place the EC into the blog but also into the blog section of the directory, placed the EC into the support section and home page banners as well.

The site as along with what others say is to serve one purpose, to promote those who choose to advertise there in the best possible way and like many we have now promoted many varying topics and will continue to do so with our goal to become the very best we can become at it.

As others have also mentioned our visitor rates have gone through the roof and we do not look like slowing down.

So yes people do use EC to find and read about blogs ( we read every blog that advertised ) but can i also ask that people not be to quick to judge, you never know where your next regular visitor may come from.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:24:12 +0000

@TWWSP : Thanks for the comment. You made some good points there, thanks for visiting and thanks for the pointers.

I must say I am pleasantly surprised by the positive comments, I am definitely happy I tried this out, it’s looking like I will be sticking with it.

Thanks everyone!

By: The World's Worst Stock Picker

The World's Worst Stock Picker — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:18:52 +0000

1. If it was not for entrecard I would not be commenting on your blog.

2. Before entrecard my traffic to my site was less than 10 pages per day. Now is about 200 and growing.

3.Any type of traffic is good.

4. I really have not felt the effect of stumble upon or digg. The jury is still out on those.

5. I think that entrecard is a great idea that will get more popular as time goes by.