Entrecard – Fantastic Idea or a Flop?
Today I have signed up for Entrecard after getting an email from the CEO, Graham Langdon. Entrecard is the square widget (the 125×125 button on the top right of my blog [or at the bottom of this post]) that is like a virtual business card. webmasters can install them on their blog, and then when you visit another website using Entrecard, you can “drop your card” much like you would in real life meeting a new business acquaintance. Every time you drop your Entrecard on another blog, or every time someone drops one on yours, you earn a credit. Credits can then be cashed out by advertising you 125×125 button on other websites running the widget. I have installed Entrecard to give it an official case study to see how well you can network with other bloggers, and how well the advertising system works. I want to see if the idea actually benefits everyone, or if the theory is only good on paper (Communism anyone?).
Commenthunt helps you build links to increase website traffic
This is the 12th part of The Link Building Cookbook series showing you the best places to build links to increase website traffic.
A great way to build backlinks is from related blogs. The problem that most people run into is the blogs do not have a “Top Commentators” plugin, or do not have search engine friendly blog comments. I have run across a blog search engine that lists only blogs that have dofollow enabled. So far, the list is pretty small, but I feel it has potential and should not be overlooked. The site is called CommentHunt.com.
A blogger experiment using Google Alerts
This is just an experiment that I wanted to do. I wanted to know how many other bloggers use Google Alerts to get updated emails when other sites mention their name or their blog.
rssHugger Removes Registration Fee – Promote Your Blog for Free
After the soft launch of my new startup rssHugger earlier this November, I have been receiving ample amounts of feedback from the community. I have finally responded to the popular vote by removing the $10 registration fee associated with signing up. Now if you own a quality blog, and make a blog post/review about rssHugger, you can get your own blog listed in rssHugger for 10 years for free. The same quality standards still apply, and I will still be manually approving blogs, but now you do not have to spend any money to promote your blog. If you do not want to make a blog post about rssHugger, you can opt out by paying a one time fee of $20, which runs down to only $2 per year making rssHugger the biggest bang for your buck in terms of blog advertising and promotion.
Happy Thanksgiving! I am a $10,000 IdeaBlob Finalist – Vote for me!
Happy thanksgiving everyone! Today I have an extra reason to be giving thanks… I am one of the top 8 finalists competing for the best business idea of November. IdeaBlob and the entrepreneurial community has nominated me, and I need your help to win!
I previously asked for support, and I received the few extra votes I needed to make it to the finals. For the finals, all votes are reset to zero, and you can only nominate the final 8 ideas. I really need everyone’s help! If I win, I will be putting thousands of dollars back into contests, as well as continue my ongoing marketing campaign for rssHugger.
Mashable is your #1 Big Bad Boost for Beginner Bloggers
This is the eleventh post in The Link Building Cookbook series, showing you all of the hidden techniques of building links to your website or blogs to increase website traffic.
One of my favorite blogs that I subscribe to is Mashable.com. Mashable is the internet’s largest social networking blog, and frequently ranks in the top 10 blogs overall according to Technorati. Unlike most other extremely popular blogs (Techcrunch, Engadget, etc), Mashable receives far less comments on every post. This is an extremely good thing for you though! The main reason Mashable posts get less comments than Techcrunch for example is that Techcrunch usually leaves a post on the homepage for 10-12 hours, while Mashable can crank out 20 to 30 posts per day. So now that you have some background information on one of my favorite blogs, lets get down to business.
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