Here’s the first in a series of promote your blog tools that I’m going to be having on this blog. Along with great content, promoting your blog is extremely important! What does it matter if you have great content if no one visits your blog? That’s right… there is no point! People need to visit your blog in order for you to have success. This is why promoting is so important. Entrecard can help you do this in a very effective manner. The cost is right too… FREE!

EDIT:  In one day I’ve racked up 100 credits, and have had 13 ads bought from me.  Those are some pretty good results, I’d say.  Of course I’m still waiting for those private ad sales!

So.. what is entrecard? Entrecard is a promotion tool that is kind of like Blog Explosion. When you sign up for Entrecard, you design your own card, which is a 125 x 125 banner. The banner for this blog is rather plain, but that should be changing soon. Anyway, once your card is all set, you can get the code for the Entrecard widget. There are several formats for this widget. The currently available sizes are 127 x 148, 200 x 127 and 250 x 127. This is great because the widget does not take up a lot of space on your sidebar.

Once the widget is placed on your blog, you are all set to start promoting. To promote your blog, you simply visit another site that has the Entrecard widget and “drop your card”. Dropping your card will earn you credits, which you can use to purchase ads on other Entrecard blogs. The amount of credits it takes to display your ad for a day is equal to the number of credits that blog receives in one day, times two. People can also buy ads on your blog for the same pricing scheme. Keep in mind that “dropping” your card will not make your card display, you must purchase it. However, this is great because purchasing ad space with credits is much cheaper than dropping $500 for a banner on John Chow!

Lots of blogs are currently promoting this service, so its a great way to get your name out there. I don’t see things getting too flooded, as the wait time on a big blog such as John Cow is only 11 days. I’ve had good results even having placed no ads. There have already been 25 clicks to this blog just from me dropping my card on other people’s blogs! I also have a cool user number, 1234. I should mention that when you drop your card, it shows up on their dashboard and they can click thru to your blog. This will definitely get your blog out there on the radar.

So what are you waiting for? Grab an Entrecard and get started promoting your blog!

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