Comments on: EntreCard: The End of Once a Good Thing.

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:04:35 +0000

It’s hard work to make a blog popular.

But with some social media site, it just works better. For example, I find Twitter my next best way to advertise my blog.

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:23:17 +0000

You know this social bookmarketing thing for blogging has just plain and simple become work, no matter what site you use. I am really starting to believe that this thing to do is drop links on bigger blogs to generate traffic is the way to go. Renee's last blog post..Link Love Friday

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:38:18 +0000

Hey Guy,

It looks like the feed tag plugin works for you. And, I just followed you on Twitter.

By: Guy McLaren

Guy McLaren — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:32:05 +0000

Rudi This is just testing Commentluv, It is alledged that I can use the feed tag to tell it where my feed is. Guy McLaren's last blog post..Iranians rename Danish Pastries

By: Guy McLaren

Guy McLaren — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:23:58 +0000

Yup, I am also busy rethinking the adverts that have no real benefit. Entrecard is not doing much for me either. You may follow me in Twitter

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:07:50 +0000

Well, EntreCard was the first widget that actually benefited me when I first started using it. Previously I was using BlogRush and that was clearly a pyramid marketing scheme.

There’s a site called “Get Rich Slowly”. There should be a site called “Get Popular Slowly”.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:14:20 +0000

I think the vast majority of these widgets and addons we're all occasionally prone to adding to our sites are fundamentally pyramid marketing scams. Ultimately, it's the lowly bloggers who lose out despite temporary traffic spikes for early adopters. db David Bradley's last blog post..Water, Water, Everywhere

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:41:18 +0000

@James:
I always give everyone the benefit of the doubt. It’s the mindset of early adopters, there’s always a chance it will get better. People said similar things about Twitter – and look where it’s at now. Just too bad EntreCard went the other direction – they just couldn’t get all of the famous names to adopt it.
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@Eric:
The new ad system is the only thing I like about the EC changes recently. It’s just too bad it didn’t improve the quality of visitors – as I mentioned to James, the famous names didn’t come back/try it.

By: James Chartrand - Men with Pens

James Chartrand - Men with Pens — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:27:48 +0000

Cheers, Rudy. I think you’ve made a good choice. I admire your stubbornness and your willingness to test new things (because I am stubborn and test new things, too), but as you mention, evaluating the ROI and seeing where your time could be better spent is an important thing to do every few months.

Hell, I do that myself. See you on Twitter!

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:20:46 +0000

You’re absolutely right. Like a told you allready on Twitter.
And by thinking about twitter, I to feel the same way, since I’ve been actually using Twitter, I didn’t feel the urge anymore to surf around for just dropping my card.

I do still think it’s one of the greatest idea’s to come up with, but with the recent price change, I feel Entrecard is slowly losing the intrest of lots of users, wich is a shame, because before it had a very active userbase.