Million Dollar Portfolio

This is yet another post about Entrecard. I know you’ve all been reading all about Entrecard and how cool it is and how you can get free advertising on some of the biggest blogs in the industry. While this is true, it does take some time to save up credits enough to spend them where you want and then you need to wait until a spot is opened up on that particular blog. Because of these factors, new blogs tend to get bombarded with requests.

There are a couple reasons for this. One, there is a section on the site called Most Recent. This is where new blogs are listed when they sign up with Entrecard. The good thing is you have instant exposure. The bad thing is you get a lot of requests for sites that aren’t necessarily appropriate for your niche so you have to take time and sort through them.

The second reason you get bombarded is because of a low wait time. The sooner your ad shows on a site, the more quickly you get traffic.

New blogs added to these lists are a great way to look for inexpensive advertising and a way to get your name out there quickly but you want to keep in mind that along with that inexpensive price comes a certain quality of traffic. I have found the best way to make use of this service is to visit a lot of blogs, drop your card and advertise on blogs and sites that are similar to your own. This way you get quality traffic that may just subscribe to your RSS feeds and stick around for more than just dropping their own card. Then once you save up enough credits to put your ad on a site like JohnChow.com you can get even more traffic. At least, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

That being said, now is a perfect time to advertise on THIS blog through Entrecard.  As you can see I give my Entrecard advertisers a premium spot in the upper right portion of my sidebar.  Though studies show users look at the upper left more, i’ve never been one to go along with academics.  Rates are reasonable and the wait is short so get on over to Entrecard and advertise on this blog.  You can find it here: http://entrecard.com/details/683

While you are there, write a recommendation.

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