TechnologyInsanity.com » Dropping http://technologyinsanity.com Mon, 21 May 2012 18:51:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Why I no longer drop on Entrecard http://technologyinsanity.com/internet/why-i-no-longer-drop-on-entrecard/ http://technologyinsanity.com/internet/why-i-no-longer-drop-on-entrecard/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:58:17 +0000 admin http://technologyinsanity.com/?p=956 For one, I don’t have time to drop on Entrecard, and I really think it’s a waste of time. I have a lot of other things to do that are actually worth my time. Not anything against the Entrecard community, I’ve stated a few times that I like to connect with other bloggers out there, but I really just don’t have the time. Now my focus is more on search engine traffic. If they like my blog maybe they’ll subscribe. I’m not going to show my stats on the side like a lot of bloggers, with their 1,000 subscribers or whatever. I don’t do this for subscribers, I don’t do it for anyone. I do it for my enjoyment, and after awhile I just didn’t enjoy dropping on Entrecard so I stopped.

As I said, I do enjoy blogging about this and that here and there so that’s why the posts keep coming :)

Entrecard really doesn’t interest me anymore – I mean look at some of the top blogs on there they have some serious OCD over Entrecard. In my opinion, it’s like artificially inflating your stats. People are only subscribing and posting comments all the time because you’re on top of Entrecard. Would they be there if you stopped dropping and advertising on Entrecard? I doubt it. So these are in a way not real comments or subscribers :)

My plan is to let people become subscribers IF they want to, and comment IF they want to. I’m not DOING anything to get them to comment or subscribe. That’s the way I want it. I don’t have any dreams to become a “ProBlogger” or anything like that. I have no dreams of becoming rich off my blog either. Most of the people at the top of EC have that dream stuck in their head and can’t get rid of it.

Me, yea I make money online, but I do not make money from this blog. Well maybe a little, like $80/mo, nothing to brag about. Pays for my hosting and a little more so that’s great :) The real point here is – if you want to make money from your blog, don’t even bother with Entrecard. Search engine traffic is the only way you can monetize. Maybe possible if you’re really really sticking to a specific niche all the time and all your readers would be interested in all the products you’re talking about. It would have to be laser targeted though.

I’m not dropping Entrecard from the site yet, people can continue to advertise on my blog if they want :)

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