Below are the features that Entrecard is rolling out

Option to Buy Credits is here | They are now selling a very limited amount of credits on a daily basis, and they will be sold on a first-come first-serve basis.

Earn credits every time you post on your blog | Starting June 2nd, every time you write a post on your blog, you will now earn 25 Entrecard credits. This compensation is limited to once every three days, and is handled automatically via your RSS feed, which their system picks up automatically.

Write for the EC Blog – make $$ (credits) | Writing in Entrecard will help bloggers in two ways exposure and income. Here are the step in order for you to write with Entrecard

To write for the Entrecard blog, follow these simple steps:

Step 1.) Get your post idea approved.

If you have an idea for a post, send Graham a message by emailing graham@entrecard.com. Tell him about your idea. If it sounds good, he’ll give you the ok. He’ll also set up your account on the Entrecard blog so you can log in and start writing it. 

Step 2.) Submit your post for review

Once your post is complete, and the best you can make it, submit it for review but clicking the “Submit for Review” button. The post will be reviewed by Graham and Phirate, at which time we will decide how much EC to pay for it. If it is a stellar post that is going to help people be better bloggers, build the community, etc. we will pay up to 2000 credits for your post. If it is just a simple update, or announcement, we may only pay a few hundred.

Step 3.) We pay! 

We will send you payment and publish your article. The better the article, the more we pay!

Wait there is more earn a one-time credit of 50 EC by subscribing to their blog. Just to let you know guys

1. My Journal – I would like to start with my wife blog. I have not yet formally announce it here but My wife has started blogging. Although not that full time. I know she will be influential .
2. PRC Board Exam Results – I have started another sub domain of this blog and it is really fresh. I have seen a good potential on this niche and I know someday after doing SEO and other campaign for this new blog, It will also be influential like other blogs.
3. Mar Roxas for President in 2010 – Definitely election is coming and I know that there will be a big boost on his blog for campaigning about Mar Roxas and by the way he is an active blogger.
4. Fitz, a blogger with a great thought on making money online , investing and business topics., I like business that much.
5. JoanJoyce, a dedicated blogger discussing interesting thoughts on blogging and lifestyles. I actually found her thru Entrecard and I know every Entrecard users knows her.
6. Technogra.ph/ – Technograph covers the Philippine tech scene, featuring commentary, news, reviews, event coverage, and other related developments.
7. Silkenhut.com Pinoy blogging experiences. Includes blogging tips, technical blogging guides, WordPress, and SEOI
   
8. Atmaxplorer – Games resources, my kids love to have downloaded in their PSP.
9. Tech Source from Bohol – I like Tech Blogs and of course this guy from Bohol have it.
10. Inspiringentries.com – His blog deals with different inspiring entries and  tackle about Christianity. I know that someday God will let this blog touch lots of life.

So that completes my entries. But I am not saying that I only follow this blogs, I am only saying they are the 10 of the youngest blog I follow.

Update : Since Silkenhut is not qualified, I am adding Techblog.ph into my list. This is a Tech Group Blog where I am one of the contributor. I know this blogs will reach their goal to be the main source of technology news in Philippines.

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Karlo wrote a great article on his blog about ”

Do you spend time in marketing your blog? If yes, how did your efforts affect the status of your blog? Share your thoughts on the topic by leaving a comment below!

I prefer to make a post regarding Karlo’s question because his post made me think on how I market my blog to others. Marketing your blog is something you should focus if you really want to be an authority in your niche. Well How do I really make Tech At Hand Dot Net Marketing ?

1) Commenting

I have seen good feedback in commenting to other blogs as what I have wrote before. But it is not just comment in a blog that should be given emphasize try not to forget putting your links and the URL Address in the commenting section. This is where fellow blogger can track you.

2) Joining Forum

Well I have joined different forums ( here and here ) but to tell you the truth I am very lazy with this one. Although I can see some visitors at my site referred buy forum site. Don’t forget to put your signature links targeting your website with proper anchor text.

3) Social Media Sites

Techathand.net is having a good social media site exposure specially in Stumble Upon. I even site the experience I get when my site has been stumbled. Thanks guys whoever is stumbling my site. I also gain some visitor thru Mybloglog. and other social media site.

4) Yahoo Groups

When I join yahoo groups I met a lot of interesting people whom in turn become my regular reader and RSS Subscriber. They also become my so called network bloggers. Why? They link to me and I link to them also.

5) Joining SEO Contest

To tell you the truth I know that I have less chance in winning this SEO Contest. But I can proudly say that most of the time I am at 1st page of Google for those SEO Contest. If the participants could see you at the SERP definitely they could have an interest in your site. And if they found out that you have good content. You will gain another good Visitors or feed subscribers

6) Making Post at Group Blogs

Pinoyblogosphere is of great help to this site and my former site. Since the said site is being indexed by Google fast most of the time I can see some referral coming from those site.

7) The Traditional SEO

Just imagine how many people is searching in a day. If you could just get a percentage of those search that you could let them visit your site. There will always be a possible money on it. Check my SEO Category and I know you will have lot’s of helpful information to gather.

Directory

The last few days I have been submitting my blog in some Directories . I am dreaming that those directory can also be a source of my visitors to this site. It would be great if you could get a Directory that does not require reciprocal links.

9) Entrecard

Entrecard has been a good site of visitors for this site but unfortunately is just giving a high bounce rate. based on stats I am having a 90% bounce rate. Which is too high. So now I seldom dropped cards and just wait for advertiser to have their site here. But when somebody advertise on this site for sure I am checking his post and if I like it he will be included in my Reader

10) Offline Marketing

Although I am also lazy about this I believe that joining a get together, or any gatherings specifically for blogger’s and other netrepreneur could give an additional exposure for your site.

Wheeewww.. That was a big list. So you may not wonder why I choose to make post on Karlo’s question. So what about you, What are you techniques in advertising.

What are the Different Types of Visitors ?

1) Regular Visitors

A regular visitors are those visitor who is continually checking your site everyday looking for some fresh contents. Since this type of visitors believe that they can get good quality from your blog.

2) Referred Visitors

Those are visitors referred by other site who links to you

3) Social Media Visitors

Those are visitors referred by Social Media Site such as DIGG, Reddit, Stumble Upon, Delicious etc.

4) Search Engine Visitors

This visitor is the result of any search engine optimization that you are conducting in order to drive visitors to your site

5) Visitors via Ads

Those are the visitors that comes from you Ad campaign, such as Adwords or from Adbrite

6) Forum Visitors

Those are visitors that come from the links in the forums that you have made. While making conversation to othe forum members.

7) Entrecard Visitors

Those are visitors that come from Entrecard.

Below are some question which explain my opinion about those type of visitors.

Who Should be First Pleased ?

Among those listed type of visitors above, A question arise on whom should You pleased first ? Some may say Social Media Visitors, Some may say the other type of visitors. For me I think You should work out first for the Regular Visitors. Since those visitor are the one who will make your blog alive and kicking. They will be the one who will create conversation in the comments section in which one of an indication that a blog is growing.

It is not worth putting up a blog which don’t have any commenter. This is just like talking to the air where in nobody is listening. Al though regular visitors will seldom press any ads on your blog. Still they are the most important visitors in my blog. I believe that without them my site will not be a better place to stay in the web.

How to Retain Visitors and Make Them a Regular one ?

My own trick is to answer almost all your commenter’s question or opinion. You may agree or disagree, but it is very important for you to reply. To let them think that you value them match. Try to go to their Website and try to find in those category of a subject that you know and then comment.

You will see you feed counts will rise. I came from almost nothing and within a month from the day that this blog has been resurrected now it has 76 Feeds subscriber and about 8,000 unique visits this month. So I can conclude that I am on a right path.

Does my Regular Visitors annoyed with ADs ?

If they do, They can always add a Firefox plugin called adblock. This plugin aim to blocks all ads at this site let my Regular visitors enjoy the real objective in coming to my blog and that is to read my article.

To Whom Should be Your Next Focus ?

If you have already a number of regular visitors perhaps about 50. This information is available from your stat. I am using Google Analytics for that matter. I believe the next in line should be the Referred Visitors. This visitor are the result from a click to a link from other Website who is linked to yours.

Links comes usually comes from regular visitors who have blogs. They are trying to send some readers at your site tipping them on what you are writing. Stats also shows that those referred visitor are more likely to be converted to regular visitors of your blog.

To retain the referred visitors your blog should have a great navigation system in which your visitor can easily see what they want to see.

If am new to a site I usually look for the Top Post, to give me the idea on what kind of niche does a certain blog portray.

Actually when doing your next step to gain links from other blog to have a referred visitor, you are now also doing an optimization to attract visitor from Social Media Site. Since if your referred and regular visitor has an account in Social Media. the tendency is they are going to send your article if they found it great. And after they enter it on the system there is now a chance to get visitors from Social Media Sites.

The Next Should be Search Engine Visitors

This is the part wherein your SEO Skills will be tested. What is the use of a great or tasty food if nobody could find this. This is same thing with blog, If you want your blog to be noticed by those looking for some information. It is really very important that your post will be Search Engine Friendly to gain Search Engine Visitors.

Do we gain from Search engine Visitor?

Definitely Yes, Among all other visitors aside from Visitor via ads, The Search Engine Visitor has high percentage of clicking your ads, because usually those type of visitors are searching for information. And if they found that your ads is giving some good information. For sure they will click it.

With regards to this visitors you will have to prepare your blog for their arrival, such as doing some modification with our AdSense colors, location etc. if you are using AdSense. Some says that you have a very good convertion if you 6% of your visitors clicks your ads.

Then Visitors via ADS

I have read a lot regarding this, but I have not yet tried it. Meaning to say, I need to study how things goes with this one. Not all have succeed in playing with Adwords. But most of the players here are saying that when somebody tries to click and ads you make, there is also a great chance that your visitor will also click the ads that you have on your landing page. But the question on if you can retain them as reader, is I believe a question.

What About Forum & Entrecard Visitors

These visitors are likely to stay since those visitors knows you from the forum. Or they came to your site since they want to know more about you. Another possible RSS Subscriber.

You can see my comments about the Entrecards at my archives.

As a final note I do believe that without those visitors a blog could not have a higher rank or community visibility

Question to all of YOU who happen to completely read this post :

1) So what kind of visitors are you ?

2) Do you have any disagreement on any points that I mention ?

So why don’t you leave your comment and discuss about it. You may also want to subscribe via E-mail for more sharing from this blog.

Incoming search terms:

• what are the types of visitors??

Just follow the simple steps below and I hope it will help you in some ways.

How to subscribe in a category feeds? ( WordPress Blogs )

If you would like to subscribe in a feeds using your feed reader in any of wordpress blogs just go to any wordpress blogs and then press any category that interest you :

Example is :

http://techathand.net/category/seo/

just add the word ” feed/ ” at the end and presto just choose your reader and you can you can now subscribe to that particular feeds.

Here it is :

http://techathand.net/category/seo/feed/

It is so simple. It will help you to minimize the feeds that is coming into your reader. It will also give you more time to focus on every feeds that you are receiving.

How to subscribe in a any label of a Blogspot Blogs

What about using Blogspot Blogs? Just follow the following steps and you can easily Subscribe to a particular feeds.

Take a look at this

http://pwsonglyrics.blogspot.com/search/label/Praise%20%20Worship

Note it is case sensitive

http://pwsonglyrics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/Praise%20%20Worship

the trick is you have to copy the same the format

http://(Blogname).blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/(Label Name)

I just hope that this will work with you.

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Do Entrecard visitor converts to cash?

I may say that there are only few entrecard vistors visit the blog because of curiosity based on the picture shown in the entrecard graphics that an entrecard user opt to use as his/her internet brand.

But if the vistors is juts a blog owner he will just push the famous word ” Drop Your Card ” and leave immidiately so that he can have extra credits by dropping the card. At first I must admit that this is what I am doing but now, I am using those blog to get good ideas on what to blog and what to learn from them.

Is it worth to pay your hard earned credits with those on the first row of the campaign?
I believe it is as long as he is on the constant spot, the time that you join. Since the credit needed to advertise on their blog is equivalent to the average clicks that the entrecard blog has been clicked on their site. And so if they are already a long time user of entredcard that only means that their blog is really converting to some Clicks.

What does other site have to say regarding Entrecard

Karlo’s List of Pinoy Entrecard User
McBilly post – Advertise on big name blogs for free

How do they determine the Cost of my site?

Their site explains as follows :

To advertise your card on someone else’s widget, it costs the number of credits equal to twice the number of cards dropped on that widget each day. So if a widget receives an average of 50 cards dropped into it each day, advertising on that widget will cost 100 credits per day.

It only means that if your site has a higher cost it only means that you have more visitors than others. and remember they are checking the average, So it only means that you have to get a good amount of drops on your site to make a higher cost of advertisement.

Where do I have to advertise?

Do I have to advertise on highly paid site or on the low paid site? What I am doing now is I am investing on the highly paid site , which is constantly on the top site when you press the category. It only means that they are maintaining the drops per day on their site.

But don’t be dismayed if they reject your offer. Try another one. If they are included here they are one of the early starters of Entrecard

Do you want to share your Entrecard experience ?

Just leave your comment below and lets all read your experience and your own tips.