Entrecard: A Blogger's Essential Tool for Free Advertising

What is an Entrecard? Entrecard is your business card 2.0. It's a 125x125 image which represents you and your blog. Its part advertisement, part business card. It comes with a widget you place on your blog, so that others can leave their Entrecard for you. You can also use Entrecard to promote your blog and launch free advertising campaigns. Some people say its the new business card. Some people call it an advertising network. One thing is clear, Entrecard is a blossoming social network of bloggers centered around the concept of community, sharing, and helping each other out. We believe that Entrecard is one of the best ways to promote your blog.



Based on my research Entrecard was developed 3 months ago by Graham Langdon. The idea of fish-bowls in restaurants where you drop off your business card to win a free lunch was his inspiration but instead of printed business cards you drop off digital business card on blogs with an Entrecared Widget to earn some reward. The reward, if your an active card dropper is "EC" or Entrecard Credits which you can use to advertise on other blogs with Entrecard Widgets in them. The most valuable reward you get from this whole process is free advertising for your blog. The best things in life still comes for free. :) Ever since I joined Entrecard almost 90% of my hits came from Entrecard users. I tried joining Traffic Digger and Traffic Zap and I doubt they were bringing in traffic to my blog the way Entrecard does. So props to Graham for bringing Entrecard to the blogosphere. Oh, and one more thing, Entrecard gets highly addictive once you get the hang of it. :)