Thursday Two Questions Meme - Entrecard & Adgitize
There is going to be a rant along with two questions.
You'd think I would know better by now. I recently created Collectibles Mercantile which I made to help spread the word on my new eBay store of the same name. It has been quite a while that I've had to use any of these promotional sites to advertise a blog. I no longer use any of these on Poetic Shutterbug. Since my Collectibles Mercantile is so new, I thought why not try Entrecard again. I was obviously having a memory lapse and warped sense of judgment when I had that thought.
I opened an account there again and started dropping. Lo and behold first 15 minutes of dropping and I get a virus - a trojan horse which closed my browser, redirected me to other sites and basically caused complete havoc on my computer. Luckily I have virus protection and was able to clean it up. Harsh memories of the EC virus infested blogs surfaced and I thought to myself, it just isn't worth the stress. I transferred the credits I had to a friend and canceled the account with Entrecard. I am using Adgitize on Collectibles Mercantile but am being very careful as to where I drop. Adgitize is much more safe than any of the other sites I've seen.
By the way, check out my new blog and follow if you so choose. We'll be having a giveaway soon.
So here are my two questions:
1. When trying to promote a new blog which free promotion sites do you use?
2. Which ones work for you?
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Comments
As regards EC, it's outrageous that things like this happen. Since many people complains about those viruses, I only drop on a few blogs, just the ones I know well and like. Of course I will be even more carefull from now on.
So, summing up: I can't help you!
Since I don't have a new blog I can't answer about promoting.
I do still have EC but I only drop on blogs that I follow who have the widget. I don't look for any new ones at all. My drops are down to maybe 15 or 20 a day compared to the 300 I was doing way back when
Mike, I'm glad this hasn't happened to you. Be careful where you drop though. Thanks for commenting.
Going to check out your new site!
I love the first line of this post though.
LP:Kulay Rosas
ps. I have avg and it doesn't alert me. But the firefox browswer alert you if you enter a site that has malwar or spyware, that's why I like firefox. ^_^
Kim, Thanks for the info and I'll check out your blog.
I have used it and could see the visits by checking my traffic feed. I even gained a couple of followers. I think joining the memes is also a good way to get your name out there. I just don't have the time I would like to have to dedicate to my blogs.
Take care and God bless!
1) I used CMF ads before, and it brings in traffic but the bounce rate is too high.
2) I join memes/themes, and visiting blogs, and it seemed to work to a certain level..
I'm using CMF ads at the moment and I noticed a sharp increase in traffic all round after just being back with them for a month. A month ago, I ran a small one-week advert on two of my blogs costing $1.50 each and noticed an increase of 20% & 17% respectively in traffic for the whole month.
Unlike Icy BC, it hasn;t increased my bounce rate but you have to be sure to update regularly if you want any of them places togive a decent bounce rate. In the past, all three increased my bounce rate.
I'm using CMF ads at the moment and I noticed a sharp increase in traffic all round after just being back with them for a month. A month ago, I ran a small one-week advert on two of my blogs costing $1.50 each and noticed an increase of 20% & 17% respectively in traffic for the whole month.
Unlike Icy BC, it hasn;t increased my bounce rate but you have to be sure to update regularly if you want any of them places togive a decent bounce rate. In the past, all three increased my bounce rate.
Thank you all.
I don't promote my blog. I just visit other bloggers and they return visits and etc.
ALoha!
2) I just visit blogs and join meme!