Comments on: Republished: Some of the Reasons Why More and More People Are Leaving EntreCard http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard hear me speak... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:34:21 +0800 hourly 1 By: Lena Khalid http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard/comment-page-1#comment-9186 Lena Khalid Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:42:51 +0000 http://www.lainyonline.com/?p=1531#comment-9186 Hi there, Thanks for the postings. I was having Entrecard widget on my blogs before but it is always not working. And once when I login to see what happen there, EC informed that my account is inactive but I did login the day before!?!? That was it !! I quit EC and go for adgitize :P Your post above gives me a clearer picture on the "why's" ! Thanks .-= Lena Khalid´s last blog ..<a href="http://mom-is-online.blogspot.com/2009/10/ezinearticles-slap.html" rel="nofollow">The EzineArticles slap!</a> =-. Hi there,

Thanks for the postings. I was having Entrecard widget on my blogs before but it is always not working. And once when I login to see what happen there, EC informed that my account is inactive but I did login the day before!?!?

That was it !! I quit EC and go for adgitize :P
Your post above gives me a clearer picture on the “why’s” ! Thanks
.-= Lena Khalid´s last blog ..The EzineArticles slap! =-.

]]> By: Jackie http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard/comment-page-1#comment-9185 Jackie Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:47:42 +0000 http://www.lainyonline.com/?p=1531#comment-9185 Lainy, as you know, I too was first set to leave Ec forever. then the last changes came and without thinking things out clearly, I hastily, posted say I was staying and would pay. Now, after doing my first rounds of drops yesterday in over a week, I was heart sick to see so many of my favorite friends and blogs leaving that I am once again in a wait and see mode. I am still taking ads but I am also hoping things will calm down and we can get back to some sort of normal routine. I don't want to spend all day doing drops on SEO blogs. Not, that there's anything wrong with their blogs, but, for the most part, as an artist and just plain sociable person, I also use EC to make friends!! If not for EC, you, Windy and myself would never have found each other, nor Polly for me! I really do need to read your articles about dropping faster though. Because to reach even 150 a day takes me the entire day. I am never going back to that torture again!! Hugs and happy day! Jackie .-= Jackie´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/Shinade/~3/2iRHIZ604oU/mm-from-bud-to-rose.html" rel="nofollow">MM: From A Bud To Rose</a> =-. Lainy, as you know, I too was first set to leave Ec forever. then the last changes came and without thinking things out clearly, I hastily, posted say I was staying and would pay.

Now, after doing my first rounds of drops yesterday in over a week, I was heart sick to see so many of my favorite friends and blogs leaving that I am once again in a wait and see mode.

I am still taking ads but I am also hoping things will calm down and we can get back to some sort of normal routine.

I don’t want to spend all day doing drops on SEO blogs. Not, that there’s anything wrong with their blogs, but, for the most part, as an artist and just plain sociable person, I also use EC to make friends!!

If not for EC, you, Windy and myself would never have found each other, nor Polly for me!

I really do need to read your articles about dropping faster though. Because to reach even 150 a day takes me the entire day. I am never going back to that torture again!!

Hugs and happy day!
Jackie
.-= Jackie´s last blog ..MM: From A Bud To Rose =-.

]]> By: David Funk http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard/comment-page-1#comment-9184 David Funk Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:20:20 +0000 http://www.lainyonline.com/?p=1531#comment-9184 Lainy, I did read this, but I'm just now replying. I wasn't aware of much of this because I don't really visit the site as often these days. Still, the problems with EC are obvious which are confirmed by some others, too. Nonetheless, having my badge on this site on a few occasions has been most helpful because I get a very noticeable spike in traffic when I put it on here. I'm glad you always accept it. Anyway, thanks as always for the insights even when republishing posts my dear friend! :D .-= David Funk´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FantasySportsNetwork/~3/MqkVM2LNB7g/made-for-tv-blogger-movies-part-iv.html" rel="nofollow">Made For TV Blogger Movies Part IV</a> =-. Lainy, I did read this, but I’m just now replying. I wasn’t aware of much of this because I don’t really visit the site as often these days. Still, the problems with EC are obvious which are confirmed by some others, too.

Nonetheless, having my badge on this site on a few occasions has been most helpful because I get a very noticeable spike in traffic when I put it on here. I’m glad you always accept it.

Anyway, thanks as always for the insights even when republishing posts my dear friend! :D .-= David Funk´s last blog ..Made For TV Blogger Movies Part IV =-.

]]> By: cornyman http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard/comment-page-1#comment-9183 cornyman Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:39:36 +0000 http://www.lainyonline.com/?p=1531#comment-9183 Hello Lainy, what made me wonder the first time i read this EntreCard post is the sentence which you picked from their blog, too: "in order to continue providing this free service, we will be taking 15% of our entire ad network inventory for sponsors as of Sept. 28, 09." They treat us (and our EntreCard widget) like an INVENTORY which is lying around "useless". How come we are their inventory? The problem with EntreCard is their business model was never build as a paid service. They always talk about Free traffic for members. The opposite business model is Adgitize. They stated clearly from the beginning that you get only traffic when you pay for it but in return when you are an ACTIVE member, you will get back the invested money. What could EntreCard do to transform itself to a healthy financial company? Perhaps trying to implement Google Adsense like we see it in Blogcatalog. They can put it on the Dashboard, Forum, Inbox and especially on the Front page. Establishing a premium service - similar to the Preferred Publisher program from Adgitize. Pay a few dollars (i guess more than 3 $ is too much) and get featured on the Front Page/ad campaign page with your logo and get additional perhaps some ECs/monthly and No Sponsored ads are shown on your EC widget. They are also very harsh with their words in the blog. Instead of telling the members that they don't have yet any sponsored ads (admin wrote in the forum that they just advertise in the first weeks or even months the EntreCard forum and the EntreCard market) -> http://forums.entrecard.com/showpost.php?p=42462&postcount=6 I guess if they had written this in their blog post, it would not have given so many people already a reason to give up EntreCard before the start of the sponsored ads! .-= cornyman´s last blog ..<a href="http://cornys-moneypage.blogspot.com/2009/09/weekly-wednesday-worth-readings.html" rel="nofollow">Weekly Wednesday Worth Readings: EntreCard</a> =-. Hello Lainy,

what made me wonder the first time i read this EntreCard post is the sentence which you picked from their blog, too:

“in order to continue providing this free service, we will be taking 15% of our entire ad network inventory for sponsors as of Sept. 28, 09.”

They treat us (and our EntreCard widget) like an INVENTORY which is lying around “useless”.

How come we are their inventory?

The problem with EntreCard is their business model was never build as a paid service. They always talk about Free traffic for members.

The opposite business model is Adgitize.
They stated clearly from the beginning that you get only traffic when you pay for it but in return when you are an ACTIVE member, you will get back the invested money.

What could EntreCard do to transform itself to a healthy financial company?

Perhaps trying to implement Google Adsense like we see it in Blogcatalog.
They can put it on the Dashboard, Forum, Inbox and especially on the Front page.

Establishing a premium service – similar to the Preferred Publisher program from Adgitize.
Pay a few dollars (i guess more than 3 $ is too much) and get featured on the Front Page/ad campaign page with your logo and get additional perhaps some ECs/monthly and No Sponsored ads are shown on your EC widget.

They are also very harsh with their words in the blog. Instead of telling the members that they don’t have yet any sponsored ads (admin wrote in the forum that they just advertise in the first weeks or even months the EntreCard forum and the EntreCard market)
-> http://forums.entrecard.com/showpost.php?p=42462&postcount=6

I guess if they had written this in their blog post, it would not have given so many people already a reason to give up EntreCard before the start of the sponsored ads!
.-= cornyman´s last blog ..Weekly Wednesday Worth Readings: EntreCard =-.

]]> By: Recel http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard/comment-page-1#comment-9182 Recel Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:38:48 +0000 http://www.lainyonline.com/?p=1531#comment-9182 Daghan kabag-ohan sa EC oi. Pero di na ko mag-care. Basta naa pa ko time maka-drop, I'll pay back the drops I've gotten. If di jud makaya, di nalang pugson! LOL Have an awesome weekend sis! .-= Recel´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.mywrittenxpressions.com/2009/09/yes-deer-saturday-saved-9-or-10.html" rel="nofollow">Yes, DEER!!! (Saturday Saved # 9 or 10?)</a> =-. Daghan kabag-ohan sa EC oi. Pero di na ko mag-care. Basta naa pa ko time maka-drop, I’ll pay back the drops I’ve gotten. If di jud makaya, di nalang pugson! LOL

Have an awesome weekend sis!
.-= Recel´s last blog ..Yes, DEER!!! (Saturday Saved # 9 or 10?) =-.

]]> By: Eli http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard/comment-page-1#comment-9181 Eli Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:46:42 +0000 http://www.lainyonline.com/?p=1531#comment-9181 Lainybelle, thumbs up for this very incisive commentary on Entrecard. Now readers will have a comprehensive background about Entrecard's past ghosts of failed decision-making that continue to haunt the present. It's like history repeating itself in Entrecard, and the new management is still like Graham, same dog but with a different collar. Yes, one negative thing about Entrecard is its famous "drop and run" traffic, and you have to spend a lot of time everyday dropping cards if you want to have that traffic. So in a sense, it is not a free traffic because the time spent in dropping cards has an alternative uses, time being fixed and has an economic value. However, as a whole, Entrecard is a good blogging community, with many wonderful blogs and an equal number of bright and nice bloggers. One of the wonderful blogs is yours and one of the bright and nice bloggers is you! .-= Eli´s last blog ..<a href="http://businessphereconsulting.com/my-5-month-old-blog-100th-post-alexa%E2%80%99s-53302-worth-16603/" rel="nofollow">My 5-Month-Old Blog, 100th Post, Alexa’s 53,302, Worth $ 18,761!</a> =-. Lainybelle, thumbs up for this very incisive commentary on Entrecard. Now readers will have a comprehensive background about Entrecard’s past ghosts of failed decision-making that continue to haunt the present.

It’s like history repeating itself in Entrecard, and the new management is still like Graham, same dog but with a different collar.

Yes, one negative thing about Entrecard is its famous “drop and run” traffic, and you have to spend a lot of time everyday dropping cards if you want to have that traffic. So in a sense, it is not a free traffic because the time spent in dropping cards has an alternative uses, time being fixed and has an economic value.

However, as a whole, Entrecard is a good blogging community, with many wonderful blogs and an equal number of bright and nice bloggers. One of the wonderful blogs is yours and one of the bright and nice bloggers is you!
.-= Eli´s last blog ..My 5-Month-Old Blog, 100th Post, Alexa’s 53,302, Worth $ 18,761! =-.

]]> By: Jan from BetterSpines http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard/comment-page-1#comment-9180 Jan from BetterSpines Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:22:13 +0000 http://www.lainyonline.com/?p=1531#comment-9180 I agree with the sense of your article. If people have good quality content, updated frequently, then EntreCard traffic is a blessing. Garbage content, paid posts, content that is months old - why bother to stay and/or comment? And I am sick of seeing the "no paid ads" signs everywhere - that's over and done with! Also, so many people are complaining, why are they not leaving? Because they know that the traffic they get is more than worth the grumbles. Adgitize is also very good, I get a little more traffic from them than from EntreCard. Put them both together, and it's a good thing. .-= Jan from BetterSpines´s last blog ..<a href="http://betterspines.com/blog/2009/09/25/the-wilk-antitrust-lawsuit-etc/" rel="nofollow">The Wilk Antitrust Lawsuit, etc</a> =-. I agree with the sense of your article. If people have good quality content, updated frequently, then EntreCard traffic is a blessing. Garbage content, paid posts, content that is months old – why bother to stay and/or comment? And I am sick of seeing the “no paid ads” signs everywhere – that’s over and done with! Also, so many people are complaining, why are they not leaving? Because they know that the traffic they get is more than worth the grumbles. Adgitize is also very good, I get a little more traffic from them than from EntreCard. Put them both together, and it’s a good thing.
.-= Jan from BetterSpines´s last blog ..The Wilk Antitrust Lawsuit, etc =-.

]]> By: Windy http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard/comment-page-1#comment-9179 Windy Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:26:44 +0000 http://www.lainyonline.com/?p=1531#comment-9179 Well Lainy, Enough has been said about the downside of EntreCard. Langdon's and now Cindy's vaulting ambitions have made them shoot themselves at their own feet. EntreCard has been reduced to a caricature of unbridled avarice and mismanagement by its owners. Yes, you are right about my stand. EntreCard is history. Well Lainy,

Enough has been said about the downside of EntreCard. Langdon’s and now Cindy’s vaulting ambitions have made them shoot themselves at their own feet.

EntreCard has been reduced to a caricature of unbridled avarice and mismanagement by its owners.

Yes, you are right about my stand. EntreCard is history.

]]> By: John | Make Nothing Online http://www.lainyonline.com/meme/republished-some-of-the-reasons-why-more-and-more-people-are-leaving-entrecard/comment-page-1#comment-9178 John | Make Nothing Online Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:09:30 +0000 http://www.lainyonline.com/?p=1531#comment-9178 I'm disappointed Entrecard are planning to monetise with sponsored ads. I wonder if the implementation will be any better than paid ads? I don't want to lose control of what shows on my blog. Surely it wouldn't be too hard for Entrecard to find a revenue model that keeps bloggers happy? .-= John | Make Nothing Online´s last blog ..<a href="http://makenothingonline.blogspot.com/2009/09/entrecard-sponsored-ads-alternative.html" rel="nofollow">Entrecard Sponsored Ads - An Alternative</a> =-. I’m disappointed Entrecard are planning to monetise with sponsored ads. I wonder if the implementation will be any better than paid ads? I don’t want to lose control of what shows on my blog.

Surely it wouldn’t be too hard for Entrecard to find a revenue model that keeps bloggers happy?
.-= John | Make Nothing Online´s last blog ..Entrecard Sponsored Ads – An Alternative =-.

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