Get paid for blogging with Adgitize

Posted By admin on May 5, 2009

Have you ever wanted to get paid for writing your ? I mean writing whatever you want, not doing paid reviews for some program you could care less about.

Meet !

You get paid (daily credits that convert to cash) for keeping your (s) updated.

You get paid for visiting other blogs… not just clicking mindlessly.

You get paid even more when you’re driving traffic to your blogs.

Want to get paid for advertising? does that, too! You purchase advertising, and pays you double for your blogging efforts, and double for visiting other blogs… how sweet is that?

Will you get rich?

No, but look at it this way. I’m paying $14.00 a month for advertising that sends me about 100 visitors a day. I’ve had 5 new signups to my directly from this past month. Oh… and for my efforts, I’m getting paid $22.05.

helps me keep my priorities straight. first, visit second, and drive traffic the rest of the day. Get paid for it!

Oh… did I mention they also have an affiliate program? You get paid $5 for each referral who purchases an ad, and another $1.00 for each month they advertise.

So, please, do yourself a favor… Get paid for your efforts!

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Entrecard is going, going, gone!

Posted By admin on May 1, 2009

I’ve been patient. I’ve waited to see if just perhaps they’d right the ship… but no, now I’m seeing an ad on my site which is neither paid, nor approved by me.

So, … farewell.

Please take my 359 and put them where the sun won’t shine on them. Oh, and you can also take that coveted membership to your very exclusive VIP forum and put it where the sun won’t shine either.

I can no longer provide any cyber space to a program that can’t keep it’s act together.

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Entrecard credit issue may be resolved

Posted By admin on April 25, 2009

After much back and forth with Matt Oxley, a current mod, and Ben Barden, a former mod, I may have uncovered the solution to the problem.

This is going to be a long, technical post, which I will put into “newbie” terms so others may benefit from my efforts. In a nutshell, much of the issue lies with the ability to communicate with one another, and the ability to think independently as I was troubleshooting this issue. I did NOT solve this by myself. I also had a roommate follow the very instructions presented, and she could not find the solution either.

So, here we go… finding the solution to the problem.

My original complaint: not awarding for posts for this .

The problem: couldn’t find my RSS Feed (something that was pointed out by Matt.)

The troubleshooting process: (more…)

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Testing Entrecard and this blog for glitch

Posted By admin on April 24, 2009

Ok, I got Matt Oxley’s attention with my last post. He and I have exchanged a couple of e-mail communications and I’m agreeing to re-test the widget to see if indeed, is still awarding credits for posts.

Here are the texts of both messages. I am reprinting them because they don’t contain anything that is confidential, and could be extremely beneficial to other members.

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Shari Thomas  wrote:
Hello Matt,

As you can see, I’ve become incredibly frustrated with . I’ve been a long-time member and feel I was treated very unfairly by the current team in charge.

I really believe y’all are on the wrong track, but until more mature leadership appears, you’re basically doomed.

I just checked my feed (which hasn’t changed since I burned it) and it validated just fine.

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/LetsDoBusinessWithRealOnlineCompanies

Please provide a screenshot for the past 60 days. Zip it up and send it to this email address as an attachment.

I wish you the best of success and I enjoy the banter on your . I often read it when I am checking out my .

Shari Thomas
Beryl, UT

I found your problem shari…the issue is with the header of your site..it was not some big crazy conspiracy theory…

if you look at the header of your website you will see this line:

<link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" title="RSS .92" 
href="http://choicebusinessblog.com/feed/rss/" />
it should be changed to
<link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" title="RSS .92"
 http://feeds2.feedburner.com/LetsDoBusinessWithRealOnlineCompanies" />
after you do that save the file and give it about 3 or
 4 days and you should see your credits come back from
 your  posts.
this usually happens if you add in some weird plugins or
change themes or something in your wordpress.
let me know how that works.

Matt
As you can see, Matt chose to investigate the issue from another direction. He feels the issue is the link in my header is the problem. Well Matt, I just ran that very feed through feedvalidator.org and once again, it validates just fine, too.
Since I have about 10 years of electronics hardware troubleshooting and several years of building web sites, blogs, and analyzing scripts, I generally check things out pretty closely. In the interest of isolating the problem and perhaps finding a solution I am taking the following steps.
  1. I am reinstalling the widget so I am in compliance with the TOS.
  2. I will accept a very limited number of ads, none of which will be paid ads.
  3. I will apply for membership into the VIP Forum. I’ve purchased 1742 ads, more than the minimum 400 ad requirement.
  4. I will continue to post to this (it’s the only one left on ) and track my credits.
  5. I will report back with the results of this test, and I expect to see the powers-that-be, make clear instructions to their new members regarding RSS feeds, if needing a particular form of RSS feed is necessary.

Check back for results soon.

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Entrecard issues continue: Bug, glitch, scam?

Posted By admin on April 23, 2009

Surprise, surprise! is quietly scamming members again. Since sometime in March, quietly discontinued a blogging incentive.

, founder of , has long expressed that one of the best ways to drive traffic is to attract traffic, and that should be done with fresh content, visiting blogs and leaving comments in addition to dropping your .

That was part of the driving force behind the partnership with SezWho, the now-defunct comment platform.

One of the more successful efforts encouraging members to create fresh content was to award 25 per post up to 3 posts per week, no matter how many blogs you maintain. That’s a maximum of 75 extra credits per week for positive contributions to the community.

Now, I can only look back to March 24, but I can safely say that I’ve received zero for posts since at least that day. There were no announcements in the now-private forum. There were no announcements in the … heck, nothing’s been updated there since early April.

No, they just quietly stopped awarding the hoping no one would notice. Way to go .

Granted, has a credit inflation issue (to the tune of many millions). They’ve introduced a paid ads system which deflates the value of the drops by up to 50%, since paid ads can run on a widget up to 50% of the time, and the dropper gets no credit for a drop on paid ad.

Look at it this way.

If you generally dropped 50 cards a day (six days a week), were credited up to 75 credits for your posts, you could earn 375 credits on your own efforts. You could count on at least 50% of your drops being reciprocated, so add another 150 credits.

New paid system comes along…

You get credit for 25 cards… but you could get 0, since the works from the advertiser side, not the dropper side. You no longer earn 75 credits for posting. Your own droppers experience the same problem and they stop reciprocating.

Boom… you’re earning squat!

But is taking up space on your , showing ads you may or may not approve of, and then treating you like dirt by closing the forum to you unless you’ve sold 400 ads… hellooooo!

So, why don’t I ask Graham what’s happening?

Seems he’s taken a runner. Yep, I’m calling him out. He hasn’t updated his since early April. The last time he responded to a comment was April 13. That’s also the last time he bothered to tweet. So… I believe Graham has left the building.

He appears to have left in the hands of a 19-year-old kid who has no real people skills, less management skills, and is on a total power trip. Since he’s taken control, has gone from a community to concentration camp.

While Andy says he was directed by a higher power… let’s see Graham has left the building and Andy claims to be the “Head Moderator - Staff Trainer”, who joined the forum on Feb 23. That was about the time Graham was looking for more (new) yes men moderators. The only guy “above” Andy would be “Phirate”, the programmer, and he’s not talking.

So, I’m calling dead on arrival, buyer beware, poison, you name it. The card has gone toxic. Members are leaving faster than they’re joining. Don’t believe the crap Andy is feeding you.

The Alexa stats spiked on April 19, the day Shoemoney wrote his stinking piece of excrement review and plug. Tell me… do you see the widget on his ? Ever since that day, the traffic is doing a slow drop. Watch for it to continue to drop, right off the radar.

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Entrecard JV spams deleted blog addresses

Posted By admin on April 22, 2009

Shoemoney and jumped in bed together to do a JV. Shoemoney wrote an exaggerated review for big bucks and Graham promptly spammed the list.

Only one teensy-weensy problem… the list included a lot of blogs already deleted for various reasons.

Case in point.

from by app1..com with local (Exim 4.67)…  Fri, 10 Apr 2009
Your account ‘Traffic-Exchange-Business.com
on .com has been accepted!. Welcome to our community.

On Satuday April 11, this was deleted, reinstated and deleted again, within a few hours. Additionally, Shari’s Gone Country!, Ask Me Why… Work From Home, Successful Food Service, Ask Shari About PGA Tour Fantasy Golf, and Escalante Desert Valley News each recieved warnings for “spam sent to members” and at least 15000 were removed from the accounts as penalty.

I chose at that time to first disable the ads, since I couldn’t seem to stop the “paid ads”, and if I couldn’t communicate with my , there was no point to purchasing advertising from me.

Later, I removed the widgets from each of those blogs. On April 15 I was given 72 hours to put the widget up, or the blogs would be deleted. I chose to allow the deletion.

The blogs were each deleted on April 18.

Imagine my surprise when the following piece of spam appeared in EACH of the deleted e-mail accounts.

My Thunderbird client even sent up a Scam Warning.

Amazing Tools To Get More Traffic To Your Site

Greetings Entrecarders,
So, one of the top questions we get is how do you get more traffic to your ?

Well ShoeMoney has recently released ShoeMoney Tools which has the BEST internet marketing tools there is.

ShoeMoney Tools also contains TONS of guides that walk you through how to setup your own online empire.  Any of these guides alone would sell for over $50 apiece.

The Tools are normally 99.95 but I talked to ShoeMoney and he agreed to allow users to try a month for only $3.95!!

What’s the catch?  Its only available to the first 100 people that sign up.

ShoeMoney Tools have become the industry must have and this is a perfect chance for you to test them out for only $3.95!

But hurry I am sure the 100 trial offers will be used up very fast.

The special url is:

http://tools.shoemoney.com/ entrecard/

use code to get the special pricing!

*Please do not give out this url and code to others*

Again the address is:

http://tools.shoemoney.com/ entrecard/

We feel this is a wonderful deal and incredibly valuable to any trying to get more traffic to their .
This message was sent from Team to xxxxx@xxxx4success.com. It was sent from: .com Inc, 222 Columbia St # 301, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. Email Marketing Software

email manage subscription Entrecard JV spams deleted blog addresses To be removed click here

This email landed in accounts which were to be used for official communication. The accounts had been deleted three days previous to this email being sent. No, I am not required to “opt out” from a not to be used account.

That is spam. The only problem is the children at wouldn’t know spam if they had a mouth full of it.


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Shoemoney gets greedy; stoops to new low

Posted By admin on April 21, 2009

A couple days ago, Shoemoney, a supposedly highly-read and admired stooped to a new low by writing a exaggerated review about and the new Paid Ads Platform.

Okay so just made a huge move that is sure to start bringing them a boat load of money. They just launched a self-service ad network for the blogosphere, using their existing base of tens of thousands of publishers as participants. I gotta say, it’s pretty bad ass.

Shoe… ya’ should’a checked your facts.

Huge move? Yeah, if you count the outburst from long-time members when they discovered they were losing control of the advertising on their blogs, and that their eccles ( Credits) would now be worth about half of what they were, since paid ads would rotate up to 50% of the time on the widgets.

Self-service ads? More like self-serving ads since Graham gets the money and he may or may not pay it back out in some convoluted fashion. Sure he says there’s a cashout value of $1 per 1000 if you give him your (including SSN) up front. Oh, and if you want to purchase credits, he charges $6 per 1000. Nice exchange!

Existing base of tens of thousands publishers? Where’d ya’ get that number? Even if you believe the figures by counting the number of blogs in the categories, that doesn’t make “tens of thousands”. Add to that, most of us have/had multiple blogs. The real number may never be known since Graham appears to have left the building.

Bad ass? Yeppers, this one you got right. Graham is a bad ass. He’s been known to use a fake account to counter critics. He’s treated his mods like dirt. He’s broken promise after promise, and now, it appears he is close to broke. In fact, he’s not updated the official since April 11. Think maybe he’s left the building, too?

I just took the time to check out one Category - Home and Garden. While Graham and claim there are 282 blogs listed, only 161 actually have a widget and accept any kind of ads, let alone the paid ads.  I’d be willing to bet there may be fives of thousands… not tens of thousands.

In short, Shoemoney… you blew it on this review. I do hope the money you got was worth it.

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Entrecard chooses isolationist aproach

Posted By admin on April 20, 2009

has taken the drastic step of taking their forum completely private. Here’s the release about the move.

We now have a new forum structure.

You must apply to join the Approved Users usergroup via your User CP

http://forums.entrecard.com/profile….editusergroups

Include in the request the link to your dashboard.

The rules for the new structure will be:
You must be an member.
You must have purchased 400 ads
The only all user area will be community support. Anything that is not a valid community support thread will be deleted.
From here forward there will be no bashing of any kind.

Items will be added as needed.
If any thread or post is deemed unacceptable it will be deleted. The second instance will result in a ban.

Thank you,
Andy

They completely wiped every thread from the current forum, eliminating all dissent.

Now, let me explain why this spells the end for .

  • On the Internet, you can cover up but never eliminate dissent. Potential new members () do their due dilligence and they will find the information.
  • Members who are unhappy and have no recourse for discussion leave with a very bad taste and spread the bad news faster than a common cold.
  • Yes, each forum is “private property”. However when you squelch the ability to question decisions, you invite outside criticism that may or may not be warranted.

I’ve seen a number of programs where the owner made some bone-headed decision, got a ton of dissent, panicked and then squelched the dissent, only to lose the membership, income and see the program close.

To all potential new members of

Be aware you will be asked for your private information, including your SSN, phone number, etc, if you choose to participate in the “credit cashout program”. This doesn’t mean you’ll be accepted. They get your information whether or not you get accepted.

The good news is that they appear to be using a secure server at this point.

Should you choose to join this program, be aware that your own efforts at “dropping” are now worth up to 50% less thanks to the paid advertising placed on your blogs by .

Sure, you can choose not to show paid ads (if the “bugs” in their program have been fixed), however you will be penalized for doing so, potentially by not being able to cash out your credits.

So, what was once a vibrant ’s community is now nothing more than a program that forces you to “pay to play”. You pay by giving up cyber-estate on your for paid advertising. You get nothing in return, unless you’re allowed to cash out your credits at a measly $1.00 per 1000 credits.

Oh, and about that dropping… you don’t earn any credits for dropping on a paid ad.

Here’s how you can tell if the ad is from a paid advertiser… look in the address bar at the bottom of your browser as you hover your mouse over the ad. If you see “type=paid”, then don’t bother to click, as it won’t get you anything.

Sure you may or may not land on another member , but you’ve got a 50/50 chance of it going someplace else… and that is a waste of your time.

Bottom line, another immature decision by the children running .

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Entrecard Owner Caught Faking Forum Posts

Posted By admin on April 17, 2009

, owner of , a traffic driving community has been caught using a fake profile (aka Sock Puppet) and posting entries attempting to defend his ridiculous positions.

At issue is the release of statistical data showing how many members, how many blogs, and exactly how much traffic is truly delivered.

Now that is selling ad space on the the members’ blogs, this information is critical to .

With Graham stooping to the new low, it will be surprising if anyone sticks around.

The first to call him on it was “Turnipofpower”, who promptly posted the information on his blog. He traced both IP addresses, and determined the imposter (Sock Puppet) never had a , never dropped for any credits, etc.

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Entrecard Cashout Service Puts Private Info at Risk

Posted By admin on April 17, 2009

So, you’ve got Entrecredits to cash out?

If you’re smart, you’ll forego the option as is currently demanding you give them your name, address, phone number, SSN (social security number) or EIN (employer information number) and your Paypal account all via an unsecured web form.

Now, I’m sure Phirate is smarter than that, but Graham, being the child that hs is, has no regard for the safety of his members’ private information.

Members have been asking in the forum to have the form placed on a secure server to no avail.

Here’s what’s worse…

Even if you fill out the information, there is no guarantee you’ll get paid anytime soon.

Yes, the IRS does require this information. However, there are ways around this, especially since the chances of anyone actually earning the $600 per year required for taxes.

To earn $600, you’ll be doing it at $1 per 1000 or 600,000 . Yeah right!

One option many online companies use is to accept your application without such private information if they don’t have a secure server. They then send you an e-mail with a link to the W-9 form and instructions to fax the info or scan, upload and e-mail (only slightly more secure).

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