Let’s do Business with Real Online Companies

It’s been nearly a year since I first heard about Entrecard. It took me a couple of months to realize this was the right traffic generation/blogger community for me to join. Once I did, I spent countless hours “dropping”, reaching the 300 daily drop limit a couple of times.

There was only one problem… time spent dropping was time away from tending (make that writing) my blogs. Yes, I have more than one blog. I have five blogs that each use Entrecard to generate traffic and find new readers.

Here’s why EC works so well for me. I could care less about SEO. I’m a writer, not a techie. I write for my readers, not for search engines, so I have to generate traffic differently than folks who pay attention to keywords, tag clouds, etc. I choose to do it peer-to-peer, and that’s why EC works so well for me.

Do I have tons of traffic? No, but I have folks who spend time on my various blogs and when appropriate, leave me comments. I’m quite sure that over winter, when I have more time to “drop” and write, my traffic will increase substantially.

Entrecard is what YOU make of it.

If you’re a “speed dropper”, then you’ll likely get a lot of drops, but few folks who stop to read your blog.

If, like me, you love to discover new blogs, you’ll attract the same kind of audience.

Even with all the “first year growth” issues, Entrecard continues to lead the way for me in quality traffic generation, new readers, unique ideas, and new friends.

Quite some time ago, I instituted an “Advertiser Loyalty Program” for folks who belong to Entrecard, an advertising community for bloggers.

Here’s the deal on my “Advertiser Loyalty Program”.

Every time you purchase a 24-hr ad spot from me, I enter you into a pool of that month’s advertiser. That means, at least, you have a 1 in 31 chance of winning at least 60 EC from me. I have five blogs, so you are welcome to advertise across all five and compete for each of the pools.

I also keep track of how many times you advertise with me. See that “Most Loyal Advertisers” in my Blogroll? Each of those bloggers have advertised at least 10 times with me. They may have advertised two times on each blog, or 10 times in just one blog. Either way, they all earned a permanent link for their efforts.

I also have a “big pool” made up of all the advertisers. I set aside 25% of the credits I receive from advertising, and when that totals 500, I go to a random number generator and select a winner, awarding them all 500 EC.

Who’s been winning? That’s where the link love comes in… Be sure to check out these folks. They each received at least 60 EC from this blog.

May Winner: Easy Viral Traffic Blog

June Winner: Generate free money and traffic for Your Blog

July Winner:  Posh Mama

August Winner:  Time!

If you’d like to get in on the action, join me at Entrecard. It’s where bloggers really have come together to create a program that works.

I’ve been with Hot Conference since before it became available to the public. I got started with it while it was still in “beta mode” back in 2004. After four full years, I’m still with them. Even though I’ve retired, I still use my conferencing software instead of the phone whenever possible.

So, what is Hot Conference?

It is the most cost-effective online audio/video software available around the world. When you own this software, you can talk with others all around the world. You get real-time audio/video chat, whiteboard, Powerpoint presentation mode, and even desktop sharing.

Why would you want to use it?

Let me start with the “not so obvious”…

Got a family scattered all over the world? When you get Hot Conference, you can give each family member the link to your conference room and everyone can meet together. You can share pictures, see each other in real time, send files, and do it all securely.

Are you working from home? Keep in touch with others in your field by inviting them to conference with you. Maybe you need to train other representatives. Hot Conference let’s you do that securely and with zero cost to any of your reps.

Got a business that needs to provide support to your customers? Hot Conference can meet your needs very nicely. There’s no cost to your customer. All they do is click on your conference room link, run the software and hook up with you. Your Hot Conference program runs in the background on your computer and when someone comes to your room, you get a notification tag alerting you to their presence.

Oh, and just in case you’re looking for a way to supplement income, Hot Conference can do that nicely, too. Rather than me trying to “sell” you on it, here a special offer you’ll rarely see. Just like I offer with Kiosk Web Hosting, here’s my personal private invitation for you to get your own Hot Conference software package for just a buck. Use it for a full 30 days… you’ll be hooked, just like I’ve been hooked for the past four years.

That’s right, with all the hosting companies around, I choose Kiosk Web Hosting.

I’ve been with them for over five years now, after several disappointments with other web hosts.

What makes them my #1 choice?

In a nutshell, it starts with customer service. They have live customer service reps 24/7, and a “ticket system” for support that is monitored 24/7. Additionally, if any of my sites (10 total) go down, I have a special pager e-mail to use. When I’ve had to use it, they’ve responded within a few minutes, letting me know when I can expect to be back in service.

Beyond that, they also provide a full range of webmaster tools, and also a heap of marketing materials.

Here’s one more reason I prefer Kiosk Web Hosting. They reward me for advertising. When you choose to become a Kiosk customer in my network, I get paid. Here’s something even better… You get paid, too, when you refer Kiosk Web Hosting.

What do you get in the way of actual hosting stuff?

You get too much to actually list in this blog. One thing I will tell you is that your first month’s hosting costs you one single buck… Yep $1.00 for your first 30 days!

Why would we do that? It’s called VALUE. We know it takes a while to get things set up and we prefer to partner with you and help you reach success, so while you’re getting things going, we don’t believe you should pay a full month’s fee.

Here’s what you get for just a buck!

“Let’s do Business with Real Online Companies” hosted at Blogger.

I’ve chosen to move to my own domain and go with WordPress.

What will you find here?

You’ll find my opinions regarding online companies I’ve done business with for over five years. These businesses range from a marketing program to a web communications program, to web hosting, and also ways to advertise your blog.

Stay tuned as I get things fully organized.