Today Is The Last Day To Enter!
Just a friendly reminder that today is the last day you can enter my blog birthday contest. So far the response has been great. Thanks to everyone who has entered so far!
If you have been planning on entering, but just haven’t made the time to do so, here’s a recap of the ways you can enter and increase your chances to win 1,000 Entrecard credits and a blog review on MAMD:
- 5 entries for subscribing to my feed via email. (Comment on this post using the same address so that I can verify.) Subscribed already? Thank you! Just tell me in the comments.
- 4 entries for making a post about the contest on your blog linking back to this post. If you have more than one blog, that’s cool — you’ll get 4 entries per post per blog (only one post on each blog will be counted; be sure to leave a comment here telling me so with the links).
- If you like my blog, you can tell others by writing a recommendation on my profile at Entrecard. Doing so earns you 4 entries.
- Commenting on this post earns you 1 entry (only one comment per contestant excluding the comments you make informing me of other posts you’ve made or for subscribing)
I’ll pick a winner via random.org and announce who it is on the 21st. 
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About the Author: Mark Sierra is an online entrepreneur and web publisher. As the owner of StarFrost Media, he continues to add blogs and products to his online portfolio designed to help inform readers on software and blogging, teach them to be more productive, and even learn how to make money online.
DeathMitten | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
Well, I’d join. But then again, I’ve got no clue as to what this “Entrecard” thing is or what is it good for.
Juha Ylitalo | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
I just subscribed to your e-mail feed.
Now, when I can get the 1000 ecs
Juha Ylitalo’s last blog post..Kone building
Mark | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
@DeathMitten
Entrecard is that ad you see in my sidebar, the one with “Get one” underneath it. It’s a way for bloggers to advertise for free their blogs. You earn credits each time you drop your “card” on other blogs. You can check out more here.
Welcome to MeAndMyDrum!
@Juha
Hehe, thanks for that and good luck!
Bobby Revell | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
Hi Mark! I have read numerous articles saying it’s a mistake to put Entrecard and adsense on the same site because it will cause adsense to become “smartpriced” and render it worthless. Is that true? I’d like to use entrecard but I don’t want to mess up my blog’s main source of earning. I’m obviously not blogging to make money, but I do like want my host fees covered with what I do earn.
Bobby Revell’s last blog post..The Beer Swizzling Dope Smoking Guitar Student
Forest Parks | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
Hey Mark,
Hopefully just caught this in time. Happy Birthday.
My blog post is here: http://www.therandomforest.info/2008/02/happy-birthday-mamd-only-few-hours-left.html
I subscribed with the email: forest.parks@gmail.com
Entrecard recomendation would have been done regardless of the competition.
Oh and does this comment count…… Happy Birthday again.
Wish me luck
Forest Parks’s last blog post..Day II: Assessing my assets
Mark | Feb 20, 2008 | Reply
@Bobby
Mr. Bobby! Good to see you here!
I haven’t read anything referencing concerns over Entrecard and AdSense, but I’m not denying those articles exist. Perhaps you could point me to a couple of them. Because the Entrecard ads are not paid links, I can’t see why Google would have a problem with them.
@Forest
You sure did, buddy! Wow, thanks for all the effort.
Ian | Feb 21, 2008 | Reply
Happy birthday to your blog!!!
Ian’s last blog post..Speeding up your daily Entrecarding, and win something
Mark | Feb 21, 2008 | Reply
@Ian
Thank you!
Christine Senter | Feb 21, 2008 | Reply
Happy Birthday Hon.
I know this is a day late, but that’s the story of my life. LOLOLOL
Congrats on keeping this site up for the past year, and here’s to many more to come.
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to You
Happy Birthday Me and My Dru-um
Happy Birthday to You
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Mark | Feb 21, 2008 | Reply
@Christine
LOL Thank you very very much! I hope you’re having a great week.
Kyle Eslick | Feb 22, 2008 | Reply
Mark,
Congrats again on your anniversary! I don’t have an entrecard account, so you don’t need to enter me into the contest, but I just wanted to say congrats again. It is amazing how this blog has evolved over the past year (and especially in the past two months).
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Mark | Feb 23, 2008 | Reply
@Kyle
Thank you, Kyle! I really appreciate the compliment.
Bobby Revell | Feb 26, 2008 | Reply
I think that entecard increases a blog’s bounce rate. I’m just wondering if 100 new visitors pop in for only a second, simply to drop a card, how good is the traffic? My adsense CTR is around 80% and I don’t want it getting low because it really can get you smart priced. Maybe I’m being paranoid! I actually joined, I just haven’t decided if I’m going to put it on my site. I’m so lazy - I do absolutely nothing to help my traffic - I guess I might one day…haha!
Bobby Revell’s last blog post..Bobby’s Batch #7 - Blogging Madness
Mark | Feb 26, 2008 | Reply
@Bobby
Well, buddy, the way I look at it is there’s bound to be somebody in that traffic that’s going to stick around. Maybe I get a subscriber or maybe they just bookmark me, but it’s one more than I had beforehand. I agree the bounce rate could indeed grow. As for smartpricing, I don’t currently use AdSense (at least I think I got rid of those ads on this blog) only because they were irrelevant most of the time.
But I would encourage you to give Entrecard a shot just to see how it works for you. And if it’s not traffic, then you could at least find some nice blogs that way.