Entrecard: You Drop, I Follow
I haven’t posted any entrecard entries in my blog except when I joined entrecard contest twice and my Pinoy Entrecard users list. Do I have to tell you that Entrecard is my favorite social network? Who doesn’t want to have fun while socializing with other bloggers? I could say that Entrecard is a success, members’ statistics still continue to grow.
From the time I’m using Entrecard, no doubt that it did wonders on my traffic and to other bloggers patronizing entrecard. I am still using the policy of “You Drop, I Follow”. Its as simple as it is, you visit my site, drop your card and I will the return the favor of doing the same thing. Basically, I’m online at daytime Philippine time, GMT +8… sometimes I can’t return the favor to droppers at night specially if I haven’t seen their cards in my inbox. The only way I can do that is let me know that you’ve been here.
It really works for me, I’ve seen regular droppers at my site and I continue returning the favor. Droppers on my site would never feel that they’ve been snob. What’s the use of entrecard if you have the rank of “just here for the view”? I’m not 24/7 online, I still have many things I have to attend to but rest assured that I will visit them as long as I know that they’ve been here. If you wish to leave your message to entrecard, I’ll be delighted seeing your message.
The “You drop, I follow” doesn’t work overnight but in the long run, everything would be fine with your regular droppers. Sometimes, if I dont have any running ads to other site, I sometimes received a take you note for giving their site a reasonable drops. Actually, I’m surprised and flattered when some people do this.
I don’t discriminate my droppers as long as you dropped your card on my site, feel free to browse if you wish. I don’t discriminate blog not related to my site, I’ll accept it as soon I can. Although, I haven’t encountered adult advert yet on my blog, that’s the only exemption. Sorry for that.
Keep on dropping!
Shopping Cart
The new shopping generation we have now, with almost everyone using the internet to shop. Consumers are more wise, searching for the things they want and need to online store is not the only thing they consider. Of course, to online shopping they have the wide comparison from one product to another, price comparison, the delivery and payment options. Consumers wouldn’t want to shop online for a product that lacks the necessary informations, descriptions and images. But traditional shoppers, the ones that accustomed to “real” shopping will still want to check the merchandise as much as they do as if they’re seeing them in real life. Also, they want somebody to inquire or tell their problem with the product they purchased… a customer service.
It is possible that merchants or online entrepreneurs cannot provide the above requirements of online shoppers without the complete shopping cart software they use for their online store. Demands of online consumers nowadays are increasing because they still compare the shopping they do for real and shopping on the internet. It won’t happen if you’re using eCommerce software providing all the needs of an entrepreneur as well as the needs of online shoppers. As entrepreneurs, we should also put ourselves on their shoes. A second rate shopping cart would give you problems, problems from unhappy consumers. Don’t let your business left behind by other online store who are already using the award winning shopping cart software if you want real income from your online store.
Entrecard New Features: Inbox, News Feed, Drop Rank
I was already login at my Entrecard dashboard, opened another window to check on my email then returned to Entrecard window. Of course, I have to reload it to see the latest droppers. Wow! Entrecard has new features!
New Inbox:
At first, I got confused when my droppers suddenly on the top of my inbox lined horizontally. I’ve learned that the latest dropper is on the right side.
News Feed:
These are my favorites’ latest entrecard activity.
Drop Rank:
I didn’t know that I am that consistent to entrecard dropping until I saw my rank.:-)
Photobucket, Bandwidth Exceeded
This entry is not intended to humiliate the author of this template. I really love this template and didn’t want to replace it. The purpose of this entry is to share my experience and learn from it.
Two days ago, when I opened my site, I saw the image below… lots of photobucket errors. It seems that all bloggers who use this template had this kind of error. At first, I thought that my blog had been hacked. How come if I didn’t use my photobucket account in this blog?
The problem was… all the images with the free template were replaced by “bandwidth exceeded – Photobucket – Please upgrade your account.”
What I did to resolved the problem was to download all the image files and save it another file host.
- Login to your blogspot account, go to layout, edit HTML
- Click Ctrl F. Since the problem is from photobucket, type the word photobucket.
- The word photobucket from your edit template page will be highlighted.
- Copy the complete url of all links that has the word photobucket one by one.
- Download them and save it to your blogspot or any filehost that you prefer.
- Then, replaced all the photobucket link in your template, make sure that you’ve replaced the correct photobucket link to the new link to avoid further problems.
Voila! My site is normal again.
Blues And Bliss
I was tagged by marikenya for my blues and bliss of year 2007. My apology for not posting this to my other blog, thanks for the tagging meme. I’m on my fourth month of blogging and this is also my first new year here, same as marikenya.
Here’s how it works:
1. Copy some of the description of this tagging meme and modify it with your own.
2. Provide your Blues and Bliss answers like how I gave mine.
3. Post the name and the link of all those who joined this meme including the one who initiated it, that’s me hehehe and the one who tagged you! If you get a pingback, include also that person in the link list.
4. Let’s all have a wonderful 2008! Cheers!
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My 2007 Blues -
-My hubby left to US last February, came back in July and left again before Christmas. Whew!
-Domino effect of economic crisis… I had bad income from our family business. Bad income means more investment to keep the business running.
My 2007 Bliss –
-Gained new friends from blogging and met almost all of the members of my mobile clan, Katufors.
-I was elected as one of the officers to our business association.
***As you can see, 2007 wasn’t a good year for me and hoping that 2008 is a better year for the Philippines. Consider yourself that you’ve been tagged. Welcome 2008!
