EntreCard Test Results

I mentioned a few days ago that I was back to using EntreCard again. Mostly because it is a free form of advertising.

But like everything in life Free does not always mean free. For example to earn EntreCard credits you must visit other blogs and drop your card on the EntreCard widget. If you have a popular BLOG you can also earn EntreCard credits when bloggers purchase an EntreCard ad on your blog. The higher your traffic numbers the more an ad will cost on your blog.

For my test I purchased an ad on a blog for 256 credits. The BLOG I picked to advertise on was in my niche and because of the ad cost I felt it was a blog that got good traffic.

My results ... I am satisfied with the traffic increase during the time my ad was running. I also picked up a few new RSS Subscribers during that time. Card drops were up the day of and the day after my ad ran. This helped reduce the "cost" of my ad by replenishing some of my spent credits.

Cost: Free, no money spent on this test.

Time: About 30 minutes to earn credits and find a blog to advertise on.

Income: Not Tracked, this was a traffic test.

Benefits: Received 1 visitor for every 6 credits spent. Traffic to BLOG increased, EntreCard drops were up and there were a couple new RSS subscribers.

Once I have enough credits built up I will do another test with a top 3 blog. Subscribe to my RSS feed so you don't miss the results.

Michael