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Posted by Not John Chow on Mar 17, 2008

With over 5,000 EntreCard Blogs out there and with thousands of those blogs clicking on as many EntreCard ads that they can get to, I have often wondered if clicking on these ads was a good use of my time.

What is your time worth?

If I think about how long it takes to click on an ad and move on to the next it takes maybe 20 seconds give or take a few seconds. I know that some of you out there are quicker and some are slower. If we use the 20 second time and forget about the occasional dead end and restart (or maybe you are using a system or EC browser?) that comes out to 180 clicks per hour.

So, how much is that worth per hour?

To answer this question I visited eBay to see how much EC’s were selling for. Here is what I found:

The average comes to 6/10ths of a penny. That is $1.08 per hour! How much is your time worth! What do you think? Is it worth your time to chase EntreCard credits or would you be better off doing something else with your time? Are Stumbles or Diggs worth more? I would like to know.

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12 Comments »

LJP:

Good question. I have been an Entrecard member for a couple of days and it can take up a lot of time. It may be a better idea to buy the credits and do something else with your spare time!

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March 19th, 2008 | 4:50 pm

Not John:

I think that you need to get a few credits under your belt and then distribute some ads. I find that my credits grow over time without much effort. Also, you may wish to purchase some comments, stumbles or diggs.

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March 19th, 2008 | 6:17 pm

Wade:

I just did your stumble entry, and got fed by your rss. Hope to win.

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March 20th, 2008 | 7:30 pm

Jordan McClements:

I think if you have a good blog and put your entrecard widget above the fold, you have to spend very little time getting reasonable amounts of traffic from entrecard (but the quality of traffic does suck a bit)..

Min you, for those prices - it may be worth buying a million credits or so to see what it does to your traffic!

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March 21st, 2008 | 3:33 am

Mrs. Mecomber:

The beneficial part about Entrecards is that it is more than profligate traffic– rather, it generates READERS and not just hits. By visiting blogs to drop your card, you get a healthy taste of others’ blogs, day after day. Stumbles are GREAT for traffic, but Stumblers are rarely looking for a good blog to loyally read. Entrecard system is nice in that it generates READERS as well as traffic. I don’t like the emphasis on buying credits, etc, because you lose the beauty of browsing.

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March 21st, 2008 | 11:10 am

Not John:

I do not think that they generate readers. Have you looked at the bounce rate from EntreCard clicks? The bounce rate is very high because visitors click for the credits and move on quickly. EntreCard is an interesting community but, I don’t think that it is that it generates anything except easy traffic.

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March 21st, 2008 | 12:51 pm

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March 22nd, 2008 | 1:53 pm

Kent:

Many Entrecarders can drop at a 10 per minute pace or better, but it doesn’t change your basic premise about the decision to use one’s time dropping cards versus some other activity to popularize one’s blog. And while it’s true that most Entrecarders have a high bounce rate, most will also tell you they have been introduced to many new blogs that they do read as a result of belonging to the Entrecard community. Personally, when I find a blog that interests me I subscribe to the email feed so I can read it when I’m not in a Power Dropping mode.

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March 24th, 2008 | 6:24 pm

Lightening:

Interesting calculations. I guess it depends on how you view Entrecard. Whether it’s purely about money/gain or whether you enjoy the experience. I know I’ve made new friends and found new blogs with some very valuable information as a result of time spent Entrecarding and it’s hard to put a $ value on those.
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March 30th, 2008 | 2:27 am

1 Million in 365 Days:

Better use your credits to advertise on other sites. Then they are so much more worthy. And mix Entrecard with Digg and StumbleUpon for an even better traffic recipe.

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March 30th, 2008 | 8:34 am

Shelia:

Entrecard follows the old adage, “you get out, what you put in.” In the case of Entrecard you still get, even if you don’t put much in.

There’s a lot of value in using Entrecard, if you go after it. The blogs, networking and socialization pay in droves as far as I’m concerned.

The advertising is more fun to me than it is fruitful. The real benefit tends to come in many other ways.

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March 31st, 2008 | 9:00 am

sebastiano:

the entrecard system is not ment to sell credits, thus you shouldn’t do it and use the application as it is meant to, visits websites, earn creadits, “buy” ads, promote, get visits….

March 31st, 2008 | 9:35 am