Entrecard link love – week 10
moneyrelations :: Feb.17.2008
Entrecard link love week 10! I have had a lot of interesting and diverse blogs grace my widget the past few weeks and this week is no different. Let’s begin.
Arohan’s investing life – Arohan is a value investor on my blogroll. He always has interesting commentary on what’s going on in the business world and this week, he continues his investigation of Countrywide Financial Corporation and the impact from a Bank of America acquisition.
Personal Finace Management Guide offers practical and easy to follow strategies to keep your hard earned money. And what can be more practical than an article on How to Find and Select a Certified Tax Accountant on the cusp of tax season.
Sense to Save is a blog that focuses on a frugal living. It’s a very well designed site with lots of savings tips. What I liked for this past week was her recipe for stuffed mushrooms and alice springs chicken. Sounds yummy. You can get this at the Outback but by doing it yourself, it’s a quarter of the price for a dinner for two.
LeBokov21.com is a computer blog that offers tech advice on a variety of problems that technicians face everyday. Ever have problems with no sound coming from a front panel audio jack? Perhaps you need to disable its jack sensing feature.
Parenting Squad – I’m extremely impressed with this site. I’m not a parent yet but this would definitely be a good resource site – from family planning to the college years and everything that happens in between. For new expecting parents, here’s an article geared towards trusting your instincts of not trying to do everything “perfect”.
The BenSpark – The tagline of this blog is “Everyday Photos… Every… Day…” What a great idea to have a photo journal to refer to later. You know they say a picture is worth a thousand words. There’s even a Photo a Day javascript banner or flash banner you can apply to your blog. Check out what the Photo a Day project is about.
Practical Forex Trading – I’m a practical gal so I like a straight talking blog. Therefore, I appreciated this post about the marketing tactics of trading systems. It’s refreshing to read what someone in the industry thinks about the ploys utilized that tarnish the reputation of traders.
Well, that concludes week 10 of Entrecard link love. It will also be my last weekly round-up for a bit until work related projects give me some extra time for play 
Until then, thanks as always, everyone!
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Thanks Mariam for the link love! Hope to read more from you soon
Thanks very much for the link love. I appreciate it.
Hey, Mariam, now that you’re a few months (?) into it, I’d be interested in a follow-up post on your experience with Entrecard. I noticed that you have a significantly higher technorati authority than me, presumably in part because of the link love you get back from your fellow Entrecard participants. (I’m not as bitter as that sounded!) How convinced are you still, that this is worthwhile for you compared to other blog building practices?
Hi Arohan and Drew,
You’re welcome, guys.
Hey Nancy.
I need to check my Technorati ranking
Entrecard is a good experience but you get what you put in just like other blog building practices – you need to comment, participate in forums, etc. I guess it’s no different than anything else. Just common sense. But it gives bloggers a regular routine when you “reciprocate” card dropping – you drop your card on my widget, I’ll return the favor for you. It’s just proper etiquette.
So yes, it might forge new relationships and such – as well as boosting Alexa ranking as a side effect (if that’s important to you). Technorati depends on backlinks I think (never really looked into it). I just offered to be a contest sponsor so I got backlinks as a result.
I don’t know how useful backlinks are for a blog not search engine optimized for anything
Oh yeah, and another aspect is that you get to advertise on other blogs. I’m really not quite sure how useful this is in getting non-Entrecard traffic though.
Overall, my experience with Entrecard is a positive one. It just takes time to develop those relationships and find a new audience though – something I don’t even know if I’m all that concerned for, for this blog. It’s all an experiment for me to find out what works or not for other niche projects.
Tx for such a full response, Mariam. I’ll keep mulling it over. My blog is part for the sake of itself, and also partly for business (ie. prospective clients get to know me a little, I get some press etc) and at the end of the day, I’m looking for Canadian clients (although I’ve had two from the states who honest-to-god *insisted* on working with me). So since I’m really interested in some measure of profile in Canada, Entrecard might not be beneficial. But I’ll keep considering it – I’m seeing it pop up more and more. cheers – n
Thanks for the link love.