Weekend Musings on Blog Promotion

I have been tinkering with a few new programs to promote my site and generate more revenue. Here are my trials and experiences:

1. Entrecard - I just joined this program last night. It is basically a link exchange program between bloggers, but it is ridiculously addictive. You can see it in my left sidebar under the heading Entrecard. You earn a credit for dropping your card into the widget of other bloggers and also receive a credit for getting drops in your widget. Then the credits can be used to buy advertising on other sites. Some of the great personal finance sites you can advertise on are ridiculously cheap because they just joined Entrecard recently. Some of the less popular sites are also ridiculously expensive to advertise on. I haven’t perfected my advertising strategy yet, but I did read a ton of blogs today and got quite a bit of visitors as a result.

2. Adsdaq - Since Google ad revenues are dropping lately all across the web I researched where I could get some pay per impression ads. After looking around for an entire night I found Adsdaq and signed up. It is run by the reputable ContextWeb and accepts small publishers like me. With it I could set my own CPM for my ads. Right now it is performing better than BlogherAds and the ads are all very professional looking. I set the Google ad tags as the backup tag for Adsdaq and my Google earnings have not dropped. So far after using Adsdaq for a week I got $12, and this is really good because they pay when you reach $50.

3. Mixx - I usually hate social bookmarking sites (especially Digg), but I am discovering really good links at Mixx. I have been submitting one or two things I find interesting there, and it seems that they don’t penalize for submitting your own stuff.

4. WidgetBucks - This was a failure since I don’t have a product centric site. After 2000 impressions I earned nothing, so I took it off.

Additionally, I am still writing for Wise Bread and here are a few more of my favorite articles:

1. For the Love of Ramen: An Interview with Ed from RamenRamenRamen.net
2. Why is Gasoline So Cheap? A Cost Comparison of 40 Common Household Liquids
3. Chinese Money Habits - How My Culture Influences My Attitudes Toward Money

I think I am getting more serious about blogging lately, and I may be spending too much time on it.  I still had time to go out with the hubby and watch TV, though.  I think I have all this extra time because I don’t have a game to play currently.  It is a good thing.

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