Archive for the 'Announcements' Category
Written on October 19th, 2009 by Cindy
Hi Entrecarders,
For a limited time only, we are lowering the price of our credit sale by 50%! Below are the new rates.
If you are interested in purchasing additional credits, please login to your dashboard and click on the “buy more” link on the top right hand corner.
4,000 credits = $12
8,000 credits = $23.20
16,000 credits = $44.80
32,000 credits = $84.40
64,000 credits = $166.40
Please note that this is a limited time only and prices can adjust back to the normal price anytime.
Thank you for being a valued member. Email support@entrecard.com if you have questions. All emails
are answered within 24 hours.
Cindy
Entrecard.com
Written on October 17th, 2009 by Cindy
Hi everyone,
We have received some concerns regarding the high 75% tax deducted from the price to advertise on your blog. So for the next 3 months we will be lowering the tax rate to 50%. This means that you will receive 50% of the price it costs to advertise on your blog! The other 50% will be deleted from our system. This is effective as of today. After 3 months, if there are no major problems with the EC inflation, we will keep the tax rate at 50%.
Please continue to email us at support@entrecard.com if you have any problems or concerns. We would love to hear from you. All emails will be answered within 24 hours.
Cindy
Entrecard.com
Written on September 17th, 2009 by Cindy
Hi Entrecarders!
We are excited to launch our new “Referral program!” From now on, you will earn 300 credits for referring new users to join Entrecard. They must be a new user (linked blogs do not count) and must be active for 14 days before the referral credits are given. The referral code is automatically attached to the “get one” link on your widget. We will also provide you with referral banners if you would like to market the referral program on your blog. Just login to your dashboard and click on “Referral Program” to use the banner links. Any new users that you refer will be listed in your dashboard under “Referrals”.
This is a great way to earn extra Entrecard credits! Thank you so much for being a valued member.
Cindy
Hi Entrecarders!
We are excited to launch our new “Referral program!” From now on, you will earn 300 credits for referring new users to join Entrecard. They must be a new user (linked blogs do not count) and must be active for 14 days before the referral credits are given. The referral code is automatically attached to the “get one” link on your widget. We will also provide you with referral banners if you would like to market the referral program on your blog. Just login to your dashboard and click on “Referral Program” to use the banner links. Any new users that you refer will be listed in your dashboard under “Referrals”.
This is a great way to earn extra Entrecard credits! Thank you so much for being a valued member.
Cindy
Written on August 27th, 2009 by Cindy
Hi everyone,
I am happy to announce the new Entrecard toolbar for Firefox 3.5! Now, you will be able to drop, look through blogs and buy advertising with the convenience of a toolbar on the latest version of Firefox. Enjoy!
Download here:
http://entrecard.com/page/ec_toolbar
Cindy Ung
Business Development
Entrecard.com
Written on August 24th, 2009 by Cindy
Hi everyone,
We hope that you have been pleased with Entrecard’s progress. The management team has been working hard to improve Entrecard and we thank you for your patience.
We have noticed that the total number of Entrecard credits in the system has grown rapidly. This has been due to the fact that more credits are being created than credits are leaving the system. If this inflation continues, Entrecard credits will be worth less and less. To ensure a stable credit economy and reduce the outstanding credits, Entrecard will no longer give Entrecard credits to the person receiving a drop. In other words, instead of awarding 2 credits for each drop (one to the dropper and one to the blog site owner), only 1 credit will be given to the dropper. This change will be effective September 1, 2009 and will last until further notice.
We have explored many other options to deflate the credit economy and we have found this route to be the easiest and fairest way to resolve the problem for the time being. While this may seem like a set back, it has its advantages. In the long run, the prices to advertise on blogs will decline making advertising more affordable.
While we recognize your concerns, please understand that it is one of our goals to have a healthy Entrecard credit economy. This is a huge change we’re making and we will continue to monitor the credit economy. We will continue to make changes as necessary to accommodate a healthy Entrecard economy. Thank you for your support and understanding.
Cindy Ung
Director of Business Development
Entrecard.com
Written on August 18th, 2009 by Cindy
Hi Entrecarders!
Thank you for your patience. The Entrecard team is excited to announce several new updates to Entrecard. We have read your feedback and hope that these changes will answer some of the concerns you may have had. These changes include:
1) Login/Logout Problem
We have received reports from a handful of users regarding problems with logging in and logging out of Entrecard. Please note that this bug has been fixed.
2) Auto-Approving Advertising Requests
For your convenience, we have added the option to automatically accept all advertising requests. You can enable this option by clicking the checkbox for “Accept all Entrecard ads automatically” under “Advert settings” in your dashboard. This way, your Entrecard account will run on “cruise control” and you will be able to earn credits without the hassle of accepting and declining every single advertising request. Because we carefully screen each and every blog that joins our network, you can be assured that the ads served on your widget are family oriented.
3) Advertising Directory
There have been a number of concerns about blogs in our directory that do not have a widget. We have completely cleaned out our advertising directory and only blogs with the Entrecard widget are listed. This will ensure that your hard-earned advertising credits do not go to waste. You will no longer have to worry about spending credits on a blog that does not have a widget.
Thank you so much for being part of Entrecard. We value you as a member and we thank you for all your support.
Keep on dropping!
Cindy Ung
Director of Business Development
Written on July 30th, 2009 by Cindy
Hi Entrecard Members!
We are excited to announce several new updates to Entrecard! Many of you have been looking for ways to spend your credits and to network with your fellow Entrecard bloggers. Search no more! We would like to introduce our new “Marketplace” in the community forum. Here you can earn and spend credits by posting contests or promotions and selling banner or text ads on your blog to other EC members. To allow you to spend and receive more credits with other members, we have increased the amount of credits you can transfer between users from 1,000 credits to 25,000 credits! This is our first step in facilitating a more open marketplace. Visit the Marketplace at forums.entrecard.com and make a posting today!
We hope that opening the Marketplace will allow users to network and exchange credits with other bloggers. Stay tuned for updates.
Cindy Ung
Director of Business Development
Written on July 22nd, 2009 by Cindy
Dear Entrecard Members,
My name is Cindy and I am the new Director of Business Development for Entrecard. I will be representing the Entrecard team in future posts and will be relaying information about new Entrecard changes and updates to users. I am excited to be working for Entrecard and look forward to reading your opinions and comments about Entrecard services.
We are making great progress with the transition and have come up with several ways to refine needed Entrecard services. I would like to inform you about two important changes.
Effective immediately, we will no longer accept applications for “paid ads” on your widget space. Based on user comments and blog posts, users have not been happy with the “paid ads” that was implemented a few months ago. Although a good portion of the revenue (75%) is given back to the users through the “credit cashout program,” we have found that most users would prefer not to have “paid ads” on their widgets at all. As a result, we have decided to eliminate “paid ads” on your widget. We are no longer accepting new “paid ads” and any ads currently in the system will continue to run until they are completed.
Second, we have received many user requests to redeem credits for cash through the “credit cashout program.” Some users have been paid while many users have not. Since we are ending the “paid ads” program, we are also eliminating the “credit cashout program.” As promised, we will continue to pay as many users as we can with the remaining funds from the “paid ads” system. Within the next 3 days, we will distribute the remaining funds from the “paid ads” to users on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once these funds run out, we will reissue credits back to those users who applied for the cashout program but did not receive money. An email notification will be sent out to our users.
We understand that eliminating the “credit cashout program” may upset some users. However, Entrecard is actively developing ways for Entrecard users to use, sell and trade their credits. This is on the top of our priority list.
Once again, we feel that ending the “paid ads” and “cashout” program will benefit Entrecard and its users in the long run. We understand what your concerns are and we intend to address them. Thank you for being a valued member. Stay tuned for updates.
Cindy Ung
Director of Business Development
Entrecard
Written on July 16th, 2009 by Graham
Dear Entrecarders,
It is with great excitement that I announce Entrecard.com, Inc. has
been Acquired by ZipRunner Inc.
ZipRunner has the resources, vision, and dedication to Entrecard that
will allow it to grow in pursuit of the vision I laid out nearly two
years ago.
Moving forward, my relationship to Entrecard will be that of an
advisor, and I will help the good folks at ZipRunner take the whole
project to the next level.
ZipRunner Inc. was chosen out of a number of potential suitors because
of the resources they can dedicate to the project, their exciting
vision for the company’s future, and their understanding of social
media and the blogosphere.
I urge you all to look forward to a bigger, better Entrecard, and I
couldn’t be more proud to bring it to this point before passing the
torch. I’ve heard first hand all the great things that are in store
for the company and it’s members, and needless to say it has me quite
excited.
If you would like to keep in touch with me in the future, you can
find me at my new blog Ontrapranore.com where I look forward to
sharing my stories of entrepreneurship and starting/running internet
companies.
Whether you love or hate the decisions I’ve made for Entrecard in the
past, I always did the best I could to move the company forward given
the resources I had, and I always had the best interest of the members
in mind. Now, with new management and ownership stepping in, I urge
anyone who has left the service to give it another chance, and I urge
those who have been loyal members for days, weeks, months, or years to
look forward to a brighter future, a reliable and stable service, and
great new features and strategic direction.
Signing Off,
Graham Langdon
Founder of Entrecard
Ontrapranore
Written on June 1st, 2009 by Graham
Greetings Entrecarders!
Three big announcements today.
Cashout Apps Approved!
First and most importantly, all the cashout applications have now been dealt with and either approved or denied. Thank you for being patient with us while we tested in the Beta Phase, worked out the kinds, and got the whole thing spinning.Hopefully you can start earning some money! and to help you get started…
Drops will count for 2 credits today!
That’s right, for today only, drops will earn you TWO credits, and the receiving blog will get 0 credits. So, if there was ever a day to drop some cards, find some blogs you love, or even read some old favorites, here’s a great excuse to do it!
Big Change to the Ad Network: Only Entrecard Blogs
Moving forward, we’re making a big chance to the Ad Network. From here on out, only Active Entrecard Members can advertise via our ad network. We listened carefully to all your feedback during the trial phases of our ad network, and one thing that kept recurring is that you only wanted bloggers and other Entrecarders advertising on your widget. So, we’re going ahead and making that change. From now on, the only advertisers approved into the Entrecard Ad Network will be advertising an Entrecard blog with an Entrecard Widget, just the way you like it!
Please help share this news with any blogger friends or communities you think may be interested to hear all the news.
