My EntreCard Code of Ethics

Posted on August 15th, 2008 by Richard Catto 1,353 views

You might be sick of hearing me on this subject, but I’m writing this post to clarify matters for all the great members of the EntreCard community who keep on stopping by my blog and dropping their cards.

I wanna say to you all, that I appreciate it. I see you there, dropping your cards, and I’m always wracking my brains to come up with new ways to make your effort worth its while.

Today, what I came up with was a section on my blogroll dedicated to my Top Five Droppers. I will update this section EVERY DAY if there is a change.

But even if you haven’t made my Top Five list (yet), I’d like you to know the following, which I have decided to call:

My EntreCard Code of Ethics

1. If you drop your card on me, I will return it, either the same day or the next humanly possible moment, which would probably be the next day.
2. I will also add you to my list of drop sites and continue dropping on you until you are pushed off the list to make space for those who have more recently dropped on me. In other words, if you keep dropping, at least from time to time, you will always get dropped back on and probably more times than you dropped on me.
3. I will attempt to get to know your blogs and write a comment if I have anything constructive to contribute.
4. If you write a particularly good piece, I will stumble your post.
5. On a daily basis, if you make my Top 10 droppers, you are guaranteed to get a drop back in the next drop period.
6. On a daily basis, if you make my Top 5 droppers, you will appear in my blogroll.
7. Every Monday, whoever is in my Top 10 droppers list will all get advertised on, no matter how much it costs me.
8. If you advertise on this site, you will likely get at least 30 genuine clicks back, going by my dashboard stats. If you get ZERO clicks back, I will refund you your FULL purchase price. I have yet to see this blog giving zero clicks back and I never click on my own ads.

That’s all for now. What goes in YOUR EntreCard Code of Ethics?

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4 Responses to “My EntreCard Code of Ethics”

1. Lindsey Says:
   August 16th, 2008 at 01:55

   That’s a great code. I’m trying really hard to reciprocate all drops, and have a list of top droppers. Entrecard has definitely helped my business and page ranks. Have you thought of displaying the ‘you drop, I follow’ banner so people know you will drop back?

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2. Blog Tactic Says:
   August 16th, 2008 at 07:48

   A serious EntreCard member like you is the one that make thing happen.

   Good job

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3. Richard Catto Says:
   August 16th, 2008 at 22:22

   @Blog Tactic: If people put effort into EntreCard, they are guaranteed to get an excellent return via increased traffic to their blog.

   I also routinely amass over 500 EC credits a day which allows me to advertise on the more expensive blogs.

   Previously I had decided not to spend more than 256 EC on any one advert, but now I’m experimenting by advertising on blogs which cost 1024EC, to see if that leads to more clicks. I’ll let you know how that works out.

4. Laura Says:
   August 20th, 2008 at 02:51

   I agree – this is a great code of ethics. I’m going to figure out how to implement some of your “code’s” ideas for my own blog. But I also agree that if you’re willing to put in the time to dropping and commenting, you will not only get the higher number of credits to enable you to advertise on more expensive sites, but promise things like refunding credits if there are zero clickthroughs.

   It’s funny – I’ve never clicked on my own ads anywhere, nor have I clicked another person’s ad on my blog – those both seem to wrong, somehow, although I’m sure it happens which is why Entrecard puts those warnings about “grade” or click inflation.

   Good to see that ethical bloggers exist – and I think I’m one of them, although you definitely have a very defined version of this.

   Warmly,

   ~Laura

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