This is a re-launch of a similar project done a few years ago by Darren Rowse of ProBlogger. For someone like me who's trying to get my blogging "career" take off, any form of help is certainly most welcome. Especially if it's FREE :) And hopefully it won't entail a great deal of my time for the next 31 days. From what I gather, what will happen is that you will receive a daily email with a link to an article or lesson. The lesson will then be applied via a short assignment for the day. Sounds neat and practical enough for me.
The lessons start on April 1 (no, it's not a Fool's joke), so I suggest you get signed up ASAP. Click on the link above and it will take you to the sign-up page where you can also get more info.
Happy blogging! And let me know if you did sign up so we can check on each other.
Update: The start of the lessons was moved to April 6. I noticed just now some of the additional benefits of registering in the program (which remains FREE). For one, you get access to a Forum devoted specifically to the program, where you can read the views of others and have your own views discussed as well if you like.
I had some relaxed time this morning, and I decided to check out my Drops Inbox in Entrecard. There aren't that many, so I clicked on one, and sort of just follow the flow, reading a few posts, dropping my card, clicking on the featured blog, repeat the process. I went on and on with each one until it reached full circle everytime (I was even surprised when it did). Only now did I realized how powerful that was.
For one, each view registers as an impression on the blog, which can help in generating some effect on traffic and (maybe) revenues. Second, and more importantly, it gets your blog discovered. I had a couple of blogs I discovered this way that I asked my friends to take a look at also. Of course, content is still a very important ingredient, but this service is such a big help in getting your blog's head above the water in an ocean filled of other blogpages.
For those not familiar with Entrecard, in a capsule, it's a site that gathers together bloggers. Each blogger earns ec credits, which is the "currency" of the system, every time you make a post on your blog or "drop" your ec card on another blog. You can use these credits to purchase ads for your blog to be featuerd in another blog for 24 hours. The key feature of the system is that a widget of Entrecard is placed on members' blogs to advertise another member's ad and allow other members to "drop" their card (click your widget), which will earn ec credits for both of you. Everytime you drop your Entrecard on another blog, the blogger will get notified of your presence in his Entrecard account dashboard, where your blog will be listed as one of those that visited his blog. He can then return the favor to you by making a visit to your site.
