Cornyman Needs A Lift - EC Members Can Help

Kamila has come back from grape picking for four days and just heard that Cornyman has cancel the whopping 1,000,000 EC contest due to lack of support which is giving no real benefit to the generous sponsors who put up an incredible amount of cash EC credits and other goodies. This is was a big shock for Kamila who was the first blogger to be put up for the competition.

Kamila knows that Cornyman has put in a tremendous amount effort and dedication to this competition and in return it has gone pear shaped. Making a financial success out of blogging is a hard game as many have found out and given up. Kamila just hopes that Cornyman bounces back with new vigour and doesn’t let this put him off from trying other enterprises in the blogging world.

It is true to say from a Camel who has been blogging now for well over a year now that the blogging world needs more people like Cornyman or Martin those who don’t know. People like him make the blogging world tick and many bloggers including Kamila are more than grateful for his efforts that certainly haven’t gone unnoticed.

Kamila suggests that all people who appreciate Martin’s efforts that they should comment on his blog thanking him for his tremendous and ambitious effort. Kamila has done this already. Martin certainly needs a lift right now and bloggers who care like Kamila and many other EC members can help with this Here's the link ----> http://cornys-moneypage.blogspot.com/

"Warmest regards to all," says Kamila

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Kamila In Competition Mode

Kamila has yet again been dropped to a PR0. This now has become a yo-yo of events for her as she was a PR2 then a PR0 then a PR3 then a PR2 again and now a PR0 again, and all in the space of a month!

This aside and still gloating about the Adgitize money she got this month, Kamila is now onto a new venture in her spare time. She is now entering competitions to try and win things. She got the idea off a post from Dosh For U where the suggestion of entering all competition that are free and the more you do the better you get at it and the more chance you have to win something.
So in addition to blogging and of course bog competitions as well, Kamila is surfing for competitions sites that give lists of competitions to enter.

Don't forget Cornymans Money-Blog and the 1,000,00 EC competition should also be the first your enter!

There is a four-day holiday in Bulgaria from Saturday to Tuesday and she will be in the village farmhouse harvesting grapes with her friends. There is no Internet there so please forgive Kamila not dropping for that time. She will return on Wednesday with hoof aloof dropping as usual.

“Love to all,” says Kamila

By the way Kamila got an email from Entrecard saying they have introduced a referral program for members with 300 credits for referrals made. If you aren’t a member you won’t know about this if you are then you should. EC Credits don’t seem to have the value they used to have somehow Kamila feels.

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Thoughts Of New Ways Of Making More Money By Blogging

Kamila hope everyone had a great weekend - She did popping peppers on the barbecue!

Back to blogging mode, Kamila has looked again at how you can make more inroads to making money online other than Pay Per Post jobs that a detrimental to your blog in Google assessing PR. Kamila has seen quite clearly this puts so many people off that building their blogs up to qualify for posts then see all their hard work undone isn’t worth the effort.

With AdBrite and AdSense thematic systems that pay for being clicked on, Kamila has found that you need massive traffic to get anywhere near enough just to cover Internet overheads. Kamila’s team has made nearly $200, but it has taken near on 18 months to earn that on AdSense. The AdBrite was experimented on for a couple of months and Kamila earned less than a dollar, no good at all and all down to lack of traffic. Even with hundreds of EC droppers each day, this kind of traffic does not venture into AdSense or AdBrite systems as 99% are drop and run traffic.

So without major traffic and being hoodwinked into thinking that Entrecard traffic does the job, there is a dead end for the vast majority of bloggers trying to earn this way. Other avenues have to be around and the trend nowadays for decent traffic is competitions. Mr Cornyman (Martin) with his blog http://cornys-moneypage.blogspot.com/ and the 1,000,000 EC competition has taken the bull by the horns by initiating the biggest competition to date and it will be very interesting to see what kind of results he gets on this blog. He is using Entrecard as the pivotal centre of the competition, nothing wrong with that as Entrecard encourages it, naturally.

There are many other way to make a bit more blogging and Kamila know you have to be quite original in though and almost unique with ideas that might work. She does know that the wheel can be invented time and time again and with this an old method maybe that had become obsolete a few years ago with be re introduced with a new hat and take off again. A year ago the award chain blogging was the top, this has died now, this will of course come back to popularity in the future, but not as we know it.

In the meantime, if you are a EC member give Mr Cornyman some support with sponsoring EC credits, Ad space, hard dosh, or other prizes that might want to give away. Kamila has given ad space and 5000 EC credits and feels good about it, not just from getting good backlinks either! His site is here Cornys Moneypage Blog or just click on the box below for details of the competition.

Happy blogging as always!

THE SPONSOR LIST IS GIVEN HERE - PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE

25 $ cash prize from

1. Business Sphere - Business Advice, Entrepreneurship, Consulting, Real Estate

20 $ cash prize from

1. My Financial Corner
   

15 $ cash prize from

1. A Little Boy's blog
2. Too little time to blog
   

10 $ cash prize from

1. One World Realty Philippines
2. PF ♥ Org

5 $ cash prize from

1. atenean101 @ Blogspot
2. English Short Story
3. Make or Break
4. Thoughts and Obsessions
5. Just About Anything
6. MyOnlineContest
7. Pinay Mommy Online

25.000 EC

1. EzGreatLife - Family, Fitness and Finances
   

20.000 EC

1. Work At Home
2. A Little Boy's blog

15.000 EC

1. lunaticg banknote & coin
2. The Fitness Diva
   

10.000 EC

1. Business Sphere - Business Advice, Entrepreneurship, Consulting, Real Estate
2. Too little time to blog
3. Frugality is the new reality
4. Blogging Tips to promote your blog and make money blogging
5. Your daily photo depot
6. Pinay Mom : Smartest Mom in Town
7. Stalking Minds
8. X O X. J A N E L L E .X O X
9. contest ♥ love
10. The Journey
    

7.000 EC

1. Simple Happy Life
2. Owning a Café

5.500 EC

1. Guilty Pleasures
   

5.000 EC

1. Girls Are Made of Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice
2. Everything Has A Reason
3. In This Life of Ours
4. In My Kitchen
5. My Vegetable Garden
6. ProductReviewsVonMir
7. atenean101 @ Blogspot
8. Wonderful Things In Life
9. Blog de Manila
10. Kaya Mo, Pinoy!
11. My Life and My Views
12. Vanillaseven.com
13. Stunned by Stone
    
14. Kamila the Camel

4.500 EC

1. OTHERSIDE of my LIFE

4.000 EC

1. After cancer, now what
2. Nishas world and baby Alisha
   

3.500 EC

1. So far, so good
2. Easy Buy & Sell
3. YANORZAH's JOURNEY
4. vhingsFOTO album

3.000 EC

1. Blogging School
2. Yashiro
   
3. Just About Anything
4. Mara's Personal Bubble
   

2.500 EC

1. Walk with me
2. Blog Godown
3. The fire in my life
4. Food Fads
   

2.000 EC

1. All about my life
2. My Life's Adventure
3. Life's Journey
4. THE JOY OF LIFE FOREVER
5. Quintessential Babble
   
6. Kutsara at Tinidor
7. Worth's...Road
8. Blog Fusion
9. Make or Break
10. Subjective Soup
11. Communication Exchange
12. Seek No More
13. Freaky Frugalite
14. Mara's Appetite
15. My Financial Corner
16. The Movie Mommy
17. Chika Buzz
    

1.500 EC

1. Make Money Online | Make Money Online Malaysia
2. Fishy Passion
3. Proud Mommy
4. My Online Journey
5. As Time Goes By...
6. One World Realty Philippines

1.001 EC

1. Time!
   

1.000 EC

1. Momgen Garage Store
2. My Crafts Store Online
3. Fida Abbott
4. Lovely Pink
5. My Daily Sunset
6. Dashing Beauty
7. kharlota dot Com
8. Live Love Pink
9. Hobby and Such by Carlota
10. Mixed Bag
11. iLUVcontest
12. AnotherContest
13. nameSherry
14. heartrandom.com
15. Shopping
16. the fledgling blogger - "Only love can work wonders."
17. Womensselfesteem.com's Blog
18. Gossip Mom
19. A Maiden's Testimony
20. samantha's own
21. In His Steps
22. Mommy's Little Corner
23. Master and Student
24. LAINY'S MUSINGS
25. OUR JOURNEY TO FOREVER
26. THE CERTIFIED FASHIONABLE CHIC

500 EC

1. elai's haven
2. Gift Reviews
3. Online Money Making
   

125 x 125 ad space (4 months until 31st December)

1. One World Realty Phillipines
2. Business Sphere - Business Advice, Entrepreneurship, Consulting, Real Estate

125 x 125 ad space (3 months)

1. The Fountain of Happiness
2. Free Famous Quotes

Text Link ad (3 months)

1. Better Interpersonal Communication
   

125 x 125 ad space (2 months)

1. Blog de Manila
2. Kaya Mo, Pinoy!
3. Pinay Mom : Smartest Mom in Town
4. Yashiro
5. Tinta at Papel
   
6. Just About Anything
7. Wish Happy Birthday For Free
   

Text link ad (2 months)

1. Work At Home (worth $ 50)

Text Link Ad (1 month)

1. After cancer, now what
2. Gossip Mom (5 text links!)

468 x 60 ad space (1 month)

1. The Nexus - Feed your brain

125 x 125 ad space (1 month)

1. Kamila the Camel
2. Herbways - Way with Herbs
3. 365 Bulgarian Adventures
4. Dosh for U - Extra Money Tips
5. Tips n Wrinkles - Save Money and the World
6. 50 50 Deals - Sensible Shopping
7. Bulgarian Slivatree - An Expatriate's Eye in Bulgaria
8. Bad Luck
9. Yambol Daily Picture
10. Bulgarian Scrapbook
11. The Rakia Site
12. ThereisHappiness.com
13. twinshappiness.com
14. Also Mommy
15. TH's corner
16. Blogging Tips to promote your blog and make money blogging
17. atenean101 @ Blogspot
18. Chizmosa Lounge
19. Wonderful Things In Life
20. My Life's Adventure
21. Life's Journey
22. THE JOY OF LIFE FOREVER
23. Momgen Garage Store
24. My Crafts Store Online
25. Vanillaseven.com
26. Fida Abbott
27. Blogging School
28. elai's haven
29. Dashing Smiles
30. EzGreatLife
31. The fire in my life
32. iLUVcontest
33. AnotherContest
34. nameSherry
35. heartrandom.com
36. Shopping
37. Worth's...Road
38. Blog Fusion
39. Nishas world and baby Alisha
40. the fledgling blogger - "Only love can work wonders."
41. Make or Break
42. A Maiden's Testimony
43. YANORZAH's JOURNEY
44. vhingsFOTO album
45. OTHERSIDE of my LIFE
46. Just About Anything
47. samantha's own
48. The Nexus - Feed your brain
49. LAINY'S MUSINGS
50. KUERDAS
51. The Bad Evan
52. A Woman's Blog
53. Online Biz and Resources
54. Moolah Musings
55. I Luv Contests and More

Blogmakeover

1. Momgen Designs
   

Blog review (200 - 300 words)

1. atenean101 @ Blogspot
2. Make or Break

Customized Bloglayout (Blogger-Platform)

1. my Web-Blog Designs
   

DOMAIN (1 year)

1. LAINY'S MUSINGS

5 GB Hosting space (without domain)

1. angelic-melody.net

My own contribution (if someone beats my contribution, i have to top up ;-) ):
25.000 EC + 1 ad space Cornymans Moneypage
25.000 EC + 1 ad space Cornymans Blogreviews
25.000 EC + 1 ad space All about babies and kids
25.000 EC + 1 ad space The One Minute Guide

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Entrecard Verse Adgitize - Time And Traffic

Kamila has been looking at the statistics coming from traffic generated from Entrecard and Adgitize and she has found some very interesting and revealing figures. Besides the type of traffic the is generated, and we all know that the bulk is drop and run, these two methods are some of the most effective forms of getting people to visit your site. Comparing the two is quite difficult as the goalposts are in different places.

Kamila explains:

Adgitize is a paid for advertising medium, that is if you want to get real traffic. But the fee paid is paid back in full with a little over if you post daily and spend a few minutes clicking on 51 of the Adgitize community advertiser’s blogs. So you have to fork out $14 a month (cheaper if over a longer term), which you are more or less guaranteed to get back. Entrecard is different as no fees are paid, but you do pay in any way, that is by time. If you have lots of time dropping you can get vast amounts of traffic and the bonus is credit can now be exchanged for goods which another pay off.

Kamila was just looking at the amount of traffic these two main contenders give giving licence that the fees for Adgitize is cancelled out and both give a little extra as bonuses in cash and material goods and services. It was the time involved in comparison with how many visits and in a nutshell Kamila found that Adgitize won hands down.

As part of a team, one blog under that team Advertises with Adgitize and drops over 200 on Entrecard consistently (Bulgaria Scrapbook). It takes around 10 minutes to drop on the 51 Adgitize widgets each day and post daily as the norm, that’s all. It takes over an hour to drop on 200 plus EC widgets and post don’t give credits anymore. The traffic figures were very surprising. Adgitize generated 145 in the day and Entrecard 123! Kamila knows that Entrecard could generate more if using selective EC members that return drops and drop 300 daily, but that would take another chunk of time.

From this Kamila knows that Adgitize wins in the time verse hits parade. So if you are looking for lots of traffic (over 100 a day) for just working on dropping for 10 minutes a day Adgitize is for you. And the customer service given by Ken Brown is second to none.

Kamila hope this give people a better idea on the sort of numbers of traffic that are involved here.

PS Just a short reminder that Kamila can’t drop on Entrecard over the weekends nowadays.

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Kamila Not In Blogging Second Gear Yet

Kamila is back to work having just taken a paid post job for more than $1! She was up writing it to gone midnight as you can’t choose when these jobs come along. Well it was done and hopefully it will be accepted and Kamila will be paid for something she loves doing.

It is funny how tired you get when you come back from holiday. Kamila has found it hard to get into the fast lane of blogging since getting back as her mind is still in the sand it seems. That just shows how much of a lovely time she had I suppose.

Lots of new things happening with Entrecard so Kamila now is now accepting EC members’ ads automatically as this was one of the changes made over the last few days. If you aren’t a member of Entrecard Kamila suggests you should think about joining, you can just have a passive role and you will get traffic, which isn’t bad at all.

It might take a few more days for Kamila to get into second gear, but she will eventually as the memories of the holiday become more distanced away with time.

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Entrecard - Profiteering and Expensive Ads

Kamila is back on the subject of Entrecard again after receiving an email telling her that EC credits are on sale from Entrecard. Here are the details:

10000 Entrecard Credits - USD$56.00 (get another 5,000 credits bonus!)
25000 Entrecard Credits - USD$125.00 (get another 12,000 credits bonus!)

So, for 1000 credits the cheapest you can buy these at until 1st August (tomorrow) is $3.38. This rises to $5 - $5.60 per 1000 as the now the normal price. Now Kamila isn’t being funny, but the previous $1 per 1000 EC that were being cashed in seems a drop in the ocean compared to what the going rate it now. She can’t see many people taking up this at these rates and to be quite honest advertising on Entrecard was always a pretty expensive business anyway even on $1 per 1000 EC credits.

Kamila can see why the EC credits for cash has been stopped as this would undermine the profits made by Entrecard. Again Kamila like many other bloggers aren’t too bother about that, but buying EC credits at the rate they are asking for is nothing short of robbery. Whether she thinks that because she has lived on a shoestring in Bulgaria too long may have affected her thinking.

Supply and demand rules in any business and Kamila thinks that this ‘offer’ won’t go do too well with EC members who just see it a profiteering. It will balance out though, and if no EC credits are bought they will have rethink.

Kamila thinks that the bottom line is Entrecard is a business and that business was bought to make money and no other reason. So why should we all be surprised with how things are developing here.

One last point Kamila must make is that it the wonderful Entrecard blogger members that make it worth staying in the community and that's why she is still here.

"Have a 1000 weekend, sorry a grand weekend!" Kamila says

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