Making Changes for the Better

Well, I've sat back and kept my mouth shut with all the debate going on about the changes Entrecard has made, and I'm still going to for a large part. I think only time will truly tell if the changes they've made will benefit the community at all. I've seen some things that I take as negative, and some things that could be positive, but aren't very much so yet. 

That's not why I'm leaving though. 

I started Entrecard as a means to drive traffic to my blog in an attempt to raise sales. Well, I have driven traffic to my blog, and I have made some new friends along the way.  I greatly value that! I've also made one sale. 

Wait? One sale? That's something to be happy about! Except I've been doing entrecard for month's now, and I know that really none of the rest of my sales in that time came from entrecard. 

Hmm...that doesn't sound very productive at creating business does it?

Now add that together with not having a very fast internet connection... Yes, loading all the blogs takes me hours and hours! I always multi-task while I do it, but I don't really think it's that productive a use of my time. Think of all the things I could be doing instead! Alternative methods of advertising, working on crafting new designs, writing, there's so many posibilities! 

I still really value my bloggy friends though. So I'm working on getting my google reader set up with the blogs that I actually read an comment on. I'll still be around entrecard for a bit this week as I make sure I catch all of them :)  Then, with a smaller range of blogs to visit, I'll work on building relationships with those people :) Because really, that's what the bloggy world should be about, not number of visits, but quality of visits and the friends made!

A Treasury and Giving Credit :)

Lots of goodness going on lately! First I want to say thanks again to Peacox Creations for featuring me again in a treasury! It's already expired (took my time getting to it) but it's still pretty! I'm in the middle of the third row.

I also want to say thanks to my entrecard top droppers for the month!

Click on any of the pictures below to check out their blogs :)

I also wanted to announce I'm going to start a "top commentator" contest this next month!

I'll give you the details in the next few days :)

The First of the Season :)

First of all - sorry I haven't been around on EC or anywhere else much the last few days! I found out on Monday that I was going to get to do my first market this weekend, and I was soooo not prepared! So I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off all week long. 

The market is today! I'm really excited! If you live in the Portland Vancouver Area, come check out the market at 4148 NE Hancock St, Portland, Or 97212. I'll post more about it after I get back! Well, maybe not tonight, but in the next day or so :)

Since I'll be at the market today I'll be putting my shops on vacation mode. Don't want to accidently double sell anything! I'll reopen them tonight if it all possible. Just need time to take off any items that sold. :) Can you tell how optimistic I'm being about making sales? Wish me luck!

March's Top Droppers!

I just want to send a huge thank you out to all my entrecard droppers for this last month! These are the top 10 :) Just click on the image to be redirected to the blog it represents :)

Goodbye February - hello March!

Ok, I'm not going to do a recap this month because, well, February was just too frustrating of a month for me! There were highlights, but I spent waaay to much of the month dealing with migraines. I seem to be on an upward turn though - and I'm hoping it lasts!

I do want to say a quick thanks to all my entrecard droppers this month! I had a lot of you stay with me even though I was pretty inconsistent about visiting blogs this month, and I really appreciate that! So here's a list of my top droppers - click on their name to visit their blogs!

Tech-blog

John Wright Art

Youniquely Chic

Alteredevents

Robin's Nest: Scrap out loud

My gypsygoods

Unique You

Blazing Minds

Stroll Through Storyland

Things That Are Me

On a different topic - welcoming in March - my health DOES seem to be improving! I'll blog about it in a few days when I decide if this is just a fluke or if we really have found the key to solving these migrianes :) So if I am getting better...then hopefully that means lots of fun stuff for March!