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Have you heard of Entrecard yet? It’s all the rage in the blogosphere. I have one for my New York Traveler.net blog.

Entrecard is the business card of blogs. You know how businesspeople give you their business card, as a contact? Entrecard does the same thing. They have a great video on the home page that explains the process.

Signup is quick and easy. I think the only downside of the whole thing is right now, you can only register one blog per account. Some people have created several different accounts and made several Entrecards, but I could never keep them all straight!

Entrecard is a great way to drive traffic and find new blogs… and to have others find your blog! The blogs are categorized, everything from education to media to history to travel. You can surf through multitudes of other blogs. I’ve seen everything from hotels Las Vegas Entrecards to kid bloggers with Entrecards. Some blogs I’ve found are outstanding- blogs I never would have known existed if not for this.

When you have an Entrecard and visit a blog with the Entrecard widget on their blog, click “drop yours.” This is like leaving your business card with the blogger. There’s even a small movement of “U Drop, I Follow,” which means that if you drop your card on a person’s blog, they promise to return to drop their on yours. The more people who drop cards on your blog, the more credits you earn. And ahhh here’s the beauty of Entrecard. When you have enough credits, you can “advertise” your Entrecard on another blog (with the blogger’s approval, of course). You essentially get free advertising about your blog in others’ blogs. This is what drives traffic. It allows others to discover your blog whereas they might not have discovered it before. There are, after all, 3 million bloggers on the Internet!

This explanation has been a little complicated. If you want to check out Entrecard, watch that video. You create your own Entrecard to market your blog. It is fun, and very addicting! And if you get a card, swing by New York Traveler.net and drop it off!