Friday, December 12, 2008

What's your Dropping Secret?

Alright, I’m just curious here. Most of the bloggers are also Entrecard droppers. I’m sure each one of us has different dropping techniques. As for me, I don’t push myself to 300 drops daily but I diligently reciprocate my every day droppers. If I still have the time and energy, I would even reciprocate my droppers from 2-3 days back. How about you? Do you follow an EC regular dropping list? I was seriously considering of doing that but I realize it will be unfair to my first time droppers if I only stick to my pre-made list. I know that some of them could just be transient droppers and there’s a big chance that I won’t be able to see them back in my blog, but I also realize that every single dropper is valuable and they should be reciprocated whether they are regulars or newbies. I want to be an effective EC dropper so I welcome dropping tips and suggestions that would make my blogging and dropping experience worthwhile.

14 replies:

MaricrisG said...

you know what I have the same problem. I'm new and I dunno which is the best way to do it. I seem to be all over the place. I drop only when I have the time and not a regular dropper on anyone else. Let me know if an expert tells you any secret dropping technique :)

Maricris

Flo said...

I have a regular routine for dropping. When I come home from work I sit and return all the drops in my inbox. If I have more time I will then drop on new ones, if not I only return drops. I do drop on everyone that is on the first page of my inbox, so if there are 2 days worth of drops there I will return both days. It takes me about an hour or so and it's very relaxing after work, a nice way to decompress.

Utah Mommy said...

I drop back all the droppers that are in my inbox. I drop 300 a day each blog i have and my techniques is to open multiple website at the same time so it's not that time consuming when i drop.

Anonymous said...

Mine is no secret, Sis. I have written quite a few articles on how to make advantage of our dropping efforts.

Some of them are here:

My EntreCard Dropping Techniques Unleashed (Part 1)

My EntreCard Dropping Techniques Unleashed (Part 2)

I hope you could benefit from it.

Anonymous said...

Oh, I think something is wrong with the link. Here's another try:


My EntreCard Dropping Techniques Unleashed (Part 1)

My EntreCard Dropping Techniques Unleashed (Part 2)

Anonymous said...

we have about the same technique ate jenn. i make sure i drop back to those who dropped me cards on that day. and if i have the luxury of time, i'd go back 3 days to go.

Anonymous said...

I mark down the last drop I make for the day, then the next day I return all the drops that have been made since that card. Also, when I've come to the top of the inbox box (since order is from the bottom up) I hit "refresh" before going to the next page. If someone drops a card on me while I am dropping, the card on the bottom of the page gets moved over, so by hitting "refresh", I'll see it and not pass it over.

Ken said...

As soon as I reach a hundred drops, I stop. If I have time I will go up to 200-300.

Mystery Man said...

I split my dropping in to 2 sets. I drop on my favorites, ads, and top droppers at night before I head to bed. Then the next day when I get home from work, I drop from my inbox. You'd be surprised how fast you get to 300 that way. Don't always hit that number, but more oftne than not. I only go back to the previous day, unless I've been away for whatever reason.

Hope that helps you!

Anonymous said...

I have a page on my site with about 90 links to sites I like to follow. I start by dropping on those first. Then I go to my inbox and set the drop down to people I have not dropped on yet. That removes all of the ones I did already, and I go ahead and finish off the rest of the people who dropped on me for the past day. If that doesn't take up enough of my time, then I do the next day and so on. This method makes it easy on me, and for my site it only has me doing about 150 drops a day. 300 a day might be too much for me everyday.

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Anonymous said...

Here's my current methodology
http://amalaysianabroad.today.com/my-entrecard-method/

Hope that helps :)

Unknown said...

hey guys, thanks so much for all your tips, suggestions, techniques, methods that you shared with me. i understand each of us has different styles and im learning a lot from each one of you from your replies. im a self confessed entrecard addict. no matter how tired i am from work, i make sure ill do my EC dropping everyday. this makes blogging more fun. i love it!

AdinB said...

I am just new on EC too ate Jhen and needs familiarization on this site.. I would surely love to have some help! :)