EntreCard is a newly launched free advertising exchange network catered to the blog community. I discovered it from reading Tyler’s review.

The great thing about this advertising exchange network is because big name bloggers like John Chow, Shoemoney, Problogger.net and Joel Comm are using it. Which means you can get an ad on these big blogs for free.

The dashboard is clean and simple. You have the choice to approve or disapprove an advertiser. The dashboard also shows the advertisers that have bought your ad slot using credits and people who have dropped their cards on your blog.

According to Tyler, there are three ways to earn credits:
1. When somebody drops a card to you.
2. When you drop your card to somebody.
3. When somebody purchases an advertising spot from you.

The only issue I have on this is people might visit your blog just to drop a card which makes the traffic pretty much useless. Well, I’m keeping my hopes up. Let’s see how well it brings in traffic. You should try it too.

Oh by the way, don’t forget to drop your cards on my blog so that we can both earn credits.

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Jayson, a college colleague of mine, recently shared his love for Okinawa Japan. The country has a very busy economy but clean atmosphere. He recommended this Okinawa guide for those planning to visit Japan.

We all know how successful Japan is. In this tiny country resides multi-million dollar companies like Sony, Samsung, Toyota, Honda and the like. So what do Japanese people do differently?

Love and Loyalty to our Own

One of things I highly respect Japan for is their love and loyalty to their own product, services and country. They put priorities in their own products and push their economy even further forward. If only we could do this in our own country.

Work for Achievement and Not for Money

I often hear people complaining they worked long hours late evenings without getting overtime pay. Well, Japanese people doesn’t get overtime pay either. But based on Japanese culture, it is an embarrassment to leave your work unfinished. I think this would be a great principle to follow.

What do you think? Do you think our country can be as good as Japan?

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My recent visit to Ayala Center this weekend got me to check out some of the items in my wish lists. The much awaited iStore Ayala branch has finally opened too. It has been opened for several weeks now, but if you don’t stroll the mall as often, I suggest you check it out soon.

If you know me personally, you would now that I’ve had my eyes on the iPhone for a while now and I’m thinking of getting one for Christmas. Or better yet, someone might give it to me as a gift. (Yeah, right. Dream on!)

I love the slick design of the iPhone and the do-almost-everything functionality. There has been an increase of WiFi Hotspots here in Cebu which I can take advantage of because you can easily browse the internet with the iPhone.

Another thing I’m seriously considering is a new digital camera. Our old digital cam is too outdated and a new camera will be very useful to me when I upload pictures or reviews here in my blog.

I’ve been checking out online reviews from left to right and seriously considering a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W90. I’ve never really had problems with Sony products and I still play my Sony Playstation 2.

How about you guys? Have you started with your Christmas List?

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It’s been a great weekend with a lot of things going on in the blogosphere. Here are a summary of blogs that I have been following and topics that I found very interesting. I know you will enjoy them.

• Yugatech confirms SERPs penalty for link sellers. It seems, Google has announced an official statement regarding selling link juice and it’s finally official.
• Pinoy Money talk reveals how you can earn money with paypal. It’s a very good opportunity to take advantage of.
• Marghil shares his different point of view on blogging intervals and advices to blog as often as you can. He made it clear that this depends on what your blogging goal is, do check it out.
• Teejay talks about the importance of branding and shares 4 branding tips for your business. It’s a very helpful article especially for those that are venturing to offline business.
• Charles warns us of a paypal phishing scam and how firefox can greatly increase your security. I suggest switching to firefox as soon as you can, IE just plain sucks.
• Brown Baron unveils 13 awesome visual styles for windows xp. Personally my desktop is getting a little boring so I have considered changing to some of the awesome visual styles in the list.
• The Manila Freelancer shares 4 top blog networks that you can join in order to open more blogging opportunities. It is a good idea to join a blog network but just be sure that you can keep up with the pace.
• Jaypee found an awesome wordpress plugin maker. Be sure to check it out especially for developers looking into wordpress plugins.
• Nspeaks shares his experience with spammy wordpress themes and sites. Be careful when installing these kind of themes, and always check the footer for hidden links.
• Allen talks about the future of wordpress and the soon to be released wordpress 2.4. It’ll be interesting to see what new updates the wordpress community have in store for us.
• Dexter talks about post being included in the google supplemental index. This information is important especially if you want your site to rank higher SERP.

Do you want your blog to be featured too? Just comment on this post and I’ll visit your blog. I’m always on the look out for new and interesting blogs to read. It just might be yours!

Before you read more of my articles, you might want to subscribe to my awesome RSS feeds. Chill out and enjoy your weekend.

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The internet is really full of money making opportunities that even a teenager could strike it rich. I’m hoping to be the next one.

I am fascinated by these internet success stories because of how easy it sounds for them to earn so much money. But striking it rich online is a big responsibility, especially in abiding the laws of which country you are residing. These factors include copyright issues, patenting ideas and what not.

When these factors arises, you need to have a lawyer. And a good one too. I’ve found AmericanLawyerReferral.com the most organized for US lawyers. The different law firms are categorized via state and county so that it would be easy for you to find the nearest law firm in your place.

I hope this will increase the awareness of people in the online market that we are not exempted from the law. In other words, let us be careful with our actions because we could easily get sued, especially when you take on a mammoth company.

Well, I’m pretty confident that this will help especially those start up companies that need legal advices. What do you think? Have you ever thought of your company going public?

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