Butter-Filled Steak you ask? Why not? It was an experiment, and while it was good, it wasn’t a rousing success. I DO however intend to try it again sometime soon. I tried this out last weekend and while I didn’t get any good photos, the steaks didn’t turn out as intended so I’m not worried about getting photos up anytime soon in any event.

The What

I took a nice sized glob of butter and whipped it with some diced garlic. After doing so, I cut into the sides of two steaks so that they were basically cut in half, but not all the way. I then filled each steak with the garlic-butter mixture and grilled em up.

If It Didn’t Work, Why Try It Again?

I think that it could work, I just think that I underestimated how long it would take to cook them. Unfortunately they turned out a little too well down. Still good, just grilled too long. I think that maybe next time thicker steaks might be in order and a closer eye on them while they are cooking.

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My cable goes down pretty much once a week for the last few weeks. If DSL was available for me I would switch in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, I do not currently have that option.

Sigh.

That is all.

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Entrecard has partnered with SezWho and talk about a match made in heaven! Really, I couldn’t have thought of a better partnership. The idea is that SezWho promotes people to comment on eachother’s blogs. You can get your comments rated, your blog posts rated, and it gives you as a blogger an overall rating. Interesting concept and good in theory, but to be honest, I didn’t really see how it could possibly take off.

I didn’t, but Entrecard did. Entrecard is exactly how SezWho is going to take off and it is working! Entrecard is offering its publishers credits for every comment they make on a SezWho enabled blog. Not only are they offering A credit, but they are offering a NUMBER of credits based on the rating of your post. Genius really, 100% marketing genius. On top of that, in order to further promote the partnership, Entrecard now has a “Must be Sezwho enabled?” checkbox when looking for blogs so that only SezWho enabled blogs will be displayed.

So SezWho Says What?

Most people think that SezWho gets the “Long end of the stick” here. I really think that without this partnership and/or others like it that it would be vapor after a few months to a year. Not only will this partnership prevent it from becomign vapor, but it is really going to propel it forward. I wouldn’t be surprised if 50% or more blogs end up using SezWho.

But…Does Entercard Get The Short End?

No way! It may seem like it at first, but you really have to think long term. This partnership gives Entrecard more survivability and viability. It propels SezWho forward, but SezWho’s steam is going to rely on Entrecard. This increases the value of the Entrecard service and further promotes the brand name. Not only that, but it has the “look and feel” of “giving something back to the community”.

So Nobody Wins?

Correction – Everybody Wins. Entrecard wins, SezWho wins, and most importantly – The Bloggers win. This will promote commenting on Blogs in a very big way. More comments means more engaged readers, which translates into more traffic and more revenue. If you haven’t done so yet, I suggest you sign up for both!

But What’s The Catch?

We don’t know yet. It doesn’t appear as though SezWho is making any money yet. They are just getting off the ground. From their FAQ:

The basic SezWho rating, reputation and profile services are provided for free on the currently supported platforms. SezWho will be offering upgrades to premium products and services in the future, but basic SezWho integration for standard social media platforms will always be available as a free service.

I’m curious what options they are going to offer that will cost. Whatever it is, I think that they are going to rake it in. I am certain they already have the majority of active Entrecard bloggers signed up. Whatever these new features are, I most certainly wish them luck!

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I have been posting various ways to promote your website over the past few months and those posts are scattered throughout the archives. In order to highlight these posts, I thought I would give you all a recap of what I have gone over so far.

It is worth noting that ALL of these methods discussed are FREE ways to promote your website.

FREE Ways To Promote Your Website

• Domain Names
• Submit Your Site To Search Engines
• Inform Your Contacts
• Sign Up For Entrecard
• Social Bookmarking Buttons
• RSS
• MyBlogLog
• Submissions, Tutorials, And Guest Blogs
• Entrecard Dropping
• Promote Your New Site On Your Old Sites
• Forums, Sigs, Posts, And Comments
• Become A Top Commentator
• Three Way Link Exchanging UPDATED: “Double Link Exchanging“
• Be Helpful! Engage Your Readers!
• Rinse And Repeat!!

The most important thing to concentrate on though is quality content. I cannot stress this enough! If your site isn’t worth visiting then it will not retain visitors and all of the promotion you do is wasted.

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