project blogger: Project Blogger Winner Announcement at Blogger's Connect - 08/02/07 11:50 AM
And the winner is....Frances Flynn-Thorsen and Mary Pope-Handy!!!! Congrats to them and to all the contestants. Perhaps the best part of this whole exercise was that $5,000 was raised for CARE, a non-profit organization. (Sorry about the sucky photo. I took it with a cell phone and I guess my … (29 comments)
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project blogger: Project Blogger...Week #11 Judging - 07/05/07 09:00 AM
I have to admit that I've not been keeping up with Project Blogger as well as I should. I did follow week 11's judging though and see that Ines was judged favorably. (Woot!) Neither did I weigh in on that brouhaha over week #10's judging. I really didn't have anything to … (4 comments)
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project blogger: Blogging, a Tool to Attract Mainstream Media Attention - 05/31/07 06:42 PM
A chapter of the book Realty Blogging deals with the impact blogs can have as a public relations tool. Over the years I was sought out by mainstream media writers for quotes and source information and now I am happy to announce so has my star pupil, Ines! None other than … (15 comments)
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project blogger: Project Blogger: Location of Polls - 05/01/07 10:50 AM
In the previous post I mentioned polls and received some comments from Active Rainers who weren't aware polls existed. That's a word to the wise for Ines and I to include links to them each week. We're not attempting to manipulate the results in any way, but neither do we want … (3 comments)
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project blogger: Project Blogger: Coming in 5th Two Weeks in a Row - 05/01/07 10:06 AM
UPDATE: I misinterpreted what the graph intended. I thought that we had come in 5th for the 2nd week. Ines sent me the link to the actual week 2 results.
One thing that needs clarification. We are using her AR blog for the contest for the time being, until her new site … (11 comments)
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project blogger: Project Blogger: I've Got a Tiger by the Tail! - 04/23/07 11:03 AM
My apprentice, Ines, and I have been hard at work practicing the seven blog posting formats. (Let me retract that statement and replace it with "My apprentice has been hard at work." I've been pretty much watching from the sidelines. :->)
While she's expressed not having the same amount of affection … (13 comments)
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project blogger: Answering the Question, 'What are Clicks?' - 04/20/07 11:44 AM
My More on Comments post raised a question from a reader. He asks, in reference to the statistics Active Rain reports in the admin console, "What are Clicks?" Let me explain what I believe that metric to be and why it's useful.
I've not spoken with Matt or Jonathan about this, but … (20 comments)
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project blogger: Active Rain, a Nursery to Prepare You for 'Real World' Blogging - 04/18/07 05:13 PM
I've been looking at my stats and decided to do a little ciphering.
To date, I've written 40 posts, had a total of 248 comments, and 17,317 views. That means each post I write averages 6.2 comments and 433 views. Whew! That's heady stuff.
I don't share those statistics with you … (19 comments)
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project blogger: Project Blogger: Seven Blog Copywriting Posting Formats - 04/13/07 02:36 PM
This is a continuation of yesterday's post where I'm teaching my able apprentice Ines the fineries of blog copywriting. From her link-only post, I'd say she's a quick study, though I have given a bit more work to do on that score.
Today, I want to share a list of seven … (23 comments)
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project blogger: Project Blogger: Blog Copywriting Tips & Techniques - 04/12/07 09:12 AM
Yesterday, I posted about the latest Project Blogger coaching session between Ines and I. We've began discussing the subject of blog copywriting. Today, I want to continue my report on that session and move into the meat of the matter as it pertains to copywriting, sharing some tips and techniques. (I'll … (5 comments)
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project blogger: Project Blogger: Blog Copywriting, Keeping It Real - 04/11/07 12:30 PM
Ines is such a good sport, and willing to tackle any assignment I give her. Today, we started discussing the topic of blog copywriting. Basically, we covered chapter 3 of THE BOOK on real estate blogging, which gives a reasonably thorough outline of what that entails.
Here's the gist of what we … (7 comments)
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project blogger: Second Project Coaching Session: Looking Under the WordPress Hood - 04/03/07 11:42 AM
Ines and I just completed our second coaching session. In this one, we took a look under the hood of a WordPress blog at the administrative console. Ines had previously played with WordPress.com and felt frustrated by its intricacies or lack of intuitiveness. For newbies WordPress can seem a little intimidating … (5 comments)
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project blogger: First Project Blogger Coaching Session: Ten Things to Consider Before You Blog - 04/02/07 05:04 PM
Ines and I held our first Project Blogger coaching session this afternoon. We spent about an hour on the phone discussing our strategy and approach.
Our jumping off place was what I refer to as 10 Things to Consider Before You Blog. (It's Appendix A in the book btw). The blog … (8 comments)
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project blogger: Project Blogger 'Apprentice' Chosen - 04/02/07 04:37 PM
OK...big announcement! I've made a call on who will serve as my "apprentice" (victim might be a better term) for the Project Blogger contest. Without further adieu, it is Ines of Rick and Ines fame.
Invariably, the question I must answer is why Ines? Folks, if anything I'm honest. It had nothing … (10 comments)
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project blogger: Project Blogger...I'm a Coach! - 03/27/07 04:00 PM
Several weeks ago Jonathan Washburn had asked me to serve as a judge in the upcoming Project Blogger contest. Of course, I said I'd be more than happy to. Well, frankly, I let the whole thing slip my mind until I was reviewing some emails yesterday in a vain attempt to … (12 comments)
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