The (unofficial) results are in for the Nature & Marketing contest

I'm pleased to announce some preliminary and unofficial statistics about the recently ended ActiveRain Nature & Marketing contest.

Remember that ActiveRain members will be the judges. I'm creating a voting system and we'll start voting real soon.

Many of the entries were simply amazing, and some of them even made me hang my marketing head in shame they were so good, innovative, creative, and, best of all, didn't cost anyone any money. The those three basics of great Guerrilla Marketing:

1. Time
2. Creativity
3. Energy

First, there were 223 entries from 83 people, which I believe is an ActiveRain record for most entries and participation by the most people. I left an acknowledgement comment on all 223 entries. If you have an entry that made it before the deadline of midnight Central Time on Sunday, August 16, but you have no acknowledgement comment for it, please let me know post-haste.

Second, lots of people had lots of fun by entering multiple times. Here are the top five ActiveRain members with multiple personalities, lots of creativity and energy, and too much time on their hands:

• Judi Barret with nine entries
• Karina Leal with nine entries
• Cheryl Marantino with nine entries
• Heather Chavez with ten entries
• Kathy Streib with twelve entries

Thanks to everyone who participated and had fun. At least I think you had fun. I'm sure when everyone else sees all the entries, they'll be sorry they didn't have fun, too.

More to come soon about voting, so stay tuned.

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This week's blog posts

1. More prizes announced for the Nature & Marketing contest - 8/17/09
2. I'm drowning.... - 8/17/09

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Last week's blog posts

1. Learning something new.... - Andrew Jackson - 8/16/09
2. Learning something new.... - Thomas Jefferson - 8/15/09
3. Don't take off yet! - 8/15/09
4. How being flexible can move you to the front of the pack.... - 8/15/09
5. Learning something new.... - George Washington - 8/14/09
6. Learning something new.... - Benjamin Franklinn - 8/13/09
7. Nature & Marketing contest ends Sunday.... - 8/13/09
8. I had a conversation with my death panel.... - 8/12/09
9. What goes in must come out.... - 8/12/09
10. Life 160: Death - 8/11/09
11. Inspiration in unusual places - 8/10/09

Previous week's blog posts

1. Just 7 days left in the ActiveRain Nature & Marketing contest - 8/9/09
2. It started before first grade.... - 8/8/09
3. From Stephen King's new movie.... - 8/8/09
4. Not poop - 8/7/09
5. Need a little help? - 8/7/09
6. Memories of my childhood home - 8/6/09
7. Lemonade and fertilizer have something in common - 8/5/09
8. Are you a star? - 8/4/09
9. Don't let the sun go down on you.... - 8/4/09
10. All tangled up? Being stranged? - 8/3/09

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