Have you entered the L M Challenge? Time is running out!  This is a great opportunity to get some great material for your BLOG!   There are some great entries already!  Don't miss this opportunity to shine!

Contest "Rules"

  • Tag your post "L M Challenge"
  • Entries must be made by Friday, August 17, 2007 10pm EST
  • Post should be Titled L M Challenge - 3 Posts I Think You Should Read
  • Post TO: For Real Estate Professionals & ActiveRain Community
  • Posts you may select to write about can be published between August 2 - 16, 2007
  • You can't use the judges or Laurie's outside BLOGS
  • Pick 3 posts from 3 different BLOGS and write a brief summary of each and why you think members should check out the writer. You should include a link to the individual post and to the Blog home page
  • Do you have to stick the Blogs listed below? No, these are only suggestions? The only rule is that it must be a BLOG and three different BLOGs. (In case you are wondering -- no you can't pick three posts from a single BLOG)
  • Visually appealing, no wall of words!

Winners will be Announced on Monday August 20th and like all Contests here at ActiveRain it has prizes! And here they are:

  • 1st Place - 1,500 bonus points and featured on AR
  • 2nd Place 1,000 points and featured on AR
  • 3rd place 750 points and featured on AR
  • Honorable Mentions-- 3 will be given out with 500 points awarded each

Judges for this contest are:

 

 Copy Blogger Big Time Listings Sellsius Real Estate BLOG  Rembex Blog Fiesta
Professor Piggington's  Bigger Pockets   XBroker InmanBlog
Real Estate Convergence Bob Vila The Golf Blog How To Change The World
TrumpBLOG  Vlog Soup Real Estate Investing BLOG 3 Oceans
BawldGuy Talking Simpler RSS Pieces Blog Appraisal Scoop
 How To Change The World Zillow  ShoeMoney Blogging Systems
How To Change The World WorkerBeeBlog Clear Bloggin Freakonomics BLOG
Off Beat Homes Get Staged to Sell ProBlogger Home Improvement BLOG
Real Estate Bubble 1031 Exchange BLOG Travel Blog Kitchen Remodel BLOG
Blog Critics Paul Allen the Lesser Blogger's Blog Realty Thoughts
The Real Estalker Business is Best At The Top The Real Estate Bloggers Real Estate Marketing
Customers Rock Trulia Blog Business is Best At The Top Hot Property
Soapbox Appraisal Blog Writer's Blog   Seth Godin's BLOG Matt Cutts
Negotiating Tip of the Week Home Inspection BLOG Transparent Real Estate StarPower
Google Tutor Curbed LA Condo Domain 1938 Media
 StickyFigure Successful Bloggers Search Engine Journal Scobelizer

CK's Blog

Emerging Artists

Don't forget your friend's here at ActiveRain too:

Long Beach Real Estate-Downtown Long Beach Condos America's Most Opinionated Mortgage Broker
Eastern CT Real Estate

Sacramento Real Estate Voice

St Paul Real Estate

Columbus Best Blog

Springs Real Estate Scoop

 

Real Estate Text Book

The Mortgage Go To Guy!!

Miamism

Kitsap Real Estate Blog

Seattle Area Real Estate

Phoenix Real Estate Guy Blog

The Harper Team

Manhattan Real Estate Blog

Denver Relocation

SouthBeach Condo Blog

Cleveland Real Estate News

Tampa Bay Real Estate



 

 

Here are examples from a few of our judges:

 

L M Challenge - 3 Posts I Think You Should Read - 08/10/2007 03:36 AM
L M Challenge - 3 Posts I Think You Should Read; L M Challenge comes in. It's a collaborative activity where we can all help
"Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out."     -- James Bryant Conant, former president of Harvard University 
A paradox of social networking sites is that although there are often many thousands of members, we limit our participation to a much smaller subset that fits our personal comfort zones. Man is ...

200 "Passive Sun" BLOGS + 1 Active Flying Dog +YOU = - 08/15/2007 11:07 AM
200 "Passive Sun" BLOGS + 1 Active Flying Dog +YOU = ; L M Challenge (put forth just prior to her 200th post )  nudged me to look
This flying dog has been leaping across the blogging-blue-sky. (JT's photo taken at Bele Cher in Asheville, N.C. 2007)
She's read over 200 BLOGS this past week-always curious, and most-times impressed.  What's out there in the "passive sun"?  I'll tell you in two words:A  lot!  
I'll also tell you that a week ...

Soaring Through The Blogosphere for Quality Consumer Posts...The Laurie Manny Challenge, A Sample Post - 08/11/2007 09:33 AM
Through The Blogosphere for Quality Consumer Posts...The L M Challenge, A Sample Post; There are as many styles of blogging as there are bloggers; the same can be
There are as many styles of blogging as there are bloggers; the same can be said about what we blog about. Heading into the blogosphere is a daily thing for me. Usually I wind up on Northeast Ohio blogs. For this post, I decided to head out in search of blogs ...

 

 

22 Comments on Friday 8-17-07 10pm EST - Contest Deadline

AUG
16
2007
13 Featured Posts
I may change my mind and join.  There are some great "unknown" bloggers out there that should be shared. 
8:53am • #1
326,968 Points 94 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Chris -- I look forward to what you share! 
9:01am • #2
9 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog
I'd love to do this... but I feel wicked doing so as my husband is one of the judges (certainly not arms length!) Knowing him, to correct for any bias, he'll judge mine more strictly LOL!
10:22am • #3
326,968 Points 94 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Sara -- do one anyways!  I would love to see what you are reading!          
11:38am • #4
369,922 Points 52 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Colleen, I am trying to put one together, but the problem is finding 30+ minutes of uninterrupted time.  If nothing else at least this has gotten me to read a few outside blogs which I had not been doing before.

12:42pm • #5
4 Featured Posts
Just read all the rules and starting to work on it now!
8:44pm • #7
280,169 Points 100 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog
Interesting assignment Colleen. I enjoyed reading a number of blogs. Here's my entry.
9:09pm • #8
We're not going to make this one, unfortunately. We're jammed, and it's a quality problem. Will read the results though, and look forward to it.
11:28pm • #9
AUG
17
2007
521,400 Points 102 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

I'm still trying to learn. I'm enjoying reading and learning though!  And it got me going to outside blogs to see what's going on.

11:48am • #10
104,673 Points 9 Featured Posts Outside Blog

I have yet to enter a contest so this will be my first here on Active Rain. Should we link to them here on your comments, or let you find them yourself? I don't want to link in comments unless you say it is ok. :)

Here is my post for the contest!

1:02pm • #11
326,968 Points 94 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Jennifer-- If you followed the instructions you will show up when we search, but do put a link in this post!  I look forward to seeing your entry...

 

Cheers!
Colleen

2:59pm • #12
7 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor
This was a fun challenge.  Thanks for introducing me to it Colleen!  Here is my entry to the Laurie Manny challenge.
6:43pm • #13
369,922 Points 52 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Colleen, I just got in and it does not look like I am going to be able to get on in on time for the contest.  I do know the outside blogs that I wanted to do it, and even though I will not be able to get one in for the contest, I plan on writing one any way because I want to promote the outside blogs that I have read.
8:02pm • #14
525,391 Points 45 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Mine's in and under the wire. Thanks for reminding me - I wouldn't have made it  otherwise. And thanks to Laurie for the challenge! How come she doesn't get to be one of the judges?
8:29pm • #16
AUG
18
2007
169,879 Points 32 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Sharon,

I am having fun watching you all spread your wings.  Unfortunately my business has gone nutz and I couldn't commit to the time, but thank you.

2:23am • #17
169,879 Points 32 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Wow ! ! !

I think I have now read all of the entries, I don't think I missed anybody.  If I have not left a comment on your post, I have missed it, please drop me a line as I don't want to miss any of these wonderful adventures.

It is my sincere hope that you all have enjoyed your participation in this contest and have taken something away from it with you.  It is a huge cyber-world.  There is a ton of information out there; a little sumptin for everyone.  If we all stay inside of AR all of the time, the information becomes re-cycled to death.  Trips out of the "safe zone" bring in fresh material and ideas to share with your friends here at AR and we all expand our knowledge base and grow together.

I heartily encourage regular trips to informative outside blogs.  I encourage all of you to do this on a regular basis, to come back to AR, tell your friends here what you have learned.  Share the knowledge and the experience.  

Read and grow.   

You have all done an incredible job, I do not envy the judges - this decision is going to be a tough one. 

Congratulations ! ! ! 

Warmest Regards,

Laurie 

3:48am • #18
238,891 Points 27 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog
Thanks Laurie,  this was my first contest but a great one not because I entered but because it was so interesting to see/read what the others suggested and the great comments.  By the end of the week we had so many new blogs to read it was incredible!
6:36am • #19
180,996 Points 5 Featured Posts Outside Blog
So who won? Wish all who entered good luck.
7:18am • #20
390,787 Points 74 Featured Posts Outside Blog
Searching and reading takes some work...then you realize there is a life outside of the AR zone.
7:48am • #22

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