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Be a Blog Tourist! The December Blog Tour is Leaving the Port

For the last two months, we've run blog tours of ActiveRainer's 'other blogs,' or the blogs they maintain outside of ActiveRain. Some of us, it seems, are crazy enough to maintain 2 (or more!) real estate blogs. My other blog, for example, is mioaklandcounty.com.

So, here is the invitation. The December Blog Tour is now officially underway.

Here are 3 posts you can look back on if you are curious about what has taken place in the past. But, really, its quite simple.

Here is how it works:

Put a link in the comments here with your 'other' blog's URL.
If you have a post that you think we would particularly enjoy, use that as the landing page. But the main page is just fine too.
I will stop by any blog that is posted here.
If you post your own blog here, I ask you to visit at least the two other blogs that sign up immediately before you. Of course, you are welcome to visit more.
If you add your blog early in the comments, you'll want to stop back later to check out the new additions.
When you are out visiting, leave a comment to let them know you stopped by.
Optional: You might consider adding someone to your blogroll. If you don't have an outside blog, you could add them to your "favorites" on your blog settings or as an associate.

This month, given that it is the holiday season and people are busy, we will stay open to new tourists for an unprecedented 7 days. Think of it as a nice winter vacation. Join us before December 20th to take place in the fun!

If you find out anything interesting while you are out there, report back here and let the rest of us know so that we don't miss it...

If you want to make sure you don't miss future blog tours, join our new group, blog tourists.

Bon Voyage!

Posted by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit on 12/13/2006 05:16 PM

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DEC

2006

I'll throw my blog in first.

miOaklandCounty.com

link fixed...

OK, so does this mean I now have to go post something over there? I'll be back.

Doesn't your broker give you points for posting on your other blog, Kristal? You should talk to him about that.

Maureen.... how you do....;o) I am tired... I have a long task ahead of me tonight and you will see it later. But I am not a computer geek. So... I will try this, but all I know how to do is cut and paste my blog.... not much about the URL of my blog and all that stuff. I sound stupid... but I just have so much more on my mind to deal with....with this new office...etc etc.... Again, I will try it and let me know if it's okay and that it works. thanks, jeff

Maureen.... I am semi lost. KK said that she is going to head over to post something. Where? Am I that out of it? Where do I go to or can I post it here...?? please let me know... thanks, jeff

Jeff, you just need to post a link to your blog that is NOT on ActiveRain here.

Well...I'm lost as well. I couldn't get it to work. Am I to link my blog here?

Or my other one here

Monika

Couldn't get what to work, Monika?

Jeff is always lost!

MF - guess I'll just be another one of those well-wishers, standing at the pier, waving, as you all sail off into the sunset! I don't have enough time to maintain ANOTHER blog site, let alone AR!

Bon Voyage!!!!

Rich, what do you have on myspace? Anything that is not from AR?

maureen.... sorry.... I don't have anything anywhere else.. I do everything on here. I have two on myspace that I did from here... I am out. Sorry....

Hey Rich, I found my way... I just followed your __________.... :o) Hey Rich... I hope all is well down in So. Cal.

That's OK Jeff.

;o( I have a few chores to keep me busy right now anyhow... and one is for AR.... chat later. Peace Out

Jeff, yes, still down in So Cal. Going back to Seattle tomorrow morning.

MF - nah, nothing different there, at least nothing of value! :)

Rich, I hope Emily is doing OK.

The Blog Boat... exciting and new... with the lovely Maureen as the Cruise Director.

I had the world's biggest crush on that Love Boat Cruise Director chick. What was her name? Didn't she turn out to be a coke head?

But I digress.

I'M IN ON THIS TOUR! Visit the "other blog" and let me know you stopped by!

I'll be a little busy for the next 24 hours, but I'll definitely visit ALL the other blogs posted here before the weekend is up.

LIME and Corona, yum.

Maureen,

I hate to say it, but I actually have about eight. I do not keep all of them up to date though, for obvious reasons. I have several under Google's blogspot, I have Myspace and then I have my main site's blog.

Here is the address for the main site's blog... http://solidrockmortgage.com/blog/nfblog

If anyone wants the others, email me and I will send them or post here later.

I always enjoy this idea and do try to visit most of the blogs posted here.

Ok...check out my most recent BLOG and find out what me and the Gambler, Kenny Rogers have in common!!!

Easy stuff....Gilligan and the Skipper 2, the millionaire and his wife, I myself am the professor and mary anne can all be found lounging enjoying a tasty beverage in a cocunut cup, listening to mortgage and real estate updates on our radio made out of two coconuts...we are simply a 3 hour tour away at http://www.joshplummer.com

OOPs forgot the moviestar...ginger is there too!

and Linda...I was dissappointed...I was hoping to learn that you as well knew when to hold em and when to fold em...as well as when to walk a way and when to run....

I'm not too late for this party, right? Say hello to the beagle at my Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Blog.

DEC

2006

These tours always make me ponder one of the greatest mysteries / questions in life...

Ginger, or Mary Ann?

A world record for blog commenting!

http://www.ThompsonsRealty.com
http://www.PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com

Monika,

I tried to comment on your blog but I had to register for realtown blogs which was a longer ordeal than I cared to go through... You might want to change that setting if you want to get comments. I dont think I had to do that to comment on Maureen McCabes blog or Jonathan Daltons.

Oh, yeah, Jay, thanks for stopping by during your world record event

I was just going to e-mail you to see if my tardiness on the last one had led me to be precluded from this wonderful tour.

We are stepping up ... Gilligan to the Love Boat, is next month Miami Vice?

Sadie, our 1-year-old Boxer, has demanded that I include Sadie's Take on Delaware, Ohio in this month's blog tour. She is a lot better writer than I am and yesterday took on the Bubble Busters.

And I promise to complete this tour before the next one starts :-)

Toby, I don't think I will be offering a trip to the Bates Motel from Psycho.

Miami Vice could possibilty!

Can you see my blog now? I can.

Maureen,

You are encouraging me to keep posting on my other blog.

RE trade

Hey Maureen!

Thanks for the heads up on your Blog Tour. Of course, I want to join.

I'd love it if you all dropped by the Saskatoon Real Estate Resource Centre Blog.

Maureen - Sorry. It is giving me:

The page cannot be displayed

The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

Visit the two before ... Mitchell's and Norms? Norm what's the weather like in Saskatoon this time of year? I am not sure I want to visit Canada in December... but I will.

61° degrees today in Columbus Ohio... please visit Columbus Best Blog before the weather changes..

I am not going to direct you to an entry this time... I have had trouble making myself blog there for some reason but added three entries this AM.

#1...about Jay Thompson's excellent adventure on Active Rain trying to set a new world record... It is a thinly disguised invite to Active Rain. I have been very successful dangling Active Rain info and getting RE agents etc. to join on my invite... try it... it's easy. I snag a couple most times I do it on CBB.

#2 Announcement re: Real Living C.O.O.(local) being named to the advisory board of Trulia.com with other notable names... (I'm a name dropper)

#3 an entry about Real Estate Search engines, national and local...Zillow.com, Trulia.com etc.

or visit anything... It is not all real estate.

MF... I shoulda mentioned it... I got the same message last night.. 3AM? Toby click on the item in the top left column and you'll get beyond that message.

Frosty Saskatoon Morning It's a beautiful morning in Saskatoon. The predicted high is around 30 degrees, which is pretty good for the prairies in the middle of December.

I can't complain too much.

Wow, Norm, that is a beautiful picture. You took it? I read you enjoy photography.

MM & Toby, I think my links work.

Thank you. I did take that one. I'm getting to a point where I feel I deserve a hobby and photography seems to be where it's going. It's pretty challenging and lots of fun.

Maureen, Love to take the tour again! Response is not the greatest but then again, it's December so that might be the issue,here.

food for Christmas Party AR folks are always welcome to come to my blog and check it out. I love comments and with my blog, it requires that I approve of the comment before it posts in order to avoid in bad language. So, please feel free to comment away.

Sit down, grab a bit to eat and drink and enjoy the caravan to all the blogs! Happy Holidays to one and all!!

How many of those in the lifering are now politicians?! How times change - yet remain the same. Perhaps put politicians in life rings? Tis the season...

Maureen. Thanks for letting me know. I'll go and try and change that on real town blogs.

Thanks

Sounds good. I'll give it a try.

DEC

2006

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Better late than never, I guess! :)

I mentioned the first two blogs I started in the November Blog Tour, so here is the third about First Time Buyers. Hope you will stop by with some comments - I'm sure I can improve it a bit.

And if you are a CRS in San Diego, you can also pop by the blog I started for CRS members and CRS candidates in the SD area - not much there yet but it will gain momentum once we are into the New Year. If there are any suggestions, I hope you will let me know. Thanks!

Oops, "need to watch the time" - gotta go. Bon Voyage!

Jeff

Jeff Dowler, we welcome new blogs and repeats in the blog tours.

How about just JEFF the SPAM Artist! Delete That Comment, He hit me too, but I already deleted his link. Everyone on Active Rain should go spam comment his site right now with bad reviews of this sooo called homeequityshare blog spot!!!:-P

Or should Active Rainers invite Jeff the lender to Active Rain to learn about blogging? There did not seem to be much there, new blog.

I have to admit the two Jeff's back to back .. and Jeff Dowler being such a blogaholic I wondered could that be from Jeff D. too?

I actually went to Jeff the spammer's (NOT DOWLER) site and tried to find an email address to invite him. I wanted to assume he is a blogging newbie and that he just made a mistake. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now, and am hoping that he will play by the blog tourist rules and visit the other sites with something other than comment spam.

Would it be kosher to post an invite link in the comments on his blog? Thank him for stopping by... the worst thing that could happen is he would feel spammed and remove it. The best that could happen is he and others could join and learn good blog ettiquette... via this platform.

I think that is a super idea! Ask him how he is doing on the rest of the blog tour while you are there.

MM, you are a kinder gentler person than I...and from the looks of the comments page a few other AR members really didnt appreciate the spam.

Josh... If he was a REALTOR® I might feel differently...

I will have to go read his blog. I will invite him, if no one else wants to.... Is he spamming AR people on their AR blogs or on their other blogs?

It looks like we have ActiveRainers who are not even signed up for the blog tour visiting his blog. One of us wants to do business with him. There is something for everyone out there.

I haven't seen that Jeff on my blog. No comment at least. I would delete comment spam on the other blog.

just spam here on AR, not other blogs...yet

I went I saw... I declined to leave a comment ....after all

The professor has a really nice blog. I would put it on the tour, but I don't put other people's blogs on tour.

I had to go back and look...

You will have to click there see if you recognize the blog. I think it was really a special message to Jeff, and I don't know or care who left it. Let's make a pact here not to guess left that comment or make any confessions.

I clicked... I thought I was having technical difficulties, I went back to Jeff's blog... When I clicked again I saw it. It was a special message for Jeff. Whomever left it made me laugh...OK pact.

Ouch - gosh you head out on an appointment for a few hours and look what happens. I watched the emails on my phone but it was too complicated to respond, esp. while driving. Talk about feeling helpless...and unable to defend myself.

I confess - I DID NOT DO IT! Nope, not me, I don't spam.

Anyone who has read my blogs should know I am a residential real estate agent and have nothing to do with mortgages, etc. Guess I'm a little surprised that anyone who has read my posts would actually think this might have been me. Hmmm, guess I have to do something about my reputation.

Glad it all got figured out

Jeff Dowler, nobody ever thought it was you, as far as I know. Your reputation remains in excellent standing!

DEC

2006

Great idea, will come back and visit as many of the blogs as I can.

If anyone is interested here is a link to my news for real estate agents blog. I am always looking for more experiences about lead generation companies and you will get a link out of the deal, here is one example about Home Gain Leads. If you have a story that you want to share just go to my profile on AR and send me a email. The post must be 100% origanal content, other than that feel free to give a good review, bad review, whatever you want. Also will consider any other post topic that you think would fit into the overall theme of the blog. Easy, free PR4 links ;) .

Loved tour blog, Ken. Glad you joined us this month.

Jeff Dowler, you need to fix your link to the first time buyers blog. It's linking back to me I think.

So I visited your CRS blog instead.

Robert,

I liked your blog, especially the piece on foreclosures. You don't take comments though, so I could not leave one. Also, you might want to test leaving something on the contact us page. It does not work without logging in, which is impossible.

Thanks for doing the blog tour. Hope we will see you next month.

DEC

2006

Thanks, Maureen. I must have not copied my link, as I thought, after I copied the one from the November Blog Tour so it pasted that link in. I normally double check :( Sorry about the incovenience.

Not a big deal. Just wanted you to know in case you thought you didn't get any visitors.

I don't recommend reading all these comments first thing before coffee - I'm so confused - I may need to see your OB

John, you just made me laugh.

Maureen, Went visiting on all the blogs. Don't know why it didn't seem to catch on this time round but it was a good experience. By the way, I meant to tell you that when I was on your outside blog and wanted to contact you through email. I clicked on your link and thought you should know that it says (at) instead of @. No big deal but if someone didn't pay attention and didn't change it in their email to you...you'd never get it.

Happy holidays.

Gena, I've seen that (at) thing done pretty commonly so that spammers do not pick up email addresses using bots to search the text. You are right. A lot of people would miss that. Not sure what the solution is. Maybe I need to put a note there so people know what to do.

Maureen - an alternative to "at"

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27586/Do-Not-Eschew-Obfuscation

I am all caught up on the Blog Tour! Whoo! After I got lost last year and ended up on the three-week tour, this was a nice trip.

Have to agree with Gena, the quantity was down this time, but the quality was better than last month (IMHO).

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DEC

2006

I came. I saw

german/Irish MEANS SOMETHING BAD FOR YOU!!!!

I knew it would be gone...as soon as MF saw it. I can't say as I really bothered to read it but I skimmed it. Rantings... Nonsense....

I have visited everyones blog on the list and commented at 4-5 of them. Next time I will comment on everyones, but was just trying to actually see allof them this time.

MM, the ramblings were bizarre. It was the URL that they listed at the end that I found offensive. I never thought I would become a censor, but the comment clearly had nothing to do with the topic.

Ken, cool that you visited them all. This month people are busier than usual.

DEC

2006

Hi All,

My other blog is http://lauriemanny.blogspot.com/. I recently set it up to drive traffic to the content pages of my website. It mostly consists of extensive area information. While I am not yet getting any comments on it yet, I am getting some hits from the site. Going to keep it running and add to it occasionally. Still have more content to add. Just taking it one step at a time.

Would love it if some of you left comments if and when you visit it.

I will be visiting all of the other blogs on this site throughout this upcoming week and will certainly try to do the same.

Thank you,

Welcome Laurie. You might not get a ton of visitors from here this month because the tour is over. I will stop by and I bet some others will too. Consider joining the blog tourists group above. Next month I will send all the members a notice to let them know when the tour is.