Total of 21 Posts to Contribute
I - Interaction - Let’s meet and greet both new members and established members of our community.
G - Grow Your Business - Let’s share what practices work best for us.

Qualifying for Points: Post each blog to the 2012 BIG Jumpstart Blog Challenge Group and any other groups you choose. DO NOT POST at the AR Contest group - please - that’s the designated group for announcing contests.
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DO NOT POST at the AR Contest group - please - that’s for announcing contests.
Minimum 50 word blogs as per AR requirements.
Contact me by email with any questions.
** Two posts in each of the nine categories are required during the Challenge (see below).
** The remaining three posts may be any topic of your choice within the Challenge dates.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: In an effort to keep these directions both short and clear, only bare bones explanations here. If you need more info and/or want more details, go to the topic link - that leads to a longer explanation of post topic. ** Check out the links at each topic heading. ** (PLEASE- re-read the previous sentence.)
B - Back to Basics -
a.) Community Guidelines: 2 posts required
Focus on a Community Guideline that you think makes AR the great community it is.
b.) Weltanschauung: 2 posts required
Focus on an aspect of the Weltanschauung that you see as a special part of AR.
c.) ActiveRain University: 2 posts required
Report to us which webinars you chose at ARU and tell us what new skills you learned.
I - Interaction -
a.) Newcomers: 2 posts required
Welcome at least two newcomers and do a blog about each and their AR experiences. If you want, also post these to Craig Daniels’ “Gold Star” Group established for posts about individuals.
b.) Reblogs: 2 posts required
c.) Invitations: 2 posts required
Profile two people who accepted your invitation to join ActiveRain. If you never invited anyone - send at least two (honor system!) just for the practice. To substitute if no accepted invitations, profile two members whose comments you enjoyed on others' posts which encouraged you to follow their blogs. Or contact someone who hasn't participated in a while on AR and invite them back again. If you want, also post these profiles to Craig Daniels' "Gold Star" Group established for posts about individuals. (Invited folks but no one has accepted? Margaret Rome says: "Don't despair! I send many invitations for each acceptance!")
G - Grow Your Business - not linked - we want to learn from you ...
a.) SEO related Suggestions: 2 posts required
Teach us something you have done to increase your SEO.
b.) Content: 2 posts required
Explain how you choose topics for your blogs and how you develop the theme.
Use your own original videos or original photographs to accompany the theme of your post. If you are new to video or photo, use the SEARCH feature on AR blogs to find "How To" information.
Have a happy day -
Lynn