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Grab your Camera, 2 more days, Summer Video Challenge

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Real Estate Agent with Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified #1 in Forest Land Mgmt

Get your Cameras out, Two more days, Summer Video Challenge, Show Us Your Local & Bring in the Juice

 

Dont forget that the Summer Video Challenge deadline is rapidly approaching.

 

Many people have already completed the challenge and are already enjoying the extra attention from the folks over at Google and Youtube.

 

And we all have a few more days to get our entrys in before Saturday Night!

 

Here are a few more entries that you may enjoy, stop by and take a look at these and the rest of them and post a few of your own!

 

 

Spring Break in Key West

 

 

Caught A Stingray In Clearwater Florida's Intercoastal Waterway

 

 

Garland Hill Historic District Lynchburg VA

 

 

 

Keep on mind, if you are like many who suffer from "perfection paralysis", that any video is better than a blank blog waiting for the perfect video.

Even if you have not started yet, dont despair, it only takes a few minutes to shoot some video and then a few more to post it into a blog.

 

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We all know how great local events are for attracting clients and bringing in the Google Juice and we have been told how much Google likes Video, so this Challenge is going to combine the two for a great dose of SEO for all of our businesses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our focus in this challenge is to shoot three short videos of something local and something showing some Summer Fun.

 

 

 

The Challenge

 

 

 

The subject of the videos can be anything local, fun and outdoors.

 

 

 

              A favorite hiking trail

 

 

 

              A summer celebration

 

 

 

              A great local park

 

 

 

              A cool neighborhood

 

 

 

              An Active Rain Meetup in Stevens Point

 

 

 

              Something local that sells your town is always a winner

 

 

 

              And lots more summer fun sights and events

 

 

 

Each video should be short, between 1-2 minutes.

 

 

 

Each Video will be accompanied with its own blog post.

 

 

 

Points

 

 

 

Since video is a tough obstacle for so many bloggers, and it is soo good for the Google Juice, Kerrie agrees that we should bribe our entrants well, with 800 points per video blog for a total of 2400 if you produce all three videos in separate blog posts.

 

 

 

After you complete all three videos and blogs, post the urls in the comments at http://activerain.com/blogsview/3802335/summer-video-challenge-show-us-your-local-bring-in-the-juice by 11:59 pm September 7th, 2013 and then sit back and watch the points add up on Active Rain and your Ranking on Google rise with each video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are having any problems embedding videos into your blog posts, try this method or drop me a line and I can try to help.

 

 

 

http://activerain.com/blogsview/3809844/inserting-a-video-in-your-blog-posts

Comments(34)

Ginger Harper
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage~ Ginger Harper Real Estate Team - Southport, NC
Your Southport~Oak Island Agent~Brunswick County!

I am not very good at figuring out how to post the video.

Can you share how to do it?

 

Sep 06, 2013 10:50 AM
Jennifer Fivelsdal
JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 - Rhinebeck, NY
Mid Hudson Valley real estate connection

Bob thanks for the reminder I will try to put something together.  Hopefully :)

 

Sep 06, 2013 10:59 AM
Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor
Bob, never tried video. I plan to have my twelve year old grandson help me this weekend. Thanks for the challenge.
Sep 06, 2013 11:05 AM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Bob I for one am SO GLAD you created this challenge!  I have been meaing to 'get back to' video for a very long time and this gave me the incentive and push I needed.  I was challenged this past few weeks when discovered my video camera  malfuntioned a couple of time BUT that didn't stop me! Oh no...I pulled out my ipad the next day and started re-taking a video to see how it would work out. THEN we had an issue with our wireless airwave so I could either get calls on my cell phone OR look at You tube.  You KNOW my choice!  When there is a will - help comes in all kinds of ways - just ask!  People around here are always willing to lend a hand!

 

If you haven't entered this challenge yet - just do it - nobody cares how it turns out - the point is to just give it a whirl.  Pretend you're learning to ride a bike.  We'll cheer you on no matter what the end result is - yes we will!

Sep 06, 2013 11:08 AM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Thanks for stopping by friends, I am looking forward to seeing your creations!  and anyone who is having technical difficulties, I hope that I can help, check the notes in Ginger's reblog of this and check out this link.

http://activerain.com/blogsview/3809844/inserting-a-video-in-your-blog-posts

Sep 06, 2013 11:41 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Bob- I too am glad you had this challenge.  The written word is still crucial but videos add another dimension. 

Sep 06, 2013 11:57 AM
Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

I am looking forward to looking at the entries.  I still have a lot to learn about video and this was a great idea for a contest!

Sep 06, 2013 11:59 AM
Kelly Cherry
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
Keller Williams Preferred Realty

I'm so glad I saw this challenge.  I have a great video in mind that I hope to get done in time!  Thanks for the reminder!

Sep 06, 2013 12:10 PM
Tamara Inzunza
Realty One Group Capital - Alexandria, VA
Close-In Alexandria and Arlington Living

What a great challenge.  I'm going to miss the deadline but am making a point to do more video.  It's been a busy few weeks!!!

Sep 06, 2013 12:50 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Time to get my camera skills up to par! :)

Sep 06, 2013 02:28 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Bob, it seems I'll miss this contest - just one more day left (and has been little over-worked for last few weeks - still there is one chance tomorrow!)

Sep 06, 2013 04:00 PM
Christine Donovan
Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA
Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M
Bob - I've done a few videos lately, but I'm not sure it follows guidelines. I guess I need to check.
Sep 06, 2013 04:30 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I am sorry I do not have any videos to share . Good luck.

Sep 06, 2013 08:43 PM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

The local videos bring the out of town, state, country buyer to your local community for sure. Videos with full motion and natural sound captured in your home town make the delivery to the far away buyer thus increasing your market area. Ultimately your market share of listings, share go up too. Show, tell me about your area first and then we start the property listing tire kicking so important. Don't just do video for the local flavor for a contest, for points and then stop. Like blogging, everything you do video is so important. What buyers want and so portable, take it with you easy.

Sep 06, 2013 11:50 PM
Jeff Stevens
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New Mexico Properties - Las Cruces, NM
Jeff Stevens, Associate Broker/REALTOR

I'll have to try and catch the next one. As it is, I can not upload video to any of my blog posts. I need to call support and figure out why. Best of luck to everyone who does participate. 

Sep 07, 2013 12:18 AM
Jeff Fisher
PureWest Real Estate - Whitefish, MT
PUREWEST REAL ESTATE/Christies

Great entries so far! Polishing up my entry today, hopefully post soon!  Love those local videos!

Sep 07, 2013 12:55 AM
Gay E. Rosen
Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty - Larchmont, NY
As Real as Real Estate Gets!

Hi Bob-  one down and two more to go... great idea to uish us to do something we should be doing all of the time. Thank you!

Sep 07, 2013 01:49 AM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

I feel good about getting mine done early, and I ended up with a couple of extras. Guess I'll have t be happy with the Google Juice

Sep 07, 2013 02:02 AM
Jordon Wheeler
The Jordon Wheeler Group - Fairburn, GA
J W Group Real Estate Sales and Service

Hey Bob, I got one done.  Time ran out.  Thanks for the challenge.

http://actvra.in/42Lw

 

Sep 07, 2013 04:54 PM
The Woodland Team of Texas
The Woodland Companies - Austin, TX
Land Specialists

Hi Bob, I am enjoying going through some of your early blog posts and reposts and getting ready to start doing some posts myself soon.

Jun 16, 2019 09:23 PM