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EchoSign and ActiveRain Challenge: A 'Me Agreement' for Your Business

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Services for Real Estate Pros with ActiveRain

Every year millions of people make a resolution to improve or change something in their life. Having it coincide with New Year's dates back to the ancient Babylonians. 

A 2007 study that looked at the success rate of New Year's resolutions found that 88% of people making a resolution ended up failing. And yet we also know that writing our goals down makes us more likely to actually reach them.

For our December EchoSign and ActiveRain challenge we want you to share a New Year's Business Resolution with us and with your friends on ActiveRain. By writing down your goal, and ultimately by sharing it, we hope to make you more likely to keep your resolution.

So what is a Business New Year's Resolution? It's just like a regular one.......except it relates to your business, and you're actually going to DO IT! (or at least that's the plan, right?) In order to try to help you keep this resolution, we're going to suggest that you do a 'Me agreement'. What's a me agreement? It's just you writing down a goal, signing it....and maybe choosing to share it with your friends and family (or not, your choice......but you're ten times more likely to meet your goal if you have people to hold you accountable)

It could be as simple as 'make sure my desk is clean each Friday before I leave the office' or it could be as complex as 'Add 1000 names to my database'. The "what" is what this is all about. You have to figure that out.

Let me explain the how....

The How

Write a blog post about your Business New Year's Resolution. In the blog post also include how you are going to keep yourself accountable. Maybe that's by signing a 'Me Agreement' and sharing it with your friends. Maybe you're going to pick another AR member as your accountability buddy. Maybe you're going to have your wife or daughter or mom keep you accountable.

We aren't going to put a minimum word limit on the post, but it probably makes sense to talk yourself through how you are actually going to accomplish the goal. The goal itself is probably not much more than one or two sentences. The meat of the blog post becomes how you plan to accomplish the goal. 

Submit your blog post for the contest by leaving a link to your blog post in the comment section of this blog post. All posts submitted prior to Friday December 27th at 11:59pm Pacific Time will be given 1500 ActiveRain points. 


What's a 'Me Agreeement'?

Adobe EchoSign has come up with a cool app on Facebook that shows you how easy it is to use their e-signature solution. A 'me agreement' is a way for you to quickly try out using an e-signature, while at the same time committing to yourself that you are going to accomplish something. For our case here, that could be your New Year's Business Resolution. The bold among us (or maybe the folks who feel they need the most accountability) can then share that 'me agreeement' with your friends on Facebook. 

So did you just get back from doing your 'me agreement' and you're dumbfounded at why you haven't used e-signatures earlier to make things super easy for you and your clients. I mean seriously guys, it's about to be 2014. If you don't have this capability in your repertoire at this point........(If you could see me right now my chin would be slightly sunk and my head would be slowly swaying back and forth. Yes, that's disappointment in my eyes...)

Luckily Adobe EchoSign offers you a free account (with no credit card required) to get you started. Just do it!

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Comments (154)

Andrea Bedard
Thompson Company, REALTORSĀ® 240.593.2860 - Silver Spring, MD
Fluent in Real Estate & German, M.A. ABR ASP CIPS

I should have read the fine print sooner! I'm a day late ... Oh well, it's written and I'm going to hold myself accountable.

My 2014 Me Agreement For My Business: It's Personal

Dec 28, 2013 06:00 AM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Okay, feeling much better now! I am not the only one waiting for the last minute! lol

Dec 28, 2013 07:30 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!
Dec 28, 2013 10:54 AM
Tom Arstingstall, General Contractor, Dry Rot, Water Damage Sacramento, El Dorado County - (916) 765-5366
Dry Rot and Water Damage www.tromlerconstruction.com Mobile - 916-765-5366 - Placerville, CA
General Contractor, Dry Rot and Water Damage

Thought I had until the end of the month...

I may have let this Challenge slip through my fingers, but I'm working on it in 2014. :)

My Me Agreement

 

Dec 28, 2013 03:21 PM
Scott Fogleman
Richmond, VA

Maybe its too late.. buthere is mine entry.. My Me agreement for 2014

Dec 28, 2013 08:08 PM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

My Me Agreement

I use Echosign already but visited the Facebook "app" trying to figure out if it was something that pertained to making a me agreement.  There had been only 30 users when I was there. I think that the image in the center of the page causes visitors to think that's what they need to click on, which is just 9 images of walking through digital signatures.  I think it would help if in the center of the page, visitors were told to click on the "GO TO APP" in the right column of the page.  Then more of the ones that entered this challenge might have used the app?  

Dec 28, 2013 08:32 PM
Amanda Christiansen
Christiansen Group Realty (260)704-0843 - Fort Wayne, IN
Christiansen Group Realty

This is a great contest!  Here is my entry.

Dec 28, 2013 10:39 PM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

I suppose better late than never, even if I somethimes forget to read.

  My 'Me Resolution' to Enhance my Business in 2014

Dec 29, 2013 01:34 AM
Sussie Sutton
David Tracy Real Estate - Houston, TX
David Tracy Real Estate for Buyers & Sellers

Let me try this one more time! I am having all kinds of trouble posting this link to add my entry to this contest.

I finally have selected a song. It was harder than I thought it was going to be. I hope you enjoy the song as much as I did.

http://activerain.com/blogsview/4264865/2013-theme-your-business-with-a-song-title-challenge

Dec 29, 2013 01:52 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

For some reason my link didn't stick! Here's my entry. I had it done and submitted on the 26th!

Dec 29, 2013 08:17 AM
Conrad Allen
Re/Max Professional Associates - Webster, MA
Webster, Ma, Realtor

My entry 

Dec 29, 2013 06:46 PM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

My entry, 2014 Business Plan, was written and posted on 12/11. I don't see it here, so am posting the link again.

Dec 29, 2013 11:23 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Better late than never...My Me Agreement is to Continue

Dec 30, 2013 01:28 PM
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTORĀ® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

I just got back from our annual year end vacation. We take off the Last friday before Christmas and shut our business down until the end of the year. If you can take a post still I will write one today.

Dec 31, 2013 03:37 AM
MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

Somehow I thought this one ended 12/31/13-anyway here is my post. Happy 2014!

http://activerain.com/blogsview/4288067/my-me-agreement-adobe-echosign-activerain-contest

Dec 31, 2013 07:50 AM
Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

Maybe I made a mistake??? did I get the points for this:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/4281863/2014-goals-and-changes-a-me-agreement-for-my-real-estate-business

 

Jan 13, 2014 02:12 PM
Bill Roberts
Brooks and Dunphy Real Estate - Oceanside, CA
"Baby Boomer" Retirement Planner

My question is: Did anybody get the points for this?

Jan 14, 2014 01:49 AM
Diana Zaccaro Broker Associate
ZOOM Realty Group - Cocoa Beach, FL
"The Accidental Blogger" Cocoa Beach, Florida

Thanks, Noah and Bill...I have been wondering the same thing...no points yer for me either.

 

Jan 14, 2014 07:11 AM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I got my points this afternoon, hope everyone else gets theirs soon.

Jan 14, 2014 07:57 AM
Bob Stewart
ActiveRain - Seattle, WA
ActiveRain Ambassador

Looks like I have already stumbled on one of my new year's resolutions.......to get you all your points on contests immediately after the content closes.

I'll try harder, I promise.

All points have been awarded for this challenge. So awesome to read some of the great posts submitted. Hopefully two weeks in everyone is still on track with their resolutions!

Jan 14, 2014 09:37 AM