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Annnnd 3rd Place Goes to.......

The First Annual ActiveRain Article Contest (I just made that title up!) is finally completed.

There were a total of 75 articles submitted to be considered. The quality of these articles was truly excellent. Judging the submissions was not an easy task. There were many, many excellent articles on a wide variety of real estate subjects.

Tim Maitsky Photo Without further ado, the Third Prize Winner is:

What if Business or Personal Gain Wasn't a Concern? Would You Act Differently? by Tim Maitsky

Tim's article was not a Featured Post and only received 11 comments when he posted it. It is an terrific example of what this contest was all about. It is well written and raises questions we should all ask ourselves as professionals in the Real Estate Industry.

To all contestants:

You did a tremendous job! There was not a mediocre article in entire collection of 75 articles. Your submission was competing with some of the best writers on this network and the competition was fierce. The whole point of the contest was to attempt to 'raise the bar' on the quality of the articles posted to ActiveRain daily. There is no doubt whatsoever that you all, as a group, exceded expectations.

The prizes for 3rd Place are:

600 bonus points for Third Place
The Article will be Feature today on ActiveRain
The article will be published in it's entirety on SoundBiteBlog.com with an author credit at the bottom and a live link to a site of your choice. Please let me know what Anchor Text you wish to use in the link.
The article will be re-published in it's entirety on Amber Riviere's site.

As I stated in the original Let's Have A Contest post, the Second Place Winner will be announced tomorrow morning and the First Place Winner will be disclosed on Thursday morning. That way, each of the winners gets an entire day in the ActiveRain Spotlight!

Posted by Mark Flanders on 02/27/2007 05:54 PM

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45 Comments on Annnnd 3rd Place Goes to.......

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Well a big Congrats to Tim! I did read that article, it was very good! Thank you Mark for hosting this event.

Way to go Tim! I'll be subscribing to all your posts now! Sherry

Very interesting. I read Tim's post about speaking your mind. Having had that affliction since early childhood, I thought the post was very interesting.

That said, in the interest of "speaking my mind", I did not comment due to an earlier post from Tim wherein he criticized RAINERS for poor grammar and spelling. I'm under a lot of time pressures this week and having to take the time to examine my post for spelling and grammar knowing that it's under a microscope is off-putting. So, I didn't.

Actually, all of Tim's posts and comments are worthwhile and while I have observed grammatical errors, I have NEVER mentioned them, nor would I.

Congratulaions to Tim. A deserving article indeed. Oh dang. Did I need a comma after article?????

Many thanks to Mark for another wonderful contest to challenge us all to keep on blogging great stuff such as this article. Of course you know we love your stuff Tim! Great job!

Way to go, Tim! Thanks for making such a valuable contribution to our community!

Congratulations Tim! Mark the suspense is killing us...can hardly wait til tomorrow! The contest was a great idea and with so many good articles to chose from must have been a difficult task. You deserve a lot of credit! Thanks for the incentive.

Congrats Tim, I didn't know about the contest until today. I need to get up to speed! Mark, I know there are some posts like Tim's that are awesome that never get featured and then there are some posts that get featured that makes both you and I wonder ???? Seems like there are some members that could write about watching ice cubes melt and the blog would still get posted! Great job Tim.

Congratulations Tim!

Thanks for doing this Mark :)

Great contest, Mark. Thanks for organizing, etc. If this is 3rd place I can well imagine the other two.

But I just couldn't get my act together, though. Next time.

Jeff

Cynthia: Thanks!

The Spengels: Excellent choice

Lenn: LOL

Lisa: You are such a supporter! Thanks :)

Rich: Thanks for all your help on this. Couldn't have done it without you.

Allison: I have you right where I want you. I know I'll have at least one reader for the next 2 days. LOL

George: Yours certainly aren't the 'melting cubes' variety. Some of it is simply timing.

Renee: thanks, it's is alot of work, but I had fun too.

Jeff: I'll look forward to that. I enjoy your writing.

I am really honored. I thought it was one of my best and when it didn't get featured it was a big let down for me. But I liked it and a few others did too so I sucked it up and moved on to create another post. It's nice to get recognized and everyone likes to be liked. I'm trying to just write what I feel like and not be influenced about what I think others might like. If I make myself chuckle I feel that I did good.

Thank you Mark for putting this together. I don't know how you get anything else done with all the time you put into Active Rain.

Lenn, I'm sorry that my mention of spelling and grammar has inhibited you from commenting. After all the comments from that post I stated that I really didn't care about it anymore. It was brought to my attention that I use "you" much too much. Then it was brought to my attention that there's a very good reason to use i instead of I. So now I really don't know what's right and what's wrong. I love reading your stuff and all of your comments.

Tim, yours was an excellent article. And this is your time in the sun. Enjoy it! It is not a gift, it is something you earned. You deserve the recognition.

We all stub our toes socially once in a while. If you are like me, you'll do it often. It's all part of the learning curve.

I am with you on Lenn's articles. I lurk her blog regularly. As I've said before, when my blog grows up, it wants to be as good as hers!

Thanks for your contribution. An article like that takes time to craft. I'll be reading from now on (well I have been for a while already). You really have raised the bar for all of us.

Tim - CONGRATULATIONS!!!! TERRIFIC post!!

Mark - great job on the contest!

AnnCummings.com

Ann: Thanks.

PS - I love that signature of yours!

Mark,

This was a terrific article and I can certainly see why it won. Congratulations on bringing out some truly worthwhile reading here and THANK YOU for the challenge. Can't wait to see what happens tomorrow : )

Tim, congratulations on your well-deserved win! I had missed that one and just read it. Great post.

Mark, thanks again for putting this together. It was lots of fun....even scrambling as you tick, tocked!

Maggie: You scramble? humph. It's more like bounce! You have more enthusiasm than most people :)

Thanks for hosting Mark. I didn't win anything but it is a great way to sharpen your tools.

Tim, I've been subscribed to your blog for a few weeks now and really appreciate the effort you put into each article. This is great recognition for the care you consistently put into all of your work. Great job!

Good job Tim! I read your article and found it thought provoking. Look forward to reading your future blogs.

Mark... great job at taking charge with this....

Tim.... congrats on the 3rd place. But most of all, awesome post.....

Tim's was an excellent article.. I caught it when it first came out.. Very thought provoking..

Congrats Tim!

Excellent Job.

So that means if there were 75 now there only 74...

The tension builds.

I just hope I win a square in my office pool.

This is better than that Acadamy thingy they had TV the other night.

Congratulations! I thought your article was a great one!

Mark, thanks for the contest. It gives us a chance to really work on our blogging skills and put our minds to work.

I really think this worked, Mark. I wasn't able to read every single article posted to Prime Time this week, but I did read many of them, and they were all excellent. We should do this again sometime. It really made us pull out all the stops and give our articles our best efforts.

Tim congratulation for a job well done.

Mark you are to be commended for coming up with the contest, it helped to spice things up during these winter months.

Congrats Tim. I thought this was a very good post the first time I read it. Man if this is a 3rd I can't wait to see what's 2nd and 1st. Very well done Tim.

Mark, thanks for taking the time to put together this contest. 75 posts!!!! That's a lot of reading.

Congrats! Nice Tux, You forgot to thank your wife, kids and your agent!!!!!!

Yay, Tim!! I read this one first time around and really enjoyed it -- you deserve this!! Don't spend all those points in one place. ;o)

Congratulations Tim - it was an excellent article - and thanks to Mark and the gang for having this contest, you guys RULE!

Super job, Tim and a great contest Mark.

RAINERS HELPING RAINERS.

This idea of Mark's about taking a second look at blogs is a good one. What has happened is that we are "featuring" articles in addition to the RainGod's featurs.

That's a good thing because it provides for an insight into what RAINERS see as value in these articles AND it gives a second chance to some very good blogs. I regularly, when time permits, read the blogs from the day, not just the featured. It takes time, but, like that bottom shelves at the library, you can find gold if you look for it.

YEAH ! ! ! for us.

It's really great to hear that it was difficult to select winners. That in itself informs us of how valuable AR is and how much great information is out there, free I might add and with the chance to dialogue directly with those whose ideas are shared!

I've only been here a short while but have learned a great deal from the groups blogs as well as comments to my own efforts.

Thanks AR! :)

Cheers, -B

Mark -- Congratulations on a successful contest! I can't wait until tomorrow to see who got 2nd place!

Tim -- Congratulations on a great post!

Mark - thanks!!! Our buddy, Nick the Appraiser, made that for me - cool, isn't it? I LOVE it, too!!
Ann

AnnCummings.com

To all who have commented:

Thanks, I like comments as much as the next blogger!

Sorry I couldn't respond sooner, it's been a hectic day in mortgageland. Lot's to do and too few hours.

And thanks to everyone for making the contest a big deal for the winners. :)

To the Judges: Great selection. And interesting that it wasn't a featured post when it was posted. There are pearls hidden here. We just need to look harder some days.

Linda: Thanks. I still can't figure out how it slipped through the cracks. But, we found it!

It's getting harder to hide a good article on ActiveRain!

My, but you are funny Mr. Flanders. Really! I guess I need to cut down on those exclamation marks, eh? Ahhh, but my bubbly personality would still manage to betray me. :o)

A job well done to everyone involved!

Tim, Really good stuff! Great observational theme. I enjoyed reading your post. Congrats on your award.

Mark, Thanks for putting together the contest. It appears that you got everyone to put forth a superior effort.

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I really enjoy reading Tim's blogs. I am glad to see him recognized.

I like your observation as I always try to live that way. Sometimes its a little awkward when my wife asks me how like her new haircut, or when someone asks me how I feel about their floorplan in a new home.

It is very valuable to have people know they will always get a true answer from you.

Congradulations on a great blog with a good message.

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