Jonathan - I tried to visit Localism from home page and just get this banner - did Localism go down in the re-launch - I know I've been out of the loop however I just posted some things and was curious - thanks {P.S. 100 pts was sweet - thanks!}
Hi Jonathan...This is getting to be too much for me. I have been known to stay up all night waiting for Christmas morning and for my kids to get up. I love surprises. I love anticipation.
Kathleen
P.S. Happy Fourth of July tomorrow. Only five days later and it will be the Ninth of July. Time for one more celebration!
Jon, This is great news!! Localism is going to be HUGE. But you know that.
Suggestion for you: It would be nice if I could post some articles ONLY to Localism without them showing upon my AR blog at all. There is a reason for this madness. Now that I have an AR outside blog and of course my own outside blog I want to make my urls specific to a certain type of information. As it stands now everything I post to Localism or my AR outside blog, sellingpoincianaproperties shows up on AR.
I do know we can filter information but my customers don't. I prefer to not have my AR blog cluttered with listings and neighborhood reports and would prefer to direct my consumers over to Localism for this information. As it stands now AR is my industry blog where I write about what I do and where I do it. It's geared towards consumers and my peers. My AR outside blog is being populated with mostly consumer information but not necessarily listings and market reports. I use my own brokerbryant.com for very specific to poinciana posts and market reports. I would like to be able to use Localism for what it is designed to be but don't want all the hyper local stuff on AR. I want to be able to have 4 very unique locations although 3 of them will be with you guys. Make sense?
Ideally this would be my breakdown:
AR: Industry commentaries for my peers and the consumer.
AR outside blog: Consumer commentaries leaning towards foreclosure and short sale info and assistance.
Localism: hyperlocal market reports and neighborhood information
BrokerBryant.com: Commentaries for consumers, market reports and some listings.
What you are asking for makes total sense to me. That ability won't be available when we first launch Localism, but we will put it on the list and work on it asap. Thanks for the suggestion.
Jonathan, You actually do read your comments, I was beginning to wonder, LOL. This sounds great and can't wait to get started. And Happy Birthday Sherry, see I read your comments, even when I thought you didn't,lol
I hope the points are double or at least more than the regular posts. It will chase away a lot of the gamers because they don't as rule do local. I mentioned to Rich that if the points were double and then when featured doubled again, a whole lot of people will change the dynamics of the points. That would be good for everyone that participates, don't you think?
I read and ponder over every comment I receive!!! It has just been a very busy week getting ready for the new Localism.
All posts on the new Localism are manually reviewed by a human editor for quality before they can appear on the community/city pages. Having a post accepted onto one of those pages will be a significant motivation for our members to create good content. Once it's launched you will see why...
Jonathan - It must feel great to see the finish line in sight! The new concept and design should really re-energize a lot of Rainers to write some solid local content. Really like the human editor element and the level of quality that will bring to the site. What will happen to all of the previous content, photos, and neighborhoods that were mapped?
Jonathan, this sounds seriously cool! It sounds like we will be even more accepted by Google after all this takes place. We are here to listen and learn...show us the way! Later in the rain~Deb
Wow it sounds like I joined at the right time--but still trying to learn about the other localism--will it take it's place or will it be an addition to it--I know this may sound like a dumb question!
Jon, I look forward to the acceptance of blog posts. Great idea, I assume there will be a waiting period for the human editor to "accept". Have a great 4th weekend!
Jonathan- I'm excited to see the new Localism and I really liked Broker Bryant's suggestions: think of this comment as more of a..."Yea, what he said." type of a comment.
Jon, I am thrilled, so many new things, right in the middle of MI busy real estate time of year, and the makeover2takeover contest !!
I'll catch up, but this is exciting, I listened to Bob's interview yesterday on the radio through Brad's post, being able to eventually post to our WP blogs, my poor little wp blog is being neglected and may eventually have to go away.
Another tool, but this has caught my interest. The countdown is on. I'll be checking it all out on the 9th. I'm sure there will be lots of blogs on here.
Jonathan, we just can't wait! This has been a long time coming for you and I would like to say an early Congratulations! I think we will all benefit from this.
This should be interesting. When you say chronological order does that mean from July 9th going forward or will select posts be accepted for the launch date?
will guidelines be sent out prior to the launch? Where do we go if we have questions other than a blog q&a?
I agree with Bryant. Some posts belong on Localism only.
For example, when I read some of my favorite members, I want to know their opinions about various issues in the industry. I want to be able to skip local events and market reports.
I'm probably in the minority, but the idea of "accepting" posts to Localism doesn't sound right to me. If a member has gone to the effort of creating local content, they should be able to post that content to their Localism blog.
Well kinda, it's not officially up until tomorrow morning. But we needed to bring it up to work out some issues (meaning it will go up and down a lot tonight)
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COOL....Can't wait!