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Unique Marketing Contest - Summer Edition!

Have We Got A Contest For YOU!

I've been talking alot about marketing by giving you suggestions for unique marketing ideas think outside the box! . Many others in the Rain have also been talking about marketing in general - getting yourself all geared up for end of Summer sales by planning your marketing now. So, what better time than now to hold another contest that will help you get those creative juices flowing?

Get your thinking caps on, ladies and gentlemen, because we've got a contest that will not only get you in the right fame of mind for thinking outside the box about marketing your business, but it will give you an opportunity to win some terrific prizes and (hold your breath for this one!) POINTS!!

The Contest

Give us the most creative marketing idea that can be implemented by an agent, broker, or other real estate professional. Your idea must be fleshed out with how you will actually implement the marketing campaign (not just an idea but the specifics). This is NOT an opportunity to tell us about som great service or product that real estate professionals should sign up for UNLESS you are using it in a unique way! Each person may submit only one entry! logo

The Prizes

The prizes are still being confirmed but here is what I know so far for sure!

1st Place

2,000 points

2nd Place

1,500 points

3rd Place

1,000 points

All participants

200 points - just for submitting an entry!

The Deadline

Entries must be submitted by Saturday, August 16, 2008. To submit an entry, write your submission as a blog and post it to the group Unique Marketing Contest - Summer Edition.

UPDATE!!! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners as well as the top 3 runners-up will be featured in a special marketing edition of Active Rain's newsletter, to be sent to all AR members! So get those posts in!

Additional Update: The deadline is being extended to next Friday, August 23, 2008!!

Also, if would like to donate a prize to the contest, send me an e-mail! I'd love to have you!

~Renae

Posted by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors on 08/09/2008 01:19 PM

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34 Comments on Unique Marketing Contest - Summer Edition!

Renae, kewl, I enjoyed watching the first contest with the great idea's.

07/30/2008 04:47 PM

by * Rate A Home (Rate A Home)

sounds like a great way to get some fresh new ideas out there! can't wait!

07/30/2008 04:52 PM

by n d (Naoma Doriguzzi)

Awesome stuff Renae. Looking forward to seeing what comes of this......I'll just confirm those point amounts here instead.

Confirmed! :-)

07/30/2008 08:20 PM

by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain (ActiveRain)

Duane - It was really fun and there were sooooo many great ideas. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with this go round!

Naoma - Like I said above, it was TONS of fun. I learned so much from all of the ideas that people submitted!

Bob - Bob is in the house everybody! Thanks for confirming!

~Renae

07/31/2008 05:38 PM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

I had not heard of the previous contest. I will read the entries. Looking forward to reading more here. Great idea for a contest.

08/01/2008 06:37 AM

by GITA BANTWAL, REALTOR BUCKS COUNTY, PA HOMES (ReMax Centre Realtors)

Gita - Here's a link to the first contest group - http://activerain.com/groups/unique. There are some FANTASTIC ideas posted there! I hope you'll join us for this go round!

~Renae

08/01/2008 09:44 AM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

Renae, I'm looking forward to it as well, the last round was great...

08/02/2008 11:40 AM

by * Rate A Home (Rate A Home)

Duane is right. The first contest was amazing! If you haven't had a chance to look at the submissions, don't miss out and get on over there!

~Renae

08/04/2008 08:31 AM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

This is great -- it will certainly get our creative juices going. Not a bad idea as the summer winds down.

08/09/2008 02:17 PM

by Joan Whitebook, ABR,e-Pro,CEBA Southern New Hampshire (Buyer's Option Realty Services)

Renae, Can't wait to learn from others and maybe enter this contest.

08/09/2008 02:36 PM

by Camarillo CA Real Estate Agent/ Mana Tulberg (Beach View Real Estate)

Great, now I have to break out the thinking cap... I'm trying to think of something that isn't a gimmick and that I would actually do.

08/09/2008 05:54 PM

by Lane Bailey - REALTOR & Car Guy (Diamond Dwellings Realty)

I think you'll elicit some valuable marketing techniques......Can you throw in a couple of airplane tickets as well? (I know, wishful thinking, right?)

08/09/2008 10:13 PM

by Diane Bell, Hilton Head Real Estate, Bluffton (Charter 1 Real Estate, Hilton Head, Bluffton, SC)

Hmmm. The wheels are turning. I think I've got one. But I'm really interested in seeing what everyone else comes up with.

08/10/2008 03:30 AM

by Kathy Anderson of Ken Meade Realty - Located in the heart of Sun City Grand (Ken Meade Realty)

Joan - Thanks! I'm sure you'll get some great ideas from this!

Camarillo - I can't wait either!

Lane - Those are the best ideas...the ones that you can actually see yourself implementing.

Diane - I'll work on the airline tickets. Let me go search the membership database!

Kathy - You're going to do the eBay thing? Wait until the last minute to post your winner? :-)

~Renae

08/10/2008 09:48 PM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

If you haven't already done so, head on over to the Unique Marketing Contest - Summer Edition to see the ideas currently posted!

~Renae

08/11/2008 10:43 AM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

This sounds like a lot of fun...I am game... I always love contests!

08/11/2008 05:11 PM

by Jeremy Blanton Myrtle Beach Real Estate (Coldwell Banker Chicora Real Estate)

I'm looking forward to learning new ideas!

08/11/2008 08:44 PM

by Jeffrey Richman (We Buy NC, LLC)

I am curious what everybody will come up with. I also think I need to go back and check out the last contest.

08/12/2008 01:22 AM

by Christine Donovan Costa Mesa Real Estate (Broker/Attorney) (Donovan Blatt Team - Donovan Group Realty)

Hi Renae,

I just posted my contribution. I don't know if it will win the contest but they sure have been winners for me!

Thanks for the great idea.

Take care, help lots of people and have a wonderful day!

Tisza

08/14/2008 04:32 AM

by Tisza Major-Posner (I.V.P.G. - Inland Valley Professional Group)

Jeremy - You just can't beat a contest where you win even if you don't win! All submitters will receive points just for participating!

Jeffrey - If you haven't checked out the last contest, you really should. There were some awesome ideas submitted then and I'm looking forward to those that are going to be submitted this tme!

Christine - Yes - you'll get a lot of great ideas! I hope you post one, too!

Tisza - Alright, everybody! Tisza's in the house! Go Tisza, go Tisza, go, go, Go Tisza!!

~Renae

08/14/2008 05:45 PM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

UPDATE!!!!!

I've changed the deadline to Saturday, August 23rd! So you have another whole week to get your submission in!!

~Renae

08/14/2008 05:46 PM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

Great thank you, I 'll take note of it

I am now in the process of going throught what my brain can imagine and conceive.

But need to select the best idea!

mahalo

Stephanie

08/14/2008 11:34 PM

by Stephanie Perrault R(S) ABR (Century 21 All Islands)

Come on Stephanie! You can do it!!

~Renae

08/15/2008 12:12 PM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

Look forward to seeing this competition and its results.

08/15/2008 06:44 PM

by Team Honeycutt (Allen Tate)

Sounds like fun! I love contests!

08/15/2008 08:33 PM

by Norma J Elkins Realtor Elkins Home Selling Team ( Exit Triple "E" Realty)

count me in...

08/16/2008 01:00 AM

by Mark Ryan, Broker, CRS, ABR (Mark Ryan Group / Re/Max Victory)

Looking forward to new ideas. I enjoyed the last contest and will try to think of something that I have done in the past.

08/20/2008 10:34 PM

by Rosalinda Morgan, "The Rose Lady", Brookville NY Real Estate Professional (Century 21-Laffey Associates, Licensed Associate Broker)

Allen - You should post an idea! It can't hurt and you can get at a minimum 200 extra points! Come on over and play with us!

Norma - It is loads of fun! I had someone call me just yesterday about how excited they are about the new contest.

Mark - Alright! Get that idea posted - tomorrow's the last day!

Rosalinda - Cool! Hurry and get something posted!

~Renae

08/22/2008 07:13 AM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

Ok, everybody! Today is the absolute LAST DAY to post an entry into the contest! So, if you haven't already done so, hurry over to the Unique Marketing Idea Contest - Summer Edition group and get your idea posted!

~Renae

08/23/2008 08:18 AM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

So who won the contest Renae?

08/30/2008 10:07 AM

by Erica Ramus - Realty Executives - 570-622-6006

Renae... my comment and email wasn't rude, since you left people hanging more than a week after your contest ended, I'm asking you the same questions they asked me since you had posted this in The Art Of Marketing You group.

I simply asked you to have the courtesy to let people know who the winners are so they will stop asking me. If you find that rude, please don't post contests in our group in the future. I'm way too busy to deal with this kind of stuff. Deleting my earlier comment asking for you to answer member's questions about your contest wasn't the best way to handle this!

08/30/2008 11:36 AM

by The Blog Artist - marti garaughty (The Art Of Marketing You)

Marti - Your comment itself wasn't rude. It was the way that you presented it. I'm absolutely sure no one expects you to know everything going on with a contest simply because the details of said contest were posted in your group.

It has not been "more than" a week since the contest ended. The contest deadline was midnight on last Saturday, August 23. So I've had since Sunday to figure out the winners. As I mentioned to you PRIVATELY via e-mail, I've had a difficult time coordinating the judges because their schedules have been very busy. Today was our goal to get the results posted.

No one has been "left hanging." I guess others are just a bit more patient than you are. Or at least more professional about discussing it. And yes, I did delete your previous comment, only to find that, for someone who was "way too busy to deal with this kind of stuff," you found the time to post the same comment on each of my blog posts about this contest. Your comment was deleted because I felt it was inflamatory and unnecessary to have posted on my blog.

The problem with so many people these days is that you think it is perfectly ok to air your laundry in public - on a PUBLIC forum - and to say whatever you want, in whatever way you want to say it. That is no so and I don't like it. Not having all the facts in hand, it was completely inappropriate of you to post that comment about my "not being courteous" to the contest participants since you had absolutely no idea what was going on. The PROFESSIONAL thing to do is just what you did - e-mail me and ask about the delay. Professional Courtesy. Look it up!

~Renae

08/30/2008 12:02 PM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)

wow Renae. Kind of surprised you got that kind of response. It took a couple weeks last time you ran the contest and because you had such great entries I figured it would take time. Thanks for being our fearless leader and running a great contest like this... it was my pleasure to take part in the contest and to await the results of the winners!

08/30/2008 12:43 PM

by Lindsey Hasford (Coldwell Banker Vision)

Hi everybody!

The results have been posted (phew!!). Finally, right?

Please check out: And the Winner Is!

~Renae

09/05/2008 11:44 AM

by Renae Bolton ~ Marketing 4 Realtors (Marketing 4 Realtors, LLP)