Welcome to the VERY FIRST North Carolina Week in Review!
I'd been thinking about this for a while... and I wanted a way to give encouragement to folks who are just starting out in NC on Activerain, and show them some of the great things we're doing!
With the NC Week In Review I'm going to highlight the best posts I found written by folks in the state... I'm also going to highlight some posts that are good - but could be better. I'm not being critical, it's just that if you don't post to any GROUPs... it's unlikely your post will be seen! If you don't add any pictures, it's unlikely your post will be READ! And people... some of our posts here in NC have HALF AS MUCH SPACE alotted to all the "signature stuff" and "Subscibe to my OTHER Stuff" as the ACTUAL information in the post?!?!?! What's up with that? And... while I'm doing my 30 second rant (and after reading 32 pages of posts, I can feel qualified to provide some feedback) STOP COPYING STUFF and just pasting from your newspaper! Write why you think it's interesting, how it's going to impact your community... and maybe put two or three sentences from the article - then LINK HERE to read the whole thing! Okay- so onward and upward!
I decided to NOT include Members Only posts, because the goal is to get exposure for folks... but let me tell you, there are some GREAT MO posts this week! Loved the Hot Tub ideas, the Pictures of Liam and the Surfer, the 100Th Blog Post (congrats!) and the Christmas Present! Oh My there are some cool things going on in NC!
I went searching for any and all posts from all categories that were written from the heart and through each writers inspiring moments... I also included some posts about local events in NC, a market report... well, look below and you'll see what I put together!
You Don't Want to Find Your Boyfirend In Your Stockings On Christmas! Susie Blackmon-Maggie Valley is a HUGE fan of Twitter - and is busy writing about it... but LOVE LOVE LOVE her headlines! Oh MY!
Another great post on Networking is by Debe Maxwell in Charlotte! SNAGIT Rocks! She also did a WONDERFUL Post on Facebook and Twitter!
We had some WINNERS in NC this week! The U-EWEwas given out this week in NC (I'd never heard of this one!) and I LIKE IT! Tony Orefice in Concord did this one!
Amy Hannin Pine Knoll Shores was at the Chrystal Coast Realtor of the Year Event! Congrats looks like everyone had a great time!! (Pictures, etc. here)
Dave Park, the Mavrick Builder, wrote about 1800 - TEASEME, and the power of looking for First Time Home buyers in the Market! Debe Maxwell also wrote about connecting with Gen Y-ers,these are the guys that qualify for new homes, and they can get a $7500 tax credit, so sounds good to me!
The Green Queen, Ms. janeAnne of Asheville, wrote a report on 1031 Like Kind Exchanges that I thought was well written, and great information for consumers. (click here for details) If you are an Eco Broker, you should be subscribing to her blog!
Tracy Santrock wrote about Luxury homes in my hometown (Cary) and I really like that she had video in the post... plus the data is easy to follow! Tracy is an avid Tennis player, and I think she would like this information on the Lake Norman Tennis Ladder, by Sandy Aichner.
Sam Thompson wrote about Wheel Chair Accessibility homes... it reminded me of Penny Hull - who hasn't written in a while? What's up with that??
Carol Smith wrote about being a compassionate landlord, and I hope she find someone else to rent her
home in Ohio!
AND THEN WE DID CHRISTMAS POSTS! The ones I like best are ones that have pictures, directions to the event - well, you can judge which ones are winners!
Elizabeth Nieves wrote about Christmas at local churches in our area! Loved these! Cynthia Tilhman wrote about Trees for Troops, and the Nutcracker - love these pictures! Hickory had it's lights on last week for a shopping spree, and Mike Kelly invited everyone out to see it! There's a Santa's Raleigh Trolly Tour of Christmas in Downtown Raleigh, for information on that, click here! (Thanks goes to Pamela St. Peter!)
This is a great way to put all these articles in one place so we have the opportunity to read others writings that we may not have crossed yet. Who knows....you may end up subscribing to your new"favorite" blog writer! (I did!)
If you didn't see your favorite NC posts or bloggers here - let me know and I'll look at them next week! If I haven't added you as an Associate - and you are actively blogging in NC, please let me know!
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