active rain contests: No Big Deal vs Big Deal Active Rain Contest 2013
- 12/29/13 06:44 AM
For the No Big Deal vs Big Deal Active Rain 2013 Contest, I am going to choose to write a BIG DEAL version. Here you go. For almost two and a half decades I hosted a Wreath Making Dinner Party at Mosquito Gulch Early December. It took ten days to prepare. I had it down to a science. I invited friends, family, clients, coworkers, neighbors etc. It was my signature party for many, many years. It was a very, very big deal to me. I poured heart and soul into it. But this year I had to throw in the towel. (5 comments)
active rain contests: Points are not Demerits, they are Navigational Tools!
- 08/06/13 11:26 PM
Points are not Demerits, they are Navigational Tools! I recognized the value of Active Rain Points in terms of posts and later in terms of comments, but the BIG picture took a while. They are designed to make you a better Blogger overall. So even the little ones matter. I often put AR contests on the back burner. Maybe I do half or so of the contests. But today alone, when I ventured outside my comfort zone and did QA posts for one contest and Social media blunders for another, I am noticing all this extra buzz while I blog about (6 comments)
active rain contests: Have you FOUND and READ the Active Rain Contests Lately?
- 06/13/13 09:42 PM
Have you FOUND and READ the Active Rain Contests Lately? i misplaced them after the recent AR redesign. Kind of like socks. I figured they were hiding under a rock. Then comes the splattering of best Techno Tool posts on the Active Rain home page. I was off to the races. Now the AR Contests had to be Lost but Found. I reasoned it out before I emailed Bob. Go look under Groups on Active Rain then scroll down until you find Active Rain Contests. I'm reading happily about ScanSnap and Cloud CMA and Market Stat Products and Financial Calculators and (1 comments)