activerain contests: Even a Brown Thumb Blooms Flowers Sometime
- 05/26/23 07:57 PM
Beautiful blooming flowers can cheer, encourage and uplift people's faces, spirits and hearts. I know many folks are champion gardeners who coax and nurture amazing blooms to life. There will be many gorgeous flower photos to enjoy as a result of this challenge.
However, as a self-confessed brown thumb, I have to admit I felt discouraged before even attempting to write an entry for this "MAY 2023 CHALLENGE - Shower Power: Flaunt Your Fabulous Blooms Brought to Life by April Showers!"
While I enjoy flowers, I did not inherit my late mother's green thumb. She literally seemed to coax even recalcitrant plants into … (9 comments)
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activerain contests: Do You Know Where to Find ActiveRain Contests?
- 07/09/19 01:48 PM
As some of you know, I was looking for this month's ActiveRain contests, apparently using an old link.
Thanks to the helpful people here at ActiveRain, my query in the Q & A section was answered. I am happy to have found this out. As the answers were not intuitive, I thought I'd share them here for future users.
1) The correct link for Contests is http://www.activerain.com/groups/activeraincontests.
Do NOT use www.activerain.com/contests. It only leads to old news (as in a recap of an old contests from 7 months ago).
2) Contests can also be found at the bottom of the page-second item from the bottom-here. … (6 comments)
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activerain contests: ActiveRain Challenges & Contests-What I Read and Learned This Month
- 05/09/18 01:07 PM
ActiveRain Challenges & Contests-What I Read and Learned This Month
by Silicon Valley REALTOR Michelle Carr Crowe
This entry is for the ActiveRain Challenges and Contests, and was inspired by May as "Get Caught Reading" month. Here is original post calling for entries https://activerain.com/blogsview/5208934/activerain-challenges---contest-ideas---what-s-yours-
Hurry-May 31 is the last day to participate! https://activerain.com/blogsview/5228012/last-chance-reminder--may-contest-ends-31may18
I thought it would be fun to share photos of people (both yourself and others) caught reading. It could be donwe as May is "Get Caught Reading" Month.
Feel free to post a selfie of you caught reading your favorite book (or whatever book you are currently reading). Or take a photo … (15 comments)
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activerain contests: Thankful For Jesus Christ Day 2-Ten Day Thanksgiving Post Challenge
- 11/17/16 04:10 PM
Thankful For Jesus Christ Day 2-Ten Day Thanksgiving Post Challenge
by San Jose REALTOR Michelle Carr Crowe
I am thankful that God the Father blessed me with His love, creating me and everyone on the planet, in His image.
I am grateful that Jesus Christ was born, died and rose again to pay the price for my sins and allow me and anyone who believes in Him to join Him in paradise.
I am blessed that the Holy Spirit is available to comfort and guide me in my daily life.
Thank you.
This is an entry for an ActiveRain contest, the 10 Day Thanksgiving Post Challenge by DEBBIE REYNOLDS.
Thanks for … (3 comments)
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activerain contests: I am Thankful For My Husband Day 1-Ten Day Thanksgiving Post Challenge
- 11/16/16 05:14 AM
I am Thankful For My Husband Day 1-Ten Day Thanksgiving Post Challenge
by Michelle Carr Crowe
I am thankful that God blessed me with my loving, generous and fun-loving husband Steve Crowe.
Over 25 years ago we prayed to meet each other.
Four and a half months later we were married.
Just celebrated our 25-year anniversary.
Lately, my sweet Stevie's suffered some major health challenges (healing prayers all welcome!).
He is even more precious to me now than when we first met.
This is an entry for an ActiveRain contest, the 10 Day Thanksgiving Post Challenge by DEBBIE REYNOLDS.
Thanks for reading "I am Thankful For My Husband Day 1-Ten Day Thanksgiving Post Challenge".
… (3 comments)
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activerain contests: Lead Generation-New Leads, Good Leads, Tracking Leads, Repeat
- 10/31/16 03:44 PM
Lead Generation-New Leads, Good Leads, Tracking Leads, Repeat
by Michelle Carr Crowe
This is for the ActiveRain Contest October Lead Generation Challenge: Finding, Qualifying, & Tracking.
PART 1: REPEAT BUSINESS AND FINDING NEW LEADS
My Big Secret…I Market to My Sphere in a Dedicated Way.
I mail a “success touchpoint” in direct mail monthly. I send an email newsletter monthly. I also invite those on my lists to open houses, community events and other items of interest at least twice a month.
I also hold a monthly "Monday Funday Facebook Contest” that is easy and fun. Someone always wins a $25 Amazon gift card. My staff and … (8 comments)
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activerain contests: The First Time I Closed-With New Blank Check, Contract to Do It Again!
- 10/31/16 03:09 PM
The First Time I Closed-With New Blank Check, Contract to Do It Again!
by San Jose REALTOR Michelle Carr Crowe
This post is an entry in the An October Contest: Your First Time – The Real Estate Edition!
I'd first met the client while holding an open house for my late mother, Judy Carr, on her "high-priced" $1.4 Million Dollar listing about 14 years ago. This was the highest asking price for any home in the neighborhood. People were shocked. Few believed it would sell for such a high price in West San Jose. But we did it! And it sold close to asking price.
The … (6 comments)
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activerain contests: 30 Thanksgiving Thank Yous-Thankful For My Answered Prayer Home
- 11/06/14 11:18 AM
30 Thanksgiving Thank Yous-Thankful For My Answered Prayer Home
by San Jose Schools REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe
Even as I daily help buyers and sellers purchase and sell homes, I am grateful for my own answered prayer “home sweet home”.
My husband and I were looking to move to a single-family home from our townhome in Los Gatos. We’d seen and made offers on a few homes.
“The problem is you want a $500,000 home and you have a $250,000 budget,” my late mother Judy Carr said. “Exactly!” I responded. (That tells you how long ago this was in … (3 comments)
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activerain contests: Pardon Me, But Your Weltanschauung is Showing
- 01/28/14 03:50 PM
Pardon Me, But Your Weltanschauung is Showing
By Michelle Carr-Crowe
When I first learned about ActiveRain as a blogging and social media site, I wasn’t surprised to learn I had to read about its Community Guidelines before starting to blog here.
However, I was surprised to be required to examine ActiveRain’s Weltanschauung.
While I’d seen that word before, my initial reaction to being required to review its Weltanschauung was, “Pardon Me, But Your Weltanschauung is Showing!” It’s one of those unusual multi-syllable words, not just because it’s German, but also because of that spell-check defying double-u near the end of the … (7 comments)
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activerain contests: Home Sellers: Let's Dish What A Real Estate Agent Means When She Says…
- 11/30/13 07:07 AM
Home Sellers: Let's Dish What A Real Estate Agent Means When She Says…
by Cupertino REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe
Most Silicon Valley, Calif. home sellers truly want to partner with their chosen real estate professional to successfully sell their home. These wise home sellers in San Jose, Cupertino and Saratoga, listen and follow the advice their real estate consultants share with them, even when it requires investing significant time, effort and funds to achieve their desired result-a successful home sale.
However, sometimes home sellers need a translation guide to understand what a real estate agent means. Here are the translations for … (8 comments)
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activerain contests: PrePlans for Growing My Real Estate Business During the Holidays
- 11/30/13 05:09 AM
PrePlans for Growing My Real Estate Business During the Holidays
By Cupertino REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe
Although the holiday season from Thanksgiving through Christmas and New Year’s is generally quiet for real estate sales, I’ve made the following pre-plans to grow my business for 2014.
For this 2013 holiday season, my pre-plans for growing my real estate business include:
1) Organizing my database (this is a huge, and seemingly never-ending project)
2) Calling and thanking at least 50 past and present clients for their business this and offering my help to them, their families, friends, neighbors and colleagues who are … (6 comments)
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activerain contests: PrePlans for My Personal Time Off During the Holidays
- 11/30/13 04:47 AM
PrePlans for My Personal Time Off During the Holidays
By Cupertino REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe
During the holidays (from Thanksgiving through New Year’s), I made pre-plans to enjoy some time off.
Some of you know from the Health challenge at the beginning of the year, my goals were to get more rest, drink more water and eat more vegetables and fruit.
So during the holidays, my pre-plans include:
Sleeping in at least 2 days per week-for as long as I like!
Reading at least 1 good book per week-even if I stay up late to do it (reading number 1).
Spending … (3 comments)
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activerain contests: Only 26 Hours Left to Earn Up to 6,600 ActiveRain Points in November
- 11/29/13 01:47 PM
Only 26 Hours Left to Earn Up to 6,600 ActiveRain Points in November
By San Jose REALTOR® Michelle Carr Crowe
Looking for some extra points? Hurry up! There’s only 26 hours left to earn up to 6,600 ActiveRain points in November.
There are 3 contests still going on. Hopefully you’ve been posting daily for the 30 posts in 30 days "November's Cloudburst of You" to qualify for the biggest one: 5,000 points. The next highest one is 1,000 points for writing one (and only one) entry for "The “Real Deals of Real Estate” … Let’s Dish!" And for 600 points (2 of 300 … (13 comments)
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activerain contests: Easiest 1,000 ActiveRain Points Any Blogger Can Make Fast Right Now
- 09/09/13 04:33 PM
Easiest 1,000 ActiveRain Points Any Blogger Can Make Fast Right Now
by Michelle Carr Crowe, Cupertino real estate agent and Silicon Valley guide
Some bloggers are "all about the points", others are "all about the relationships" and then there are ones like me who are a little bit of both.
This month, by September 15, 2013, ActiveRain is making it SO EASY for any ActiveRain blogger to earn 1,000 points with their Update Your Profile Challenge. Truly, this is the Easiest 1,000 ActiveRain Points Any Blogger Can Make Fast Right Now.
Simply update 3 key parts of your new ActiveRain profile page.
Professional Tagline … (13 comments)
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activerain contests: Greek Festival May 31, June 1-2 Come Be Greek for a Day in San Jose
- 05/30/13 11:46 AM
Greek Festival May 31, June 1-2 Come Be Greek for a Day in San Jose
By Michelle Carr Crowe, Cupertino real estate agent
“Come be Greek for a day,” is the motto of this popular annual festival in San
With rave reviews on Yelp, this small festival regularly attracts annual return visitors. Free music, Greek dance and language lessons are fun and children are welcome. The small size is manageable for people who only have a couple of hours to spend. Jose, Calif., held at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at 1260 Davis St. in San Jose near highway … (3 comments)
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activerain contests: Print Campaigns-Postcard Success, Failure & the Future
- 05/27/13 06:02 PM
Print Campaigns-Postcard Success, Failure & the Future
By Michelle Carr Crowe, Silicon Valley real estate agent
For many years, we successfully used print campaigns for real estate success. We mailed out postcards to nearly 7,000 residents in our Silicon Valley, Calif. geographic farm area in San Jose, Saratoga and Cupertino, Calif. homes within the Cupertino Schools. We would mail them via bulk mail and the postcards would arrive within one day, or at most, two days.
Our postcards were 8.5 x 11 card stock cut in half into 4.25 x 11 large postcards. Originally we printed on black ink on … (4 comments)
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activerain contests: The One Thing-How It Changed My Work Week
- 04/29/13 04:58 PM
The One Thing-How It Changed My Work Week
By Michelle Carr Crowe, San Jose real estate agent selling homes in Cupertino Schools
My goal is to obtain 6 new listings of homes within the Cupertino Schools area and have them all pending and closed by July 19, 2013.
Gee, it sounds so simple put that like.
How to do it…that’s another story. Time to break out my BOLD handbook and contact 100 people each week and ask them,
“Who’s the next person you know who’s thinking of selling in the next 30-90 days?”
So reading "The One Thing" made total sense … (6 comments)
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activerain contests: Spring Change-New Agent Assistant, Lead Generation & Follow Up
- 04/29/13 04:48 PM
Spring Change-New Agent Assistant, Lead Generation & Follow Up
By Michelle Carr Crowe, San Jose real estate agent selling homes in Cupertino Schools
Spring Change-New Chinese-Speaking Real Estate Agent Assistant, Lead Generation & Follow Up
I love spring and summer, the weather is warm (sometimes too hot), the days are usually clear and blue and life just feels better.
To benefit my business and build relationships for Spring change, I’ll:
1) Add a Chinese-speaking assistant with a real estate license to my team
2) Increase my disciplined lead generation-100 contacts per week
3) Follow up with past, present and potential clients-10 … (2 comments)
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activerain contests: I Wish I Knew My Mom Was Right, No One Cared If I Had No Experience
- 04/29/13 04:10 PM
I Wish I Knew My Mom Was Right, No One Cared If I Had No Experience
By Michelle Carr Crowe, Cupertino real estate agent selling homes in San Jose
"What do you know now that you wish you knew before you got into real estate?"
When I got my real estate license (way back 27 years ago), I worried too much. I especially worried people would expect me to be as fabulous and knowledgeable a salesperson as my Mom, Silicon Valley real estate legend Judy Carr.
Now that I’m a mother and experienced agent myself, I … (7 comments)
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activerain contests: My 3 Healthy Goals Update: More Sleep, More Veggies, More Water
- 02/18/13 04:42 PM
My 3 Healthy Goals Update: More Sleep, More Veggies, More Water
By Michelle Carr Crowe
Now that we’re 2 weeks into the AR Get Healthy Challenge, I wanted to check in and see how everyone is progressing.
As a reminder, these are my 3 “get healthy” goals in order of importance:
1) 8 hours or more of sleep daily and resting whenever I feel fatigued
2) eating at least 1 veggie & 1 fruit a day
3) drinking at least 8 glasses of water daily.
I respond to encouragement, rather than confrontation, so encouragement is welcome. You can see my … (6 comments)
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Beautiful blooming flowers can cheer, encourage and uplift people's faces, spirits and hearts. I know many folks are champion gardeners who coax and nurture amazing blooms to life. There will be many gorgeous flower photos to enjoy as a result of this challenge.
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