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45 Blog Posts in 30 Days – Important Lessons Learned

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Real Estate Agent with Dave Halpern Real Estate Agent, Inc., Louisville, KY (502) 664-7827

The AR "30 posts in 30 days" was a great challenge. I just completed 45 blogs posts in 30 days, at least one post per day. Most of the posts were insights about short sales.

The biggest challenge was to roll out quality information for the consumer and not "blogs about nothing" just to meet the quota.

This required a new type of time management – blog time management.

I learned early on to get one or two days ahead of myself. Always have one or two fully developed posts in draft mode – ready to go for the next morning by just changing from draft to public mode.

Getting ahead of the deadline enabled me to write the next quality post at my leisure and without compromising on content or message.

I still have a couple of hundred blog ideas left. Gotta go now, have some writing to do…

Here’s my blog roll from the last 30 days;

09/23/2010 Pre Foreclosure Myth: The Sheriff Can Show Up With No Notice And Throw My Family Out

09/22/2010 A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words. The Right Price is Worth a 1,000 Pictures.

09/21/2010 Why Blog? Activerain Members Have An "Unfair" Advantage Over Non-bloggers

09/20/2010 Name That Photo: Smile! What is this and where is it?

09/20/2010 Will There Be a Housing Recovery or an Attitude Adjustment to a Market that Reset Itself?

09/19/2010 Speechless Sunday - Beautiful Patterns But Too Bad It Happened

09/19/2010 Intriguing Legal Question About HAFA Short Sale $3,000 Incentive While In Bankruptcy

09/19/2010 Do I Have to Pay Taxes on a Short Sale? The 1099-C, H.R. 3648 and the Insolvency Rule

09/18/2010 Short Sales and Foreclosures In Low Income, Low Priced, High Crime Areas

09/18/2010 Banks Turn Down Short Sales Then Sit On The House for 6 to 12 Months Before Listing as REO

09/17/2010 Short Sales: Banks Drag Their Feet Then Close the File For Inactivity

09/16/2010 Medical Bills, Foreclosure and Short Sales in Louisville

09/15/2010 “I Want Out From Under This Mortgage”: Avoid Foreclosure in Louisville

09/14/2010 What To Do When Short Sale Sellers Want To Stay 30 Days After Closing But The Buyers Want Possession At Closing

09/13/2010 Monday Morning Reflections of a Short Sale Realtor

09/12/2010 Short Sales: Lender is Slow, Mold is Fast

09/12/2010 Sellers Need To Leave The House Broom Clean. If Not, A Messy Real Estate Closing May Occur

09/11/2010 Strategic Short Sale is Bad, But FHA Short Refi is Good? Say Again?!

09/10/2010 Rick Reid Is Flying His Dream at Bowman Field - Louisville, Kentucky

09/10/2010 Foreclosure and Divorce in Louisville – Beware When One Spouse Gets The House and The Other Gets The Mortgage

09/09/2010 Mother Nature Works on Houses in Foreclosure - Louisville Short Sales

09/08/2010 Louisville Seller Loses House To Foreclosure Without Trying To Short Sell It First. Why?

09/08/2010 House Gently Waving In The Wind, Wordless Wednesday

09/07/2010 Good Things Happen When ActiveRain and Twitter Meet

09/06/2010 In a Pre Foreclosure Short Sale “Do I Need To Leave The Appliances?”

09/05/2010 Half a Short Sale? Or, HAFA Short Sale?

09/05/2010 How To Respond To Sellers Who Don’t Want a FOR SALE Sign in Their Yard

09/04/2010 The Louisville Science Center

09/04/2010 “They Can Take This House and Shove It!”

09/03/2010 Another Short Sale Crisis Avoidance Tip: Actual Buyer Must Match Exact Buyer's Name On The Purchase Contract

09/02/2010 Your Loan Balance Is Not Your Loan Payoff. Your Payoff Could Be Many Thousands Higher

09/02/2010 Seinfeld’s “Show about Nothing” concept has morphed into “Blog About Nothing”: Tips for AR 30 in 30 Bloggers

09/01/2010 Why It’s Getting Harder To Short Sale Condos In Louisville, KY

08/31/2010 If The Foreclosure Auction Is Already Scheduled Is It Too Late To Do A Short Sale?

08/30/2010 Louisville Short Sales Q&A: Can the Seller Get Any Money Out of A Short Sale?

08/29/2010 Short Sales In Louisville: When Sellers Want You To Hold Off and Slow Down

08/28/2010 If I'm Not on the Loan Will a Short Sale Hurt My Credit?

08/28/2010 Bumper Stickers: I Am Crazy! I'm Also Angry That You Don't Share My Beliefs

08/27/2010 Short Sales: "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there" - Lewis Carrol, 1865, Alice in Wonderland

08/27/2010 Caution: Moving Out Of Your Home In a Short Sale May Cost You Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars

08/27/2010 Can a Foreclosing Lender Take The Borrower’s IRA or 401(k) in a Short Sale?

08/26/2010 Stating the Obvious: Do Not Barbeque Next To Vinyl Siding

08/26/2010 Photoblogging: Waiting Patiently For Something to Happen

08/26/2010 Short Sales: Extra Compassionate Care Needed When Helping Retirees in Danger Of Losing Their Home

08/25/2010 PhotoBlogging: Beauty is everywhere, be ready to capture it

Pat Fenn
Marketing Specialist for CJ Realty Group/Cindy Jones Broker - Springfield, VA

Overkill :-)  Congratulations on completing the challenge and creating a great resource on short sales.

Sep 23, 2010 02:15 AM
Charlie Ragonesi
AllMountainRealty.com - Big Canoe, GA
Homes - Big Canoe, Jasper, North Georgia Pros

I really  really need to subscribe some how to the source that issues these challenges. any ideas ? I do subscribe to Bob ,Jeremy and Brads blog but somehow missed this challenge

Sep 23, 2010 02:23 AM
Karen Bernetti
Southington, CT

Dave - Congratulations on completing the challenge!  I'm so happy for you.  I hope you enjoyed it.  I think that is such a great strategy that you adopted - getting ahead of yourself like that.  This whole thing took on a life of its own and swept me off my feet so fast, I could barely keep up, I never had a chance to get ahead.... 

Today I shared a story about the consequences of posting less than quality content because of being under a deadline ..  Yikes - I Did a Google Search and I'm Not Sure I Like What I See!!

Let me know what you think!  Congrats again and have a great weekend!

Sep 24, 2010 03:48 PM
Dave Halpern
Dave Halpern Real Estate Agent, Inc., Louisville, KY (502) 664-7827 - Louisville, KY
Louisville Short Sale Expert

Karen,

Thanks for impacting so many people with your challenge.

I actually was the fourth commentor on your "Yikes" post at 4:54pm • #4.

My general response was not to worry, it's all a learning experience.

 

Sep 24, 2010 04:08 PM
Dave Halpern
Dave Halpern Real Estate Agent, Inc., Louisville, KY (502) 664-7827 - Louisville, KY
Louisville Short Sale Expert

Pat - thanks for the congrats.

Charlie - Many people missed the challenge.

Sep 24, 2010 04:14 PM
The Somers Team
The Somers Team at KW Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA
Delivering Real Estate Happiness

Dave - Wowsa !!!!  Congrats on your content !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Very impressive !  Not easy to do !  Featured on "Build a Better Blog" group on AR !

Sep 25, 2010 07:36 AM
Dave Halpern
Dave Halpern Real Estate Agent, Inc., Louisville, KY (502) 664-7827 - Louisville, KY
Louisville Short Sale Expert

Christopher and Stephanie,

Thanks! The 30/30 challenge was the push I needed to make blogging part of the routine.

Sep 25, 2010 08:22 AM
Pamela Seley
West Coast Realty Division - Murrieta, CA
Residential Real Estate Agent serving SW RivCo CA

Dave, what an amazing list of posts.  Congratulations on completing the challenge.  I look forward to reading all of your posts now that they are so conveniently listed.  Great job!

Sep 25, 2010 06:07 PM
Alex Morris - Austin Real Estate Agent
Austin, TX

45 in 30 days?  Wow.  You went from rookie to veteran pretty quickly. 

Oct 08, 2010 08:46 AM