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Oh No! Another Active Rain 30 day Blogging Contest!

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Oh No! Another Active Rain 30 day Blogging Contest!

I, like many, successfully finished the 30 days of January and 30 days in MayConnie's Blog blogging contests. Both times, I was exhausted. Both times I felt like I had neglected my Market Reports and some of the other types of posts that actually bring me business.

In both cases, the rules were: Post every day, no more that one Market Report/week and no more than one listing/week. That meant Original Content EVERY DAY! Yikes! It was hard.

At the end of each I was determined to work on my SEO posts. Today, I read Deborah September ChallengeByron's post It's a September 30 day Localism Challenge that actually challenges you to post on all things local, including Market Reports.

I swore I wasn't going to get sucked in to another 30 day challenge, but here I sit thinking up the posts that I need to work on!!!

In this challenge, you must post every day. All 30 days. 20 of the 30 posts must be Hyper Local or Localism posts. You can really have fun talking about your neighborhoods, things to do, things to see!

Bob Stewart has been trying to get us to develop these habits for a couple of years now. And guess what? You get points. Everybody loves the stink'n points!

Well here we go, a new goal for September!



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Connie Harveyis a local agent with Pilkerton Realtors, serving home buyers and sellers in Nashville, TN, Brentwood TN, and Franklin TN. Let her help you realize your Real Estate goals. She can be reached at 615-371-2474.


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Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR
Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA
(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

Hi Connie,

I just fnished 4 of the 5 contests for August as I did not do the video camera contest. I have one and play with it but not good on editing yet. I am ready for this contest. I post localism daily but I do think that some of my articles are very interesting to AR members since they live and work other places. I understand why we are doing the contest though.

I loved your clip art!

Aug 29, 2011 10:44 AM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Kristin - Iclipart.com is where I get most of it. I think doing this will be good for me. I wrote two posts today and saved them to Draft. I'll get at least 2 more done tomorrow and hopefully the same on Wednesday. That'll let me focus on further out when I'll need some things.

Aug 29, 2011 10:54 AM
Karen Baker
Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty - Sunset Beach, NC
Professional Help with Rapid Responses...

Connie ~ I just love a challenge, especially whe it comes to blogging HyperLocal posts!! Good Luck with the challenge!!

Aug 29, 2011 11:13 AM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Frank and Karen - I do many of the challenges.  The 30 day ones seem to be the hardest.

Aug 29, 2011 11:23 AM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Thanks for pointing this one out Connie!  I enjoy doing hyper local posts - a lot!

Aug 29, 2011 12:37 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Connie- I made a commitment at the beginning of the year to write a post every day, which I've been doing.  So now I have to focus on throwing in some local posts.  Not bad.. need to do that anyway.

Aug 29, 2011 12:58 PM
Barbara Altieri
Better Homes and Gardens RE Shore and Country Properties - Shelton, CT
REALTOR-Fairfield County CT Homes/Condos For Sale

Connie -- This is a very worthwhile contest to motivate members to write hyperlocal. They, by far, have been the most successful for me with the best stats and also directly related business.  It also positions you as your area expert which is what I would want when searching for a real estate agent to work with. I love to hang out in the hyperlocal groups, just learning about other areas of the country.  I look forward to reading these valuable, informative posts.

Aug 29, 2011 02:23 PM
Ellie Penaranda
239.776.5077 Downing-Frye Realty - Naples, FL
Naples Florida Real Estate - Waterfront & Beach Co

Connie, I have no excuse not to jump into this one - I have some drafts prepared and tons of pictures... not to mention I need to get into posting on a daily basis again.  So here I go and please keep me company.  I could use the support.

Aug 29, 2011 04:14 PM
Kim & Kristine Halverson
Sotheby's & Knipe ERA - Bend, OR
Sisters, Realtors

I do like the Localism...but, 30dayz!  Yikes!! Kristine :)

Aug 29, 2011 05:52 PM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Anna - Isn't it funny how we can miss things, even if we're here everyday!

Kathy - I've been watching you and you're so incredibly consistant! I'm way better than I ever was, but still not daily.

Aug 30, 2011 01:01 AM
Christine Smith
Buyers Brokers Only LLC - www.BuyersBrokersOnly.com - Canton, MA
Exclusive Buyer Agent & Attorney, Canton, MA

Connie....I am in & glad to see you are too.  There are actually 2 contests - the 30 day one that has to include 20 (I think) localism posts and the Market Report one - those market reports can count for both contests.  Sounds like a win-win!

Aug 30, 2011 02:55 AM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Barbara - I think you're right. It's going to be the best challenge for growing my localism posts. It's where I've gotten the best feedback too.

Ellie - I'm going to go subscribe to your blog, if I haven't already and we'll keep up with each other!

Christine - WooHoo! I didn't know about the market report contest! I'll go find it and join that one too! Thanks for the heads up! I think I'm actually addicted to these contests!

Aug 30, 2011 03:35 AM
Conrad Allen
Re/Max Professional Associates - Webster, MA
Webster, Ma, Realtor

Hi Connie - Why did I read your blog?  I will now be sucked into doing this because I am a dummy.

Aug 30, 2011 05:02 AM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

Conrad - You can't resist. That's why! ROTFL!

Aug 30, 2011 05:37 AM
John McCormack, CRS
Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM
Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

Hi Connie,  Just finished up August with my own challenge of 30 in 30 and actually hit 40+ So now I can get bonus points for this? I think I'm up for the challenge. See you soon! 

 

Sep 01, 2011 05:31 PM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

John - Good Job!! When I did the challenge in January I hit almost 40 too! You racked up a lot of points just getting all those posts written!!

Sep 02, 2011 02:05 AM