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I Have My Localism Sponsorship, Now What? - Anyone Have Advice or Ideas?

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Mortgage and Lending with Mortgage Advisory Group CL-36130

Thank you for reading and replying to this post.

I am located in th 'Apple Capital of the World', Wenatchee, WA which is more or less in the middle of the state between Seattle and Spokane.  We have a good size growing community and seem to be lucky enough to be in an appreciating market.

I have been reading up on community sponsorship today and noticed ours was not taken, so I jumped on it.

Is there anyone with ideas on how they are going to use their sponsorship when they get it or has anyone been using it?  I have searched to find the 'static content' on some community pages and have not found it yet.

My ideas were to of course, submit a description of our community, and use the three links available.  Two of the links are to be non-commercial and the other will be my business.

Chamber of commerce seems to come to mind for one, but what about the other?  Should it be used to focus on a niche, such as relocation to our area and/or community resources such as schools and hospitals?

I will look forward to seeing what everyone has to offer!

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Cindy Jones
Integrity Real Estate Group - Woodbridge, VA
Pentagon, Fort Belvoir & Quantico Real Estate News

I still have intros to write for my communities as well.  I think the AR team has written a number o great posts on the way to put together a good community intro.  I've posted about mine so many times that I am just going to go back and grab the higlights and turn them into a post.

Aug 12, 2008 10:30 AM
-- Casey Brischle
Columbia Bank - Spokane, WA
Spokane Home Loan Mortgage Professional

I recommend just writing fromt he heart.  Why do you love your job, why do you love wenatchee?  Why are the citizens of Wenatchee lucky to live there?

Aug 12, 2008 10:33 AM
Kevin Nelson
Mortgage Advisory Group CL-36130 - Wenatchee, WA
MLO-121548

Casey, being from Spokane, you know my area very well.  It is a smaller version of yours - you can't do anything but love where we live!

Aug 12, 2008 10:38 AM
Cindy Marchant
Keller Williams Indy NE 317-290-7775 www.marchantteam.com - Carmel, IN
"Cindy in Indy" , Realtor, Fishers Real Estate

I did the schools system website and the chamber and then did my own website for the 3rd.  I have been out taking pictures of different things my community has and writing about them.  I feel like I am a junior reporter for Fishers.  If you want to see how I did it...you can go to localism and type in Fishers, Indiana and take a look at the posts.  Hope it helps.

Aug 12, 2008 10:41 AM
Bob Stewart
ActiveRain - Seattle, WA
ActiveRain Ambassador

Kevin,

You can follow along with Rich, one of our community builders here at ActiveRain, as he does a series on making the most of the sponsorships......

Here is the first post if you haven't seen it

Aug 12, 2008 01:36 PM
Renae Bolton
Marketing 4 Realtors - Garfield Heights, OH
I'm your Professional Real Estate Marketing VA!

Hey Kevin - I've just sponsored a community myself and I can't wait to really populate it!  We're in this together!

~Renae

Aug 12, 2008 02:37 PM
Rich Jacobson
Fathom Realty West Sound - Poulsbo, WA
Your Kitsap County WA Real Estate Broker

Dang it! Bob beat me to the punch again! Kevin, feel free to follow along on my series. Bob was kind enough to leave you a link!

Aug 12, 2008 08:04 PM
Ellie McIntire
Ellicott City Clarksville Howard County Maryland Real Estate - Ellicott City, MD
Luxury service in Central Maryland

Looking for ideas myself. Looking for all that extra time to put it together too!

Aug 12, 2008 09:35 PM
Kevin Nelson
Mortgage Advisory Group CL-36130 - Wenatchee, WA
MLO-121548

Thanks Bob and Rich!

Aug 13, 2008 05:46 AM