Enter your Blog to win the Blog Makeover at Bloggers Connect NYC '09!
By Daniel Rothamel, Inman Community Manager, Wednesday, November 19, 2008.Bookmarking Sites
Bloggers Connect has been a popular component of Inman Real Estate Connect for a few years now. For every new edition of Bloggers Connect, attendees have learned more about blogging and social media. But just because the event has been successful doesn't mean that it can't be better.
That is why, this year at Bloggers Connect NYC '09, attendees will have a completely new experience. The program has been reformatted to include more intense information sharing and to include more time for interaction and Q&A. That is just part of the big changes. . .
This year, for the first time ever, we are conducting a LIVE BLOG MAKEOVER. That's right, one lucky blogger will have an opportunity to have their blog completely made over, improved, and tricked out using the input of the expert presenters and attendees at Blogger Connect. Leading the way will be expert blog builder Jim Cronin, who will be providing the winner with their new-and-improved blog courtesy of the Real Estate Tomato.
Here's how it works:
1) Submit your blog for a makeover. To do that, simply leave a comment in the Inman Community Blog Makeover Contest Group. In your submission, make sure that you give the URL for your blog. Most importantly tell us why you think your blog deserves a makeover. Any type of submission is fine, you can write the whole thing out, make a video and link to it, be as creative as you want. The more creative, the better. This isn't a random drawing, so keep in mind that the quality of your submission matters.
2) We will collect submissions from THE COMMUNITY GROUP ONLY through December 14, 2008.
3) We will then select one winner, who will be announced on December 17, 2008.
4) The winner will receive a full conference registration to Inman Connect NYC '09. (winner to cover his/her own travel expenses)
5) During Bloggers Connect, the winner's blog will be discussed by all the attendees and presenters, who will offer their insight, input, and expertise as to how to create the most effective blog.
6) Using the input from Bloggers Connect, the winner will work with Jim Cronin and his team at The Real Estate Tomato to build a completely transformed blog.
7) We'll follow up with the winner and with Jim periodically afterwards to see how the blog makeover has affected the winner.
If you have any questions, you can leave a comment here, or send me an email: Daniel.Rothamel@Inman.com
So, what are you waiting for? If you have always wanted to do something new with your blog, but never thought you had the time or resources, now is your chance! Make your submission here, and who knows, maybe we'll see you on stage at Bloggers Connect getting your very own blog makeover!
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Submitted by Justin McHood on November 19, 2008 - 1:54pm.
Greetings from the Desert.
We need a makeover!
We have been blogging for about 6 months now and our blog has developed one main problem.
Too much Justin, not enough Tammy.
http://www.ArizonaMortgageTeam.com
Let's be honest -- if someone is going to have to read a blog that is about mortgages, we might as well offer them a pretty picture or two of someone to look at.
Tammy = hot.
Justin = not so hot, but still tries hard.
Certainly, we can provide references on the truth of the above statement if needed -- starting with @PhoenixREGuy or @RailLife or @SteveBelt or as many others as you need to verify the fact.
So for us -- if we "win" this contest -- the blog makeover will need to feature as many sultry, steamy, professional, snarky (sorry, borrowed that term from you-know-who) shots of Tammy and maybe a favicon somewhere of Justin.
Or however else you see fit I guess - heck, you guys are the pros.
Oh, and as far as going to Inman '09? If we win, we are going to need 2 passes! No way can I give a girl a blog makeover and then send her out to hang out with the RE.net crowd in NYC alone.
SHE MAY NEVER COME BACK TO THE DESERT.
Submitted by Elizabeth Newlin on November 19, 2008 - 5:35pm.
My website could not be more perfect for this contest.
www.elizabethnewlin.com
My husband, the uber-techie dork Web Developer, helped me create my blog when I first got into the real estate biz about 3.5 years ago (back when it was still super cutting edge and high tech to have a 'blog'). Fast forward to today, when I have one more child (to make THREE boys), a successful, but ridiculously time-consuming real estate career and an all but abandoned blog that is so outdated that even my tiny little 'About Me' paragraph is short a child.
I've recently rededicated myself to maintaining the content of my blog, but unfortunately, my poor husband has been too busy chasing after our boys while I'm out showing houses and keeping up with his job that actually pays him to be much help with the desperate needs of my sad (but full of potential) website.
And thus, I throw myself on your mercy. ElizabethNewlin.com is ready to be overhauled, it just needs an expert to help! Help me get poor Jonas on the site before he is old enough to get a complex ('Yeah, my mom doesn't even love me enough to claim me on her blog... so I'm going to dye my hair purple and shoplift.').
Submitted by Jay Thompson on November 24, 2008 - 12:38pm.
I can attest to what Justin is saying...
But Justin (and Elizabeth) -- read step 1 and 2 *carefully*. You need to comment on the community group Makeover post, not this post....
Copy/paste your comment above here:
http://www.inman.com/community/groups/bloggers-connect-nyc-03909-blog-ma...
Jay Thompson
Broker / Owner
Thompson's Realty
Blog: www.PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com
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Submitted by murat saygili on November 29, 2008 - 4:22pm.
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Submitted by Rory Siems on December 4, 2008 - 7:07am.
Holding my hand out, I say my blog needs a BAILOUT. Sound familiar? Let's put it this way, the real estate market won't return to normal until my blog bailout happens.
Just quit fighting it.
You don't want to prolong the recession do you?
Let's just get the pain over with quickly and easily.
I promise to drive to Inman Connect as opposed to flying a private jet.
www.rorysiems.com/blog/ocrealestate.html
- Rory