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Aug. 2, 2007
Categorized in: Irrelevant Fun
This week I've been a little quiet on the blog posting as I've had company and spent some time in San Francisco at Blogger's Connect. You may know that I was involved in a blogging contest, Project Blogger. On Wednesday the tallying of the points was done, and my mentor, Frances Flynn Thorsen, and I won. The neat thing is that $5000 will go to a fabulous charity, CARE (helping to fight poverty and hunger around the globe). Fran and Joeann Fossland have both been championing the work of CARE through the Web Women Giving Circle.
When I was at some of the events, a few of my fellow bloggers (and coaches) told me how lucky I was to be able to blog about our wonderful town, Los Gatos. And they're right. If I'm enthusiastic about living here, it's because we really are blessed with living in a fanstastic place, rich in history, art, culture, scenic beauty, smart and interesting people, and on and on.
Since the contest was sponsored by Inman News and Active Rain, I've blogged about the last few days a little on the Active Rain forum (though not about the contest, or CARE, just yet). Just before the contest results were announced, I got to meet some of the other apprentices and coaches and have some R & R with them, both in groups small and large. If you're interested, here are the links to those posts:
http://activerain.com/blogsview/163513/Bloggers-Between-Beer-and (beer event for Bloggers Connect)
So Project Blogger is over, the pressure is off, but Los Gatos continues to be a wonderfully intriguing place to live. Look for many, many more posts about our wonderful corner of Silicon Valley here on "Live in Los Gatos:.
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Apr. 9, 2007
Project Blogger Apprentice Blogroll:
Michael and Barbara Daly Beachamptons Blog Southampton, NY
Vali Wimberly Denver Fresh Denver, CO
London Whitted Future of Commercial Real Estate Commercial RE - West Coast of US
Madison Hildebrand Inside Bu Malibu, CA
Mary Pope-Handy Live in Los Gatos Los Gatos, CA
Julie Ferenzi Living In Plainfield Plainfield, IL
Ines Hegedus-Garcia Miamism Miami, FL
Kevin Tomlinson Miami Beach Condos Miami, FL
Kelly Kilpatrick Rancho Santa Margarita Lifestyles Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Jackie Colson-Miller Real Estate Sizzle Tampa, FL
Tisza Major-Posner Route 66 Living Claremont, CA
Terri Lussier The Brick Ranch Dayton, OH
Project Blogger Mentor Blogroll:
Joe Ferrara & Rudy Bachraty, coaching Michael & Barbara Daly: Sellsius Real Estate Blog
Teresa Boardman, coaching Vali Wimberly: St. Paul Real Estate Blog
Patrick Kitano, coaching London Whitted: Transparent Real Estate
Dustin Luther, coaching Madison Hildebrand: Rain City Guide
Frances Flynn Thorsen, coaching Mary Pope-Handy: The RealtyGram Blogger
Jeff Turner, coaching Julie Ferenzi: RealEstate Shows Blog
Paul Chaney, coaching Ines Hegedus-Garcia: Blogging Systems
Ardell DellaLoggia, coaching Kevin Tomlinson: Searching Seattle Blog
Joel Burslem, coaching Kelly Kilpatrick: Future of Real Estate Marketing
Jim Cronin, coaching Jackie Colson-Miller: The Real Estate Tomato
Drew Meyers, coaching Tisza Major-Posner: Personal Insights on Web 2.0, ZillowBlog
Greg Swan, coaching Teri Lussier: Bloodhound Blog
The Project Blogger Contest runs from April 9, 2007 - July 15, 2007 - a long 14 weeks! The winning team will be announced on Wednesday, August 1st at Bloggers Connect in San Francisco. That said, everyone who's participating is "winning" in that all are learning lots and growing wonderful blogs. There is a fantastic diversity of personalities and markets and clearly several "right ways" to blog for real estate successfully. My hat is off to each apprentice and each mentor. I have learned something from each and every one of you.

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