On the day that your State is available for sponsorship, here is how you will go about claiming your communities/cities.
Step #1 - Login on Localism.com
In order to log in to Localism.com you will go to Localism and then navigate to any state, county, city or community page. You can do this by clicking on a featured city or community or by typing in your state/county/city/community into the search box. Once on a page other than the home page, you will see the 'Log in' link on the top right. You can also go directly to https://localism.com/login
Once you get to the log in page, you will log in with the same user name and password that use to log in on ActiveRain. IMPORTANT: If you use an upper case letter on your ActiveRain user name when you log in, DO NOT use any caps when logging in to Localism. LOCALISM USER NAMES ARE IN ALL LOWER CASE.
Once you are logged in, you will see your picture in the top right hand corner and you will know you are logged in.
Step #2 - Enter the 'Sponsor a community' area
After you are log in, you will be redirected back to the page that you were on when you clicked the 'Log in' link. From there, you will look back up the top right hand corner of the screen and find the 'Sponsor a community' link.
You can also access the sponsor a community area directly by typing in https://localism.com/sponsor after you are logged in.
Step #3 - Drill down on the area you want to sponsor
When you enter the sponsorship screen, you will see a map and three drop down menus. The Map will show you what states are currently available. The first drop down menu is the state level, then the county level, then the city level.
Start by selecting your state from the drop down menu (give it a second or two to load your list of counties), then select your county from the drop down menu. Once you have selected your county, you will see a list of cities appear on the right hand side of the screen.
If you are able to directly sponsor your city. It will say 'claim' next to it. If your city is over the 40,000 population mark according to US Census daya (as outlined here) it will say 'not available', at which point you will need to select it directly from the drop down menu in order to sponsor communities within that city.
Step #4 - Pick your City or Community
Depending on if you intend on sponsoring a city (if you are able to sponsor it directly) or a community will dictate how many of the drop down menus you will need to use in order to get your area to come up on the right hand side. If you can sponsor your city directly, you will simply click the claim button next to the city. Once you click the 'claim' button, the button will turn yellow and now read 'pending'. At the same time, that city will be added to your 'checkout' cart. (in the example, I have claimed 3 cities and they all appear in my 'checkout' cart)
At this point, if you wanted to jump into a particular city and claim communities, you would just select the city from the drop down menu. The cities you have previously selected will remain in your 'checkout' cart. This is IMPORTANT!! You can jump around in the interface and select cities or communities in any area by simply selecting the appropriate drop down menus and maintain whatever you have previously selected from other counties or cities.
**IMPORTANT: Just because the city/community is pending, does not mean you have secured that city/community**
(Please see "Step #6 - Strategy" below for a more detailed description of securing your cities/communities)
Step #5 - Checkout and secure your city/community
Once you have selected the cities and/or communities that you are interested in, you will proceed to the checkout portion, contained on the same page.
At this point, you will enter your payment information and click 'Buy now'. Once the next screen loads, you will have secured the areas you were interested in and be redirected into the 'my account' screen. This screen will have a 'Billing history', your stored 'Account information' and a list of 'Account services' which lists the particular cities/communities you have sponsored.
Now you can click the 'sponsor a community' link at the top right of the screen to go back into the sponsorship interface. You can also begin writing your descriptions by clicking on the 'write a region description' on the right hand side of the screen under 'Sponsored Communities'. I will be writing a more detailed tutorial on writing descriptions shortly and will link to it when it's complete.
Step #6 - Strategy
At the point that you have selected the cities/communities that you are attempting to sponsor but prior to checking out, the button next to those cities will be yellow and say 'pending'. THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE SECURED THEM. Once you complete filling in your payment info and click the 'buy now' button you will have secured them.
So.......what happens if you spend ten minutes selecting your areas, have amassed 20 cities/communities and go to check out and someone else was quicker than you, selected only two cities/communities, but they were the two of the same selections you had made, took two minutes and hit the 'buy now' button and checked out? They will have secured those two cities/communities. When you go to check out, you will secure 18 of the 20 you wanted. The other two would go to the other person because they checked out first.
This is where the strategy comes in. I would suggest that you consider what are the most vital cities/communities to you and be prepared to secure those areas quickly, then come back and secure additional areas. The more time you spend before you checkout, the higher probability that someone else could potentially secure a city/community you were interested in.
The second time you come back to make selections, your billing information will have been saved and you will be able to checkout much quicker.
Step #7 - Practice
Right now, you can go to Localism.com and test to make sure you can log in. You can also go the 'sponsor a community' link and play around. Even though Washington is the only state, you can get comfortable with the interface. You can even select some cities/communities to see how that process works. You can select a few, then jump to a different County/city and select a few from there. This will give you a good understanding of what to expect the day your state is available. As long as you don't enter your credit card info, and hit the 'buy now' button, you will be just fine practicing.
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Bob, thanks for the tutorial. Since Virginia is not available until August 8th, I've got an entire week to practice!
this is great .. thanks! I was wondering how difficult it will be on Monday during the rush!
Thank you for the tips Bob! Looking forward to August 4th.. for two reasons - Localism for California and my daughter's 18th birthday!!
I kept clicking on the buttons in your post and they wouldn't work LOL.
Okay..thanks for info....
Reread paragraph 1 under step 6 - don't you mean "DOES NOT"?
Thanks Michelle!!! I appreciate you catching that........I have updated the post and fixed that.
Thank you for the information, is Coral Springs and Fort Lauderdale fixed?
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I am so glad you posted this so I will have a better idea of what to do when it is our turn to try and sign up for a neighborhood or two!
Even if it is 45 minutes after everyone else jumps in...
Hi Brian...You get to go before me so may I hire you to do mine when you finish yours? By then you will really be a pro.
Kate
I gotta admit, I haven't followed the localism stuff as much as I should. When we 'claim" a city, neighborhood, whatever, the charge is for a month? Quarter? Year??
We will be working on fixing errors on Localism over the weekend Karen.....
However, any communities that are misplaced are going to stay there. No one will sponsor them, no content will be sent to them and they will wither on the vine. At some point in the future, we will go back and clean them up......it most likely will not be soon. Our first goal is to correct City issues.
One thing to consider........community is more than geographical bound defined neighborhoods or enclaves. Anything around which people commune could be considered a community. Sub divisions, hospitals, military bases, colleges, stadiums (i sponsored Qwest Field where the Seahawks play) and many more things I have not considered are going to be represented on Localism. Even things that have no geographical boundaries.........Hawaii Military Community, or 'Green Living in Houston' or there could be a community in Seattle for "Golfers in Seattle"...........The niche marketing possibilities here are limitless.....
Thanks for the info I think it will be easier now for us on August 6th.
Carol,
All that information can be found on this post
Localism Schedule and pricing
Yeah, but who is going to control the content?????????
So far, no one will answer this question.
Bob,
This post may shed some light........
"What constitutes approved content on Localism"
Interesting Bob - creating the niche neighborhoods.
Since I cover five counties in my rural area, perhaps it would be best served to break it down by school district. We tend to talk about things in relation to school districts - my children attend the Conway School District which touches part of four counties.
When is the best time to create these niche neighborhoods? And in the example above, how would that be displayed on Localism? (Sorry if this will be covered in another post.)
Hi Bob. If I get in before the 200K people, does an alarm go off in your office? Just wondering.
Bob,
I am really glad that AR is rewarding those that have been around for awhile by letting them go first.
I know that some are concerned about the people signing on first will take over too many areas. I really doubt that many people will hog entire states, that wouldn't be in the AR culture.
Debbie,
That is a GREAT question. I just spoke with Matt and Jorgen and there are a couple of ways to think about this...........
You can create communities right now through the ActiveRain blog post interface. You don't even have to post a blog, you can just go to the blog post page, scroll down, click on the 'localism' button like you were going to send a post there, which opens up the ability to select, State, County and City. Once you select down to a city level......you can create a new community. Within ten minutes it will appear on Localism. (depending where the sync cycle is at, it could appear sooner).
Now you would be able to sponsor it when you state is open and your time slot comes up............however, if you created it today and someone else liked that niche idea and was able to sponsor sooner than you, or just happened to get the drop on you the day you tried to sponsor it, you could lose it.
Another option would be to wait until the land rush subsides.......then go back in and create the niche market later and then jump back in and sponsor it.......then of course you run the risk of someone else creating the same market prior to you and sponsoring it.
All of that being said........we intended on having a place on the sponsorship interface where you could create communities on the fly and sponsor them right away......however, it is not there yet. Matt and Jorgen just said they were going to 'put their heads together' and see if they could come up with the coding over the weekend to have it in the sponsorship interface......I just don't know for sure if they will be abl to create it, test it, and launch it.
So you will want to think through the first two scenarios I discussed and if Matt and Jorgen can get something implemented, then you will have a more solid solution come Monday.....If that didn't make sense, feel free to call me on my cell phone and leave a message. 425.753.7340. I will call you back tomorrow.
Elaine,
there is a mechanism in place that will not allow that to happen......but should it happen, there are alarms and sirens in every office, the conference room and in mine, Jon's, Matt's, and Jorgen's bedrooms as well.
Lori,
If WA is any indication, there was no hoarding of the state. Some people were able to successfully corner the communities in their city......but we didn't see any instances of people jumping way outside their areas of expertise......it just doesn't make that much sense. I won't be surprised if it happens somewhere, but unless you are contributing content to those areas as well, I'd bet the person will not see the magical leads they were expecting and cancel their sponsorships outside their areas of expertise before long.
Thanks for the tutorial - I have verified that I am able to log in and look forward to my day.
Here's another question for the brain trust: Sponsoring a community involves creating the description of that community. Suppose someone buys a sponsorship .... a couple days go by and they haven't yet written the description ... a couple more days ... no description .... a week, two weeks .... no description....
Maybe there should be something in the fine print (if it isn't there already) that states a community description must be uploaded within XX days, and if it isn't, the sponsorhip is cancelled.....
What do you think?
Bob,
I see what you mean about adding the additional area's under the localism drop down at the bottom of the blog page.
I added there before and it is easy.
Coming from me, now that's a mouth full! LOL.
Thanks for the tutorial...K
Thanks Bob, this is very useful information. Can't wait til thursday!
Bob thank you for this step by step info, I am sure there will be lots of questions as we go a long.
Bob, Thanks for the tutorial. Step 6 is important, I think....good to know that just because it is pending, it isn't OURS yet. I will not be "dinking" around! Off to practice!
Ohhhhh Bob........:) :) I have my new area ready...I think it is showing up now, but the main one I want is one of the ones we discussed....it is a city so how do I buy this? Same way??...it has NO Posts, and I redid one of my first Posts so that it would fit here, but it hasn't showed up yet. Any help would be appreciated...
It looks good, Bob. It still would be good to be able to make something at the county level... like my demographic niche.
Cool stuff, though...
Can we see an example of a "selected community" with the sponsor's special display? Are they already being displayed?
Dude - you gotta post this into NEW LOCALISM
Thank you! Very Cool
Thanks for the tutorial.
THanks for this step by step. Very helpful, especially the strategy part!
Thanks for the information, Bob. I'm sure this will be very helpful when the time comes.
Bob you gave away all of my secrets... Hmm hopefully my competition doesnt read this blog. cant wait.
Bob- this is great information to be ready for next week! Thank you!
JB Brookman
Castle Homes and Estates
Ladera Heights, CA
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Excellent, thorough tutorial, Bob. I already played around a little on Washington but this was a big help. Thanks for the tips - I am ready for Monday in CA.
Jeff
Bob, great info for next week! How many are you signing up for?
Bob......great step by step display on how to get select a community. I can hardly wait.
Thanks for the info, Bob! I can't wait for the race....
Bob- Thanks so much for posting this post. The practice thing is the best idea! I did not even think to do that since Washington was the only open state so far. I am glad that Stephanie can have her niche market.
Since I am a bit techie challenged I was thrilled to see this tutorial. Thanks Bob! You betcha I'm going to practice before my day on Wednesday.
Thanks Bob you rule. I am sure everyone has been beating a path to your door with questions. Your posts help alot.
Bob, thanks for the tips! I think I'll go practice a little.
Bob,
So exciting and I love the fact that we can go now and practice.
Who is the timekeeper, and what's the penalty for not abiding by the hands of Big Ben?
Great post. Thanks for the heads up!
Bob thanks for the heads up on the Localism purchase instructions. I am chomping at the bit waiting for my chance to grab a few.
Good tips, Bob! I was not sure just what was going to happen and you have spelled it out very nicely. Keep up the good work!
JimG
I'm turning the area out by our pool into a community. In fact, I may turn it into 2 communities so Bertha can have one too. We do a lot of "communing" out there.
Thanks for the tutorial Bob!
Bob -- Great info -- very helpful.
Thanks Bob, still waiting for an answer to my specific question on sponsorship a few days ago -- hope you can get back to me. ~Evelyn
Bob - I've gone for a test drive... Can't wait for Florida to open up!
Bob~ Merci beaucoup...and then some...I've printed this out for our brokerage to review and put into practice.
I wish that this link was available before WA went live. It would have given me a point of reference when trying to acquire a town in WA. I was late to get in but I did manage to buy a few AWESOME towns.
My Recommendation to everyone is: take Bob's advice and get familiar with Localism before your state goes live so you're one step ahead of everyone else.
Oh Man This is too cool. Thank you Bob for this fantastic tutorial. The test drive is a great help, but now I am more nervous than ever to get my communities/city.
Can you please give more specific details on creating a new community through the Active Rain blog post interface... thank you.
Gosh, this is worse than eBay! I wish you have an AuctionSniper! Seriously, thanks for the tutorial. I actually had already discovered I coudn't login without first going to a location and even practiced by login. Now I wait until next week!
that sure answers a ton of questions for me, thanks for clearing that up
Bob, thank you......this really helps! You guys rock!
Bob - From one Bob to another where's the secure lock when I go to put in my credit card? NJ has not opened as of today Sat. but I am curious is my credit card not on an encrypted site? Just curious as to when NJ actually opens up on the 7th. Looking forward to it but I don't want my credit card out there on the internet for someone to steal it. Thanks in advance. Bob H.
Thanks for the great info... We've been to Localism and feel that we're ready for the big day.
Thank you. I definitely needed that help. Very much appreciated.
This is helpful. Am ready for the land rush monday. look forward to it.
cheers
One of my agents asked... so if I buy a community, can I sell it on Ebay later?
:) Just like a salesperson to be looking for the angle.
I'm getting butterflies! I can't wait...
I'm watching my son and keeping one eye on my iPhone for comments and I keep seeing the question of 'can I resell the communities/cities' so I wanted to jump in right now and answer that one specifically while he is distracted by the cookie I just gave him.....(don't tell his mother!!) There will be an option to transfer cities you sponsor to someone else. It will not be there this week upon purchase, but down the road (hopefully prior to the first month of rebilling). It was something we felt was important so that brokerages could attempt to sponsor areas and use that sponsorship as a potential recruiting/retention tool. Once we have the specific programming in place, we will discuss it more.
Are we coming out and supporting 'selling communities on Ebay' or snatching up a ton of stuff in hopes of reselling it at a markup, absolutely not. Do we think it is impossible it could happen? No. We have extremely high goals for what Localism will become and since we believe that we underpriced them today, we certainly believe that down the road they have the potential to be worth much more.
I think Jon is going to write a post of 'areas I would love to sponsor' for $9 just to give you an idea of some of the places that could potentially be worth a heck of a lot more down the road.
Bob, I have just one question. What kind of cookie? lol
Widow Maker...
Shhhh. Don't tell anyone I'm here. I'm supposed to be taking a day off :)
TLW...ROAR!
Jim,
Chewy Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip.......and he wasn't a big fan.....oh well, more for me :-)
TLW,
I won't tell if you don't.....I'm not suppose to be on here either :-)
Your killin' me. I'm craving something sweet. Now I've got to run out to the store and get some. Thanks Bob!
Alarms in the bedroom? No wonder you have bad dreams. Shhh :)
TLW...ROAR!
Thanks for the information on how to sign up for localism. I hope you sell lots of communities to make money to keep active rain healthy
Thanks Bob for answering my specific question. I have a more vivid vision of what Localiism can become for me, my business and my clients.
Will one of the techie guru's here on the Rain create a countdown clock for us as we're waiting for our time slot?
Thanks for posting this. I didn't understand exactly how localism worked and will go and nose around to see if I can get set up.
WOW - this looks exciting - I have been away for ahile, I guess someone is looking out for me to have me combe back today. I have an alamr set for my PDS for noon on Monday - I know what I want!
So can you sell your land rights to someone else in the future?
Thanks for the step by step tutorial. It should make it easier this next week for us.
Thank you Bob, this is very useful information!
Howdy Bob
Something I'd like to know about all this is, On the given day and the given time we can do this. Going by points ranking, lets say someone can not be at their CPU at that time.
Can they still sponsor a community on that given day ?
You guys sure know how to build excitement. I am excited to see how many communities get sold.
Bob,
Thanks for being so responsive to all the questions; the commentary, as usual, is fantastic. My horse is saddled and waiting...
Mike in Tucson
Thank you for an excellent detailed explanation. With only 15 minutes to get the task completed, this should be helpful
HI! I am anxiously waiting!! I'm ready! Thanks so much
Bob, thanks for pointing out how and some strategy. I was wondering..... AJ
Thanks for the help. I had some questions about that.
Thanks
Thanks. I'll bookmark this for sure.
Bob, when communities become active for my region, if I'm already logged onto the localism.com, will the communities automatically populate? Or, must I wait until the appropriate time to log in? I don't want to be caught having to re-log in order to claim a community.
Huntsville Alabama is having problems with Localism....All of the wording is running together. It has been doing this since yesterday. HELP! We won't be able to read our cities to purchase....I also left a comment in the "Localism" group post.
This just brings up more questions. I will be seriously ticked off, if after all my hard work, someone else "Sponsors" the areas I've been blog farming, and my blogs are not prominently displayed. This just makes it seem more important than ever to focus my efforts elsewhere.
Lisa,
I'm not sure I understand? Why would your blogs not get displayed if someone else sponsors an area you have been blogging to? That has never been said.......
Thanks for the great explanation we will be checking it out.
Bob......great tutorial on the localism areas. I am looking forward to our turn to become involved.
thanks Bob...I'll be working on this also!
I'm studying and learning. Thank you so much for the information. It's obvious, you want us all to succeed here...Thank you!
Bob, you are so brave to provide your cell number! This looks cool and I can't wait for the land rush!
Thanks, Bob. Any idea how I can upload some community photos to localism communities? The old way seems to have been eliminated.
Hi Bob,
I logged in and it only says Washington is available....is Naples Florida Gone?
I was out of town and couldn't get on a computer....I hope I can still get something.
Thanks Ginny
Did anyone ever mention whether or not you had to be a real estate agent to sponsor an area?
I know you pay from $7to $9 according to how many communities you sponsor. My county doesn't have but about 59k total. The biggest town is only around 16k & about 10 different communities of much smaller size. Would I be charged $7 if i would take them all even if some of the communities only have a few hundred people there?
Thanks Bob! I'm headed to Localism to practice!
Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the tutorial. I have bookmarked this in case I need a refresher course on Friday. Now I am off to practice.
Widow Maker...
I just test drove Shine-Jefferson County-Washington. Could you have made this any easier on us? Talk about user freindly :)
TLW...ROAR!
Today is our big day. I'm not sure of my territories, but I have 3 hours to decide.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!
;)
I feel like this is 'Match Game' and my hand is almost poised on the buzzer when someone beats me with the answer. Good Luck Everyone!
Thanks for the quick tips. They will be helpful to people like myself who are just starting to use localism.
Thanks,
Very clear, no questions, terrific job on putting it all out in simple terms and in simple process.
Woo hoo! got a good one. Thanks for the point advantage. Thanks also for making the time slot not at 6 am.
This worked just like clockwork, Bob. Thank you. I was able to secure all the communities that I wanted!!
I did go in and play with it in WA and had no problem...
No problems. Got what I wanted. Nice instructions.
I logged out and back in again. seems to be ok now...
How do you add new communities to your city. I'm the only one who ever entered communites but 2 key ones are missing, and I'd like to add and claim them. Please advise. Thanks
I have logged in, logged out & tried repeatedly to make a claim in Alabama. The "claim" button doesn't work and there's no place to "buy now." Please advise.
Thanks.
Bob - It worked like a charm - very smooth. When / where should we expect to see instructions / guidelines for the content for the descriptions?
Thanks so much - I got what I wanted!
Hi Bob,
I have noticed that the community list for a city may be out of date. Some of the communities listed for San Clemente are small developments inside a particular community. One of the communities was never built, and another is an apartment complex.
Are we going to be able to buy or create communities that reflect the current division of communities in our cities? There are whole areas of my city that are not being sponsored, nor are they an option to select.
Sincerely,
Sean Murphy
and what if someone has set up a neighborhood that isnt even a neighborhood!
Bob,
I'm an AR member in Connecticut who waited til 4:00pm EST today to login to https://localism.com/login as instructed in the schedule for the state of Connecticut. I used the username and password that I use to login to AR since 4:00pm EST and keep getting this:
Sorry, we couldn't log you in. Please try again.
Any idea why I can't login at all? Has anyone else in Connecticut had a problem logging in to sponsor a community? Thanks!
Thanks for all the info.
Any CLUE on how to add a phone number. I have all my phone numbers in Activerain but for whatever reason they are not transferring to Localism.
Who knows how to add a PHONE NUMBER to Localism...thanks for the help
Bob,
I'm an AR member in Connecticut who waited til 4:00pm EST today to login to https://localism.com/login as instructed in the schedule for the state of Connecticut. I used the username and password that I use to login to AR since 4:00pm EST and keep getting this:
Sorry, we couldn't log you in. Please try again.
Any idea why I can't login at all? Has anyone else in Connecticut had a problem logging in to sponsor a community? Thanks!
Sorry for making the same comment twice but I saw that my name was not included in the first comment.
Thank You I have secured my comunities.
I did secure one community in Connecticut but I have not seen my photo/name come up with it. Does it take time? Also I noticed under New London County there are agents/mortgage reps listed not located in Connecticut...let alone New London County?
Dave
Looks like it will be an intereting few months and years ahead.
Dave and Tony,
You guys both asked a similar question about writing your descriptions. (at least I think that's what you were asking Dave).
What you will do is go to Localism, and when logged in, you will see a link at the top right for 'my account'. If you click on that link, you will see all the communities that you have secured on the right hand side. Below each one will be the ability to 'write a region description'. Once you write your description, and add your three links (two of which must be non-commercial) and submit the description, we will have it added to Localism shortly after.
I plan on doing a more thorough description soon, but that should get you pointed in the right direction.
Bob;
Thank you.
Dave
Bob, I got some of mine - now you and Jon hurry up and give us some examples of what you want to see there, please. I think I have writer's block for the first time ever in my life :)
Geez...can't you write a new one for points lol!
Randy and I had fun....I was at the office....like the good girl I am and he's at home hitting the ignore button LOL!
The land rush was fun. You guys know how to keep it exciting here.
ok uummm now what? I still notive two people at the top of the posts who havent purchased any cities or communities....
I agree! It was quite the fun day! Great job on the proceedure... very simple and went smoothly.
Great info!!!!
Bob - Thanks for the response. Are there any examples out there that we can use as a template?
Hey there,
I am in Florida, today is my day, have over 100,000 points, so 12:15 EST is my time, but FLORIDA is no where on the drop down.
.... HELP!
Katrina,
I'm sorry, we out here in WA thought the whole world revolved around us :-)
The times you see are Pacific time. It says that, but I'm sorry for the confusion. That will be 3, or in your case 3:15 Eastern time.
Hey it's not working - I was supposed to get my town at 12:45 today and I can't get the drop down to work - No MAssachusetts...
I am supposed to have access to purchase at 3:15 EST. Still cannot find Florida on pull down menu. Must I log out and log in again to update? 772-321-3355
Shopping on AR...Now THAT was Fun and I don't think life gets any better than THAT :)
Or do I mean "IT" ?? :)
TLW...ROAR!
Ooops...
LOL :)
TLW...ROAR!
Bob thanks for the info. it helps lots of us that need our hands held even though we don't want to admit it
I bookmarked this one...great job!!!
Bob.. What's my motivation to do this? What is the benefit of "sponsoring"? My city and some others are still available.. I'll be glad to buy them, but why should I do this?
Valerie,
I abhor canned responses, so I will apologize in advance. But I had three other people email me today asking the same question, and this is the response I gave them.......
The main advantage is that as Localism is open to everyone, not just AR members, at the end of August, you will have a description of your community (and three links, two of which are non-commercial and one that can link to your blog or website) that will remain near the top of the page. (in a static position, meaning it doesn't change as others blog on the page and potentially push your blogging content down).
These posts talk a little about the idea of sponsoring a community and the benefits as well as what happens if you don't sponsor. Feel free to ask anything else after you read through these.
http://activerain.com/blogsview/587376/The-New-Localism-Strategies
http://activerain.com/blogsview/612436/What-happens-if-someone
http://activerain.com/blogsview/617508/Sneak-peek-The-NEW
Also, there is a group that has all the posts that the staff here at AR has written about Localism.
http://activerain.com/groups/newlocalism
There is an interview in there with Jonathan Washburn, our CEO and me where we talk about the vision. It's a little long, but well worth the listen to get the whole story.
Thanks for the tutorial!
Very detailed instructions. Thank you. I bet no one is on vacation this week!
Thanks for the detailed instructions....just wish it wasn't necessary and the site would be intuitive. :)
Thanks, Dave, I sponsored 4 in Illinois yesterday...do you know when pictures can be uploaded again?
Thanks for the tips. I know what I have on my calendar today at 3pm. Ok...2:55 to get ready.
Can you sponsor a county with less than 40k population?
I sponsored a community at the same time as another AR member and we both got checked out successfully. Are the communities not exclusive?
Nishika,
They are exclusive but there are potentially duplicate entries in our database.
Could you send me an email with more specific details?
Lynn,
We are not sure what we are doing with the county level just yet. Currently you can not sponsor any counties.
Hi Bob - I can't sponsor my town. If I understood correctly I could provided the population was under 40,000. it is (by far) but it says unavailable.
I bought Golden Gate Estates in Naples, Florida on the 5th and today it was showing available and i clicked on it and it wanted me to buy it again does that mean these communities are not exclusive, i thought they were, please explain.
Hi Bob, just wanted to say thanks for all of your hard work! I was able to get what I wanted and more on the land rush! Everyone at AR has been such a tremendous help, and you especially have answered my only two emails almost immediately. Thanks again for all of your help and hard work! It is appreciated more than you know, and this has been too cool!
So excited I could pee my pants! Two hours and 10 mins!
Thanks for the tips. I got my four neighborhoods!!
I cannot register. Localism shows pending but each time i click to buy i get a sorry an error occurred and we are looking into it. I've tried three browsers and two credit cards. Any ideas where to turn?
I cannot register. Localism shows pending but each time i click to buy i get a sorry an error occurred and we are looking into it. I've tried three browsers and two credit cards. Any ideas where to turn?
What does it mean by submit listing router URL? What is a listing router URL? Can you please give me an example?
Thanks