tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29074506.post-71490461592139189552009-06-15T18:36:00.002-05:002009-06-16T13:14:45.042-05:00I'll be hosting the CORE (<a href="http://www.carnivalofrealestate.com/">Carnival of Real Estate</a>) next week. This will be the 3rd time the Carnival has stopped at Mike's Corner here in <a href="http://www.har.com/">H-Town</a>. The uninitiated should take the time to check it out. Why is it called a <a href="http://www.blogcarnival.com/">carnival?</a>. Rembember when you were a kid? The carnival would show up in your town. In my case we would cut grass, hunt down pop bottle refunds and suffer the indignity of baby sitting my little sisters only to find out the carnival was bout to pack up go to another town that was way to far to ride our bikes. In the case of CORE, the town happens to the location of a selected host blogger and the stay is for a week starting every Monday. The carnival host accepts submissions of the best post(s) of the past couple of weeks from other real estate bloggers from across the web. The host then selects the best of those posts to showcase and provide awards. In my opinion, if the Carnival Host is doing things correctly, there will always be a clear winner.<br /><br />Over the last couple of years the hosts have been very creative with themes for hosting the CORE, usually based on a holiday taking place at that time or just a generally entertaining way to introduce what the host believes to be the best in real estate blogging content.<br /><br />When if first stumbled upon the real estate version of CORE if found it to be just the tool I had been searching for to help me in my quest to keep up with great content. As the real estate blogging community has grown, so have the number of top notch blog destinations. It can be a daunting task to search out and read only the best. CORE helps that effort in a big way.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.carnivalofrealestate.com/wp-content/themes/new-CoRE/images/icon_CoRE_podcast.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 161px; height: 165px;" src="http://www.carnivalofrealestate.com/wp-content/themes/new-CoRE/images/icon_CoRE_podcast.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mlbroadcast.com/">MLBroadcast</a> hosts a great audio podcast for the Carnival of Real Estate. From time-to-time the folks at Zillow will interview the CORE host for insight on their picks, criteria for selection, themes and more. <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=216293655">Get a free subscription here (iTunes)</a>. You will enjoy the conversations.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_380.html">Submit your best post(s) between now and this upcoming Saturday.</a> If you ned to get your submission in a little late and the form is not working you can e-mail it to me. Be sure to include all of the required information. I will start making selections Sunday afternon. If you're interested in becoming involved with CORE, check out these links:<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.carnivalofrealestate.com/sign-up-to-host-a-carnival/2006/07/">Host a Carnival</a></li><li><a href="http://www.carnivalofrealestate.com/how-to-promote-the-carnival/2006/07/">Promote the CoRE</a></li><li><a href="http://www.carnivalofrealestate.com/the-carnival-to-become-a-destination-for-all-things-relating-to-real-estate-blogging/2007/06/">Write for CoRE</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer">Copyright 2008, Michael A. Price<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29074506-7149046159213918955?l=www.mlpodcast.com%2Fblog'/></div>Mike Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11962207944257689881mprice@mlbroadcast.com0