{"id":1785,"date":"2007-08-10T15:31:04","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T22:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2007-08-10T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2007-08-10T22:31:18","slug":"how-do-you-win-the-odysseus-medal-write-your-heart-out-and-follow-the-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1785\/how-do-you-win-the-odysseus-medal-write-your-heart-out-and-follow-the-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you win The Odysseus Medal? Write your heart out &#8212; and follow the rules . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?page_id=1755\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve posted the rules for The Odysseus Medal competition<\/a>, but there aren&#8217;t so many that I can&#8217;t also show them here:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>The Rules<\/b> (few and fair):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The entry must have been posted within the two weeks before the entry deadline\n<\/li>\n<li>The entrant must be the author of the post\n<\/li>\n<li>More than one entry from the same weblog is fine\n<\/li>\n<li>More than one entry from the same person is also fine, provided that you have multiple personality disorder\n<\/li>\n<li>No second-guessing, no do-overs, no cry-babies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The Prizes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Three awards will be given weekly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Odysseus Medal, for the overall best post of the week\n<\/li>\n<li>The Black Pearl, for the best practical, technical or marketing idea of the week\n<\/li>\n<li>The People&#8217;s Choice Award, selected by popular voting on Sunday evenings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>The Deadline:<\/b> Sunday at 12 Noon MST &#8212; which is 12 Noon PDT, 3 pm EDT, etc.<\/p>\n<p><b>Entry form:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogcarnival.com\/bc\/submit_2237.html\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No doubt this will change somewhat with time, but probably not by much. I really don&#8217;t like rules, making them or, especially, complying with them. Entries that I&#8217;ve already received will be grandfathered, of course. Fair is fair.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, get crackin&#8217;. Either Cameron or I will build a voting bot for the People&#8217;s Choice Award, and I&#8217;ll put together graphic trophies for the winners. I want for this to be an enduring tribute to quality weblogging. But the truth is, I&#8217;ve got the easy job. You&#8217;re the one whose going to have to do the hard work&#8230;<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve posted the rules for The Odysseus Medal competition, but there aren&#8217;t so many that I can&#8217;t also show them here: The Rules (few and fair): The entry must have been posted within the two weeks before the entry deadline The entrant must be the author of the post More than one entry from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,6,5,23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blog-carnivals","7":"category-blogging","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","10":"category-the-odysseus-medal","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1808,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1808\/the-odysseus-medal-some-rule-changes-and-a-clickable-button\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785,"position":0},"title":"The Odysseus Medal: Some rule changes, and a clickable button","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 15, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I was beyond delighted at the way things worked out in the first Odysseus Medal competition. 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