At least for now I have the spot as sponsor for the city of Columbus on Localism.com I have mixed feelings about that. I am disappointed that with only two city of Columbus neighborhoods, Clintonville and Polaris, I got the City of Columbus for free. For at least a month the sponsorship of the city of Columbus is mine for sponsoring the most city of Columbus communities. Sad.
Sad.... also since I wrote this all but unless I repost it to my DiscoverColumbusOH.com it will be gone once someone with money and big ambitions notices they can sponsor three Columbus neighborhoods and get the City of Columbus sponsorship on Localism.com for free. Then what I wrote will be gone, gone, all gone... Nope it is here.
Without further adieu here is a profile of Columbus Ohio...
The city of Columbus Ohio is the 16th largest city in the United States according to the US Census. Columbus is the largest city in the state of Ohio. Columbus is the capital of Ohio. Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County. Bits and pieces of the city of Columbus are in Delaware County and Fairfield County. Little bits.
Employment in Columbus:
Government is a big employer in the City of Columbus. There are state and federal offices in downtown Columbus as well as city and county offices. The Ohio State University is a huge employer in Columbus. There are five insurance companies based in Central Ohio including Nationwide with a huge presence on the north side of downtown Columbus. White Castle, Bob Evans and Max and Erma's restaurants are based in Columbus. Retailing giant Limited Brands is based in Central Ohio as are the Value City / Schottensteins stores. DSW is part of that company. Big Lots, Inc. formerly Consolidated Stores Corp. is based in Columbus Ohio. In 2008 Columbus was The Forbes.com Top 10 Up-And-Coming Tech Cities" List "No. 1: Columbus, Ohio." The Forbes.com article focused on Battele.
Schools
Schools in the City of Columbus include the Columbus Public School District and the South-Western City Schools. There are city of Columbus neighborhoods that are in the Dublin, Westerville, Worthington. Hilliard, Gahanna -Jefferson, Canal Winchester, Hamilton Local, Plain Local (New Albany), Groveport-Madison and Reynolsburg school districts too.
In addition to 'The Ohio State University', Columbus is the home to Franklin University, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus State, Capital University Law School, Mount Carmel School of Nursing, and Columbus College of Art & Design.
Neighborhoods
Important neighborhoods in the City of Columbus include:
Downtown Columbus
German Village
Victorian Village
Short North
Brewery District
Arena District
Clintonville Beechwold Area
Polaris Area
Easton Area
The Discovery District
Franklinton
"The Hilltop"
Old Town East
University Area
The 315 Tech Corridor (part of the 315 Tech Corridor is in Clinton Township as well as the city of Columbus)
YOUR Columbus neighborhood
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Sorry to hear about this I thought localism.com was free and just putting up information the person who did the most is featured am I wrong?
Localism is free.
Sponsorship costs money,not much, but the person who sponsors the most neighborhoods in a city gets the city for free. I sponsored neighborhoods to support AR and to see what it does just two communities are in the city of Columbus. This was a lot of writing for the small spot for a sponsor on Localism for a city the size of Columbus, but it is hard to distill a city this size. Sponsorship space is the same for a city as it is for a neighborhood.
I'm not complaining it's free. I just wanted to make use of all the writing.
Maureen: I, like many other AR members felt a bit betrayed by the new sponsoring system and I still feel that way. I have sponsored nothing, but continue to be an active localism poster which keeps me a good neighbor for the time being - I hope that doesn't change... I have yet to hear anyone say though the sponsorship has brought them business/revenue/anything but another bill to pay. I don't mean to sound cynical, but I refuse to pay money with no expectation of return.
Maureen--It will be Localism's loss if you lose the spot. Your profile of Columbus is wonderful.
I don't mind paying for 4 neighborhoods.. $36? I think a month. $432 for a year if I stick with it and I don't have a long term commitment... it was not my favorite way for them to monetize the site but no one asked my opinion.... obviously not a big hit with Ohioans on a whole... or maybe I should say Central Ohioans. Maybe they sold lots of sponsorships in Cinci and Cleveland or the smaller cities or small towns and rural areas.
I felt betrayed when they said there'd be editing. Sold the sponsorships and then said, "changed our minds... no editing, behave yourselves..."
Teri... all that shows on the Localism page is the first paragraph and the
"Employment in Columbus:"
but that's OK... it's a free sponsorship. I'm not complaining!
hope people see the + in the top corner, so they see there is more. Not sure if I would have if Cheryl Johnson did not blog about it and tell how to do it easy without having to write it all in html.
See- I was looking at your post and wondering how you got all that info on localism, it took me all the way to the last comment to find out you didn't! I just got through writing a couple of my descriptions and the space is just too small - it should at least be allowed to continue somewhere in case a consumer stumbles on it and actually wants to read more. I'm voting for a "Read More" link - not that anyone cares about my vote either :)
It continues. If you click on the + sign.
Read Cheryls post for more.
Thanks for letting me know that, I'm off to read Cheryl's post. I guess I'm just not intuitive enough to figure out the + sign meant "read more"!
I tried to move this conversation over to ActiveRain rather than on my masterpiece about Columbus Ohio neigborhoods especially since the discussion is about Localism NOT Columbus Ohio...
Michelle found it..... Do you feel betrayed by ActiveRain?
The point of it is I am paying for sponsorships out of loyalty to ActiveRain. Nothing more. Based on the rude comments from the ActiveRain Community Builders I may rethink paying for sponsorships out of loyalty or contributing to ActiveRain.
I think maybe they need to put in the words "Read More" at the bottom for the sponsors? I'd make a suggestion but Brad and Rich Community Builders take everything I say as complaining about ActiveRain so I am minding my own business from now on.
No more. Based on Rich J's advice I dropped the Localism sponsorships yesterday they took them down and hopefully are refunding the payment they took for January sponsorship on January 7. I am no longer sponsoring Columbus, Worthington, Old Worthington, Clintonville or Polaris on Localsm.
Localism is still not out of beta, does not allow comments, did not update for about a month (thanks for reminding me Michelle.)