30-Day Yelp Challenge

Category:
Other, Yelp Community
When:
Friday, September 30, 2011 12:00 am -
Monday, October 31, 2011 12:00 am
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Where:

Yelpland

Toronto, ON
Cost:
Free
Submitted by:
Vivek S.   See all events submitted by Vivek S. »
What/Why:
The 30-Day Yelp Challenge!

Got opinions? Looking to stave off the onset of Seasonal Affective Disorder? Need proof of what a great yelper you are? Join me as I write a review every day in October. Are you up to it?

Yelpers that complete the challenge get to come to the celebratory 30-Day Challenge party that I'm hosting in November!

You need to write a review every day for this challenge (i.e., don't write 30 in ONE day). You're allowed one day off since October has 31 days. Use it wisely.

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9/30/2011 Jorge "@jorgemlee" L. says:

No sign up needed right? Just start posting?

9/30/2011 Vivek "yelping a brother out" S. says:

That's right, just write a review every day from the 1st to the 31st. Maybe there should be a special prize for anyone who makes this the 31 day challenge...

I'm creating a list to keep track of my posts: http://www.yelp.ca/lis...

9/30/2011 Charlotte "Always Traveling" W. says:

This is so very exciting! I am IN, IN AND IN!

9/30/2011 Chris "Burrito Whisperer™" P. says:

Can I just go on a review binge and write them all in one night? I've got 32 in the hopper right now that I need to write.

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9/30/2011 Nicole "the Antipodean one" H. says:

I hope this can force me to get back on the reviewing horse. I've had so little mojo lately! I haven't even reviewed the last Elite party :(

9/30/2011 Avitania "I Hunger, Coward" B. says:

I'm in, bishes!

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9/30/2011 Laura "Lala" C. says:

Ack! What if I have nothing write about, or go somewhere new?

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9/30/2011 Myrem "M." D. says:

I'm right there with ya "Nicole "the Antipodean one" H.
Work hasn't been giving me time off lately and I've missed out so many good reviews.

Vivek, do updated reviews count? :p

9/30/2011 Madelaine D. says:

I'm in.

Here's an inspirational short 30 day video!!

http://www.ted.com/tal...

9/30/2011 Erin "was that inappropriate?" B. says:

I take possession of my new house next week (!!!) so I foresee a lot of home depot/realtor/furniture store reviews in the month of October, but I'm in!

9/30/2011 Nicole H. says:

Me too Erin! Just hope I can find the time though all the chaos. But I will make an effort. Great idea Vivek!

9/30/2011 Vivek "yelping a brother out" S. says:

@Myrem D: Review updates COUNT.

That reminds me, I think there's going to need to be a prize for most FTRs (First to Reviews) in this month.

9/30/2011 Chris "Burrito Whisperer™" P. says:

@Vivek: How about an award for most worldly? My list will cover at least 3 different cities.

9/30/2011 Jennifer "I Am Hungry! I Need to Yelp About FOOD!" K. says:

I have 40+ reviews behind... so I should take it easy.. and write one everyday... :)

9/30/2011 Kat K. says:

a reason to get my computer with me, when I go to Vegas... do the reviews have to be local?

9/30/2011 Jennifer "I Am Hungry! I Need to Yelp About FOOD!" K. says:

@Kat- your reviews can be international!!! :)

9/30/2011 Vivek "yelping a brother out" S. says:

@Kat K: Yep, you can reviews in any city. And be sure to check Yelp in Vegas, I found some really great stuff that way when I was down there in the spring.

10/1/2011 Patrick "Like a box of chocolates" M. says:

I'm in like Flynn!

I suspect many of my reviews will be the "a-ok" places I haven't felt compelled to bother reviewing.  Ah well!

10/1/2011 Dave "Never Flirty With Butt-Hurtery" M. says:

I'll give this a shot!

10/2/2011 Ryan "Coffee Shop" F. says:

for those out there like me who were making some mental excuses like too much work etc, check out Madelaine "SO FUN!" D. link...its a 2 minute motivation...i'm in...

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10/2/2011 Neil "indefinite review hiatus" T. says:

Mindnumbingly shameless Yelp plugs.

10/2/2011 Elaine "Danger Zone" K. says:

Ugh, I've already used my one day off due to a whole day of wedding craziness yesterday. Though now I have 5 reviews waiting to be made!

10/2/2011 Vivian W. says:

what a good excuse to eat out more !!!!! I'm in !!!

10/2/2011 Fern H. says:

Ooh, a challenge.  I like, I like.  I'll give it try!

10/2/2011 Hoa "Anthropologist of Place" N. says:

I am challenged.

10/3/2011 Mauricio A. says:

Mmm... I just found out about this challenge! So I am behind by one review! But no problem, I'll catch up starting today! I am at 42 reviews now, so I should be at 72 by the end of the month!

I accept your challenge Sir, and I raise you a CYME!

10/3/2011 Susan G. says:

I'm late... but still joining!

I'll make up for it by writing three reviews today...

10/3/2011 Payam "Gene splicer, Leucine unzipper" Z. says:

What Susan said!

10/3/2011 Jonathan "The Devil's Advocate" S. says:

I'll give it a shot :) Although I may have to batch some reviews.

10/3/2011 Kat "Kitty" T. says:

I think I joined too late. :(

10/3/2011 Kat "Kitty" T. says:

I have a review from Oct 1, 3. Am I disqualified because I missed Sept 30th?
@ChrisP, 3 Cities within Canada does not worldly make.

10/4/2011 Chris "Burrito Whisperer™" P. says:

@Kat: Calgary, San Diego, Escondido, San Marcos, Laguna Niguel, Irvine, Laguna Beach, and Oceanside. Maybe not "worldly" but at least multi-national :P

10/4/2011 Eric "Things That Make You Go Mmmmmm" L. says:

I missed a day already.

10/4/2011 Lynn "City of Sin" C. says:

@ChrisP: If that award exists, i'm determined to beat you at it! I'll be in Denver (and area), London (and area), Paris (and area), Nice (and area), Cannes (and area), and HERE of course this month.

@Vivek, does FTR reward also go out internationally? Cuz I find that I'm like the only one updating most things France...=P

10/4/2011 Karen "I'm rating you!" S. says:

Ooohh... this will be tough.  I will have to catch up!  At least it's motivation to get to that 200 review goal before the end of the year.

10/4/2011 Roma M. says:

Alright, I'm in! I can do two a day for the next three days and catch up.

10/5/2011 Tara "I'm hung-grrrr-eeee" E. says:

I wish I had seen this earlier!

10/6/2011 Vivek "yelping a brother out" S. says:

Since a few people have asked me I thought I would post the answer here. So the challenge is to post a review everyday for 30 Days, I know a few people missed the start with some catch up posts, but from here on in, you gotta post a review everyday. You can't post seven reviews on Sunday and call it a week!

My advice is to bank your reviews, for those days when you might not have something to review. I have a few reviews "in case of emergency" ready to go!

10/8/2011 Jen "foodpr0n" C. says:

I think I already technically missed two days (yesterday was a full-on miss) but an earlier date was a "I started on the right day but didn't finish the review before midnight).

Still -  I WILL CARRY ON.

10/8/2011 Zoe ""Time heals all haircuts"" R. says:

ooh... it's def. challenging to find a new place to review each day for 30 days.
so far, so good, but i usually visit tried and true haunts - places that I've already reviewed, in other words.

10/9/2011 Hoa "Anthropologist of Place" N. says:

My rockstar Yelp friend KK is here (um, she has nearly 150 fans, FTW?) and has out-Yelped me by writing about the awesome place I took her today: Evergreen Brick Works.

http://www.yelp.ca/biz...

and I can't even take credit for it, even though I'm in it.

ha!

10/9/2011 Hoa "Anthropologist of Place" N. says:

er, sorry, only 110+ fans. Anyways, I'm not keeping up with the daily writing but it's fun to push myself...

10/9/2011 Melissa L. says:

I have 1 fan.. - and that's my husband! LOL
Anyways.. I love this challenge. I finally get to write the reviews for all those businesses I have bookmarked.
I have no issues finding places to write about. Heck, I think I could even write 1 review per day for the rest of the year easily.. :)

10/9/2011 Zoe ""Time heals all haircuts"" R. says:

Another challenge is time and effort.  I'm sure the reason this is called a 30-day "challenge" is because Yelpers typically yelp after they visit a place they decide or know is yelp-worthy.
I've not typed Yelp reviews so consecutively before.  This isn't my norm., although it's a nice exercise and goal that I want to be aware of in October.  Ha, only 21 days/reviews left.

I am trying my best to do this for 30 days, but the idea of writing one review a day for a whole year would be completely impossible given my work and life schedule.

10/9/2011 Avitania "I Hunger, Coward" B. says:

I just realized that being a night owl doesn't work in my favor here. I'll start a review at the end of the day, when I'm catching up on TV (say, around 11pm or so), and then when I hit submit it's past midnight! So it looks like I've missed a couple of days in a row when actually my own time clock is off by an hour or two. I'll just pretend I live in another time zone  ;)

10/9/2011 Erin "was that inappropriate?" B. says:

I thought that moving to a new 'hood this weekend would make things more challenging because I'd be spending all my time moving, unpacking, and unboxing useful things like routers and power cords. And I am. But I'm also eating take out and finding new places for groceries, home junk, and other things, all of which I can yelp about. Yay!

10/15/2011 Susan G. says:

Woo! Half way there!

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10/21/2011 Corrupted "Monk" M. says:

This Challenge is flawed, how about 'MUST' include picture of a receipt?

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10/21/2011 Randy "New Goal: No More Unachievable Goals" G. says:

@Corrupted, for what purpose? There are plenty of reasons to write a review without having a receipt on hand.

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10/21/2011 Corrupted "Monk" M. says:

@Randy, I mean for the challenge.  Just to make sure the review is current (and on that day).  Wait...is there a prize for this?

Anyways, I joined late, but I'm still participating :)

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10/21/2011 Randy "New Goal: No More Unachievable Goals" G. says:

No real prize, and there's no requirement that the review be for an experience on that day. Just that you write a review every day.

10/21/2011 Noel "Chief Rocka" D. says:

Aw nuts... I totally missed out on this.

Would have been down for the challenge.

10/22/2011 Teena D. says:

Quite the challenge :)

10/22/2011 Jonathan "The Devil's Advocate" S. says:

At this point I'm writing for pride. Unfortunately my job gets in the way. Stupid work getting in the way of valuable computer-based slacking... ;-)

10/28/2011 Jen "foodpr0n" C. says:

Last few days guys! Who's still going? I missed a couple days, but kept on...  how 'bout you? Who's made it this far without using their freebie?

10/28/2011 Yvonne "th3 Hungry Cat" T. says:

I've got 28 reviews... Should be able to get through to 31.

10/28/2011 Elaine "Danger Zone" K. says:

Burned the grace one on day one.. late start. But I'm going strong!!!

10/28/2011 Nicole H. says:

Woohooo!!! Almost to the finish line, team!!!

I still have not used the freebie and have posted a review each of the 28 days of October, with 20 of them being FTRs!!!

Who else???

10/28/2011 Yvonne "th3 Hungry Cat" T. says:

Congrats on the FTRs Nicole!  Now THAT truly deserves a prize!

10/28/2011 Jen "foodpr0n" C. says:

SEriously Nicole! 20 FTRs!

10/28/2011 Fern H. says:

Almost to the finish line!  I burned my freebie on day 1 too.  I was out of town with no Internet!

10/28/2011 Vivek "yelping a brother out" S. says:

Everyone has done an amazing job. Here's a link to the Finish Line Party!

http://www.yelp.ca/eve...

10/29/2011 Nicole H. says:

Thanks, ladies. It is much easier to get FTRs in the burbs though. :)

10/29/2011 Dishan "I Drink Your Milkshake" W. says:

Anyone that just made the cut for a particular day to get the reviews in? Twice I had reviews posted around 11:50pm

10/31/2011 Nicole H. says:

Done. 31 Days, 31 Reviews. To those participating next month, have fun! I'm toast. :)

10/31/2011 Jen "foodpr0n" C. says:

I'm done too. Though only 30 reviews. I'm done too. 1 a day is hard for quality!

10/31/2011 Christine "Chrissy" R. says:

This was a lot of fun, a good challenge! Good luck to those attempting next month. The hardest part was getting to a computer to write your reviews on time. I too had those moments posting right before the clock struck midnight!

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