Viral Storytelling with The Story Lady, Ronda Del Boccio

Last night at about 10:30 local time I was already going out of my mind. I had hoped to be higher than 10th so that if anyone pulled anything drastic to move up in Top Affiliate Challenge, I’d have a bit of a cushion. Yet I was grateful to be in 10th and a true contender. And I kept thinking grateful thoughts for all of the people who supported me with votes with with super votes so that I could have the opportunity to be part of the world’s first real time internet reality show, Top Affiliate Challenge!

A thousand thank-yous to each and every person who supported my race for the top 10.

One of the most fun things last night…we had a Skype group chat with a number of the contenders in attendance. Thor and Kimberly from his company were also there.

For me it was a true nail biter, of course, as the 11th-place contestant’s score jumped from 55 and change to 58 and change. Would this person acquire a bunch of super votes at the last minute? Would someone from lower on the list have a higher-scoring video that they were waiting to reveal at the last minute? It could happen, and being at the bottom of the list meant I would have been the one to drop off.

So in this chat, we all had a blast. In fact, some of us have been at it again today. Also I had a very wonderful and long audio chat with #1 Ty Hurd yesterday. Go have a look at his blog. I’ll get a list of everyone’s blogs up this week in the links off to the right…

Anyway Many of us are already creating family. We had a brief visit from one of the more vocal contestants who has garnered the most video testimonials…but he left as quickly as he had come.

And though there were dozens of fraudi attempts, every one of them was caught and corrected.

So this is the list of the top 10 finalists. These people will definitely go to Lincoln for the reality show. We’ll be leaving at the end of the month.

A great big congratulations to the top 10!

Ty Hurd
Big Jason Henderson
Jonathan Van Clute
Devin Hunter
Top “the Furry Hat Guy”
Jani Gaffor
Jonathan Ryan
Carl Zetterlund
Chad Van Norman
Ronda Del Boccio

Those in the top 25% have a chance to write an essay about why they should be chosen. Some people are asking the top 10 for endorsements. Nobody has asked me yet.

I am truly honored and humbled by the outpouring of support from everyone. Thank you so much!

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