Last November I finally decided to take my son's advice and check out Active Rain.
Actually, he mentioned it to me several times and I just nodded and thought sounds like a geek site, and like so many real estate ideas that come and go, I opted not to waste my time and energy. After the third time he told me about it, and because it was November and business was slowing down for the holidays, I thought what do I have to lose? I figured the next time my son brought it up I would nix it and continue doing business as usual.
This is post 200. Enough said.
This morning I had an email from Asia-guess where they found me? You're right, Active Rain.
Earlier this month I showed property to a musician from Australia-guess where they found me? You're right, Active Rain. That's the fallout from the Rain for September. There have been several other wet months and very few dry ones.
Now here's my gripe. It takes a lot of time, energy and creativity to post a constant supply of original, witty and informative blog posts. I do not cut and paste from another source, nor do I steal take creative liberties from fellow Rainers. I do find myself looking at more property, keeping a better handle on recent sales and reading real estate blogs, books, and articles in order to be of better service to my clients. I lost a few hours sleep writing 200 posts, but I've gained knowledge, expertise in my market and best of all BUSINESS from my efforts.
Oh, and by the way you gurus at AR, you featured one of my posts in the AR newsletter, but you didn't give me a gold star. What's up with that? I would have written to you sooner, but I've been too busy following up with all my AR leads.
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Norma, Congratulations on your 200th post! Can you believe how fast the time has gone by? Of course if you think now, about sitting down and writing over, all that you have, all the stats, figures, facts and musings.....it seems like an overwhelming feat doesn't it? Glad to hear it's paying off for you too. Good things happen to good people with original thoughts and a willingness to apply themselves :-)
Thanks Colleen. The secret to success on Active Rain is one post at a time. When I scroll through my posts it is a bit overwhelming, it's getting to be quite a body of work, as is yours!
200 posts - That's quite a milestone. I remember someone else making a similar milestone, and when I congratulated them, they quickly pointed out that I had made 100 posts myself. I hadn't even noticed. I guess you could say I'm an AR Addict. I post for the camaraderie, more than the points. But points are good too!
Myrl, like you I value the quality of the post rather than the quantity of points!
Norma: Stay with quality and originality when blogging and you soon will see 400 post, congratulations and thanks for reading my posts too!
Mary,
Thank you and you're welcome. I grew up in the heartland and it still has a little piece of my heart!
Norma, I'm really glad that you finally took your son's advice. I've been enjoying reading your blog and can't wait for more.
Patricia, thank you. Recently I've been busy posting neighborhood stats, but I hope to get back to doing a few livelier posts soon. They are so much more fun than statistical posts!
Norma, Congrats on your 200th post. I hit 100k points recently and was jumping up and down. Its nice to hit milestones.
Thank you Lisa. Posting tallies are a little like birthdays--the number keeps going up, but there's lots of good times along the way. Enjoy the ride!
I can tell you how to get content for you blog...It is a big secret, but here it is...
If someone asks you a question, make it a post! If one client asks it, there could be 10 more people looking for the answer to that question and if you put it online, then you have got their business, because you were the one that answered it for them!
Congrats on post #200!
Todd, your secret is safe with me. I'm not so sure about the other 100,000+ active members on this site!