active rain: Goal setting - More fun than a poke in the eye, just barely. - 01/06/10 08:27 PM
One of the hardest things for me to do is goal setting. Something about it always feels contrived or insincere. I always agonize over what to write down and if there's a chance someone else might see it, I feel it has to be profound and insightful.
Well, I've decided to approach it the way I do most things, head on. So in my determination to become better at expressing my goals and stating objectives, I decided I would do some research and write a blog about it.
First I wanted to find a definition of a goal that made sense … (6 comments)
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active rain: A long over due than you to my friend Janna - 12/06/09 10:04 PM
It's long over due but I still feel I need to say than you to my friend Janna for helping out a client I referred to her months ago. When the client called me and told me about her situation my heart sank. It was a nasty investment scheme that had her headed into foreclosure.
I told her I would put her in touch with someone who could help her out in the local market area. Not one to just hand out referrals to anyone I asked around but in the end decided I would go with who I felt had … (3 comments)
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active rain: How to link icons to your profile - 10/11/09 10:00 PM
In a recentl blog post I offered up some social media icons for use that were Active Rain themed. There were some people who weren't quite sure how to use them. So here's a quick tutorial.
First you need to download the images to your computer. Right click on the icon that you want and click save image as. Name it something you will remember and save it somewhere you can find it. (I like using the desktop as a temporary place for images I'm going to work with quickly).
Next you will need to link the icon. AR makes this … (5 comments)
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active rain: Social media icons for Active Rain users - Raindrops - 10/09/09 05:45 PM
I decided to take a stab at creating some social media icons. I like the bottle caps that Jeremy and Bob have been using but wanted to do something more specific to Active Rain. So without further ado here they are:
You can link this as a blog subscription button or to your active rain profile. It's pretty much universal.
Here's one for Facebook. You can use it to link to your profile or fan pages.
Here's a Flickr icon for you.
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active rain: There's no point reinventing the wheel - 06/10/09 05:15 PM
There is a great mix of people here on Active Rain. The diversity of industry professionals old and new, successful and soon to be, and just about everything in between. If you're looking for ways to grow your business using AR or just about any other social media you can find success easily by modeling (keep in mind modeling doesn't mean plagiarizing. You should model your posts and they type of content you produce after what others are doing that generates business.) those at the top of their game here on AR.
Take a look at the state of Texas for … (6 comments)
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active rain: Please forgive my abrubt retort... - 06/01/09 04:08 PM
I don't know about you but some of the people I enjoy interacting with most here on AR are the people I've had the rockiest starts with. Usually a couple heated exchanges and some good debate produces some great conversations down the road.
I try to always be objective (key word being try, I have weak moments) in stating my opposition to their point of view. I do know for a fact that sometimes I come off as aggressive in nature and it's really only because I'm passionate about my views and I have a lot of respect for people who … (3 comments)
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active rain: Blog subscriptions - How long do you keep someone who's not posting? - 05/25/09 11:47 AM
The longer I'm on AR the longer my blog subscription list gets. I like seeing those people who I read consistently jump toward the top so I know to click on them and get the latest installment.
But what do you do with the lost souls dragging along the bottom of the list who have gone without posting for so long you start to wonder when do you un-subscribe to their blog? Are they really gone for good? Who knows, I can't begin to imagine how many bright stars have burnt out on the rain.
I think I have people on … (13 comments)
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active rain: Which icons should I use? Help! - 05/24/09 07:47 PM
I've laid out two new graphics for my website and I can't decide which I like better. I figure there is no better way than to put it to a vote. So here's your chance my fellow rainers to put in your two cents. Should I use the new ones:
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The two currently displayed on the right hand side of my blog? Let me know what you think since I can't seem to decide.
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active rain: Points mean nothing if you don't have the content to back them. - 05/24/09 06:55 PM
Content is king. Blogging here at AR is so much fun it can be hard to remember that. It's already been determined that the points are of value to rainers but they mean nothing if someone finds their way to your blog and it's filled with fluff, political rants, re-blogs from people with more original ideas and content in their little finger than you can come up with in the whole of your being.
Remember why a user may happen upon Active Rain in the first place, real estate and topics and discussions related to it. There are some great members … (21 comments)
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active rain: Who are some of your favorite AR Bloggers? (A list of famous, infamous and fun to read little known bloggers) - 04/10/09 06:55 PM
Okay, we see the big boys and girls on the featured pages all the time. They're the "MEGA" contributors to AR what they write we all like to read. They're well known and well respected for their talents. I've been fortuante enough to grace the featured pages twice but these people have been there hundereds of times.
What I wanted to do is compile a list of little known favorites of ours. The people yet to hit the big time here on AR. I know it's not proper to post links in the commnets section but for this post I'll make … (83 comments)
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active rain: A little than you note for the Active Rain staff - 04/01/09 05:06 PM
We already know and appreciate how much Active Rain provides for us. It's been such a great place to learn and interact with industry professionals. So I wanted to do something I do in my business but have yet to do here. I wanted to say thanks to a couple of Active Rain staffers that have helped me out recently and let them know I appreciate it.
I thought maybe the rest of the AR community could also give praise where they felt the need and post their thank you's right along with me.
So let's kick it off:
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active rain: Finally 100,000 points and a featured post. A pretty good Saturday. - 03/28/09 11:24 PM
I did it I finally made it over 100K. It's been a great couple weeks on AR and I've been working hard to try and get here. I couldn't wait to be able to write this blog. I know I took longer than most to get here but it's been a fun ride and now I can have one more of those cool little icons under my photo when I post icons.
In the last two weeks I've managed to get two featured posts and crack the 100K barrier. All a few milestones I don't think I was quite sure I … (9 comments)
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active rain: The Power Of the AR Blog - How I ended up on the news. - 03/04/09 09:11 AM
Anyone doubting the power of the AR blog can't deny this. I wrote this little blog in September "Why Are We Paying For An Empty Mansion" about the governor taking a stipend for because he didn't want to live in the governor's mansion.
Well about a month ago I was contacted by the Associated Press who found my blog and wanted a quote. I didn't think much of it and asked that he email me the article if it was published. Yesterday I got a call from Channel 2 news asking about the article that had been published in the San … (11 comments)
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