active rain: Ohio is the heart of it all - 02/14/07 08:40 AM
"Ohio is the heart of it all" is an old slogan for Ohio tourism / commerc... we have moved on from that slogan and I really can't tell you what the current Ohio slogan is. Michigan folk think their state is shaped like a mitten... we don't really think our state is heart shaped... well
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active rain: RealTown Blogs Blog of the Day... - 02/02/07 10:07 AM
February 2, 2007 The Fairy Blogmother of all Fairy Blogmother's Frances Flynn Thorsen of Pennsylvania poked her heard out of her borrow this morning, looked for her shadow and proclaimed the RealTown Blog of the Day... Wait....Maybe I am getting Groundhogs Day confused with the RealTown Blog of the Day. Happy Groundhogs Day... It's not a RealTown Blog
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active rain: RealTown Today - 01/30/07 05:19 PM
If you have been reading RealTalk or BlogTalk it looks different today than it did just yesterday. Or at least the portal looks different: "A new Internet portal launches today with a depth of real estate-related content created by a thousands-strong community of real estate professionals. The site, RealTown.com, also features links to
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active rain: Who was the first to Welcome you to Active Rain? - 01/17/07 11:14 AM
Dustin's Active Rain blog entry about his Rain City Guide interview of Kristal Kraft is getting lots of comments from Active Rainers (on RCG!!! see Dustin's note about points... he's doubling points and they can be redeemed at Starbucks*) include Craigs: 10. Craig Schiller - January 17, 2007 "Great work... by both Dustin
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active rain: An alternative to Alexa - Quantcast - 01/11/07 12:37 AM
Does anyone use Quantcast to measure traffic for websites? Blogs? Comparing traffic on websites interests me. Until recently Alexa was the only site I was aware of to compare for example Active Rain and other sites. "Using Alexa to Compare Traffic Across Sites" Dustin Luther of Rain City Guide, June 7, 2006. Little itty biitty brand
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active rain: Welcome Liz Householder - 01/05/07 04:31 AM
Please welcome a new member to Active Rain, Liz Householder. Liz is from SE Connecticut, her website says. "Living and selling homes in Southeastern Connecticut makes for an interesting business! While my office is near the shore, in East Lyme, CT, I actually do quite a lot of business in surrounding towns
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active rain: What's in a name? - 01/04/07 08:24 AM
I have been thinking about blog names a bit lately... I am not good at naming blogs... I named my Active Rain Blog Columbus Ohio. Columbus Ohio was my Active Rain Blog's second name*.
I love these Active Rainers choice for a blog title:
I am stuck in a rut.
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active rain: Welcome Hog's Head! - 12/28/06 10:59 AM
Welcome to Active Rain Hog's Head ... that's not even his real name... His name is Mike "Hog's Head" Bosela and few people besides me call him "Hogs-head, Hogs Head or "Hog's Head.." Mike Bosela is a blogger from Michigan (the mitten state... I am guessing that Edwardsburg is near the wrist? west side of the state
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active rain: His "other blog" is Phoenix Real Estate Guy - 12/14/06 10:39 AM
If you have not placed your bets... it is almost too late... ? AM MST, 11:00 AM CST, Noon EST... early for those PST folks. Today! It is a blogging event.
Jay Thompson has an entry on his other blog about why he is attempting this feat too.
It is to? Boost him over Tony
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active rain: Welcome Fred Salzer to Active Rain - 12/11/06 11:03 AM
Welcome Fred Salzer to Active Rain! Anyone on Active Rain who has read RealTalk knows Fred Salzer. Fred is like Norm on Cheers... no I am not saying Fred is a bar fly or a big fella, or any of the things that the Norm character was.. but when Fred walks into
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active rain: Welcome Fred Pickard to Active Rain - 12/10/06 08:49 AM
Yesterday a member I invited who has been in limbo for what seems like months looks like he may have finally really joined Active Rain. Crossed over into the light? Please welcome Fred Pickard. Fred owns Exit Realty Innovations in Hershey PA, a sweet place. Fred was a broker in Lake Worth Florida,
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active rain: New Members - 12/10/06 02:42 AM
Did you know there is a list of new Active Rain Members on the page with the US map each day? It says: New Members Today Welcome the new members. I started a group to welcome new members. It is not for telling the new members rules, hints, how to blog etc. The
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active rain: Voyeur? Shy? - 12/09/06 03:11 AM
Do you like the new feature to see who is online on Active Rain? I believe it is only in Groups. Do you like being seen online on Active Rain?
Visit my other blog and vote:
Issue One: Do you like to see who is online on Active Rain?
Issue Two: Do you like to
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active rain: Wanted - 12/07/06 06:34 AM
Sara Lipnitz is back!!!
There are others still AWOL from Active Rain. Who? Look at Leanne Payntor's blog for some hints.
Active Rain the Early Days (July 1-10, 2006)
Active Rain the Early Days (July 11-15, 2006)
The 1000 reard on the Sara Lipnitz poster is Active Rain points not $$$. Would
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active rain: MyBlogLog.com - 12/04/06 06:22 AM
Sellsius° Blog says join MyBlogLog.com "Sellsius has added you as a contact. Have you received this message in your email yet? If you're a blogger, you probably will if you join MyBlogLog and visit Sellsius (come by and say hello). IMHO, MyBlogLog is the hottest thing in the blogosphere. MBL is building
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active rain: RealTown Blogs Traffic vs. Active Rain - 11/30/06 03:38 AM
This is Alexa so it is skewed.... RealTown Blogs as a whole are very stable... they are not losing traffic but they are not growing the way Active Rain is. That is not to say that individual RealTown Blogs are not growing. Jonathan Dalton's Blog now accounts for 7% of the
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active rain: What American Accent do you have? - 11/17/06 02:53 AM
Quiz Time What American Accent do you have?
Active Rainer and REALTOR® Teresa Boardman in St. Paul MN has an accent. I listened to their girls night out podcast on a Members Only entry. WOW! Minnesota! The others? I know Bonnie Erickson is from the midwest originally but not the Twin Cities, Illinois, Iowa with
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active rain: Not a fan of Active Rain? - 10/28/06 01:55 AM
Someone who is not a fan of Active Rain mentioned realestateblogsites.com I am not familiar with realestateblogsites.com are you? I know it is part of MyST. I know NAR has a blog on realestateblogsites.com. It's got to be a great place to have a blog. Not a fan of Active Rain? Are you a
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active rain: Mona Lisa smile - 09/18/06 07:42 AM
deja vu..."Mona lisa, mona lisa...." I don't know why but I Googled the lyrics to Nat King Cole's 'Mona Lisa' recently.... the comments on Michigan Blogger Sara Lipnitz Active Rain Blog from her Florida admirers caught my attention...
" Sara,
You know I love reading your blog! That Mona Lisa smile won me
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