activerain: USE ActiveRain to talk to consumers.... - 12/16/09 07:58 AM
The Question - talking to consumers via ActiveRain
A real estate "guru" emailed me yesterday and asked me when I was going to write an eBook to talk to consumers.
The Answer - Probably never... but thanks for asking.
The question comes from a behind the scenes conversation that is anchored … (4 comments)
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activerain: Real Living GMAC merger using your ActiveRain resources - 12/12/09 06:55 AM
The Real Living group on ActiveRain says:
"Real Living is a real estate brokerage and a brand. This is a group for those associated with Real Living and their friends. Welcome to the GMAC agents who are rebranding as Real Living! The Howard Hanna agents in Cleveland / NE Ohio who … (4 comments)
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activerain: The ActiveRain heresy from Ross Hair @ #VREBC - 11/25/09 02:40 PM
"ActiveRain is for talking to other real estate agents" (that is the ActiveRain heresy)
When I hear the ActiveRain heresy I have to bite my tongue.
#VREBC is virtual real estate barcamp # is a Twitter hashtag
OK I am talking to you now... my peers, people in the real estate … (46 comments)
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activerain: The ActiveRain heresy - 11/07/09 09:01 AM
The ActiveRain heresy...
Do you know what heresy is?
I believe Joan of Arc and Galileo were officially heretics to the big "ism" in their age. Joan got burned at the stake for it...
ActiveRainism - dogma?
How to write this without going into religion, dogma... I am a fan … (58 comments)
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activerain: "ActiveRain syndrome" Facebook Training... - 11/04/09 06:06 PM
“ActiveRain syndrome”
They are setting up clinics as we speak...
They're giving out shots.
Pregnant women, young children, at risk individuals and healthcare workers will be immunized first.
Don't come to work if you have it.
Cough or sneeze into your elbow...
Wash your hands constantly
Use hand sanitizer...
Wear a … (14 comments)
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activerain: Teresa is tops when it comes to Twitter! - 11/03/09 06:14 AM
Tops when it comes to Twitter Lists
What are Twitter lists to you?
Too much work?
Tweetdeck (or something else ) already does it?
Too much time?
Teresa is tops when it comes to Twitter lists
Teresa Berry a Seattle WA real estate agent took the time to make some lists … (4 comments)
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activerain: Your cheating heart.... are you cheating on ActiveRain? - 11/01/09 07:32 AM
I wanted to title this My cheating heart but I think the classic song is "Your cheating heart"
I was amused by a comment on one of my posts that Re-Blogging is cheating...
Isn't Re-Blogging for consenting adults? Who's getting cheated on?
ActiveRain?
The real estate blogosphere?
The Blogosophere?
… (20 comments)
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activerain: Happy Halloween ActiveRain - 10/31/09 08:04 AM
Happy Halloween ActiveRain
I like Halloween...
ActiveRain 2009 Halloween posts - localism*
Columbus Scare - A -Torium
Central Ohio Trick or Treat 2009
Worthington Ghost Story the tale of rap, rap, rap
Columbus Ohio's haunted ship
Dublin Ohio's ghost stories Powell Ohio Halloween Worthington haunted or just historic
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activerain: ActiveRain's Re-Blog... Re-Butt wouldja? - 10/16/09 04:33 PM
ActiveRain's Re-Blog has been around a long time. The "wouldja?" does not refer to whether you like Re-Bog or not... the wouldja is if you disagree with a post would you Re-blog another members content and turn it into a Re-Buttal?
In reponse to a question which is basically … (88 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain works!!! *Your results may vary - 10/15/09 08:36 AM
ActiveRain works!!!!! * Your results may vary ...
"you know how we all write the posts about how much Active Rain has been good for our business, recommending the network to the real estate world." quoting Judi Barrett.
Fran Flynn Thorsen is doing a webinar about the FTC Guides... Friday. … (7 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain Rainmaker 5 easy steps for frustrated listing agents! - 10/04/09 06:41 AM
One of the rules of the Realtor group on LinkedIn is don't post your listings. It's the first rule on the group which is all REALTORS®.
I did not read the rules... but I did not post a listing either. It says:
DO NOT post any of the following - if … (65 comments)
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activerain: LinkedIn - A flood of listings - 10/03/09 05:08 PM
Are you part of the NAR group on LinkedIn? National Assn of REALTORS®
You have to give them your NRDs # and wait for them to admit you to the group? Or maybe that was on Facebook. I know I was annoyed but it is a group just for NAR members.
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activerain: Is ActiveRain just for Traditional brokerages? - 09/27/09 07:19 AM
Is there something in the ActiveRain Guidelines that I missed? Where is the part about ActiveRain is only for agents from traditional brokeages?
Whatever a "traditional" brokerage is.
NAR's Antitrust quiz says:
"For more than a century, federal antitrust laws have existed as a way to promote competition and prevent monopolies in … (63 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain's Sponsored Featured Posts $$$ - 09/26/09 06:09 AM
ActiveRain's Sponsored Featured Posts
Sponsored Featured post are ads... paid participation. Just like the featured links on Google, Yahoo, etc. Sponsors suppport ActiveRain. Someones gotta pay the bills.
Googles Sponsored Links look like:
Flat Fee MLS is up top now... Featured again. Paying for their space again. The … (18 comments)
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activerain: How to tame an ActiveRain troll - 09/12/09 10:47 AM
A troll is the guy (or gal) who leaves a nasty comment on each and every post you write. Sally Hanson made a comment on a post about comment spam about "having a heckler."
I am guessing the heckler is a troll.
Wikipedia defines troll:
"In Internet slang, a troll is … (88 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain has big advantage over other blogs - 09/10/09 07:50 AM
"ActiveRain has a big advantage over other blogs"
that's a quote.
Or maybe it is a paraphrase.
Vlad Zablotskyy actually said "AR" rather than "ActiveRain" he quote:
"I have not included Active Rain blogs simple because AR has big advantage over other blogs." back in 2008 on a post on my … (14 comments)
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activerain: Speaking of Comment SPAM... - 09/09/09 12:02 PM
Speaking of Comment SPAM
We always seem to be speaking of SPAM
Comment on ActiveRain Guidelines
"I just found this site thru a affiliate partner in my Real Estate Business and really like it. I am a 35 year real estate agent/investor with ____ and my niche for the last 20+ … (18 comments)
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activerain: Crime and Punishment - Guantanamo for spammers? - 09/07/09 11:50 AM
Crime and Punishment - Guantanamo for spammers?
Public stoning for ActiveRain members who plagiarize posts? (a members only post yesterday)
Tar and feather for the comment spammers who promote themselves or their products on our posts?
On Facebook... do you recognize TIMU?
Edit - Missing commas cause confusion. Read all … (59 comments)
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activerain: the hottest new real estate social network is.... - 09/04/09 06:36 AM
The hottest new real estate social network is... 2009
RealSeekr is going to be the next big thing... or could be the next big real estate social network, "if they get the same kind of community active rain has now"
Joey Marino an ActiveRain member commented on one … (13 comments)
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activerain: They're back - 09/01/09 06:27 AM
The aliens are back and and they seem to be on a schedule.
Three Four of those odd little spam comments that I've reported this morning were all on posts that had a similar bit of nonsense that was left on August 11, 2009.
Jay Thompson, Caleb Mardini and Glenda … (12 comments)
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