activerain: Naming your new baby - 06/29/08 08:40 AM
Naming your new baby ActiveRain Blog... every one is doing it.. I like Jo Soss's name for her Bremerton Washington area blog, "Beyond Bremerton" ... Jo wants to see your new blog... I'll SHOW you MINE if you show me YOURS!!
Are you starting an ActiveRain "outside" blog? here's Brad Andersohn's instructions: … (21 comments)
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activerain: Links - Blog Conversations - 06/25/08 08:26 AM
What's a blog post without a link? Or two. Or more...
I am NOW having trouble with links on one of my blogs... my oldest blog, on RealTown...
This is a test
Is it me or is it the fckeditor? No I am not being obscene that is what the … (19 comments)
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activerain: Another Blogger Decides RealTown is NOT the place to be - 06/12/08 07:47 AM
I think I first met Julie Emery on RealTown's RealTalk. I follow Julie on Twitter. Julie Emery is also a member of ActiveRain. Everyone on ActiveRain always enjoys a graph showing ActiveRain "kicking the butts" of other social media for real estate so here's a graph, enjoy. I threw in WannaNetwork, … (21 comments)
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activerain: Get Well Soon ActiveRain - 06/11/08 08:23 AM
Get well ActiveRain
Sometimes it's nice to receive a card when you are "under the weather."
ActiveRain had a "rough patch" recently.... a couple of members blogged about the frustrations...
Lenn Harley's "WE LOVE ACTIVE RAIN . . . . . BUT. . . . . . COME ON … (30 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain no fly zones... a money making idea for ActiveRain - 05/21/08 08:44 AM
Last week... advertisements on ActiveRain emails started discussions:
Karen Anne Stone
New Active Rain Advertising Added Below Post Comments sent to Us... (Members Only)
Neal Bloom
If you can't advertise in the comment section of someone's Blog… then how come someone is advertising in my blog email notifications? (Members … (16 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain Week in Review for 5/11/08 to 5/18/08 - 05/19/08 04:03 AM
It is my privilege to present you with the ActiveRain Week in Review for 5/11/08 to 5/18/08.
I would like to thank Neal "The Real Deal" Bloom for allowing me to take on this task.I personally enjoy reading blogs about blogging and social networking....but I tried to take a broader view … (43 comments)
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activerain: The innate evilness of recipes on ActiveRain - 05/04/08 07:57 AM
I was surprised that recipes rated as high as they did in a poll about what should be outlawed on ActiveRain.
ActiveRain ought to have a law against posting....Recipes now have 27 votes or 19.15% of the vote in the very unscientific poll.
Now before any doofus starts whining, ranting or screaming … (41 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain - Localism Monopoly - 05/03/08 06:15 AM
What if I could divide up my ActiveRain points and become featured agent in Dublin, Grandview, Lewis Center, Powell, Upper Arlington, Westerville and Worthington... and still be number one in Columbus?
Heck maybe I should not even stop there... what about Delaware, Hilliard, Gahanna and New Albany as well? I just threw … (33 comments)
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activerain: Knock-Knock... - 04/29/08 08:14 AM
Here's my first joke on a blog. I think... maybe I have posted a joke on Columbus Best Blog, Discover Columbus or ColumbusBestBlog.com (my other blogs...) before...bad blogger?
From the internet... this is NOT original material? Who has the copyright? I have no idea. Are there copyrighted Knock-Knock jokes... I am … (19 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain ought to have a law against posting.... - 04/27/08 11:39 AM
Fill in the blank in this poll. There ought to be a law against __________ on ActiveRain.
What belongs on ActiveRain? What does not?
Jokes? Paid content? Recipes? Animated gifs? Market reports? I've read people riled up over all those and more on ActiveRain...
Neal Bloom and I discussed Jokes in the comments … (133 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain Comment Spam Poll - 04/14/08 07:23 AM
Two recent posts about Comment SPAM on ActiveRain:
Is it rude to have your website link on your comments?
"Don't advertise yourself in the comments of another member's blog"
You can choose multiple answers in this poll but can only vote once.
*Rich Jacobson suggests:
In his Would you Like a … (35 comments)
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activerain: "Don't advertise yourself in the comments of another member's blog" - 04/13/08 10:00 AM
That means you.
The ActiveRain Guidelines says : "Do not advertise yourself or your services in the comment section of another member's blog post."
Comment Spam
Rich Jacobson writes about comment spam and the AR Guidelines occasionally. Why? Because we have so many comment spammers among us on ActiveRain. An amazing number... Of course some spam … (57 comments)
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activerain: Free Speech - What if you had to pay to comment on ActiveRain? - 04/06/08 02:14 AM
Pay with your ActiveRain points...Qassia tried it... charging members to comment, rather than paying for comments. Qassia has Qassia dollars rather than points but what if you had to pay with your ActiveRain points for making comments on ActiveRain? What if other ActiveRain members paid you points to comment on your blog? … (6 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain points... what are they good for? - 04/03/08 03:11 PM
Points...
What are they good for?Absolutely...nothingUhuh..Uhuh
Say it again...
OK I am stealing the tune and many of the words of Edwin Starr's 1970's hit protest song...War ... forgive me...
Should RealTown (Internet Crusade) introduce points in their communities?
RealTalk
Back a few years ago on RealTalk if you tried to get lurkers to communicate on RealTalk … (129 comments)
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activerain: They're talking about YOU Behind Your Back... - 03/31/08 11:22 AM
They're talking about YOU on Agent Genius a national real estate blog!
They've even got a photo of you... in a skimpy swimsuit... WOW... look at those legs, look at that tummy... Oh excuse me...I guess that's the Fonz in the 1950's version of a Speedo and a black leather jacket. They (Agent Genius) are talking … (62 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain vs. Squid Zipper - local expert - 02/24/08 05:35 PM
Squidoo and ActiveRain ARE not the same thing, exactily, both allow you to be the local expert...
Seth Godin announces free service www.mayorofyourzipcode.com. free website to build information on your town.
My Squidoo lens for "Columbus Ohio 43085" has been up since 2-19-2008. It has been visited 5 times. Before today … (15 comments)
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activerain: "It's got a great beat and you can dance to it." - 02/03/08 12:19 PM
Dick Clark... American Bandstand... If you are too young to remember American Bandstand... this may not make a lot of sense...
<------ and that black thing is a record.
American Bandstand ran from the 1950s through the 1980's.
Rate-A-Record
After the teens danced to a record on the American Bandstand TV show Dick Clark … (20 comments)
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activerain: "Why would a real estate agent pay for a blog?" - 02/01/08 04:30 AM
For those loyal souls who are waiting for an ActiveRain "outside" blog here's a question for you....
Why would a real estate agent pay for a blog?
Frances Flynn Thorsen asked that question on her RealTown Report blog and got a response or two from Jim Duncan of RealCentralVA.com. Hector Virgen with … (40 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain - Same Old Lang Syne... - 12/30/07 08:04 AM
"the snow turned into rain..."
ActiveRain is a thing and as much you you sometimes want things to stay the same... things change...
I miss... Kristal Kraft being active in the Rain. Kristal was the first one who ever commented on my ActiveRain blog. … (44 comments)
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activerain: "Zillow to buy ActiveRain" - 11/01/07 05:55 AM
Oh those silly Sellsius Guys! They got Halloween mixed up with April 1st... Didn't they? Trick or Treat : Zillow to buy Active Rain.
Hot dog! The guys from Zillow, David, Drew, Rich, Lloyd, Spencer each got a sheet to Trick or Treat on Sellsius Blog. Why didn't Sara Bonert of … (39 comments)
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activerain: The WORST buyer for ActiveRain - 09/29/07 07:23 AM
Who would be the absolutely, positively, undeniably WORST buyer for ActiveRain?
The Official ActiveRain Blog Regarding Today's Inman News Article
Brian Brady's Robbing ActiveRain with links to outside blogs full of opinions about ActiveRain and more...
Maureen Francis Let's Face it Folks, It is time to PAY Activerain (Members Only)
Jessica Horton's The Power … (54 comments)
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activerain: RealTownBlogs.com vs. ActiveRain.com - 09/07/07 03:52 AM
Above are ActiveRain members who also blog on RealTownBlogs, these are their RealTownBlogs.com blogs. Other ActiveRain members including Jeff Dowler, Carole Cohen, Monika McGillicuddy, Ann Cumming have or have had blogs on RealTownblogs too. Lenn Harley tried RealTownblogs.com loooooong ago.
I have a RealTownBlog.com blog Disover Columbus. I don't get much traffic on it.
Is Frances … (65 comments)
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activerain: Can you Twitter if you are paranoid? - 08/15/07 02:35 PM
I found Twitter from someone's recommendation on ActiveRain.
I am not sure whose. I kind of remember it as Jeff Turner...
I never understood Twitter but I have been a member since March. I update it every few weeks whether I need to or not. That shows I am not using Twitter right. I just noticed you … (46 comments)
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activerain: Which real estate blogger is an "Expert" in USA Weekend Magazine? - 08/04/07 08:03 AM
In the USA Weekend Magazine front cover story "DO YOUR HOME WORK, Experts reveal how you can find bright spots in today's grim market." a blogger many know from ActiveRain and her excellent local real estate blog did a double feature as a real estate expert. Who? Maureen Francis! The article covered Five 'brutal" Realities of selling in … (16 comments)
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activerain: ColumbusBestBlog.com's Science Experiment Saturday - 07/28/07 09:12 AM
It's Science Experiment Saturday on my other blog.
That's a drawing of a flea magnified many times if you were wondering. It was drawn by Robert Hooke long, long ago when magnifying fleas was science. It was so long ago the copyright on Hooke's flea is expired according to Wikipedia.
Joan Whitebook's story of … (20 comments)
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activerain: All My Children ... and their Children's Children's Children.... - 07/27/07 08:16 AM
I invited Maureen Francis. I know Maureen Francis invited Stefan Scholl
I know Lenn Harley was invited by Maureen Francis. I know Lenn's invited Greg Cremia and Fred Salzer so Greg and Fred and my great grandbloggers. If they've invited anyone I have great great grandbloggers. This is kind of like rabbit reproduction.
Some … (18 comments)
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activerain: Blog Tour USA is in Boise... Boise Idaho - 07/24/07 08:03 AM
Blog Tour USA is in Idaho today.
Where? Contact the guys and find out where and when you can meet them.
Blog Tour USA says "Call us at 646-714-2720"
For a good time call...Blog Tour USA. They may post on their site sometime today where they will be and when.
Boise ActiveRainers (Ada County, Canyon … (5 comments)
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activerain: Pointlessly Knocking on the Gold "Club" Door - 07/19/07 10:18 AM
Hello may I come in?
Me yesterday. 200k thanks to my friends and invitees.
I am conflicted on AR's points. Can you tell?
Thanks again to my invitees.
… (20 comments)
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activerain: BlogTour USA - Candace's Question in Columbus - 07/16/07 03:40 AM
BlogTour USA was in Columbus on Friday. Joe and Rudy talked to a group of some "blog curious" Central Ohio people... mostly real estate agents, many affiliated with Real Living HER.
I was not there for Candace's question during Joe and Rudy's question and answer period. I was sequestered in a work room doing a … (11 comments)
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activerain: For a good time call... BlogTour USA - 07/12/07 10:30 AM
The BlogTour USA blog says "Call us at 646-714-2720".
When they are approaching a city the BlogTour USA site may say something like:
"We are ahead of schedule and will be in Orlando this evening.
Any bloggers (real estate or not) are welcome to meet-up with us for drinks and hijinks.
Call us at 646-714-2720".
That's how Joe and Rudy … (23 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain is like a toaster... - 07/07/07 01:32 PM
Baby Boomers blogging?
In Inman News Bernice Ross wrote of blog resistance:
"The challenge may be insurmountable for many agents. According to Ann Randolph of Lore Magazine, when baby boomers purchase technology they have an expectation that you plug it in and it's supposed to work. Until the advent of computers, every … (48 comments)
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activerain: Omphaloskepsis - 07/05/07 10:11 AM
No Omphaloskepsis is not one of the new ActiveRain "what does the graphic say" words you get when you post a comment here.
Is there a rhyme or reason to those words? Increasing the vocabularies of the real estate industry through CAPTCHA? Remember when you only had to know how to spell ORANGE, CANTALOUPE, POMEGRANATE and the … (4 comments)
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activerain: Ohio ActiveRainers - Blog Tour USA - 07/01/07 10:22 AM
Columbus Ohio The Bus Stops Here ONE of the Project Blogger apprentices! Joe and Rudy of Sellsius° Real Estate Blog AND Teri Lussier of TheBrickRanch.com.
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
6902 N. High Street Worthington OH 43085
What is Blog Tour USA all about?
… (1 comments)
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activerain: ActiveRain "doesn't have anywhere near the juice" - 06/12/07 06:19 AM
Note: ANY NEWBIES or anyone confused by the comments here. Read the Guidelines before you follow the lead of some who have commented here. Yes a lot of what in the comments here is comment spam.
Community Guideline (on the bottom of every page in AR)
Blogging Etiquette 101 for Active Rain (Members Only) … (141 comments)
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activerain: cutting down on pie charts - 05/10/07 06:45 AM
I had a business cartoon on my Discover Columbus Blog recently, an "Andertoon" by Mark Anderson.
In the Andertoon there's a business meeting going on, there are bar graphs being projected onto a screen in a power point presentation. The caption reads "Finally, to help those of us counting carbs we've moved to bar graphs instead … (16 comments)
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activerain: Columbus Ohio, it's a matter of style - 05/09/07 08:21 AM
I have cartoons on my Discover Columbus blog. Andertoons Business Cartoons and BLaugh.
Why do I have cartoons on Discover Columbus? Because Columbus Ohio is kinda cartoony. Humorist James Thurber was born and raised in Columbus and went on to become well known writing and drawing cartoons for The New Yorker. Ohio State University has a Comics … (5 comments)
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activerain: Censorship... on Active Rain - 05/01/07 06:51 AM
I censored a comment on my blog on Monday. I censored it even before realizing he used the f word three times in his comment. I was doing blog silence. I was mute, I could not comment back. It was comment spam and it was inflammatory.
I don't know how cloistered nuns and monks … (17 comments)
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activerain: Misogyny or Blogsogyny? - 04/20/07 07:53 AM
Blogsogyny noun: hate, dislike or mistrust of blogs.
Therefore a blogsogynist is a person who hates, dislikes or mistrusts blogs.
When I blogged about the Kathy Sierra episode on Active Rain, Women shouldn't blog because I did not want to come on too strong about misogyny because I consider the male agent who sent our … (19 comments)
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activerain: Women shouldn't blog because..... - 04/18/07 10:34 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Monday, a male agent in my office forwarded me some links to coverage of the Kathy Sierra story. For those who don't know tech blogger Kathy Sierra, she's shuttered a successful blog, Creating Passionate Users because of harassment and death threats. I've read Sierra's blog since last fall, although some of it is waaaay over my head. I hope Sierra … (56 comments)
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activerain: New Years Resolutions - 12/27/06 11:09 AM
Do you make New Years Resolutions?
Do you keep New Years Resolutions?
" Experts in the New Year's Resolution field estimate that 25 percent of resolutions don't make it past Jan. 8." New Years Resolutions, they're easy to make, hard to keep according to CBS 'Modern Times' blog. Lloyd Garver's list of New Years Resolutions for Others: " … (35 comments)
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