blogging: Who decides what is SPAM? - 10/15/08 07:44 AM
Who get's to decide what is SPAM? Sender or Receiver?
In your mailbox?
In the comments on your blog?
I got a SPAM email from a contractor with delusions of grandeur. He is a contractor for "wet basements" and he wrote a book about Wet Basements... "Wet basements" are big business … (19 comments)
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blogging: Blogging Naked in the Rain - 09/01/08 08:03 AM
Jason Couch wrote about it... Jason actually took off his blog's clothes and it's now naked in the "Rain." My Own "Forced Perspective" - Making me think (Members Only) He took off his ActiveRain blog's blog skin (the customization from the ActiveRain Blog Customizer.) Jason's also removed some widgets from … (37 comments)
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blogging: "Stirring the pot" - 08/14/08 11:01 AM
Is "stirring the pot" a bad thing? Is stirring the pot on your ActiveRain blog a bad thing?
Someone commented on Rich Jacobson's recent post "In my last post, I tried VERY hard to say what I needed to say, without stirring the pot."
hmmmm as if "stirring the pot" … (47 comments)
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blogging: Damn the ActiveRain plagiarists... - 08/10/08 03:31 PM
You may have heard ActiveRain* has trouble with people stealing other people's content and presenting it as their own... or just reposting content that is not theirs and claiming it as their own.
Damn those plagiarists!
ActiveRain has a rule against it ... and it's against the law, copyright law. The … (61 comments)
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blogging: Outside Blog Question: Can I Do This? - 08/09/08 05:05 AM
This is my first Re-Blog so forgive me in advance if I am doing something wrong...
My Outside Blog Question is for members of the My Other Blog is group...Are "Outside" blogs other blogs?
Post is included in group: My other blog is
Or are "Outside" blogs clones of an … (13 comments)
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blogging: ActiveRain ID... "you know who you are" - 08/02/08 06:00 AM
ID is Image Dependent
"And an image for the image dependent- you know who you are." is going to have to be an anonymous quote here because it is in an ActiveRain Members Only post.
Hi my name is Maureen and I am image dependent. The first step is admitting … (29 comments)
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blogging: "Is your blog a lawsuit magnet?" - 07/07/08 10:28 AM
Gee whiz I hope not.. but why did I feel a strong urge to go out and steal a cartoonish image of a magnet to illustrate this post?
In "Is your blog a lawsuit magnet?" on Inman News (link below) Marcie Geffner wrote:
"Have you discussed your blog with your broker … (31 comments)
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blogging: Do you know Vlad Z? ... Vlad Zablotskyy - 07/06/08 05:28 AM
Do you know Vlad Z?
Do you know Vlad Z from his other blogs...
Do you know Vlad Z from BloodHound Blog?
Do you know Vlad Z from Broker Science?
Do you know Vlad Z from Sellsius Real Estate Blog?
Do you know him (I'm sick of saying ....) from ActiveRain? … (9 comments)
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blogging: 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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blogging: 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 … (21 comments)
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blogging: Looking for lawyers... - 06/18/08 08:56 AM
Looking for lawyers in all the wrong places... sung to the tune of "Looking for Love"
I have a list of local lawyers (yes I know attorney is more proper but I wanted the L L L ... List of Local Lawyers.) My list of local lawyers are people who practice … (10 comments)
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blogging: "the average prison sentence for blogging was 15 months" - 06/16/08 07:50 AM
We worry about being sued for blogging... Sue Who? was about a lawsuit against a real estate blogger. Some people in some places have to worry about being arrested for publishing their opinions online.
Would you blog about something that could get you sued?
There is another real estate … (21 comments)
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blogging: Have you ever faked it? - 06/04/08 07:44 AM
Sally admits publicly to faking it... actually she brags about faking it.
Katzinger's Deli scene in 'When Harry Met Sally'
What a memorable scene... actually though I am just talking about faking blog comments... Problogger Darren Rowse wrote Should I add fake comments to my blog? in response to … (38 comments)
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blogging: 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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blogging: Trulia Questions Question - 04/20/08 09:44 AM
I guess it is called Trulia Voices... not Trulia Questions. Above is a question from a seller in Central Ohio on Trulia.com. I removed the sellers name. In fact he said what Columbus suburb he is in and I changed that to the generic Columbus.
Three agents have answered, one from … (48 comments)
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blogging: 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 … (62 comments)
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blogging: Sock Puppet - 03/20/08 10:19 AM
A comment on an ActiveRain blog: "... there's a term for going to your own site and leaving comments...sock puppet. There have been a couple of famous cases of people posing as someone else and praising themselves all over the Internet. Although you CAN do it, you're better off asking your … (55 comments)
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blogging: "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 … (40 comments)
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blogging: Sue Who? - 01/29/08 11:46 AM
In Miami real estate blogger sued for $25 million Jonathan Washburn wrote:
"Real estate bloggers: practice diligence with what you publish on your blog! If you claim something inaccurately and it causes injury to a person, you may be sued for libel. In response to a claim of libel, blogger Lucas … (22 comments)
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blogging: NaBloPoMo - 11/15/07 08:51 AM
Did you know this is National Blog Posting Month?
The idea is to post until the internet explodes*.
The idea? 30 posts in 30 days but the month is already half over. I've known about NaBloPoMo for awhile but have not encouraged it...but I am going to have 30 posts … (13 comments)
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blogging: WARNING "It's a pyramid scheme!" - 09/25/07 03:52 AM
Did you come to see whether I am talking about your brokerage?
Or a multi-level marketing system you are involved in?
I am of course talking about BlogRush.com Lots of people are saying BlogRush is a pyramid scheme.
I blogged about BlogRush on ActiveRain and my real blog ColumbusBestBlog.com. I have a nice … (21 comments)
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blogging: Bert and Ernie's BlogTour USA - 07/09/07 10:05 AM
Have you looked at photos of the BlogTour USA guys?
It is sorta eery how much they resemble Bert and Ernie....isn't it?
Central Ohio bloggers (not just real estate bloggers... bloggers in general) the bus stops here in Worthington on Friday.
Who did the YouTube of Bert and … (9 comments)
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blogging: 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, … (48 comments)
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blogging: "thinking outside the circle" - 06/17/07 02:49 PM
Real Living's brand is a circle with the company name in. Real Living HER's brand is two circles.
I personally have always thought of the circles as "polka dots" but my boss recently told me the Real Living brands are circles not polka dots.
Real Living is expanding. The story of Real Living's … (11 comments)
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blogging: Active Rain is going to get "booted from Google" ??? - 05/16/07 05:50 AM
I don't need help understanding the criticisms of me personally.
Help me with the bold part about ActiveRain.com ....
David Esrati says
Maureen-One thing about blogging- you need a slight bit thicker skin than you've displayed.It's OK for you to call Teri's blog "what a girly blog! I am looking for decorating tips where would I … (38 comments)
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blogging: WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org - 05/15/07 05:11 AM
This blog is not going to be titled "Everything you always wanted to know about WordPress Blogs but were afraid to ask" because I first want to distinguish between WordPress.com and WordPress.org
Previously in this series:
Everything you always wanted to know about TypePad Blogs...
Everything you always wanted to know about Blogger.com blogs...
Did you know there is a difference … (8 comments)
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blogging: Everything you always wanted to know about Blogger.com blogs but were afraid to ask... - 05/13/07 01:42 PM
OK I stole this title from "Everything you always wanted to know about TypePad.com blogs but were afraid to ask..." I wrote that title too so I can borrow it. I found a Typepad expert on ActiveRain so the "Everything you always wanted to know about TypePad.com blogs but were afraid to ask..." entry is probably … (0 comments)
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blogging: Everything you always wanted to know about TypePad Blogs but were afraid to ask... - 05/13/07 07:12 AM
Considering a TypePad blog? Maybe this information will help. Or if you decide to blog and decided TypePad is the way to go, here's a great TypePad resource to watch and read on Active Rain: Cheryl Johnson
If you are from the Columbus Tech Users Committe but not already an Active Rain … (2 comments)
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blogging: 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 … (17 comments)
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blogging: 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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blogging: Attention Columbus Home Inspectors - 05/08/07 07:07 AM
If blogs had windows....
If my two blogs, Discover Columbus and Columbus Best Blog each had a big plate glass front window there'd be a help wanted sign in the windows of both blogs.
I am looking for a home inspector guest blogger to write ... about home inspection occasionally on one of my other … (14 comments)
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blogging: 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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blogging: Looking for Mr. WordPress - 04/28/07 03:10 AM
I got an email from an Active Rainer tonight:
"Is there a way to make my WordPress editor WYSIWYG? I have to do it all through code and HTML right now - and I heard that there may be a plug in for it.If there is, where would I find it? And … (48 comments)
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blogging: 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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blogging: 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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blogging: I coined a word - TRIBLOGULAR and I did it on Active Rain - 02/23/07 11:00 AM
I coined a word! I may have even coined two words. Why does it matter? Because Seth Godin said to do it...
#18. Coin a term or two.
Because Sellsius Blog did it... unzillowable
As Maggie Knowles is my witness TRIBLOGULAR is my word. Mine, mine, all mine (read "Mine, mine, all mine" in the … (13 comments)
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blogging: Blogeoisie - social classes in blogging - 02/07/07 11:45 PM
"blogeoisie (pronounced bloj-wah-zee)"
How does your other (non ACTIVE RAIN) blog rank? Technorati sees the value of your blog because of the links to your blog. These don't really work with Active Rain. These are more for other blogs.
How much is your blog worth? $$ based on Technorati links
Blog Juice Calculator Based … (45 comments)
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blogging: WordPress Update - heads up - 01/16/07 02:52 AM
The Real Estate Bloggers wrote of a just released update: "Heads Up To Bloggers: Wordpress Exploit Hitting Blogs - Update is Now Out. If you are using Wordpress as you blogging engine, and not wordpress.com but self hosting your site, there is an update that needs to be applied ASAP."
The announcement … (10 comments)
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blogging: Active Rain Audience - 01/08/07 02:51 PM
I have been addicted to Alexa Traffic stats sinc e June 2006....I can tell you the exact blog entry on the blogosphere that brought on this malady I have been fighting since...
"Using Alexa to Compare Traffic Across Sites" June 7, 2006
Dustin wrote:
" I wanted to check up on Ardell, but Alexa … (2 comments)
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blogging: Pete and RePete, Kate and DupliKate were mice - 12/01/06 07:58 AM
This is for those who have another blog. Do you repeat what you write on your other blog on your Active Rain blog? Do you duplicate content from your other blog on your Active Rain blog?
Are you afraid of duplicate content on your blogs?
My other blog is a RealTown Blog called Columbus Best Blog. … (15 comments)
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blogging: My other blog is.... - 11/28/06 12:25 PM
Many of us had a blog (or two) before Active Rain.... What is happening on your other blog? What unique features does your blogging platform have? What more do you want out of your "other" blog? Newbies welcome too, want a second blog? A third?
My other blog is....a RealTown Blog. … (32 comments)
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blogging: "Headon-Crash" - 11/16/06 02:59 AM
This is for the bloggers.... In the last couple of days I've been toying with the idea of headlining all of the blog entries on Columbus Best Blog, "10 Riskiest US Housing Markets" or something similar. That headline worked well a few days ago..Great title thanks to The Real Estate Bloggers. I am tempted to use "10 Riskiest US Housing … (17 comments)
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blogging: 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 … (31 comments)
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blogging: Traffic on Active Rain....Who is Kenny? - 10/15/06 01:44 AM
Please excuse my obsession with blog traffic.
Traffic continues to grow on Active Rain.
From Alexa:
Traffic Rank for activerain.com: 18,838
3 mo. change in reach + 795%
Where do people go on activerain.com?
activerain.com - 99% kenny.activerain.com - 1%
The mystery is who is Kenny? http://kenny.activerain.com/
… (20 comments)
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blogging: How do you measure reach? - 09/26/06 03:00 AM
How do you measure reach? In boxing or blogging..... the Sellsius° challenge write 101 entries in 24 hours. Sellsius° Blog started by doing a marathon last week.
The Blood Hound Blog and Searching Seattle blog are in a match... Ardell of Seattle in the red trunks... Greg of AZ in the blue trunks...are they matched?
Boxing Expert Lian Shoemake answers an online question … (14 comments)
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blogging: Those hot sweaty Sellsius° Guys - 09/22/06 04:41 AM
Rudolph and Joseph of Sellsius° Blog did a marathon this morning ... A blog marathon, 50 blog posts in one day.
Check it out... check out all 50. My favorite so far is #40 about Active Rain... back when the 'Active Rain Guys,' Matt and Caleb were thrilled with 2000 Active Rain members...and many of us had never … (21 comments)
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blogging: it was a cold and snowy winter's eve.... - 09/15/06 05:01 AM
On a cold and snowy winter's eve.... a real estate blog was born in St. Paul Minnesota. My buddy Bonnie bore a blog and named it 'Real Estate Snippets.'
OK.... maybe it was mid morning or a Saturday afternoon but it was St. Paul Minnesota in January so I am sticking with the "cold and snowy" part... and … (20 comments)
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