activerain community support: The Haydon Family in Hawaii (And Randy Cheats) - 07/22/08 08:53 PM
Well, if you could just see Hawaii Randy running...yes, literally running to his car to beat me to blogging about our meeting with Cyndee & Jack Haydon along with their two wonderful boys!
Here's his story: I Met the Haydens and Then Beat Celeste "WooHoo Sally" Cheeseman to Post About it
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activerain community support: The ActiveRain Starter Kit - 07/21/08 12:08 PM
In your "Starter Kit" you'll find everything you'll need to get started here on ActiveRain. Take your time and read through each post in the order they are listed below, this will save you hours of frustration, anxiety, and that feeling of being overwhelmed when you first join our community. Welcome … (65 comments)
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activerain community support: Understanding the Importance of Professional Attitudes Online - 07/18/08 03:47 AM
Our professional attitude and behavior is just as important online as it is when speaking face to face with others and while dealing with your peers, clients, consumers. No matter where we are and what we are doing it's how we carry ourselves that will determine how others perceive us.
Granted, no two … (84 comments)
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activerain community support: From Honolulu County to Ventura County: Welcome Katrina to ActiveRain! - 07/15/08 06:03 PM
Back in April I wrote a post about a successful transaction from relocation clients in: LIVE on VIDEO: A Hawaii Military Relocation Story Comes to Life
At the end I paid tribute to a wonderful escrow officer: Katrina Dangleman and following is the exerpt.
Note: Katrina Dangleman, Escrow Officer with Title Guaranty … (27 comments)
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activerain community support: My Long Journey: The PLATINUM Hall of Fame & 300,000 POINTS - 07/02/08 12:21 PM
The Star Hall of Fame groups were created by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston for the sole purpose of telling our story of each milestone and journey's in the Rain to get to each of these Star Hall of Fame groups:
Activerain Bronze Star Hall of Fame- In order to qualify you must reach at least 50,000 Activerain points.
Activerain … (122 comments)
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activerain community support: Pondering the Definition of Blogging Success & Those Who Inspire - 05/20/08 03:20 PM
She sits and ponders about this thing called Blogging. The Life of Blogging. The past....the present....and the future. Her blogging life is certainly not like it was in "the beginning". It has grown into the "present" style and I can't predict the way I will blog in the "future" but I can … (47 comments)
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activerain community support: GIVING Back with the Gift of Appreciation - 05/04/08 06:01 PM
Kathy McGraw offered The Gifts of Appreciation Contest: Monday Morning Gifts...An Attitude of Gratitude Contest and the only topic is simple. "Write a short entry on who you appreciate, or are thankful to, here on Active Rain"
The difference in this contest is this: "Your entry is judged by how well you express your written … (25 comments)
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activerain community support: Dumb Real Estate Agent Finally Gets It - 04/13/08 01:35 AM
The "Dumb Real Estate Agent" is me. The "It" is Brad Caroll's wonderful new ActiveRain Blog Customizer. (To get started, just click on that link or on the graphic.)
Brad is right - it's not our job to know how to do this stuff because our expertise is real estate matters. That's why we need technology … (106 comments)
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activerain community support: ActiveRain Point Scoring System Update - 04/01/08 03:12 AM
Ever since the very beginning of this network, the Point Scoring System has been the source of constant discussion and debate. While many of our members embraced the genius of awarding points for their involvment here, an equal number felt it would lead to a degeneration of the quality of published content, and … (314 comments)
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activerain community support: How to Add a Power Point Presentation to Your Blog - 03/21/08 11:29 PM
Do you use Microsoft Power Point for any presentations at all? Here's the instructions for adding a Power Point Presentation toyour Blog. We are going to incorporate it into this post and show you how it's done: Today I will use Scribd.com. There are otherslike http://www.slideshare.net/, but I have not tested … (105 comments)
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activerain community support: New Feature - the "Help/FAQ" Tab - 03/15/08 12:53 AM
If you haven't already noticed, down at the bottom of your ActiveRain screen is a new feature tab/link entitled "Help/FAQ"
This tab actually directs you into a modified group that will be moderated by some ActiveRain heavy hitters - Brad Andersohn, Jeff Turner, Jason Crouch, Mike Muellar, to name a few.
Here is … (65 comments)
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activerain community support: "What is a Referral?" - Proper Use of the ActiveRain Referral Network - 03/15/08 12:42 AM
Well, it seems as though we've had a 'Failure to Communicate' moment here in the Rain (Gee, fancy that!).
There appears to have been a difference of opinion as to what constitutes a 'referral' in real estate terms.
We've had a significant number of members contact us, voicing their frustration with our 'Referral … (81 comments)
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activerain community support: A Day in Time & ActiveRain - 03/01/08 05:19 PM
Jonathan Washburn (ActiveRain) found a post I wrote last November called Quotes from Jon Washburn .....The Social Hub and ActiveRain and emailed me yesterday to thank me since he had not read the article from Real Estate Executive Magazine either. The one thing I really value about our ActiveRain REAL Estate Network is that the founders, … (50 comments)
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activerain community support: Leap to Success: February's Best Success Stories - 02/29/08 12:35 PM
Does Active Rain have you leaping for joy? On this rarest of days, February 29th, join us as we celebrate with an Active Rain Block Party to celebrate the leap year with the best success stories of February.
Members are having all kinds of success here on Active Rain. There's no better … (100 comments)
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activerain community support: NEW MEMBERS - Start Here - 02/26/08 12:26 PM
Welcome Active Rain New Members & Invited Guests - If you are looking to Active Rain as a place to get rich quick, or just score points, you're in the wrong spot. However, if you're looking to surround yourself with incredible knowledge, experienced professionals, worthy relationships, industry support, and marketing ideas … (238 comments)
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activerain community support: AR Tutorials - How Do People Get Their Company Name In Their Comment Signatures? - 02/21/08 02:26 AM
It's been a while since I put up the last video tutorial.
So when Bill Herold sent me an email with a question about his comment signature, I saw it as an opportunity to do another. Bill wrote,
"My problem in looking at blog responses is that my name shows up … (45 comments)
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activerain community support: "Don't Turn Your Blog into a Refrigerator Magnet!": Blog Tips for Rain Drips - 02/06/08 08:33 AM
One of the primary hallmarks of the ActiveRain Community has been the wonderfully warm and nurturing nature of our membership.
For many of us, the prospect of learning how to blog was daunting enough, but to be able to do so in a non-threatening and encouraging environment like ActiveRain is incredibly helpful to … (60 comments)
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activerain community support: "Rain-vitations!" - Your Ticket to a Higher Point Score - 02/01/08 03:35 AM
It's no secret.... The genius of this platform? ....It's in the points!
Seriously,... forget about all the great information, the social networking, and all the potential business it generates. We Want Points!
Just put a bunch of "Type A" personalities in the same virtual room, tell them they're competing for status & position by … (144 comments)
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activerain community support: ActiveRain Community Building: My "Testimonial in the Rain" **UPDATE** - 01/23/08 09:51 AM
Rich Jacobson wanted to inspire us to do a little "community building" and he said, "Create a post that tells us what you've experienced, what you've learned; how you've benefited from your participation here; the friendships you've made; the ways you've grown personally". Read more of Rich's inspiring post here: "Testimonials in the Rain" - What's … (71 comments)
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activerain community support: "How to Balance Your Blog" - Blog Tips for Rain Drips - 01/18/08 04:23 PM
As I roam the Rainscape these days, I'm noticing a lot more property listings being posted to our Network. And I mean, A lot!
That's not necessarily a bad thing. As a professional real estate agent myself, it's nice having one more viable domain to promote my listings. But I think if you asked … (39 comments)
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activerain community support: "Reaching Out in the Rain!" - Building Our Community - 01/17/08 02:49 PM
(For Your listeing pleasure while you read)
Okay, so in one of my recent posts, I gave everyone a homework assignment (and you thought you'd seen the last of homework!).
Well, today, I thought it would be fun to challenge everyone once again to "Bring Back the Love," and to "Reach Out in the Rain!"
What I'm … (45 comments)
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activerain community support: How I use my feed reader - 01/08/08 01:27 PM
The question came up yesterday on how I read so many different blogs and so many posts daily and NOT spend all day doing it.
My answer...
Google's Feed Reader
Let's see if a video might help explain
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activerain community support: "How to Kreate Kwality Kontent" - Blog Tips for Rain Drips - 01/05/08 10:55 PM
Okay, so here goes my broken record impression again....
For those of you who've heard this tune before, and actually GET IT, you have my permission to move on to the next post.
I've covered this ground numerous times before. Here's a quick trip down memory lane:
"Is Your Blog a Toxic Waste Dump?"
"How to Sabotage … (25 comments)
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activerain community support: AR Tutorials - How To Redirect Domain Names To An Existing Web Page - 12/26/07 05:09 PM
Marlene Sheffer sent me an email with the following question:"OK, I am LOVING listingdomains.com. I think that RES provides a better show, though. I need to know how to do a RES show, and get a website address that is specific to that home, and do it quickly and easily for … (37 comments)
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activerain community support: ActiveRain Video Tutorials - Creating A Custom Graphic - 12/26/07 01:40 PM
Warning: This ActiveRain Video Tutorial May Create More Questions Than Answers! Watch At Your Own Risk. Why? Because it's not possible to cover this topic in one quick how to video. There and so many different ways to create custom graphics, that an entire video tutorial series could be created just … (12 comments)
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activerain community support: AR Video Tutorials: How To Create Image Links In Your Posts - 12/26/07 01:17 PM
How Do Your Create Image Links In Your Blog Posts? This is a commonly asked question, with a very simple answer. You create image links the same way you create text links. Simply select the image, then click on the chain icon in the menu bar. Input the url you wish … (15 comments)
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activerain community support: AR Video Tutorials: How To Add Posts To Groups - 12/26/07 11:35 AM
Next on the list? How To Add Individual Blog Posts To Different Groups.I've been a neglecting the video tutorial list for the past few weeks, so I thought I'd just make my way down the request list and see how far I got this morning... before the kids start asking to … (8 comments)
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activerain community support: Random Useful Links for Blogging Agents - 12/11/07 01:54 PM
Here is an assortment of recent findings that I think are super useful for the blogging agent:
I read Seth Godin on a regular basis. Then I go back and re-read him again. Today he directed me (yes, I like to think that he writes JUST for me...) to a great site … (11 comments)
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activerain community support: Post Parking... or where do you get all of your material? - 12/10/07 10:21 AM
I have two blogs and a dynamic (meaning not static) website. All of these platforms thrive on fresh material on a timely basis. In a couple of these cases, the timely basis means I have to put up a new post each day. In another, I limit myself to around 10 … (4 comments)
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activerain community support: "Forgive me, Father,...It's been 3 weeks since my last Blog Post!" - Blog Tips for Rain Drips - 11/27/07 04:57 PM
For my friends of the Catholic persuasion, please know that I mean no disrespect...
They say that one of the primary tenets of effective blogging is consistency (Although I'm not quite sure who "They" is) These days, it seems as though anyone who has been blogging for more than a year is considered an … (34 comments)
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activerain community support: Wrapping text around photos - I broke the code! - 11/26/07 04:39 PM
How many blogs have I stood by and waited anxiously for exactly how to wrap text around graphics! Well, I finally broke the code. I know I promised a follow up to http://activerain.com/blogsview/286172/All-ye-Marketeers-Mind but I had to share before the excitement dulled!
In my most recent blog, I used the following to … (6 comments)
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activerain community support: "Traveling the Road of Aloha....The ActiveRain MEETING with Peers" - 11/24/07 02:22 PM
After writing "The Road Less Traveled.....The Aloha" story I knew this story I am writing now would be the sequel. I already had my Friday planned from a couple of weeks ago with Kathy McGraw (fellow ActiveRainer) who flew in to Hawaii on Wednesday from California with her daughter, Corina (another ActiveRainer) and her grandchildren. … (91 comments)
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activerain community support: Keeping Positive Everyday with My Yellow Bracelet ~~ Follow UP - 11/23/07 07:34 AM
Hi everyone,
Yesterday I was not positive and had to put my yellow rubber bracelet back on [see below]. When returning from Houston for Thanksgiving dinner coming back to College Station, Texas, I was critical of my husband's driving. I should have made my statements about his driving in a more positive … (10 comments)
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activerain community support: How to Subscribe to your favorite Bloggers ~~ How to do it??? - 11/19/07 03:37 PM
There are several bloggers who I have formed a business or on-line relationship with already. I subscribe to their blogs so I can see what they are writing every day. If you have not used this feature yet, please try it.
On the top right hand side of a person's blog page, you … (4 comments)
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activerain community support: Step by Step: Getting Digital Photos Ready for the Web - 11/13/07 07:04 PM
As a real estate professional, I've been taking photos and manipulating and loading images onto the web for a few years now. But I never really knew what was going on when I got photos ready for the web.
The thousands of internet pages on the subject of photo resolution and web optimization made my … (11 comments)
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activerain community support: WWW.LOCALISM.COM is the BOMB! What Localism Means to Me...... - 11/09/07 04:54 PM
www.localism.com is THE internet consumer's guide for the real estate industry and any industry related to real estate. The Active Rain folks are still working on the Localism site and are forever trying to upgrade and improve our Active Rain site as well. It takes all of us working together as a team of professionals to … (106 comments)
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activerain community support: LENN HAD AN EPIPHANY TODAY, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS GET RID OF CHICKEN LITTLE - 11/07/07 06:55 PM
IT'S NOVEMBER, TRADITIONALLY ONE OF THE WORST MONTHS FOR REAL ESTATE SALES.
We all know that to be fact. Over the years, many sellers take their home off market and wait for the Spring "home buying season". Listing agents would often recommend taking a home off market because with the holidays … (84 comments)
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activerain community support: An Ode For A Saturday Afternoon! - 11/03/07 10:44 AM
An Ode For A Saturday Afternoon!
Fifty years was always celebrated as a time of Jubilee!Fifty of practically anything is somewhat special...so to my friends at Active Rain I commemorate this poem to you.......to celebrate with me 50,000 points!
Active Rain will always fall
upon the heads of one and all.
Should any find themselves … (28 comments)
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activerain community support: Your Active Rain Profile - Your Masterpiece! - 11/02/07 01:09 AM
Are you getting the most from your Active Rain Profile? Does it have the same information or content as your website? Did you cut and paste like many of us I know did? Is it a "Wall Of Words?" Here's an opportunity to make your AR Profile even "BETTER" than … (220 comments)
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activerain community support: No Blog is Complete Until... - 10/31/07 12:06 AM
SPELL-CHECK.
Do you know who invented spell-check? I, for one, would like to send him or her a nice hand-written thank you note. Spell-check is sort of an on-line dictionary that saves us from ourselves by catching our typos in MS Word documents or articles posted on ActiveRain and other web sites or blogs. … (39 comments)
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activerain community support: Active Rain Blogs - Finding What You Need - The Ultimate Search! - 10/28/07 07:13 PM
Here's a "community tip" you may not be aware of regarding how to "SEARCH" Blogs. Active Rain is a huge wealth of members, knowledge and resources! There are so many Blog topics, ideas, instructions, do's and don'ts, opinions and posts of information, it really can be over-whelming. This post will show … (183 comments)
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activerain community support: ITS ALL ABOUT THE STAGING!!! - 10/26/07 09:19 PM
I am a total Newbie even though I joined in the beginning of Oct, '07. I have just now figured out the way to reach people....it ain't easy!!!!
I may suggest that all new members automatically should be put in the Newbie Blog area---otherwise, like me you go on and on doing … (0 comments)
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activerain community support: Embedding A Spreadsheet On Your Blog - 10/26/07 05:36 PM
I may be mistaken, but up until now I did not know of any way to embed a spreadsheet in a post other than taking a screenshot image and posting the Jpeg. And if you had a very long spreadsheet, forget that even. It would not fit on your screen for … (29 comments)
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activerain community support: AR Tutorials - Flowing Text Around Images - 10/25/07 05:20 PM
Ana Connell - Burbank Real Estate Expert asked for this tutorial. And since she's not the first to ask me, I thought I'd get this one up as quickly as possible. Earlier today, she wrote:
"I would love to know how you type around an image that's been added to a … (62 comments)
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activerain community support: Community Support......From the community - 10/25/07 04:06 PM
If I was a new member that had just signed up today, I would probably be sitting in front of my computer right now thinking "Ok, what next?" After four hours of clicking around, probing, reading, trying this button or that button, I would probably still be sitting at my computer … (57 comments)
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activerain community support: Active Rain Settings & SEO Benefits - Very Powerful - 10/23/07 02:23 AM
Did you know that you are missing out on some SEO opportunities in your Active Rain Profile and Settings? Yesterday, I did a post regarding "How To Use Your "My Settings" Page" I received many comments and quite a few questions. The "My Settings" link in Active Rain clearly has some … (186 comments)
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activerain community support: How To Use Your "My Settings" Page - 10/21/07 12:38 AM
Here is some information on "How To" use your Active Rain "My Settings" page. I have tried to make this as simple as possible, for you to get the most out of your Active Rain experience. To access your settings page, go to your "MY HOME" link at the top of … (363 comments)
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activerain community support: AR Tutorials - How To Add Links To Your Blog Posts - 10/18/07 09:47 PM
And How To Anchor Links ProperlyThe request for a video tutorial on how to add links to your blog posts came from several people, both in public and in private.
Once again, for many of you this may seem pedantic. But if people are asking, that means they don't know. And … (54 comments)
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activerain community support: AR Tutorials - Adding Charts To Your Posts - 10/17/07 12:34 PM
More often than not, numerical data is best presented visually, in a chart. There's no question, a good chart can have tremendous visual impact and make boring data come alive.
So, a good 3d bar graph or pie chart can really help when it comes to illustrating numbers. Stephanie Edwards-Musa wanted … (56 comments)
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activerain community support: Should You Have A Blog or a Website? - 10/17/07 10:48 AM
This is a common question that I get asked by many who are considering starting up a Blog or a Website. I really don't know what the right answer is, but I think that Blogs are starting to have a real impact in our Industry. I also don't think that the … (118 comments)
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activerain community support: ActiveRain Video Tutorial List - 10/16/07 07:14 PM
The ActiveRain Video Tutorial ListSince holding open auditions for suggestions, many have submitted, both in public and private, their requests for tutorial videos.
Here is the list so far:
How To Make The Most Of Your Profile's Real EstateHow To Add Widgets And HTML To Your SidebarHow To Copy And PasteHow To … (87 comments)
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activerain community support: "Is it possible to be TOO transparent?" - 10/16/07 01:50 PM
One of the big buzz words circulating around the blogosphere these days is 'Transparency.'
Supposedly, according to net-savvy soothsayers and proponents of Web 2.0, today's consumers are demanding greater transparency in our business practices and ethics. Aspects of our trade that have long been cloaked in mystery are being exposed and explained.
This trend … (43 comments)
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activerain community support: AR Tutorials - Adding Widgets And HTML To Your Sidebar - 10/16/07 01:26 PM
The most common question asked of me by ActiveRain members is, "How do you get all of those widgets in your sidebar?"So, let's get this ActiveRain Video Tutorial about the Sidebars out the door.
This video covers two areas:
copying and pasting into your sidebar from outside sources, widgets, and creating … (79 comments)
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activerain community support: "But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express!" - 10/16/07 12:37 PM
I came across something on our beloved network the other day that was a bit disconcerting.
Whenever I log onto ActiveRain, one of my regular habits is to access both the 'Referrals' and the 'Q&A' sections. Since I am only currently licensed in the State of Washington, I only respond to referrals and questions … (58 comments)
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activerain community support: WordPress: Image Alignment In Code View Part II - 10/15/07 10:51 AM
I was reading Cheryl Johnson's post WordPress-Image-Alignment-In-Code and thought that was a good way to align pictures.
However, when I went to add another theme to my already list of twenty thousand themes in my wp-content themes folder I found a pretty slick way to make the images align a different … (8 comments)
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activerain community support: MY FIRST ACTIVE RAIN POST WAS ABOUT - YES! COPYRIGHT - 10/13/07 08:41 AM
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."Yesterday, I filed my tax return for 2006. Included as income for 2006 was $48,000 for money received for damages for copyright infringement. This has been the average amount collected for the past 4 years. In the future, statutory damages should be … (18 comments)
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activerain community support: Active Rain | A Referral Network & Business Goldmine - 10/11/07 05:18 PM
Are you looking to do more business in a market that has obviously changed? Do you want to get more out of Active Rain than just using the Blogging as social networking? Is Active Rain any different than the other groups or networks you're already a part of? Are you doing … (58 comments)
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activerain community support: Point 2 Agent and Static Websites make them come alive - 10/11/07 03:17 PM
I recently read a post by Cheryl Johnson about how to feed your static websites with more content without doing much work. I really thought it was a great tool as I knew I could do a lot with it. We have a few static pages out there so I … (20 comments)
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activerain community support: Localism - Writing With the Stars! - 10/11/07 11:03 AM
Time for me to get out there and give back to the Rain! A lot of new members do not know what a Localism post is besides that it is "for the consumer". Localism posts are local information posts about your industry and area of expertise. Knowledge about the market, tips for the … (108 comments)
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activerain community support: Free, Free, FREE... Nifty open source photo editor - 10/08/07 07:04 PM
So, without getting real wordy about how I came across this (it all has to do with the new website), let me tell you about a cool open source photo-editor I just came across.
It is called the GIMP. That stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. GNU is one of the … (22 comments)
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activerain community support: JURY FINDS FOR MUSIC COMPANY IN COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT - October 5, 2007 - 10/08/07 06:07 PM
THE JUST HAS SPOKEN in a landmark copyright lawsuit.
Duluth, Minn. (AHN) - A Minnesota mother of two must pay $222,000 to several record publishers after a jury Thursday here found her guilty of illegally sharing 24 songs.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008735318
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/04/business/NA-FIN-US-Downloading-Music.php
Things just got a lot hotter for folks who believe that they can … (10 comments)
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activerain community support: Recipe for a Custom Graphic on Your Blog - 10/07/07 04:43 PM
Have you been wondering how other ActiveRainers come up with all these custom graphics for their blogs?
Take, for example, the Calendar posted on my "outside" blog, the Business Plan graphic on one of my ActiveRain blogs this weekend, or the book and sign-carrying dog on my 12 Key Questions for All Home Sellers blog a … (47 comments)
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activerain community support: My 9 Easy Steps to Add FREE Call to Action Buttons and Video Testimonials to Your Blog - 10/07/07 09:50 AM
Inspired By Missy Caulk's Special Request and is my personal gift to her on her milestone of reaching 100,000 points (read about it Activerain Milestone for Blogger in Ann Arbor, MI ). So please, everyone enjoy - Missy would want everyone to share in here present - that's the kind of person she is … (94 comments)
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activerain community support: ActiveRain Video Tutorials - A Call For Requests - 10/04/07 01:34 AM
Open Call For IdeasIt never fails. Each time I post one of my tutorial videos, like this tutorial on Picnik.com or this tutorial on how to embed anything in your ActiveRain posts, I get an email or two asking how to do something else on ActiveRain. It happened again yesterday. So... … (112 comments)
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activerain community support: "Monsters in the Blogosphere!" - 10/03/07 03:08 PM
A while back, I wrote a fun, somewhat comical, somewhat serious, piece entitled, "Armchair Quarterbacks in the Blogosphere." It was written in response to an encounter I had with someone who had commented rather maliciously to an article I published on my 'other' blog, SOUNDBITEBLOG.
If done well, conversational blogging should foster good, … (23 comments)
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activerain community support: Your Blog in the REAL World - 09/28/07 07:32 AM
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activerain community support: Jing a New Way to Communicate - 09/21/07 09:54 AM
Jing Project is a new communications tool much like snag-it. It is a project put together by TechSmith.
You can capture and share images and video from your computer and communicate it with anyone via email, blogs or your website and even use in Instant messaging.
After you download the progaram it … (21 comments)
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activerain community support: Blogger Startup Kit - 09/21/07 06:27 AM
When you first heard the word "Blog" you were probably just like the rest of us. Not sure, confused, and maybe even uncomfortable with the whole idea and concept. My guess is that you still are if you've opened this post and you're still reading it.
Here is a Starter Kit … (151 comments)
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activerain community support: Add Three Words to your Blog to Increase Reader Response by 8% - 09/17/07 03:08 PM
Clearwater Real Estate Agents find Call to Action WorksI was reading Copyblogger today and they have a great article, Does Telling Someone to "Click Here" Actually Matter?
It reminded me of many of the debates I've read on Active Rain regarding teasers to outside blogs and how much "marketing" should you include in your blog posts. … (129 comments)
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activerain community support: Wrapping Text Around Your Photos - 09/16/07 02:09 AM
This morning I finally posted a new profile photo, reflecting my 65 pound weight loss, and also posted a new team photo in the profile. Ron Gillis e-mailed me asking how I got the text to line up beside the photo. I know it's been covered before, but here it is … (83 comments)
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activerain community support: 20 Google Tools for Your Business - 09/05/07 09:40 AM
These are some really great tools that are ALL provided by Google for FREE. It's obvious that they are on a mission to remain the leader in Internet services and tools for us in our business. You will have seen some of these before, but I am certain you have not … (211 comments)
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activerain community support: Google Alerts - Staying "Alerted" - 09/03/07 12:10 AM
Have you ever wondered how other people find your Blog when you have written a post about them? How do they do that? I used to ask myself this question all the time. Many of the comments on my Blog lately have asked me, "Where do you come up with all … (73 comments)
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activerain community support: Active Rain - Where everybody knows your name (or do they?) - 09/01/07 03:29 PM
I was thinking about this phenomenon that is Active Rain, and I have heard stories of agents getting business from consumers reading their blogs, finding their listings, etc. I have also seen successful referrals occurring, which motivates me to continue writing and "paying it forward" to help others here.
I have an … (50 comments)
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activerain community support: Activerain Community Support: When to Unsubscribe? Do you keep it "fresh"? - 08/30/07 02:47 PM
Do you have people you subscribed to and they haven't posted a blog in what feels like forever? Should you unsubscribe?
What is the correct "blog etiquette"so to say, with regards to your blog subscription?
I certainly have my own personal favorites and I find myself adding new people .... But is it proper … (96 comments)
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activerain community support: Dr. Mariana Wagner's One-Post Cure-all for Writers' Block - 08/28/07 11:38 AM
Localism is an excellent tool to show WHY you are the expert of a particular area. Proving that you ARE the expert of an area sets you apart from all the other real estate agents.
Sometimes the task of proving that you ARE the expert can be a bit daunting. We … (45 comments)
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activerain community support: 7 Mistakes to Avoid on Active Rain - 08/28/07 12:56 AM
I guess you can call these my Top 7 Pet Peeves on Active Rain. This is not a rant or a rave, it's just my way of sharing with members, what others members may feel, but never write about. Please don't take this personal if you fall into one or more … (413 comments)
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activerain community support: More Ideas for Localism Blogs: Embedding Google My Maps - 08/25/07 08:25 PM
I follow google's map api blog. I really like the 'my maps' feature and ever since that was released, I've followed their maps blog.
I learned something new today. They have added a new feature where you can easily embed maps right into your web pages or your blogs.
Go ahead....click … (33 comments)
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activerain community support: How do you organize YOUR ActiveRain? - 08/20/07 09:11 AM
Okay, I've been doing this ActiveRain thing for several months, now, and I've developed some routines. Let's share, because I could probably learn from YOUR ideas, and somebody might like mine. What do you think? Wanna play? I'll start with Associates and My Home:
Associates - I organized my Associates into Realtors, Lenders, … (49 comments)
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activerain community support: Blogging for the long tail. What does it mean? - 08/15/07 12:18 AM
I am not particularly tech savvy, and I like things to be explained simply, without a lot of jargon. Here is my attempt to explain the "long tail" in a way that I hope others also think is simple. It is a term that if you know and understand it, will help you … (68 comments)
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activerain community support: Widgets: How to Add Them to Your Blog - 08/12/07 07:18 PM
How do you add "Widgets" to your Active Rain Blog? You can only add them to either your profile page, your posts, or in the right side column on your main Blog page. These instructions are to add a Widget to your Blog under your photo, the same as you see on mine.
The first step … (180 comments)
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activerain community support: Successful Blogging in the Real Estate Industry - 08/08/07 11:35 PM
So now you are a Blogger on Active Rain! You create content, you write, you post, you read, you comment, but do you ever wonder...where does my Blogging go from here? Is this as good as it gets? Should I have more than one Blog? My answer to you is yes! Every single person and … (80 comments)
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activerain community support: Photo Re-sizing is Easy Right Here in AR - No Software Needed - 07/31/07 12:31 AM
Thanks to AR member George Tallabaswho inspired me to post this blog when he wrote about photo resizingin his blog Photo Sizing Made Easy - Thanks To My Active Rain Search! .
You don't need any of software to resize your photoshere in active rain it can all be done right within … (10 comments)
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activerain community support: Why Blog? Question Answered - 07/28/07 08:40 AM
Not another post about the benefits of blogging! When I invite people to Active Rain, I always get asked "Why would I want to blog?" I also know there are a lot of people that come to this site, look around and wonder the same thing. "How could I keep up … (34 comments)
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activerain community support: What should I write next? The Ultimate Guide to Ideas for Your Next Blog - 07/24/07 07:47 AM
Everyone gets writer's block at some point. You blog, you blog, and you blog some more and then what. At some point the ideas run out. Some of you may have been patient and saved ideas on a list for future times, but for many of us there's just a void. … (40 comments)
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activerain community support: Are You Using your Active Rain Statistics Page to Improve Your Blog? - 07/23/07 11:42 PM
I noticed today that my statistics page on Active Rain was begging for some attention!! It was calling out to me, "Hey Brad! Do you want to go out on a Blog with me tonight?" Naturally, I said yes, and here we are!! LOL!
I went through my statistics page to see … (76 comments)
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activerain community support: Featured Posts in the Active Rain Newbies Group - 07/18/07 09:41 PM
In June Active Rain released a change to the way featured posts are displayed in groups. This allows for something new, which is the option to keep group posts featured forever just like the main site does. Due to limited space before posts typically were only featured for a short time. … (26 comments)
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activerain community support: Geek speak translated - 07/13/07 01:42 AM
One of the hardest things for me to learn has been the new language that I call "geek speak".
I thought it might help some of the newer bloggers to have some translation, and perhaps some of you veterans can add a few more that I forgot. I find that geek speak is more ingrained in … (33 comments)
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activerain community support: The Miracle of 25 Points for a Comment - 07/10/07 08:06 AM
Most of us on Active Rain are fairly competitive. Points go along way to fuel the push to blog more, comment more, invite more, etc. Reading blogs and web surfing tends to start as an anonymous act.
But then introduce the miracle of 25 points and break out of lurkdom. Yep, that's how … (41 comments)
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activerain community support: 5 Principles to Creating an Effective Blog Post - 07/04/07 04:57 AM
Before you post on your Blog, here's five principles that may help you get more views, readers and comments, and (no promises), featured on Active Rain! First off, put some thought and effort into your posts. There are so many things you can write about IE: your business, events, personal … (158 comments)
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activerain community support: "What is a 'Strafing Run' Blogger?" - Blog Tips for Rain Drips - 06/30/07 07:23 AM
I touched on this topic once before in a previous post aptly entitled, "One Way Traffic Jams on the ActiveRain Blogway." It garnered some fairly active response (nearly 200 comments). But with over 36,000 members and growing, it's something that bears repeating.
A 'Strafing Run' was a war-time battle tactic employed by … (213 comments)
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activerain community support: Making Your Post, A Mini - Webpage - 06/25/07 11:46 PM
Over 20 Years Experience and Resources, Helping You Provide Your Clients, The American Dream!
View My ProfileMemoirs of a BloggerView My AssociatesGet Linked InSearch Active Rain Real Estate Technology GroupTarget Marketing Group The Title and Escrow GroupSolano County Network Group My Corporate Office Property Comp Information Realtor Designations Bay Area Real Estate Tech … (69 comments)
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activerain community support: Sailing through the Rain - 06/23/07 06:08 AM
I have this sign in my sun room and I see it daily. This slogan is one I try to always remember.
"We can't direct the wind, We can adjust the sails"
Many people have posted here at Active Rain and also commented that they are afraid to blog for fear of being … (64 comments)
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activerain community support: Widgets...Can Be Hazardous to You and Your Readers! - 06/23/07 03:28 AM
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT WILL BE UN-SUITABLE TO BLOGGERS AND VIEWERS IF YOU OVERDOSE YOUR BLOG WITH WIDGETS ON ACTIVE RAIN!
Well I finally did it! Pushed the envelope! Went over the edge, maxed out, and crashed my Active Rain Blog! As many of you know, I am kinda techy, and love to … (52 comments)
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activerain community support: Would you like to sign your blog posts in cursive? - 06/23/07 12:17 AM
I read a post somewhere about signing your blog posts with your signature, and I searched for it on Active Rain but couldn't find it anywhere. Then it dawned on me that the person who wrote that post was the one that always signs with her signature, Lorelle on Wordpress.
I … (146 comments)
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activerain community support: Playing Fair in the Blogbox: "The Core Rules of Netiquette" - 06/16/07 03:33 AM
Rules??? We don't need no 'stinkin' rules!
The more I write and publish to my blog here on ActiveRain and on SOUNDBITEBLOG, the more I realize there are no hard & fast rules for blogging, but simply opinions, preferences, and common sense social netiquette.
So let's start with Proper Netiquette, or, "Playing Fair … (132 comments)
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activerain community support: Listening to Broken Records: "Yet ANOTHER post about AR Profiles" - 06/13/07 10:53 AM
Okay, so here's the unofficial disclaimer:
If you've been a member of ActiveRain for more than a month, please ignore the following post. You've most likely been down this path before, ad nauseum. Please kindly move on to the next article. Thank you!
But if you're a relatively new member, then by all … (59 comments)
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activerain community support: So You've Added Me as an Associate...what is the least I can do for you?! - 06/06/07 05:32 AM
I was talking with Colleen Kulikowski awhile back, and she was explaining to me why she had taken the time, to organize the Associates she had added. She said that by "grouping" your Associates, they will be easier to manage. So I did. Next, I thought, how can you utilize and benefit from the Associates … (104 comments)
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activerain community support: "How many Hooks do You put in the Water?" - 06/05/07 11:59 AM
Whenever I visit my Dad down in San Luis Obispo CA, we go out on the coast to Morro Bay. From there, we rent a charter boat and go deep sea fishing. It's a full day of male bonding at its best. We leave before dawn and return to port in the late … (117 comments)
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activerain community support: Paying It Forward, Active Rain Style - 100 Links You MUST See! - 06/02/07 05:27 PM
This is my 100th post and my 100th Day on Active Rain. First, I want to thank Dustin Luther for introducing me to Active Rain. I have met so many great people, and really had the chance to see what Blogging and ActiveRain is all about. I have countless success … (209 comments)
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activerain community support: Do You Want to be the "Featured Member" Here's Some POINTS! - 06/01/07 04:02 PM
There is only "ONE WAY" you can be the featured member. It's Points! You have to have the most points... period! It is not based on your successes, your experience, your moral or ethical values, it's all based on points. I will tell you from personal experience, that points don't get you leads, … (348 comments)
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