active rain: An Amazing Accomplishment on Active Rain - 10/19/07 04:05 PM
Maureen McCabe...QUEEN Maureen, has accomplished the unthinkable:
Over 100,000 POINTS FROM ACTIVE RAIN INVITEES ONLY. I had never even considered the possibility of that achievement, given that most of the 14 people I have invited don't blog very much.
I thought everybody would appreciate this email I just received from Queen (Mother) Maureen. … (30 comments)
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active rain: Great Gossip: Google Going for GoDaddy? - 09/05/07 10:04 AM
Rumors and gossip are are madly swirling around a possible Google and GoDaddy marriage.
Around two years ago, Google became accredited as a domain name registrar. Meanwhile, GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar, has been busy filing patent applications for search, VOIP and other technologies that would make it an attractive … (21 comments)
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active rain: Real Estate Bloggers in the News - 04/10/07 01:42 PM
"Blogging has become a key marketing tool for real estate agents."
Michelle Mowad, a talented writer for the San Diego Business Journal, called last week inquiring about real estate blogging and the impact it is having on our San Diego real estate business and life. We talked about Web 2.0 social networking sites like … (6 comments)
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active rain: San Diego Landlords Rejoice - 12/12/06 10:51 AM
Every action creates a reaction, and the San Diego County real estate market is no exception. As home sales have cooled this past year, housing rents have risen 5.8 percent, according to the San Diego County Apartment Association. This hefty annual increase is the average rental income for all types of residential … (2 comments)
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active rain: The Slightly Famous Agent - 12/10/06 10:49 AM
We real estate bloggers aren't exactly seeking rock star fame, but most of us would be happy with slightly famous status. We want be bookmarked in real estate, so people in our target markets come to us with their real estate needs. We need to be able to reach the right … (25 comments)
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active rain: Active Rain Awards - 11/28/06 05:22 PM
Rob Lang wrote a provocative blog about Active Rain awarding points for earned real estate designations (GRI, ABR, CRS, etc). I suggested that perhaps Active Rain could award its own designations. After giving the idea some thought and play, a few possible designation awards for Rainers emerged (feel free to add … (73 comments)
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active rain: How to Digg Your Active Rain Blogs - 10/05/06 11:11 PM
Well, I guess I wasn't late to the party, after all! In an earlier post, I mentioned that Digg might be a great place to re-post blogs of interest. Bill Thomas asked about this, and I guess many are familiar with the site, but were unaware they could post blogs there.
Here is the Murphy … (13 comments)
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active rain: Active Rain: Digg It! - 10/05/06 03:37 PM
Please forgive me if I am late to the party, but I just discovered we can put specific Active Rain blogs onto Digg. That would seem to be valuable in attracting new (consumer?) traffic to the AR site and to bring some of the more important issues we discuss into public focus. There … (14 comments)
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active rain: Active Rain on the News Map - 09/28/06 01:46 PM
If anyone here doubts the value of blogging or the power of this Active Rain forum, think again. For the second time this month, a reporter has called after reading one of the AR blogs. It has happended to others here as well--and probably more frequently. The first call came from … (7 comments)
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active rain: Blog Enhancement - 09/26/06 11:47 PM
I shouldn't be giving secrets away, but for years I have been struggling with an idea that was difficult to translate into a website. Percolating for the last month has been the idea that this concept would be much better-adapted to a BLOG. Thank you Active Rain.
I like the idea of … (6 comments)
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active rain: Is There a Best Time for Blogging? - 09/23/06 08:11 PM
Beats me. I saw Max Chirkov's response somewhere that he learned not to post on Friday nights.
So, I did and response was minimal. Perhaps it was me, perhaps it was the time of day or day of the week.
Now it is Saturday night and I am preparing to go to dinner--but … (6 comments)
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active rain: Active Rain Blogs on Inman News - 09/22/06 03:33 PM
Recall last week's raging controversy regarding the practice of relisting properties on the MLS so they would have a "fresher" appearance? If I am not mistaken, the issue was ignited when Jim Wolcott wrote his now-famous blog about the nefarious practice of cancelling and re-listing the same properties.
Well, in case you are … (5 comments)
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active rain: Market Musings - 09/06/06 09:06 AM
By now, most agents and clients have accepted that we are in what is euphemistically called a Buyer's Market. Few real estate markets are not on that side of the equation, and many Rainers are offering great solutions. It is early morning in California (and oh so quiet so I can … (3 comments)
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active rain: Link for the Day: Ice Rocket - 09/05/06 09:57 AM
I don't know if this has been posted before, but it is a very cool tool for searching blogs, myspace, telephone pics and other info. Active Rain members might be interested in searching their own names to see the results.
http://blogs.icerocket.com/?tab=blog
This can also be a great source for blogging ideas.
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active rain: Active Rain Referrals via email - 09/04/06 10:09 PM
Like most of you, I have linked ActiveRain to my website(s) and other blogs. But it occurred to me that there might be equal value in adding a link to the end of my email signature, because no aforethought is required. In this business, we are constantly sending emails to other … (1 comments)
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