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67 Comments on The Power Of AR - Why It Pays To Upgrade Your Outside Blog
I got to read up on this outside blog. have not seen one. thanks for sharing!
I wouldn't know the diff. I upgraded when I joined AR. Should we all be taking the extra time and effort to spell out Active Rain instead of AR. Does that help the little spiders crawl around a little more? Just a thought.
I've been hearing so much great stuff about outside blogs that I'm ready to do it really soon. I just need to get myself into daily blogging mode. I'm great at commenting on other blogs but still find it tough to post something worth reading to my own blog daily!
Great to hear Kristina. Continued luck and success. I need to use my Blog much more often
HELP! I'm lost. What is an AR outside blog? If it's outside, how can it be an ActiveRain blog? I can't seem to find anything useful easily using SEARCH or Help/FAQ.
I haven't received any leads from my blog yet but I have from AR....actually ratified my first AR referred contract today!
Kristina,
I am definately going to check this out; thanks for sharing.
Great advice thanks for tip I have been thinking of upgrading so this was timely.
I am new with blogging and Active Rain, but I am moving towards an outside blog. Thanks for the great comments. I just need to committ to the effort!
Kristinia, I will have to seriously consider the outside blog. I have not done anything with this. Thanks.
Kristina, When I first went on AR, which is about a month ago, I was told that I HAD to have an outside blog. I think you will see the benefit very quickly. I have.
As many others that commented, I too have been thinking about upgrading. I think I need to be pushed off the fence.
Thanks Kristina! What a wonderful investment and appears to be well worth it...been thinking about it for some time. Appreciate your thoughts!
Christina,
You rock, girl! Congrats on the feature, too.
Mike in Tucson
So being a rainmaker gets your blog to the public that visits AR and helps with the juice. Putting it on an outside blog, lets the blog become a page on your website? I'm just trying to make sure I understand the difference because I do get public viewings from the AR rainmaker membership. Hum? I'm still torn. I guess it allows another place for your blog work to be posted and therefore your name and message is out there more times? Need more clarity says "Bev on the fence".
Just wanted to post a follow up to some of the comments. Sorry I can't respond to each and every one of you...
If you signed up for AR and began blogging before 2009, the cost is $19/mo. Otherwise, it's $29.
The outside blog is sort of like having another website out there with your content on it. I'm currently re-designing our website, but I plan on having a link on the main page that goes directly to my outside blog. The biggest benefit I have found is more exposure, and lots and lots of Google juice. According to my Google Alerts that I have set up, my outside blog pages are indexed very quickly and they show up at the top of a lot of different searches.
For example - I recently blogged about one of my favorite pizza places in Edwardsville. When I go to Google and do a search, my outside blog post is number six in the results. My regular AR blog shows up as well.
Hope this additional information helps. You can find more info on outside blogs by checking out Brad Andersohn's blog http://activerain.com/activebrad
Great post and a very good point! Thanks!
You motivated to me get going on my outside AR blog. Unfortunately, I am trying upgrade my own website/blog at the same time and I am neglecting my day-do-day business. However, I look at it that this can be another marketing avenue for me.
Thanks.
Well, you have gotten me interested
I have been on the fence for a long time about an outside blog. I think I am going to drop my 1-800-hotline and get the outside blog.
How is the market in Edwardsville? I used to go there to vist family when I was a kid, Good times.