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The Whole Enchilada

By Brad Andersohn

Education & Training with Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp Non-Licensed

June 20, 2007 07:29 PM

I tried to search for one of my posts this morning, it took me 10 minutes to find it! First, I checked my bookmarked posts, (too long and too many) then I had to go through my entire Blog and all my posts to finally find it. I would have used the Active Rain Search feature, but I couldn't remember my own "title". Has this ever happened to you?

This made me put on my thinking cap, to try and figure out how I could prevent this, and find them easier in the future. 10 minutes is ridiculous. Not too often, but on occasion, I want to email various posts I have written to other members or even non-members of Active Rain. It's taking me too much time to locate them.

So this is what I came up with. A post that works just for me!! ( just kidding...you can use it too! ) :-))

This post will allow me to find my entire BLOG in a single post, and all on one page too. I'm not sure if this has been done by other members, or if there is a better way, but I'll take my chances, and hope this is ok.

Three lessons I learned here today are:

I can use Active Rain to benefit me as much as other readers, friends and members
Don't name your posts with "Titles" you can't remember (I think it's an age thing) LOL
Never be afraid to try something new...you can't succeed until you fail first
(for those of you who may not approve of this post)

This single post will also allow you to browse my entire Blog quicker and easier for older posts that may be of interest to you and other readers. Feel free to click on any of the links below in my personal Blogroll post!! :-)

Date	Title	Comments	Views	Clicks
12/31/2007	2007 Year In Review - Brad Andersohn	63,259 LOL!	3,671,248	16,983,047
12/26/2007	Swicki - The Tag and Keyword Tool	62	764	267
12/22/2007	Information Security - Spyware \| Protect Yourself	58	995	188
12/14/2007	SPAM and PHISHING - Your Email	87	1922	371
12/11/2007	The 12 Days of Christmas	208	3340	1224
12/07/2007	Do You Want Visitors Searching Your Blog?	260	4306	1451
12/04/2007	Real Rain Meeting and Minutes 12/04/07	7	54	53
12/04/2007	The Holidays and Our Soldiers	59	3075	235
12/03/2007	Real Rain Network - Questions & Answers	3	32	31
11/30/2007	LINKS IN THE ACTIVE RAIN CHAIN - Brad Andersohn	59	1735	321
11/27/2007	Video and Your Blog - Featuring Future Technology	104	4801	743
11/25/2007	2007 Real Estate Market - National Headline News	57	2001	264
11/23/2007	Active Rain - The Rain Maker - Really Makes It Rain!!	74	4420	400
11/18/2007	Welcome To The "Real Rain" Network Group	0	50	49
11/17/2007	Marketing and Farming Your Blog	197	5958	1247
11/16/2007	The HOLIDAYS go VIRAL!	131	5383	738
11/13/2007	Are You Grazing on the RSS Feed?	99	5022	606
11/10/2007	Who's Reading Blogs Anyway... 3 Ways To Find Out	273	6390	1588
11/07/2007	The American Dream – I Wanna Be Just Like You	128	4523	664
11/02/2007	Your Active Rain Profile - Should Be Your Masterpiece!	181	5966	1604
10/28/2007	Active Rain Blogs - Finding What You Need - The Ultimate Search!	181	5961	1181
10/23/2007	Active Rain Settings & SEO Benefits - Very Powerful	140	6953	1611
10/21/2007	How To Use Your "My Settings" Page	284	6986	2219
10/17/2007	Should You Have A Blog or a Website?	118	5451	1222
10/15/2007	A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned?	43	4373	418

Date	Title	Comments	Views	Clicks
10/11/2007	Active Rain \| A Referral Network & Business Goldmine	56	3204	410
10/09/2007	Blogging From Your Cell Phone?	64	4336	435
10/06/2007	It's "YOUR" Attitude	159	5369	987
10/05/2007	New GOOGLE Tools for Your BLOG - Customized Mapping	116	5363	1085
10/01/2007	The Active Rain Invitation - For Real Estate Industry Professionals	19	4035	398
10/01/2007	How Important is your Database? Think Inside the Box!	106	4680	887
09/28/2007	Your Blog in the REAL World	99	3638	575
09/24/2007	Goal Setting - The 7 Steps to Success	52	3944	810
09/23/2007	Meme Then - Meme Now!	45	1285	195
09/21/2007	Blogger Startup Kit	101	5735	1863
09/19/2007	Tech-Know-Babble	91	4543	645
09/13/2007	The Active Rain "Buyer Challenge" Deadline Is Up!	61	4662	822
09/10/2007	Open Houses - The Controversy	67	1681	487

Date	Title	Comments	Views	Clicks
09/08/2007	Rainmakers Needed!!	41	533	271
09/05/2007	20 Google Tools for Your Business	66	975	526
09/03/2007	Staying "Alerted"	50	1018	298
08/28/2007	7 Mistakes to Avoid on Active Rain	172	1401	986
08/26/2007	Is this a Hoax? Now you can find out the truth!	59	1610	407
08/24/2007	Mobile Advertising - Taking your Real Estate Business on the Road	67	829	313
08/22/2007	Your Blog - Now Available In 18 Different Languages?	43	2023	480
08/20/2007	The Climb to the Bottom, or the Fall to the Top!	116	1145	430
08/16/2007	Home Values on Your Phone?	78	2365	411
08/12/2007	Widgets: How to Add Them to Your Blog	131	1841	742
08/10/2007	Google Earth - The Whole World In Your Hands!	50	2664	343
08/08/2007	Successful Blogging in the Real Estate Industry	78	1432	405
08/07/2007	Roundtable Focus Group \| Visits the Deferred Sales Trust Strategy	28	2986	437
08/06/2007	My First Listing From Active Rain - Now What?	50	1124	244
08/03/2007	I Left My Heart (and Blog) in San Francisco	67	1251	272
07/30/2007	The Deferred Sales Trust Strategy	38	2911	447
07/25/2007	What is a Legacy?	92	3025	370
07/23/2007	Are You Using your Active Rain Statistics Page to Improve Your Blog?	70	1246	308
07/19/2007	A "GET WELL CARD" For Missy Caulk's Daughter Allyssa	50	1123	215
07/17/2007	Soaring With the EAGLES!	15	2767	222
07/16/2007	There's A New Group in the Rain - "Active Rain Virtual Tours"	24	986	202
07/15/2007	Do You Click on the Links In A Post? Be honest!	64	1139	366
07/13/2007	The Real Estate Roller Coaster Video - History of Home Prices since 1890	30	2970	454
07/11/2007	REALTOR® - The Way It Should Be	79	1113	325
07/09/2007	The National Real Estate Market Report - July 2007	17	3279	732
07/04/2007	5 Principles to Creating an Effective Post	129	1715	726
07/02/2007	SURPRISE!! - What Happen To The Fruit in the Rain?	87	1371	452
06/29/2007	The I-Phone is Here...Can You Say Hello?	32	2792	314
06/27/2007	The California Foreclosure Process & Timeline	47	4305	1865
06/25/2007	Making Your Post, A Mini - Webpage	69	1314	390
06/24/2007	Will It Ever Close?	43	1232	264
06/23/2007	Widgets...Can Be Hazardous to You and Your Readers!	52	1213	321
06/21/2007	Your Bookmarked Posts - Are they Subject to any Foul Play?	40	1181	203
06/21/2007	The Whole Enchilada!!!	24	1064	126
06/20/2007	I'll Show You Mine, If You'll Show Me Yours...	131	1493	619
06/19/2007	Update Your Verizon Wireless Handsets - Can You Hear Me Now?	28	3593	1379
06/18/2007	The Top 30 Most "Subscribed To" Blogs on Active Rain for June 2007	38	837	187
06/09/2007	Active Rain on Inman TV - A Congratulations Post!	51	3124	517
06/06/2007	So You've Added Me as an Associate...what is the least I can do for you?!	85	1405	562
06/02/2007	Paying It Forward, Active Rain Style - 100 Links You MUST See!	133	2107	1148
06/01/2007	Do You Want to be the "Featured Member" in your Area?	166	1924	1093
05/30/2007	32,000 Members - ONE VOICE!	14	867	54
05/29/2007	Like, Trust and Satisfaction - Priciples of Life	17	2314	226
05/26/2007	It's a language, and new way of communication! LOL, L8R, and TTFN... :-)	12	2600	383
05/26/2007	Active Rain ALL TIME Posts' with the Most!	49	1432	406
05/25/2007	Kiwanis - Fundraiser a Success!	2	2321	223
05/24/2007	Two heads are better than one!	33	869	148
05/23/2007	Whales in Rio Vista? - You won't believe what I saw!?!	13	1124	170
05/21/2007	Why Do You Blog? - What's In It for You?	23	1602	180
05/21/2007	Active Rain Blogging, Comments, Groups and Responses - Is There a Formula?	42	546	173
05/20/2007	The Battle of the Bay!	12	2687	204
05/19/2007	A Rare Photo... a life lesson!	85	2832	627
05/18/2007	Active Rains Shortest Post - but it will live the longest in your memory!	21	2024	229
05/18/2007	RELAY - The Baton has been passed!	19	2172	297
05/17/2007	Do You Have "ICE" on your cell phone?	36	1852	519
05/17/2007	Legislative Day 2007 - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Are You Coming?	2	1490	229
05/17/2007	The Ultimate Tool Box	11	1343	288
05/15/2007	What if Active Rain Crashed? What would happen...	26	364	118
05/15/2007	Napa Valley - Where everybody Wines...	24	2612	347
05/13/2007	The Nor Cal Real Estate Expo - Solano County Fairgrounds	12	5137	414
05/08/2007	Solano County Information Center	12	2414	276
05/08/2007	Outstanding "In Their Field"	30	2055	418
05/05/2007	Photos and Graphics and Clip-Art Oh My...	61	1468	864
05/05/2007	Cinco De Mayo	23	1208	198
05/05/2007	Alternative Credit Reporting for Consumers - Anthem Scoring	7	1798	194
05/02/2007	Computers and your HEALTH!	12	3339	358
05/01/2007	TAKE A VACATION!!!	40	1897	390
04/22/2007	The "Active Rain Invitation"	33	604	254
04/21/2007	Am I Still A Newbie?	39	575	170
04/18/2007	Blogs: Are you a "Post", or a "Comment" Reader	34	447	150
04/18/2007	100th Member was Invited and Joined Today!!!	24	713	206
04/16/2007	Who put a link in the comments of this post? Please Do!!!	153	1430	1109
04/15/2007	The Real Estate Market - Have you hugged yours today?	12	1238	224
04/15/2007	A Post Title, About Post Coverage...Post!	5	1199	250
04/15/2007	The Short Sale - Can be a Long Sail...	39	3262	2326
04/14/2007	Save $$$ On Your Property Taxes	4	838	178
04/12/2007	Active Rain New Members - Getting Started	64	919	699
04/09/2007	The Judges Have Made Their Decision...	16	327	97
04/07/2007	Hotspots on a Graphic - What are they, How to and Why	46	603	228
04/06/2007	Thinking OUTSIDE the box... you're welcome to come IN	52	1558	564
04/05/2007	Does "1" Point Make A Difference?	14	305	62
04/04/2007	Purchasing Investment Property Married - Does Spouse Need To Sign?	5	1333	433
04/03/2007	Eggstra Eggstra... The Active Rain EGG Photo Hunt!!	50	598	318
04/01/2007	Is Blogging Journaling? - Why Should I Blog?	24	406	140
03/31/2007	Safety and Security in our Industry	6	1233	238
03/30/2007	The Gathering Place - The Farmers Market in Benicia, CA	1	998	212
03/30/2007	The Benicia Spotlight - What A City!!	4	1086	348
03/29/2007	Warning ALL Active Rain Members - You Can't Go Back!!	130	906	610
03/29/2007	California Home Sale Price Medians By City	3	1082	210
03/28/2007	About Solano County Title and Escrow	1	846	283
03/28/2007	Why First American Title in California	2	810	273
03/28/2007	Target Marketing your Real Estate Business	50	1674	692
03/25/2007	My One Month Active Rain Anniversary - Celebration Today!	14	219	53
03/25/2007	The Vallejo Spotlight - March 2007	3	927	358
03/24/2007	Internet Explorer -vs- Firefox	138	2175	1200
03/23/2007	Social Engineering - Something Everyone needs to know about!!	2	816	175
03/19/2007	The Greatest Active Rain BLOGGERS - In All 50 States	29	1068	475
03/18/2007	Solano County Realtors - Join The Newbies Group!	25	1508	680
03/18/2007	Activerain Blog 101 Class a Success!	15	344	137
03/16/2007	NEW Google Maps for TREO... FREE?...AWESOME!!	17	1569	456
03/16/2007	How does she do it?	17	1025	414
03/14/2007	How Old Is Your Computer? ..."In Computer years"	39	1220	476
03/13/2007	RSS Feed and Windows Vista	18	1284	646
03/09/2007	The "Realtor Blues" Story! The Whole Story!!	4	966	378
03/09/2007	The "NEW" Daylght Savings Time (DST) - Tech Tip!	2	781	199
03/08/2007	Should you always Search Before You Blog	12	864	226
03/08/2007	Convert For "Sale By Owners" - Get Buyers in the Process!	52	486	357
03/07/2007	Q&A What Is Title Insurance	7	986	429
03/07/2007	Activerain MLS Online	58	1843	1300
03/06/2007	"Active Rain" or just "AR"?	2	147	16
03/05/2007	Microsoft Outlook Tech Tip - Spam and Pop-ups!	23	1407	536
03/05/2007	Real Estate Designations and Certifications	5	1112	471
03/04/2007	Taking Title? - Don't Advise! Be wise!	4	1047	387
03/03/2007	Try Changing Hats - Maybe a helmet?	9	305	59
03/03/2007	A Powerful Game to "play on words"	6	189	31
03/03/2007	Generate More Buyers - Tax Time April 15th	4	926	251
03/02/2007	Electronic Signatures and Real Estate	34	1378	752
03/01/2007	ActiveRain Generates Referrals!!!!	32	1479	508
02/28/2007	Why Active Rain? What's in a name?	37	1344	447
02/28/2007	Realtor.com -vs- ActiveRain.com	8	1281	389
02/27/2007	The Northern California Real Estate Expo - May 11-13, 2007	5	1272	518
02/26/2007	Agent Assist - Realtor Software	19	1168	451
02/26/2007	The "Realtor Blues" Song	20	1424	635
02/26/2007	Eminent Domain	5	1411	691
02/26/2007	What's Most Important To You?	3	893	242

*** Updated 12/30/07 ***

So now there are probably a couple of things running through your mind...

Like, How will I remember the "Title" of this post?
It's Easy! My wife makes the best one's in the whole world, and I always eat "The Whole Enchilada"!

or maybe...How did I get all my posts, the dates, number of comments, views, and clicks on a single post?
Just click on your statistics link on your profile page, and you can "copy and paste" yours into a new post!

"Don't forget the Title of your post!" :-)

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Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Hey Ray - I do use my tags quite often, but when it gets late at night, and it does on the rain, my rain brain does not work as quickly and efficiently. My tag list is getting longer and harder to maintain and take advantage of. It would be nice if there were away to categorize or consolidate it somehow. Anyhow, thanks for the tip, I know you're always looking out for me and I appreciate it!! Thanks my friend!! :-)

Jun 24, 2007 07:53 PM

Angie Vandenbergh

Crye-Leike, Realtors - Memphis, TN

A Crye-Leike Blogger

Has this post really had 19,650 clicks? Seems wild compared to all the other numbers in the list.

Jun 26, 2007 03:51 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Great eye Angie - That is just a "joke"! I just put that in there to see how many actually would catch it. That is the only one that is not accurate. I can tell that you pay great attention to detail and must be very thourough with your clients and your business! These are wonderful traits, and you should be commended!! :-) Thanks for noticing...

Jun 26, 2007 03:56 AM

Angie Vandenbergh

Crye-Leike, Realtors - Memphis, TN

A Crye-Leike Blogger

Ahhh, a hidden quiz. Do I get another prize from you? (just kidding) I'm smiling.

Jun 26, 2007 03:57 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

You are too cute Angie...Tell her what she's won Carol! Hehe!!

Here's your PRIZE!! It's a vrtual ...

Jun 26, 2007 04:03 AM

Angie Vandenbergh

Crye-Leike, Realtors - Memphis, TN

A Crye-Leike Blogger

lol - wow when can I pick it up? Think its ok if I use it as my M-F car?

Jun 26, 2007 04:10 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

You can only use it to drive to the "Active Rain Gatherings!" haha!! Wish I could really get you one, if only money were no object and I was Bill Gates of Warren Buffet etc! Man, wouldn't that be a hoot! :-)

Jun 26, 2007 04:15 AM

Rosemary Brooks

BMC Real Estate - 209-910-3706 - Stockton, CA

The Mother & Daughter Realty Team

Brad, I came to this post for some help in figuring out what is going on with my posts. I spend a great deal of time putting them together and blogging and yet I see small number of comments, and way more views and clicks. So if your numbers are low, what do you conclude.... is the posting just not that interesting that people will either view to see where it is going or read the whole post and just not comment or is it something that I am missing.... and no I am not whining. I am trying to figure out what AR is as far as a benefit and if I am truly benefiting anyone except myself!!!

Maybe I am the only one that has this question and maybe I am asking the wrong person, but if you have any ideas I'd appreciate them. Because time is money and so on....

Sep 09, 2007 10:55 AM

Yolanda Hoversten

Self Employed - O'Fallon, IL

Referrals for O’Fallon, IL & the Metro East

Brad! Is this a slow Sunday for you or what? LOL I can access all of my posts from the Stats including when as is shown by your table. The subject should tell you what's it about, I would hope. Does your new table make it easier to find the post you've forgotten?

Methinks Brad outdid himself on this one. (Just 'razzing you, Brad). :)

Sep 09, 2007 11:31 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Rosemary - often times, people will read the post, and if it does not engage them for a comment, then they won't. Don't take it personal. Look at the posts that generate you the most comments, then see what the common thread is that gets them to comment. It takes time, so be patient, and write from your heart, and not for comments. Some people actually get commentors block, just like writers block! Hope this helps! :-)

I have many posts that have 1000's of views, hundreds of clicks, and very few comments, it doesn't stop me from posting what I like to post and share with those that do like to engage in my topics of choice.

Sep 09, 2007 04:53 PM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Yolanda - this was a post written back on 6/21/07, i have used it as a reference on occassion but almost forgot all about it. Thanks for commenting and bringing it back to life. I will have to update it tonight. :-) It does make it easy to access all my posts from one convenient page instead of hunting through posts or searching by the keywords.

Sep 09, 2007 04:56 PM

Bill Gassett

RE/MAX Executive Realty - Hopkinton, MA

Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate

Brad- I agree with some of the above that you could have just hit the search button. But who cares - this is a cool post in of itself. It will be easy to have on handy reference point.

Sep 10, 2007 01:27 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Hey Bill - how ya doing? I know how to get around a bit better than when I posted this, but I do still like having access to all my posts on one page, and the title is still real easy for me to remember! LOL! Thanks for the "Cool" comment. Hope all is well! :-)

Sep 10, 2007 04:30 PM

Yolanda Hoversten

Self Employed - O'Fallon, IL

Referrals for O’Fallon, IL & the Metro East

Brad! Aren't you glad it's revived? More comments for you--you comment hungry you. LOL Just a side note to your reply to Rosemary, sometimes I see a blog with over 1000 views and maybe 20 or so comments. It's not personal I'm sure, but I think it depends on how established the writer is (generally). All we can do is to keep blogging and somewhere down the line a connection will be made--that is to be hoped. Obviously that scenario doesn't apply to you. : )

Sep 10, 2007 05:10 PM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Yolanda - yes I am, but the comments are keeping me busy trying to keep up! LOL! I too have many posts with thousands of view, but only a few comments. You're right, eventually, if you write, they will come. I post a week gets you 52 posts a year, but 2 a week gets you 104. See where I'm going with this? It's really up to the blogger how much and how fast...Kinda like Piano Lessons!! hahaha!

Sep 10, 2007 06:33 PM

Rosemary Brooks

BMC Real Estate - 209-910-3706 - Stockton, CA

The Mother & Daughter Realty Team

Brad, thanks for the comment and Yolanda I think you are right on time too. I wondered about it and yes, it made me stop and think and question myself and why I write. I do not do it for the comments but I will admit the comments are motivators to me to continue on because I have given something to someone that maybe able to use it and my time was not wasted. I have never stopped posting just because I did not get comments -- I am not a quiter so that is out of the question.

I have received so much valuable information here that I can't even express it. I just hope that what I write about does help someone and believe me -- my writings are all from the heart. That is what I am composed of.

I find your post interesting and I always come back to check out what you are written since the last time. I would love it if others felt that way about what I write. That is really more of what I was trying to say in the other comment.

Sep 11, 2007 03:22 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Rosemary - just keep writing and try to improve daily, that's my mission in life, and on my blog. Thanks for being such a faithful reader and friend!

Sep 11, 2007 05:20 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

WOW - I had no idea that I had written this many posts in 2007! This is my entire Blog for the YEAR! If you are reading this, it's probably because you were directed from my "Year In Review" post! This one surely qualifies as a "Year In Review" link! Happy New Year to ALL! :-)

Dec 29, 2007 03:46 PM

Josette Skilling

Keller Williams Capital Properties - Bethesda, MD

I love the stats page for finding things if I need to. I wish we had good categories in place instead of tag clouds because I think it would be a better way to search.

Dec 30, 2007 03:29 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Josette, that's a great idea. I save all mine in word and have also sorted them by category at the bottom of my profile page. I work them from there as well. Thanks for taking the time to comment. As you can clearly see above, so many take the time to view and click but never comment! I truly and sincerely appreciate that you took the time to do so. Thank you. Have a Happy New Year! :-)

Dec 30, 2007 11:01 AM