Via
John Novak - Las Vegas and Henderson NV Real Estate (Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace):
One of the strengths of ActiveRain is the diversity of its membership. While real estate agents make up the bulk of the community, there are also loan officers, inspectors, appraisers, title reps, virtual assistants, home stagers and 21 other categories.
We used to be able to select posts from specific job categories, but that functionality has been 'misplaced' in various redesigns and site improvements. Tonight I stumbled upon a 'secret page' that can really help users target their reading -- Blogs Posted By Key.
There's no navigation link to this page; the address is http://activerain.com/blogs?posted_by_key.
Notice the four drop-down boxes for Category, Posted By, Sort by, and Posted within in this screenshot:
How can you use this page to your advantage? Suppose you're a lender looking for ideas on recent market reports. Choose category = Market Reports; posted by = Loan Officers; sort by = Date Posted; posted within = 1 week.
Maybe it's time to build your business and you're considering a virtual assistant. Select category = Tips and Advice; posted by = Virtual Assistants; sort by = Date posted; posted within = Anytime.
Just finished a day where two escrows cancelled, the buyer didn't show, and you accidentally ran over your iPhone? Maybe some humor from the AR Inspectors will help! Choose category = Off topic, humor, etc; posted by = Inspectors; sort by = Number of comments; posted within = Anytime.
A Special Request to the AR Team
These four drop-down boxes provide some powerful search functions. Is there a way to incorporate them in the main blogs page? I've highlighted two areas that could be moved (or removed) to make room for them.
AR readers: What do you think? Is this a feature that you find useful?
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