ActiveRain's got Channels, Consumer Channels and Professional Channels - ActiveRain Channels matter!
If this seems to basic to you look at the ActiveRain Professional Channel. Listings, Market Reports, about schools...
We did not have Channels at first.
ActiveRain Channels (new!) <-------- IMPORTANT too!
Are you writing to peers? Use one of the ActiveRain Professional Channels.
Talking about ActiveRain, Mortgage / Finance, Networking, Offline Marketing, Online Marketing, Sales Strategies /Tactics , Technology and Tools or Training to others in the business? There's a channel for that!
Writing to consumers? Use a Consumer Channel.
Talking to the general public about Home Buying, Home Improvement, Home Selling, Mortgage / Finance, Moving, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Market or Regional (Localism about the State, County, City, Neighborhood, Street, House... ) there's a consumer channel for that.
Where do the posts end up based on you using the Consumer Channels? Three Places!
1. Channels on ActiveRain
Look at Channels on the top bar. See Search, Blogs, Channels, States, My Home.
Click on Channels and then choose the Consumer Channel and the first Consumer Channel.
Another place to find Channels on ActiveRain? Front page right side (What is shown on the top here.)
Look at the Home Buying Channel
2. Your Outside Blog - Channels are categories
If you are using your Outside Blog to talk to consumers the topics are going to show up on your Outside blog as categories.
Look at your Outside blog now. Channels and your Topics are categories... It is the backbone of your Outside Blog and this is what the Search Engines use to find your blog content.
To the right is an example of some categories on my Outside Blog.
Location, Location, Location is important as always on a real estate blog if you are trying to be hyperlocal.
3. Search engines...
This is how Google Finds your content... and feeds it to the general public.
This is the first in a three part series on ActiveRain Channels.
I'll sort out more about your choices when you are posting, Localism, a listing, Groups, Categories, My Outside Blogs.
Are you in the real estate industry and not a member of ActiveRain? JOIN
Not a Rainmaker but want to use your ActiveRain blog to start talking to Consumers? First Month only $5.00.
Upgrading to a RainMaker account
Need help with how to get content up for consumers? I can help you. Rainmaker makes your content Public Visibity:, you can post publicly to consumer channels as a RainMaker. Your content shows up on Localism and you can set up an Outside blog (in most but not all cases the Outside Blog would be to talk to consumers.) Your blog, your choice.
Most importantly when you use the Consumer Channels on ActiveRain when you are talking to consumers your content shows up in search engines for consumers.
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