How to earn 7,000 points a month in Active Rain

I am sure someone already blogged about this somewhere - but I thought this was worth repeating if so!

You likely know that Active Rain works on a point system. 

• Invite others to join...earn points.
• Post a blog....earn point.
• Comment on other people's blog...earn points.

And the points matter, since the higher you are ranked in points - the better chance someone finds YOU when they are searching for a professional in your county or city.

But did you know that Active Rain generously gives you 100 points JUST for logging in?

And as you can see from my own points summary - you can also get 25 points just for commenting on other people's blog posts - even something as simple as saying "good job on that blog post!"

So what if you simply logged in each day, Monday through Friday, and commented on 10 blog posts (the max per day)?   That would be 500 points for logging in that week and 1,250 points for comments (25 x 10 points per day x 5 days a week).   And if you did that for a month - while that is a whopping 7,000 points per month!

Have you ever looked at your stats in Active Rain?  If you are new - and you see you have under 2,000 points....you likely think, "How in the world can I ever rank against people with 10,000+ points?"

Well - discipline is just doing small things every single day.  How long would it take you each day to log in, comment on 10 blog posts and then get going with your day?  Maybe 20 minutes?

Would 20 minutes a day be worth those extra points in the search engines when you start moving up the ranks in your town, county, etc?

Right now, I sit as the #1 appraiser (for points mind you! ) in Florida.  Just by writing some blogs, logging in, commenting....participating.

And I have had my share of new appraisal orders from people who found me in Google.   And you know what comes up first in Google in many cases?    My Active Rain link....NOT my personal web site!   That should get your brain blood moving!

So why not start today with a nice "great job on the blog" comment - then move on to 9 others!   Pass around the love - and good things come back to you!  (like recognition, higher rankings in search engines and eventually - MORE BUSINESS!)

Simple disciplines done every day, is the path to success in anything in life!

Start today!