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how to get your post featured

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Real Estate Agent with Real Estate One 6501304423

Part of it is luck and a large majority of it is you and the effort you put into your post.  To get your post featured

  • You can't have missspellings.  Use the spell check
  • You ain't going to get it featured if it ain't gramatically correct.
  • Punctuate correctly
  • Use Pictures or illustrations
  • Be informative
  • Don't promote (heavily) yourself in the post.  Once may get by but if it is about CALL ME you won't get featured
  • It helps to use different fonts and font colors

You have to remember there are thousands of posts being written.  It is hard for AR management to read them all.  It make take a year to get featured.  I myself am not a great writer, but over 2 years I have 10 featured posts.  Some people are featured a lot because they deserve it.

Some people complain that it is the same people quite a bit of time.  But you have to remember that some of those people blog alot.  They have been on Active rain a long time.  Management is used to them.  Like all things in life we go to what we are comfortable with.  Long time bloggers are comfortable to the people that pick featured posts.  But they write good posts too.

So that is the last key.  Blog and blog.  The more you blog and follow these suggestions the better your chance of being featured.   It is a numbers game.  The more you are seen and the longer you are here you have a better chance of getting a featured post

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Comments (7)

Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

Russ....I love to write posts on several topics....the greatest challenge today is to submit them....by the time a post is finally submitted, it may have appeared two or three times because of the proxy error!!! the challenge of a featured post is at the bottom of MY list...today, I'll be thrilled if I can post just once.

Mar 23, 2010 01:35 AM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Great advice Russ, I think we can all learn from this.  Thanks for the post.

Make it a great day.

Mar 23, 2010 01:36 AM
Ellie McIntire
Ellicott City Clarksville Howard County Maryland Real Estate - Ellicott City, MD
Luxury service in Central Maryland

Russ- Good advice. With so many Active Rain members there is a lot of choice for a featured post. I must admit that I have not figured out how to change font size and color yet!

Mar 23, 2010 01:43 AM
Loan Survivor Real Estate Financing Expert
Purchases, First Time Buyers, Pre-Approvals, Refinance - Birmingham, MI

A lot of it has to do with an attractive title.  Catch the eye of the AR pickers and you'll probably catch the eye of readers.

Mar 23, 2010 12:11 PM
Shar Sitter
Rooms With Style - Minneapolis, MN
Home Staging and Redesign Minneapolis/ St. Paul, M

Russ, I was fortunate enough to have 2 featured posts within my first 5 blogs! How cool is that. Luck is a large part of it I think. Question for you, on my home page it no longer shows 2 beside the "featured blog" line with all the rankings. Do you know why? Do they remove the tally after a certain amount of time?

Jul 03, 2010 11:08 AM
Russ Ravary ~ Metro Detroit Realtor call (248) 310-6239
Real Estate One - Commerce, MI
Michigan homes for sale ~ yesmyrealtor@gmail.com

Shar, I honestly don't know why it was removed.  Send that question to the staff and they may be able to answer you.

Jul 05, 2010 11:18 PM
Eddie King
Keller Williams on the Water - Sarasota - Venice, FL
Serving all of Sarasota and Charlotte Counties, FL

Great blog article.  I enjoy writing and was wondering how this process was chosen.

Sep 12, 2014 06:48 AM