wordpress or activerain?

I'm not sure what they mean about not owning the content.  I absolutely do own what I post about.  It's my content, and it's copyright protected.

I suggest having a wordpress (or other individual blog) but keep an active presence on activerain in order to keep your seo high.

I have used Wordpress to link to my Linkedin account.  I knew I owned my content there and just took it for granted that was standard for all blogs.  Shame on me for not taking more responsibility for what I write and post online. 

Think I will finish reading all the fine print before I start my Active Rain blog.  Thanks for the heads up.

Hi Kathy.  I had no idea I didn't own my own post content on ActiveRain.  I have a Wordpress account but haven't done anything with it, maybe I need to re-think that.

Please read this paragraph from the AR Terms of Service -- you continue to own your content!:

Although you retain any ownership rights that you may have in and to your Content, once you post your Content to the Site, you hereby grant to ActiveRain, its affiliates and their respective successors and assigns a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) right and license, but not the obligation, to post, use, copy, publish, publicly display, exhibit, promote, transmit, frame, package, repackage and syndicate your Content, or any portion thereof, and to publish your name in connection with your Content and each of the foregoing activities, in all languages, via the ActiveRain Community, all distribution channels promoted by ActiveRain through the Site, and all partnerships and/or other channels that ActiveRain may from time to time take part in, promote or sponsor. You represent and warrant that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the foregoing license. You further agree that you will not make any claims against ActiveRain based on any allegations that any activities or alleged omissions within the ActiveRain Community, whether or not by or condoned by ActiveRain, infringe intellectual property rights associated with your Content. ActiveRain claims no ownership over any Content submitted, posted or displayed by you or any other user on or through the Site, and ActiveRain reserves the right to refuse to accept, post, display or transmit any Content in ActiveRain's sole discretion.

Hi Kathy - on AR, you do own your content allowing AR to feature it and include it in our Daily Drop newsletters.  Wordpress is a good solid platform designed for any type of Blogging but AR is setup particularly for the Real Estate Industry with many features and benefits you won't find on any other Blogging platform. 

May I suggest you attend our FREE webinar/class tomorrow to get a more thorough understanding of AR's Blogging netowrk and the benefits of hosting your Blog posts here?  I hope you can make it. Thanks.  If you have any questions at all, feel free to contact me anytime, I'd love to help if I can.  :-)

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