Right out of the gate let me say this. I love Active Rain. I love the relationships that have been created here on Active Rain. I love the fact that I've received 66 referrals since joining Active Rain!!!!! I just love it! What's not to like really?
I would never have had even the first referral had I not built relationships and trust.
For me, the crux of the relationship building begins through reading a good post or two by one author and then "subscribing" to them.
WHAT MAKES ME SUBSCRIBE TO YOU?
A few important things.
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You don't need to subscribe to me in order for me to subscribe to you. But if you do subscribe to me, then I'll pay more attention to you. It's only natural, If someone pays attention to me, I all of a suddent take notice. I've been ignoring you, not on purpose, but just cuz I've been too darn busy;
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I'm subscribing to you because I've read one or two posts by you that are awesome to me! Maybe
it your humor. Maybe it's the educational value that you're giving me. Maybe it's just the interesting way that you wrote that particular post. What it isn't though.....is another listing. I understand the importance of getting listings out there. I may even comment on your listing, but I'm not subscribing to you because of your listing. -
You entice me. You're seductive in some sort of way. It's the way you write, what you write, the quality of your posts and just your personality.
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You are writing more than a few words. There are some folks who I like, but the content is so short, that I often wonder if they'll ever be able to convey the full message. I could name some names here, but for obvious reasons I won't. I have some fellow rainers who I like a lot, but their posts are so short that I'm like "why bother." I don't need a dissertation, but I would really like to have a little meat with my meal.
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WHY WE'RE GOING TO BREAKUP RIGHT NOW
What's the name of that great country song? Oh yeah.......
"How can I miss you if you won't leave?"
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Those first few posts that I followed were just awesome. But since them, all I've
seen from you are a bunch of posts that just had listings with nothing else. BORING! Time do move onto the next girl! -
You quit posting. This is a biggee for me. There are so many people who are awesome. I'm in love with their blogging abilities. I'm amazed at the fact that they're truly better than me. I'm in. I've been following you for months or even a year or two and then it happens...... Like Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future....."Yo McFly, Light's on, but nobody's home?" I'm not dumping you because you haven't posted in weeks *unless it happens all the time." Burnout happens and people need to recharge their batteries. I've done it a couple of times in my Active Rain career, but if weeks stretch into months, I'm gonna have to press that dreaded "unsubscribe" button. It breaks my heart because I've done this so many times with people who I adore. But your busines is build on consistency. If you're not even showing up, it's time to you to find another boyfriend.
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Pretty quick and simple! I don't want to delete you, but I will if I have to!
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