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ActiveRain-The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

I don't know if you guys have noticed, but what an awesome week we have had on ActiveRain. Man, I love this place! Here is a list of some of my favorite ActiveRain moments. And of course, my favorite picture-Craig Schiller.

We've had:

Scandal:

Blog rating manipulation and effects. Matt Heaton
A few bad apples Rich Jacobson

Politics:

Have some skin in the game Leigh Brown
There's no place for mud slinging in this business George Soto
Do we need a 3rd party system? Politics in general. Jeff Belonger

Decision and Indecision:

So, where is "The Lovely Wife?" Broker Bryant
Should I go or should I stay now? Jeff Belonger

Realtors writing about staging and Stagers writing about Real Estate:

Staging your Blog. Maureen Francis
Property pricing advice can be hard for sellers to swallow. Craig Schiller

NAR from New Orleans updates:

Highlights for NAR, New Orleans. (or how to blog while riding in a car) Mary McKnight
New Orleans-Where EXCELLENCE meets ENJOYABLE. Sharon Simms
NAR convention New Orleans. Eric Bouler

Consumer care and concern:

Negatives Can Be Turned Into Positives If Everyone Works Together. George Soto

Veterans Day:

Veterans day. Gary De Pury
Veterans Day Tribute. Leanne Paynter

Carnival of Real Estate-coming and going:

This clown gets a Carnival and I owe it all to being on Active Rain. Craig Schiller
True Gotham-Carnival is up. Christine Forgione

Mortgage Folk battles and Blog Wars:

The Mortgage Industry's Internal Civil War. Jeff Corbett
A Realtor's Guide to YSP(Yield Spread Premiums). Brian Brady
If Notary Signing Agents could talk. Jason Price

Consumer debates:

So, what do you do to justify your high commission? Broker Bryant

Technology:

Want to have some fun with the I don't Give A Crap Meter-ROAR! The Lovely Wife

System Failure:

Sorry for the downtime this morning. ActiveRain Real Estate Network
Sorry again, more down time. ActiveRain Real Estate Network
Unfortunate refrain, sorry again. ActiveRain Real Estate Network
System Off-line notice. ActiveRain Real Estate Network

So there you have it folks. Some of the posts that have brought me joy, frustration, confusion, pride and have made me think. All I can say is that if you are just posting and not reading you are missing out on some serious information here at ActiveRain.

Please accept my apologies for anyone I may have left out. There are way to many excellent posts for to include them all. Please fee free to link to your favorites in the comment section. Have a great week!!!

P.S. Please let me know if any of the links aren't working and I will fix them. Thanks. Broker Bryant signing off.

Posted by Bryant Tutas Broker/REALTOR(R) Tutas Towne Realty, Inc on 11/13/2006 04:26 PM

Comments (49)

activerain, week in review

49 Comments on ActiveRain-The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

NOV

2006

"The Lovely Wife Here"

On of my favorites was by Mary McKnight...The Queen herself...

"WHAT MADONNA CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT BLOGGING"

This is an excellent post. As always (as is Mary's style) she taught us how to drive traffic to our Blogs...Zoom...Zoom!

TLW..."The Lovely Wife"...Driving The Blog...ROAR!

That picture is so funny. I was thinking my computer had done something to his picture he,he.

((Whats with all the underlining?))

How can you leave out Mr.Candybags? That was a fun one! Great list tho- a nice wrap up!

You bet me to the punch. I think Craig is a very attractive person, but ya know the nose does add a little something! Thanks for the review on the blogs

Great way to highlight...this must be done every week!

Thanks! Since I was at the NAR convention I missed a bunch. Please do it every week! Ok...it is probably too much to ask but maybe you can have extra points or a special AR award?

NICE!!!

X...You need to visit the crap o meter...You'll like that one! BTW...I have a lemon on this comment. Cute...TLW...ROAR!

It has been another interesting week here on ActiveRain. Linking to all these articles was time consuming, Bryant. There are a few I need to visit, so thanks for the hard work.

I'm wondering if the underlining will show up in my comment too.

hmmm. it looks like lychee is underlined, so I think it will.

Ah, the saga continues!!! Keep it up and send the rain!!!

Diversity of content is one of the big things that contributes to ActiveRain's quick growth. It was another interesting week on (in) the Rain.

One of my favorites of this past week was Mary McKnight's post, "Blogging Bootcamp, a 7 Day System to Boost Your Blog".

And a shameless plug for my own Veteran's Day post, "AMERICA-Land of the Free, Thanks to Our VETERANS".

Thanks for providing such a great list of posts! Some I had caught, and others I missed and will make sure to check out.

Ann Cummings

Bryant.... thanks for the hard work and effrot that it took to put this together. I was even impressed with the layout.

Great job...

Your summary is great. I had ventured onto Bloodhound Blog upon suggestion from Mary McKnight's Blogging Bootcamp. One of the first postings I came across was the "Candybag Volcano" and I was ascared! It was my first venture into blogging outside of AR and I realized it can be a nasty blogworld out there- completely different from the camaraderie I am used to on AR. I was very impressed and comforted to see BB and TLW calming everyone down with their professionalism, wisdom and compassion.

The blog and dialogue that ensued here on AR was infinitely more informative, thought-provoking and valuable than anywhere else and you all deserve much kudos for your input.

p.s. 124 comments and counting for Broker Bryant's above blog- is that a record?

At first I thought that red spot was a flaw in my screen

Bryant,

You may spoil the AR's and they will want your review every week. Lookout Siskel & Ebert!

It does not bother me at all that I had the number one post last week but did not get a gold star. People read my post because they found it interesting which is why I wrote it. The gold stars are for other people.

Aaamen Theresa :)

Although BB is very worthy of Le Mark...

This is great Bryant - I had missed a few of these - must have been shopping and planning George's house warming party with Your Lovely Wife - thanks for the review.

ines

"The Lovely Gina"...Do we owe you money for that comment? :> It is not a record, but it should be. I hold the record, but I shouldn't. Why? Because my record is tainted with RainSpace...Some of my pals and I got carried away. We were trying to beat an existing record for my 2 month anniversary on AR...I am hanging my head in shame on that one...I now realize RainSpace should not be considered a record...TLW...ROAR!

BB, thx for the overview, I missed some good ones, glad you pointed them out. This would make a nice regular feature(hint, hint).

Yes, they were all wonderful and even though my name was not mentioned I did indeed read most of them. LOL

Thanks for the overview...I saw a few that I missed originally.

Brian, the burning question for me is this: since the Carnival Craig is hosting isn't for seven months, does he keep the nose for seven months???????

Thanks Broker Bryant!

I just wish I had enough time to read all of these!

Keep up the good work!

Lucky

What a great recap, Bryant. I especially loved the headlines! ...and thanks for the mention.

Thanks Bryant - There were a few that I missed as well.

(BTW, I love the name Lucky Lang - I think I want that name)

Anyhow - great recap - it was a great active week. LOVED your post with CandyBags - That was very enlightening.. he turned out to be a big teddy bear when us "Rainers" got to him.. He was a big mushy candy bag.. Great job!

Loved the highlight post BB - especially since I havent been here in a week! Thanks for catching me up!

The olive branches have been exchanged... the treaties have been signed. I hope that we are all still on good terms. Thanks for mentioning the post, but I am not sure I want to accept the award... Oh, okay. I would like to thank Mr. Brian Brady and Mr. Jeff Belonger for the wonderful debate.

Bryant - thanks for the nod. Although this wasn't one of my better or more preferred posts. It was just something that needed to be said. I'd rather be posting about 1st Time Home Buyers, or sharing about the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. But thanks for the mention!

Love the nose. ...and "preciate the recap! For sure do it again!!! Here are a few comment-less pieces I unearthed that turned out to be treasures:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/-Ripping-the-Roof-off-Real-Estate-?12347

http://activerain.com/blogsview/Niche-Marketing-or-Main-Stream?13451

http://activerain.com/blogsview/18161/Here-is-your-Real

Here is your Real Estate Quiz - See how well you can answer these questions

http://activerain.com/blogsview/18063/How-you-affect-others

http://activerain.com/blogsview/17168/Making-Choices-From-A Place of Balance

http://activerain.com/blogsview/16478/Many-Heads-Are-Better Than One

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1-Inexpensive-Changes-with-High-Dollar-Returns?9976

Wow, guys, thanks for the mentions. I love Active Rain. I think the community is primed for something really special and that we al will continue to hone our skill and grow as a result of the network growing. I can't wait to see what great bloggers we all become because of this medium

Thanks for the recap Brian! I was gone all last week and this has helped to whittle down my monumental reading list!

I promised my husband last week when we went to California that I wouldn't spend any time in the rain; just with my family. Lucky for him it was sunny all week, but in my heart I was hoping for a rainstorm or two ;)

Boy am I angry with you. I need some sleep but I decided to check AR before I turned in; and I read your blog. Good heavens, I couldn't even get past Matt's blog with 85 comments. Please don't do this to me again. Sleep deprived and not enough time.

What an awesome post but this is what we now expect from you.

www.homerome.com

Baltimore,Md

NOV

2006

Two comments:

Jason Price is a gracious man . I thank you for being a gentleman.

Bubba is the next Tom Brokaw.

Bryant, sorry I am late getting here. Man this had to of been a lot of work putting it together. You just keep on coming up with great ideas that make this a great site. Job well done, you got my 5.

OMG...the activity or should say "Active" blogs on the network are blowing my mind job every night :)

That is a great post.... Nice to see the diversity.... I hope we get to the point where its all positive stuff!

Nice to see that negativity was such a minor piece of a long great list...!!

Keep up the great work EVERYONE!!

Thanks, Bryant. I'd missed a couple of these and am glad to have now visited them. There's no way for us to catch everything that's posted, so appreciate your sifting. Maybe we need a new category on the Blog Dashboard and add Bryant's picks to Featured posts, top points, and most read.

Bryant

Great reminder for some of the posts I missed. Thanks.

Great Post as usual Bryant. Seeing the week reviewed in this manner was kind of cool and very imaginative!

Bryant - congratulations on yet another wonderful post! Thanks for making this such a wonderful place!

Wow, glad everyone enjoyed this. I know I missed a lot of deserving posts but there were so many. I was very busy this week and wasn't able to read as many as I like. Got to work every now and then. When I did get a chance to get to AR, I spent a lot of time with CandiBags on my commission post and then got swept up in Jeff Corbett's YSP battles. Between those 2 posts alone there were almost 250 comments! Truly amazing. In both cases the comments were better than the posts. So if you haven't read those two I highly suggest you pay a visit.

The blogging on AR has really stepped up a notch. You guys are getting very very good at this. I'm not sure how we are going to be able to keep up.

And for new posters, keep throwing them out there. I know it seems you may not be getting comments but you will. Consistency and participation is the name of the game. Comment and post, comment and post and then comment some more. We will notice. I look forward to another great week on AR!

Now I have to go to work again. Damn that work sure gets in the way!!

DANG!! I have had a busy week and didn't catch any of the above mentioned blogs. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Reading these also had links within them which took me to more blogs... I'm blogged out on reading at the moment, but lots of interesting stuff!!

For motivation and insiration come look at my blogs here.

Where did you get that picture? THAT obviously has been touched up.

I categorically deny resembling that image.

HEADS are gonna roll in the rain. As God as my witness heads are gonna roll.

HONK HONK,

Craig I just had to snag that picture before you changed it back. Now it will be in blog world forever, where it belongs. A staged Stager. KInda cute actually:)

Love it and great photo!

NOV

2006

This blog took me 3 AR sessions to read. You've done a teriffic job in summarizing the week.

If you do this each week, you will be able to save me some time in reading through all the blogs.

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