NEWBIE TIPS. A list of 14 tips to help you get started in Active Rain

NEWBIE TIPS. A list of 14 tips to help you get started in Active Rain

WELCOME TO ACTIVE RAIN.
The good things you heard about Active Rain are true. This is a real
estate industry, social community where members write blogs to gain
internet exposure and stand out from the crowd. The members also help
each other through blogging and commenting.

As a member of Active Rain, you will meet other people in the real
estate industry. These people could be around the corner or across the
globe from you. You will hear about the success people have achieved
from blogging in Active Rain. You will learn how to blog effectively to
get traffic to come to you when people are searching the internet.

It may seem intimidating at first, but rest assured, you will be
welcomed with open arms in Active Rain. This community is FULL of
support.

If you have a question, you can use the SEARCH feature at the top
of the page, the FAQ at the bottom of the page or write a blog with
your question.

For you to be a success in Active rain, you have to be ACTIVE.

You have to read blogs, comment on blogs and write blogs. This will help you get noticed and develop relationships.

The first step is to read the Active Rain manual.

Below is a list of tips that you may find useful.
This is just a short summary and there are many others with great tips here in Active Rain.

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Active Rain has a lot of groups of like minded people. You can find groups that interest you and join those groups.
When you post a blog, you can post in up to five of your groups. This will get you more readers.
newbie tips: Active Rain -- newbie tip #1 -- joining groups

When you find blogs from other members interesting and you want to continue following them, you can subscribe to their blog.
newbie tips: Active Rain -- newbie tips #2-- subscribe to a blog

When you're ready to write a blog, maybe you have an idea and get it started but don't have to time to finish it. Save it to DRAFT and publish it later.
newbie tips: Active Rain -- newbie tips #3 -- saving a blog to draft

When
you are writing a blog and you want to have a reference link to some
other information, you can insert a link to open in another window.
newbie tips: Active Rain -- newbie tips #4 -- inserting a link into your blog

When you write a blog, pictures can help you make your point and search engines look for pictures
newbie tips: Active Rain -- newbie tips # 5 --inserting pictures into your blog

When you write a blog, you might have a video about the topic that you want to share. Search engines LOVE videos..
newbie tips: Active Rain -- newbie tips # 6 --inserting a video into your blog

Maybe you've seen other blogs where the font is a different size, style or color and you want to know how to do that.
newbie tips: Active Rain -- newbie tips #7 -- spice up your text with color and size

Do you have an image on your computer screen that you want to save or add to you blog?
You can capture that image with ease.
newbie tips: Active Rain --newbie tips #8 -- capturing an image of your computer screen

A number one question from newbies is "How do I get a lot of points?" 
You can do it by being active. ACTIONS = RESULTS
newbie tips: Active Rain---0 to 16,500 points in thirty days.

Okay. You learned how to insert pictures but did you give them a title and description?
The search engines won't find your pictures without a title and description.
newbie tips: Your blog has pictures -- BUT WHERE IS THE TITLE AND DESCRIPTION? You need them for Google Juice

Well, you've written some blogs and gotten some comments. Have you responded to those comments?
You NEED to. This will help you build your Active Rain relationships. Also, the more you comment, the more internet traffic you get.
newbie tips: Do you comment on comments? This is why I do

You read a blog and want to come back to it later to read it again or you just want to save it for future reference. You can BOOKMARK it.
newbie tips: Newbie tips: Use the BOOKMARK feature to save a post you like.

You see a lot of blogs with pictures and wonder where they got them. Or, you need an idea for a blog.
Take your own pictures. Use the picture to write the blog around.
newbie tips: Why do I need to take my camera with me? Just look at these member posts

Have you seen the blogs that got FEATURED and wondered how they got featured?
Other members "suggested" the post. You can too.
newbie tips: Do you "SUGGEST" posts? I suggest you do. Become a called shot master.

I hope you found this information helpful. You can BOOKMARK for future reference.

Active Rain works because members participate. Look at this video.
See how a group participating together can make a difference. One
person alone would not be able to make this happen.

Enjoy playing in THE RAIN.