Active Rain Groups... What's The Point ?
Karen Stone has written an excellent reason for Active Rain Members to join AR groups. My mentors suggested that very same thing to me when I first joined Active Rain six months ago. It has been very rewarding for me, and I would encourage other Newbies to do the same thing.
Go over and also Thank Karen for posting this excellent tip for all those who are not taking advantage of joining other groups.
I joined Active Rain in August of 2007. Since I was hoping that as many folks as possible would read my posts... every single post that I have written... I have "included" in the maximum of five of the Active Rain Groups. Every single one. And... they are not always the same groups. The ones I choose depend on what I am writing about.
To see why this might be a good thing for you to do as well... try this.
Think of each Active Rain Group... as being like a billboard in a different area of town. You have a product... and you paste that billboard ad on different billboards in the different areas of town... so you can display it to different groups of people who might be more interested in the ad... or in this case... "the post" that those in other areas (groups) can then see.
Example... if you were selling baby strollers... you would pick billboards in areas of town where there are young married couples likely to have kids.
If you were advertising a health club... you might pick billboards in areas of town near apartment complexes where young "active types" might live. Obviously, you would not use a billboard for your ad (your post) for power scooters for the elderly like you see on late night TV... in a area that has a lot of joggers. (and remember... in this example... the billboards on Active Rain... are free)
So... when you write a post... it would really help you if you picked five groups that are more likely to have folks who joined that group... that are more likely to be interested in the subject of your post.
If you do not include each of your posts in the maximum allowable five groups... you are missing out on a great chance to have more people see your posts... and then comment on them. And remember... the more comments you get... the more points you end up getting for that post.
Right now... if you write a post... you get 200 points for it. If you include that post in one of the Active Rain "Channels"... you get 225 points. And... if you end up getting a ton of comments... your points could go as high as 325 for each post you write. And that is NOT getting featured... just getting a lot of comments.
If your post gets featured... you get 425 points. And even that could increase if you get a zillion comments.
I hope this helps clear up some of the confusion I have noticed about a great Active Rain feature... the Active Rain "Groups."
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