The Official Unofficial ActiveRain Guide - A Must Read!
This is the most comprehensive guide for Active Rain I've seen by an Active Rain member! Richard Yates has obviously spent a lot of time putting this together. It's organized and well written.
It's perfect for Newbies and for anyone on Active Rain! I'm sure most Active Rain members will learn something new from this guide!
So, grab a cup of coffee, hot tea, or beverage of your choice and relax while you benefit from the experience of one of the top Active Rain members!
When you're done, please be sure to go to Richard's blog and comment!
The Official Unofficial ActiveRain Guide
ActiveRain encourages all members to share our knowledge,
and everything we need to know is just waiting to be found.How do we easily find what we need?
A new member of ActiveRain (Newbie) has little knowledge of what to search for and if they begin their ActiveRain experience by reading The Dead Rain Scrolls and scrolls and scrolls of outdated Posts, they may be lost forever. Newbies need a current Beginner's Guide To Success in the Rain.
Per ActiveRain, this is required reading:Weltanschauung: The guiding principles and philosophy of an organization; a world view
Understanding The Guiding Principles and Philosophy of ActiveRain is essential knowledge for ALL Members.
The Official Unofficial ActiveRain Guide
(Written by the members for the members)
In the beginning, ALL Newbies should seek out and join The ActiveRain Newbies Group. After joining, immediately read at least three posts that have been written by Active Rain Members. Take a deep breath and then leave a comment on your favorite post.Log on ActiveRain every day, read at least three posts and leave a comment. As your confidence quickly builds, increase the amount of reading and the number of comments that you leave.
Welcome to your new adventure.
While reading and commenting, begin to learn and connect with other members...
What is Active Rain? A Comprehensive FAQ
What's with all the Points? The ActiveRain Point System
Why should I leave comments? Joining The Conversation
How to build better relationships: Why Associate, Why Subscribe, Why, Why Why?
How and why to join a Group: ActiveRain Group Analysis
Creating Your ActiveRain Profile
How To Set-Up Your ActiveRain Profile Part 1: Your Photo, Contact Information and Description
How to Set-up Your ActiveRain Profile Part 2: Maximizing The Value and Benefits of Your Profile
How to present a better image on ActiveRain: How to improve your Active Rain Profile
How do I contact The ActiveRain Staff for assistance? The Staff is ALWAYS available to help.
Creating Your ActiveRain Blog
How to improve the appearance of your Blog: Need a little help DECORATING your Blog?
How to select your Blog Theme: Everything you want to know about Themes (Series)
How to improve your Blog Signature: ActiveRain Blog Signature (Series)
How to add Links in your Blog Sidebar: Everything you want to know about Sidebar Links
How To Write A Post
It begins with The Title: How to Write A Catchy Blog Post Title that POPS
Pick a GOOD Topic: How to Write a Market Report for your Real Estate Blog
Helpful Writing Advice: Dynamic Writing Technique
How To Improve Your Blog Resources
How to make letters bigger and colorful: Spice up your text with color and size
How to add pictures to your post: How to insert a picture into an Activerain Post
How to enhance and frame your pictures: Turning an average photo into a Great Photo
How to organize photos in a post: How to Create a Photo Collage
How to add hyperlinks to your post: How to create HyperLinks to Anchor Text
How to maximize your links: Linking and Beyond
How to get more comments on your post: The Facts are in the Stats
How and why to RE-BLOG: RE-BLOGGING and BEYOND
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Resources:
Essentials for Effective SEO Blogging
Video Resources:
Ten Video Tips For Real Estate Agents
How to Join YouTube How to upload a video to YouTube How to edit a video on YouTube
My YouTube Channel Featuring Community Related Videos as "Samples"
Debb Janes YouTube Channel Featuring Community Related Videos as "Samples"
How to embed and center a video in your post
How to embed a video in your Sidebar
How to embed a video in your Profile
How to embed a video in your Blog Signature
Join The VBloggers Group to learn and share video knowledge and content
Join The YouTube Thursdays Group to Increase YOUR YouTube Subscribers
Additional Resources:
How to dominate Google with Active Rain
Craig's Classroom provides a wealth of Technical Information
How could you possibly NOT Subscribe to My Blog?
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