Do you go beyond the Points?

The quality of what we post should be more important than the posts.  If a prospective customer finds Active Rain and all they find posted isn't either very deep or worthwhile they aren't going to pick up the phone and call.  Unfortunately it doesn't take long to go through an area and see who is posting just for the points.

Spend enough time here and points will add up... I don't think I have ever hit 10 posts within one week but there are days when my comments will go well beyond the max.   Points are an incentive to hang around and contribute but anyone with their primary focus on the numbers is missing the point!

Hi Ed, as you and others pointed out, Blogging should definitely be about more than points.  Sure, points are important, but only to a certain extent.  For me, that "certain extent" is being listed as a "Featured Agent" within the Agent Directory for my city and that happened a long time ago.  I LOVE the interaction here and I appreciate SO MUCH the wealth of information that's shared here, but I don't blog primarily for AR Members.  Of course, blogging experts are able to blog in such a way that even their Agent training blogs are written in such a way that there's consumer benefit as well. I share Agent relevant info when I have something to share, but I blog primarily for Consumers, so the majority of my posts are to Localism.  I've also found that, in posting QUALITY content, I learn a lot along the way.  Even something so simple as posting Market Reports for my area is very educational for me because, in gathering the data from the MLS, I learn lots.  Beyond MLS Reports, there's so much about our local area that we can share with consumers and R.E. Transaction knowledge that we can share with them.  When focused properly on giving Consumers quality, useful information, it benefits us as we begin to be considered as quality, expert Agents and it's funny how we learn during that process.  As others mentioned, "Google Juice" is great because it keeps on giving long after we've surpassed our point max for the day or for the week.

Hi Ed,

What points?  Seriously points do mean different things to different people....I personally do not care about points (only 28k in over a year on AR) This is a great place for networking, learning, and  really think this is the best place to have all real estate related articles and subjects in one easy to understand place.

Dick Beals

Ed,

If I blogged for points, I would have reached the top by now, given the amount of time I spend on this site! Yet I have been here since July/06 and still have not reached 100000! Others start blogging and reach the pinnacle, then seem to fade away. I try to help the community with my newbie and rookie and reo groups, and I guess that's it. The google juice is icing on the cake and the friendships I have made, priceless!

The points are a nice bonus to blogging, but I am addicted to AR for the interaction, learning, sharing... I have made some really good friends here. Points or no points, that alone is worth my time.