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It takes a little effort - but it's worth it!

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Arizona Realty

In an earlier post about points I encouraged all of you to focus on the activities that the Rain Gods encourage of us by awarding points.

Does it it take time and effort.  Sure - you might spend more time on Active Rain commenting or even writing a blog post, and less time browsing through the online catalog of your favorite designer store - but it's worth every penny you DON'T spend!

Let's see - an hour a day on Active Rain could save you $100 a day in online purchases.

That same hour a day could - over time - gain you enough exposure to generate revenue from your participation in Active Rain!  Yes - we have just received our first referral attributable solely to our presence on Active Rain.

Rome wasn't built in a day - and neither will your online presence be.  Active Rain and Localism.com are great components to your online presence.

The point is - it does take a little effort.  And it does take time.  But it's worth it! 

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Suzanne Marriott
Associate Broker, REALTOR
Keller Williams Arizona Realty
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Monika - Dare I ask how many hours per day? :-)
Dec 31, 2006 02:00 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Chris - That's the way to do it!  Side note - Tony left you a voicemail re: BuyerLink and will call again after the New Year.
Dec 31, 2006 02:01 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Netta - I know what you mean - however - you can always draft additional blog posts in MS Word and then share them the following week - unless they are "time sensitive".
Dec 31, 2006 02:02 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Teri - Congrats on getting the points!
Dec 31, 2006 02:03 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Harper Team - Teri has way more points than me - you can see if she is willing to give any of them away!
Dec 31, 2006 02:04 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Ken - This is gonna get real interesting!
Dec 31, 2006 02:05 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Randy - That's easy for you to say!  Happy New Year!
Dec 31, 2006 02:06 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Eddy - Thanks for the comment and Happy New Year!
Dec 31, 2006 02:07 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
John - I totally agree!  Next time you see them doing that - send them an email or IM with an invitation to AR - and get some points!
Dec 31, 2006 02:08 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Val - Thanks for validating the results from the time invested - Happy New Year!
Dec 31, 2006 02:09 AM
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty
Congrats on the Gold Star - I see your featured posts are climbing, your points are getting closer to me, and you outrank me on the Arizona blogger list.  What's that about? :-)
Dec 31, 2006 02:55 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Congratulations on your referral Suzanne. It is clearly well deserved. If I had someone I would refer to you, too! :)

Nothing at my end yet. But the value, to me, is the learning, marketing to consumers, and establishing relationships. And if some business comes out of it, then my ROI is pretty darn good.

Dec 31, 2006 03:41 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Jeff - Keep the faith and keep on blogging - it's not a matter of "if" it's a matter of "when" the $$ will follow!
Dec 31, 2006 06:50 AM
Jeff Belonger
Social Media - Infinity Home Mortgage Company, Inc - Cherry Hill, NJ
The FHA Expert - FHA Loans - FHA mortgages - USDA loans - VA Loans

I believe in the effort and what it can do for you on here, but in all honesty, I am going to leave the points thing alone for several reasons. There are many just writing blogs that have the same theme over and over.... write many short blogs, and some have no meaning at all.... just for points. You can tell when this takes place....

In either case.... happy new Year...  

Dec 31, 2006 07:58 AM
Jennifer Fivelsdal
JFIVE Home Realty LLC | 845-758-6842|162 Deer Run Rd Red Hook NY 12571 - Rhinebeck, NY
Mid Hudson Valley real estate connection
Spending time on AR is productive , I pick up so many tips which I intend to implement in my business in 2007.
Dec 31, 2006 10:55 PM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Jennifer - Thanks for the comment - and I totally agree.
Jan 01, 2007 02:27 AM
Ken Spencer
Buckeye, AZ
for Verrado, Buckeye, Sundance

Yes...it's going to get even more interesting since I'm in AZ as we speak and you know who is in CO.  See you and Tony some time this week. (Actually I think a few times this week)

Ken

Jan 01, 2007 04:43 AM
Suzanne Marriott
Keller Williams Arizona Realty - Anthem, AZ
Associate Broker, CLHMS, e-PRO
Ken - Glad to hear you made it back safely - I suppose you and Tony will be talking later today - and this is supposed to be a day off.  Relax!
Jan 01, 2007 04:46 AM
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

And four years later - the effort still pays off! It's well worth the effort to garner the Active Rain google juice!

Jul 17, 2010 07:22 PM
Randy L. Prothero
eXp Realty - Hollister, MO
Missouri REALTOR, (808) 384-5645

The other value is the many friends and professional contacts we make here.

Welcome back.

Jul 17, 2010 07:52 PM