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Active Rain Points, Payment for a Job Well Done

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Real Estate Agent with Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified #1 in Forest Land Mgmt

Active Rain Points, Payment for a Job Well Done.raining rewards

I first started getting serious about AR about a year and a half ago and the more that I learn the more that I respect this mechanism known affectionately as Active Rain, pure genius.

Active Rain is a media superstar, producing a great media outlet with thousands of great writers and commenters creating buzz constantly to attract the dollars of happy advertisers. 

And all of the writers are paid in Points, Media coverage and SEO boosts.

Again, pure genius!

 

At first I thought the points were silly, but then I began to learn how these silly little points help me and active rain.

These points help Active Rain by;

  • Creating a constant supply of fresh essays, articles, fact sheets and other great copy that will attract the public and thus the advertisers.
  • Encouraging us to support each other with comments and reblogs
  • Targeting our articles into predesigned areas, like with the contests and some of the features.
  • And in other ways designed to get us to be a big happy family of article writers and commenters.

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The Points help the members too;

  • Give us free membership after reaching 500,000 points.
  • Gets our picture at the top of our city, county and state active rain pages.
  • Encourage us to write lots of fresh copy for our clients, future clients, and of course the robots at Google who put our stuff at the top of the search engine. 
  • Points encourage us to do things that will make the phone ring.
  • Encourage us to build relationships through comments, reblogs, and many other activities like those we see in the many contests every month.

 

Although the points seem silly at first, very few are wasted on anything that will not help both AR and the individual who is earning them.

When you see someone doing something that you think is “just for the points”, look closer, whether they are trying to or not, they are doing a greater good.

  • Perhaps they are writing a blog in the best way they know how, be patient their writing will get better with time.
  • Perhaps they are reblogging without what you feel is an adequate introduction, look at the bright side they are giving a deserving post a little more exposure for those who missed it.
  • Perhaps they are writing comments that you feel are inadequate, maybe they are doing the best that they can to voice a little support for the writer when they just don’t know what to say, at least they wrote or pasted something.
  • Perhaps they are wasting too much time on contests that you feel are silly, take a closer look at the contest, they are all designed to do something to improve our blogging or our SEO, contests are not just for play and points they all have a Real purpose.

 

Now go have a great week, earn some points, eventually they may also be good for free t-shirts, caps, and stuff like that from Seattle.

 

 

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Comments (51)

Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

Yea, I am kinda fond of the points too! And all the business that flows in as well!

Apr 03, 2014 06:48 AM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Bob I like your explanation of the ActiveRain system. And I also think giving the newbies a 'hand up' is a good way of being in the rain. We all started somewhere and trust me.....I had no idea of what I was doing!

Apr 03, 2014 06:51 AM
Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE FARMER" Folayan
Samson Properties - Bowie, MD
I don't make promises.I deliver results.SOLD HOMES

Bob what a great way to explain the Active Rain Machine. Now if only I can get my own Active Rain T-Shirt. Congratulations on the Gold Star.

Apr 03, 2014 10:08 AM
Barbara Calwhite
Keller Williams Realty of Southwest Missouri - Joplin, MO
417-438-7387 Specializing in Relocation

Good explanation of the point system!  Sometimes it seems they don't come in fast enough.

Apr 03, 2014 10:30 AM
Judith Parker
ProStead Realty - Charlotte, NC
CRS, GRI, CMRS, Charlotte, NC

Good evening Bob ... great post and a great read and reminder to all of us.  Being active in the rain really has benefits.

Apr 03, 2014 10:37 AM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Bob,

Active Rain points have been motivating bloggers fo a while now..

Apr 03, 2014 10:58 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

I know both my wife Evelyn and I are motivated by points.  We like numbers of all kinds.  Sales Sides, Total Sales, you know what I mean...

Apr 03, 2014 12:52 PM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Well written Bob. The points are fun and I have my eye on the 1 MIL later this year. Won't you join me?

Apr 03, 2014 01:24 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Bob I love points hope when I reach a million I can covert them to $$$$$$$$$$$$$ at least that is what I was told Endre

Apr 03, 2014 03:46 PM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Points are very motivational since you are rated by points( in your state, city) and also as you mentioned 500k allows you to become payment free member.

 

Apr 03, 2014 04:58 PM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

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Apr 03, 2014 09:40 PM
Frank Iglesias
Working With Houses, LLC - Atlanta Real Estate Investments - Lawrenceville, GA
Atlanta, GA Real Estate Investor

Brilliant post, Bob! Points are good and I hope to get some more...

Let's keep on blogging!

Apr 03, 2014 09:53 PM
ReadySetLoan Team
ReadySetLoan Condo Team LLC - South Windsor, CT
Residential, Commercial & Condo Financing Experts

This is a great post Bob that I found on a reblog by Lenn.  When I started on AR in 2008, I thought "there is no way that I will get enough points to rank here."  So I didn't participate in the silly contests and wrote for SEO/leads.  It wasn't until last year that I really started paying attention here and now it's my homepage and scheduled into my daily routine.j  It's a great place

Apr 03, 2014 10:18 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks for sharing your positive perspective on the ActiveRain points system. 

When doing agent searches by the name of the community, the frequent result is an agent that is no longer active and some are no longer even licensed. ActiveRain needs to purge the inactive members.

Apr 03, 2014 10:58 PM
Chandler Real Estate Liz Harris, MBA
Liz Harris Realty - Chandler, AZ
#ChandlerRealEstateAgent

Thanks for sharing Bob!

Apr 04, 2014 01:48 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Bob you are spot on, those silly little points are a great tool to in so many ways.

Apr 04, 2014 11:10 AM
Eric Galuppo
Real Estate Rev - More Leads Means More Revenue

Wow! I didn’t know we can have a free membership after we reach 500,000 points! I need to be more active to earn those points within a year or two! Yeah hopefully!

Apr 04, 2014 06:07 PM
Jimmy Chickey
Keller Williams Realty Southwest - Las Vegas, NV
Realtor, Nationally Recognized Author, Teacher

I am a recent convert!  Looking forward to reaching 500,000!

Apr 05, 2014 12:53 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I will re-blog this post today.

Have a most productive week!

Apr 07, 2014 01:44 AM
Kathy Smiley
Rodeo Realty ~ Fine Estates Westlake Village - Newbury Park, CA
"Real Estate results that make YOU smile!"

Bob, I like the points thing. I do admit it's a mad scramble to accumulate them sometimes, but all in all, I've written some good stuff and plan to take more time to write fewer posts with deeper value!

Aug 08, 2014 03:12 PM