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Active Rain Points, Payment for a Job Well Done

Reblogger Lenn Harley
Real Estate Agent with Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate 303829;0225082372

THE POINTS ARE NICE, BUT. . . . .

The reason to blog on ActiveRain is below.

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Original content by Bob Crane #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(10)

Women of Westchester Working Together
Women of Westchester Working Together - West Harrison, NY
Women helping Women get ahead

Yes, being found and getting calls is the main reason to blog.  The points often motivate us to do the activities to getting found.  The blogging is the main source of that (at least for me). - Debbie

Apr 03, 2014 09:54 PM
ReadySetLoan Team
ReadySetLoan Condo Team LLC - South Windsor, CT
Residential, Commercial & Condo Financing Experts

This was a great choice for a reblog Lenn.  I am now off to comment and follow Bob.  Thank you for introducing me to him!

Apr 03, 2014 10:15 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

I think SEO is essential.  I think blogging is fun.  But I also think points are, in the end, useless.

They are a reward for a job well done, however!

Apr 03, 2014 10:26 PM
Clint Mckie
Desert Sun Home, commercial Inspections - Carlsbad, NM
Desert Sun Home, Comm. Inspection 1-575-706-5586

Hi Lenn,

Great re post. Learning in the Rain  has been a great experience for me. The funny thing is that my SEO that I have been trying to get going for the say Hobbs New Mexico area is falling short. But the Active Rain posts are there for potential clients to read. Then they can contact me for a home inspection.

Have a great day in Virginia.

Best, Clint McKie

Apr 03, 2014 10:33 PM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

Jay.  The points aren't useless when consumers go to the area lists and my name is on top. 

Apr 03, 2014 11:14 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

I am the number one home inspector in Virginia, likely, so in that sense points help.  But I'm not in this for points.

Apr 04, 2014 05:18 AM
Karen Fiddler, Broker/Owner
Karen Parsons-Fiddler, Broker 949-510-2395 - Mission Viejo, CA
Orange County & Lake Arrowhead, CA (949)510-2395

I think the points system is genius too. It rewards those who consistently participate with exposure. And we are all results driven, aren't we?

Apr 04, 2014 05:54 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

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

Apr 04, 2014 11:08 AM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Thanks for sharing this Lenn, the points may seem pointless until we realize that earning points leads to the knowledge and activities to boost our SEO.

Apr 04, 2014 03:48 PM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

Jay.  You'll get them anyway.

Karen.  HA!  I agree.  Even those who say they are not.  Perhaps it's subliminal.

George.  Agree.

Bob.  Indeed.

Apr 04, 2014 08:24 PM