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Ask an Ambassador: a new way to find your old posts

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 GREC# 169695

The staff at Active Rain is always making changes.  Sometimes we grumble because we don't love change. We love routine and what we know.  But today I discovered a change they made that I just LOVE. Yes, me, who is a creature of habit LOVES this change.

As you can see at the top of the stats page there is a new search box.  You can type a headline or even a word from a headline and find all YOUR posts with that word in the headline.  I've used flood as my word to find the posts I've written (about one a year) on flood insurance on Lake Sinclair.  Had a new property come up needing flood insurance to close today. I poped on line to find my post and bam there it was making me love this new feature because I had the information for the client in a second.

And just for fun I looked to see how many "my Donald" posts I'd written in the past 7 years.  Not as many as I would have though. I was thinking of the uses that I'm going to like with the feature including an easy address search when a listing sells so I can go mark it sold. Or find a listing that has expired or a seller took off the market and make it members only so it won't be found in searches anymore. 

What uses can you think of for it?  What cool stuff have you found on ActiveRain lately? Hope this is helpful to you.

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Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Hello Tammy ... very interesting post my friend and thanks for the information 

May 31, 2015 04:17 AM
Claude Labbe
RLAH / @properties - Washington, DC
Realty for Your Busy Life

I'd not seen this feature. This will actually be a useful change.

Poor Donald, it's almost as if you never write about the poor guy.

May 31, 2015 10:30 AM
Joy Daniels
Joy Daniels Real Estate Group, Ltd. - Harrisburg, PA

Everything you post is helpful!  Thank you for this valuable information.  I will check it out!

May 31, 2015 01:00 PM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843

Love love LOVE! Who knew? Except these wonderful Ambassadors who bring about spotlighting cool STUFF that we can utilize! I have an idea for an Ask An Ambassador post, that I need to work on...that's why I stopped by, to get some juice for a post, thanks, sweetie! (And I appreciated the card....)

Jun 01, 2015 01:07 AM
Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Tammy Lankford you always teach me something every time I read one of you posts.  This new search option will come in handy, I am sure.

Jun 01, 2015 10:28 AM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

That's a pretty nice change.  Thanks for highlighting it.

Jun 04, 2015 01:30 AM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

I noticed this too but have not played around with it.  Thank you for pointing this out so I can use this tool.  

Jun 04, 2015 02:39 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Beth Atalay I need to do that too.

Grant Schneider I happened up on it and thought it was great

Debbie Gartner less likely you have old posts to find and clean up, but I love it.

Debbie Reynolds me too, one is to go back and delete posts for businesses now closed.

Evelyn Johnston just looking for something else when I happened on it and was happy about it and thought it was share worthy.

Jun 04, 2015 03:44 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Joe Petrowsky it is funny to visit our old posts.

Gita Bantwal happy to help

Nina Hollander I still want a click count back myself, but hey... nobody asked me.

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents let's see if I can get to 4 million before the end of the year.

Tammy Adams ~ Realtor Maricopa, AZ yup, that plus local businesses I know have closed since I posted about them.

Jun 04, 2015 03:46 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Chris and Dick Dovorany well glad I wrote it when I did and you found it, hope it worked.  Hope you are well.

Endre Barath, Jr. we still can... just switch the other little box to lifetime and I'd much rather sort through 20 posts looking for a certain listing than all 2000 posts looking for it.

Kristin Hamilton CA Realtor I have not always found the exact post I was looking for easily via Google

Larry Johnston right, when a festival that is annual rolls around you can pull links and photos and contact info from last year's post easily.

Robert (Vegas Bob) Swetz always my pleasure to pay forward my learning here.

Jun 04, 2015 03:50 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Claude Labbe yeah, poor Donald.

Thank you Joy Daniels I try hard to pay forward the learning here.

Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Realtor (503)755-2905 glad it arrived.  I so enjoyed our talk.

Mary Yonkers that's what I like to hear from these posts.

Alan May for a change. LOL

Jun 04, 2015 03:53 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Tammy you make a good point my only problem is that with the 'old'system we had more exposure to our blogs for potential buyers & sellers because they were trending in the side...not so sure this way potential principals will know how to do this...but what do I know, Endre

Jun 04, 2015 03:53 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

You are welcome Paula McDonald 

Endre Barath, Jr. just my opinion here, but I don't think consumers come TO activerain and find our posts.  I think they Google something and find our posts and the point of my posts has never been for them to find other posts I've written HERE, but to take them to my website where my posts are also and so is my registered search links that lets me begin communication with them.  So I'm note sure that we're missing out on anything by a computer not checking out are archieves ... if we can just get them to click on over to our site.

Jun 04, 2015 03:58 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

All good points Tammy and I suspect you are spot on, Endre

Jun 04, 2015 03:59 AM
Paul McFadden
Responsive Pest Control - Seattle, WA
Pest Control, Seattle, WA.

Thanks. That's good to know. There have been a few through the years!

Jun 04, 2015 05:20 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Thanks Endre

Jun 04, 2015 07:23 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Paul McFadden  if you mean changes... that's an understatement.

Jun 04, 2015 07:23 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Thank you for pointing this out!  I was trying to find an old post of mine a week or so ago and it took forever.  I'm off to check it out now.

Jun 04, 2015 08:47 PM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!  I had no idea. This is awesome!

Jun 05, 2015 04:28 AM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Hello again Tammy and keep these posts coming 

Jun 05, 2015 12:58 PM