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Real Estate Agent with Lisa Southern Real Estate

  This is my second full day of Active Rain. (5 hours of sleep and a five year old birthday party later), I have a burning question....where in the cyber-world do you find all the great visuals  that everyone uses to enhance their posts? I have learned so much in such a short time, but I have to admit visuals draw me in! Is it a  HUGE Secret? I promise to use the power of CLIP ART  for good and not evil!  Thank you in advance to the 2,838 people on line now! Thanks!

Patrick Lambert
ALLY Real Estate - Waikoloa, HI
Hawaii Real Estate Expert

try the active rain customizer. That's what I used for my blog page, the rest is just html code. You can google anything so whatever you want to do google it and you can find out how. Welcome

Jun 07, 2008 07:16 AM
Patrick Lambert
ALLY Real Estate - Waikoloa, HI
Hawaii Real Estate Expert

try the active rain customizer. That's what I used for my blog page, the rest is just html code. You can google anything so whatever you want to do google it and you can find out how. Welcome

Jun 07, 2008 07:16 AM
Patrick Lambert
ALLY Real Estate - Waikoloa, HI
Hawaii Real Estate Expert

try the active rain customizer. That's what I used for my blog page, the rest is just html code. You can google anything so whatever you want to do google it and you can find out how. Welcome

Jun 07, 2008 07:16 AM
Katerina Gasset
The Gasset Group & Get It Done For Me Virtual Services - Provo, UT
Amplify Your Real Estate & Life Dreams!

Lisa, for your images you need to make sure the terms of use allow you to use them commercially. Iclipart does allow you to. That is who I use. It costs like 49 a year, well worth it. We also takes tons of our own photos. Taking your own photos is the best way to go. Welcome to active rain. Look up active rain community support on your search bar and get tons of help. Katerina

Jun 07, 2008 07:21 AM
Joan Snodgrass
Midamerica Referral Network - Kimberling City, MO

Welcome Lisa, and with a 5 yr old you still have time to blog?  I'm impressed.  If I don't have my own pictures, I use Google Images.  There is a spot to click on the top left of the main Google page.

Jun 07, 2008 07:28 AM
Michelle Steffens
Coldwell Banker Sky Ridge Realty - Lake Arrowhead, CA

You sound like a happy (and tired!) Momma :)  Welcome to Active Rain!!

Jun 07, 2008 07:30 AM
Lori Franks
Real Estate Consultant - Brookings, OR
Brookings, Oregon

Welcome to ActiveRain Lisa! Here is a link to the ActiveRain blog customizer tutorial. Good luck!

Jun 07, 2008 07:30 AM
Tracy Santrock
Santrock Realty Group Inc. , - Cary, NC
Raleigh - Cary Broker

You're a natural...you'll have to go see the comments on my blog about you!  Magaret Rome said you must be a sweety if you bring Cinnabons to the office!!

Anyway, I hope the Rainers have given you some food for thought!

 

 

Jun 07, 2008 10:30 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

Lisa - I see you have already received some good advice.  I personally like taking and using my own photos.

Jun 07, 2008 11:33 AM
Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor® Onslow County NC Home Specialist
Kingsbridge Realty, Inc - Hubert, NC

Hello Lisa,
I'm here to Welcome you to AR, just read about you on Tracy's post.  You are going to love AR and get ready for the education of your life!

BTW, I'm a fellow Tar Heel.

Jun 07, 2008 01:07 PM
Jimmy McCall
JimmyMcCall.com - Cunningham, TN
The Ex-Mortgage Consultant

Lisa,

Welcome to Active Rain and congratulations on your first blog post.  Good luck and happy blogging.

Jun 07, 2008 03:40 PM
Tracy Santrock
Santrock Realty Group Inc. , - Cary, NC
Raleigh - Cary Broker

http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/articles/40-free-stock-photo-sites.html

This should help...Forgice the link in your comments - It's bad blog ettiquette. 

Jun 09, 2008 02:07 AM
Mesa, Arizona Real Estate Mesa Arizona Realtor
Homes Arizona Real Estate LLC - Mesa, AZ
AzLadyInRed

Hi Lisa, there are lots of places to get the cool clip art. As for me, I pay for and use IClipart.com.  Welcome to Active Rain. Great fun here. ;-)

Pepper

Jun 09, 2008 02:54 PM
Linda Scanlan
A Fan of AR - Burleson, TX

Lisa, you've gotten some great advice! I like stock.xchang.com

I also use a lot of my photos as well. Welcome to Active Rain! I read your first post and didn't comment..wanted to come herel But, you wrote a bang up first post!

 

Jun 09, 2008 10:09 PM
Teresa Berry
Seattle, WA

Welcome to Active Rain Lisa! You'll love it here and I see Lori provided the link to the AR Customizer so you'll have plenty to play with between reading and learning around here. I look forward to seeing you around the raindrops. Cheers!

Jun 11, 2008 09:57 AM