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ActiveRain Community Resources - Updated 06/18/08

At times we will be refeaturing this post so new members can see it and as we add some of your excellent posts to this list of Resources!

The wonderful thing about Active Rain is the fact that members share their knowledge with each other. Several new members have asked about a help facility and we have pulled together several resources here at ActiveRain that are not easily found when you are in the need for an answer.

The answers you seek are from your fellow Active Rain members actual posts. If you see a post that should be ease email us the link to the post that should be added and the category you think it should be in. We will be updating this document on a regular basis.

In the coming months there are going to be many exciting changes here at Active Rain and we will be keeping you up to date as these changes happen.

The collage on the left of the title paragraph was created by Blanca. The photos to the right of all the posts are taken from Localism. Here are a few excellent examples of photos in Localism...

Community Guidelines Active Rain Guiding Principles - ActiveRain Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Basic Community Etiquette - Barry Hurd, Seattle, WA Community Guidelines - Jonathan Washburn, Laguna Beach, CA Fair Housing - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Original Content vs. Copied Content - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA Photo Guidelines for Localism - ActiveRain Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Rhyme & Reason of Featured Posts - Matt Heaton, Bellevue, WA Talking Commissions - ActiveRain Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA
Plagiarism Should I Cut and Paste? - Larry Morris, Sherwood, OR Citizen's Arrest - YOU have been deputized! - Chris Elizabeth Griffith, Bonita Springs, FL Using Your Own Voice in the Rain - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA How to Avoid Plagerism- Greg Cermia, Nags Head, NC
About Our Community 10 Reason to Get Involved - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO Blogging for points? Get Real. - Chris Lengguist, Olathe, KS Getting Featured: The Short Version - Caleb Mardini, Bellevue, WA Information Overload - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA Marketing Your BLOG - Rich Schiffer, Swarthmore, PA Mentor - Have One or Be One - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA Step Back and Take in the Big Picture - Matt Heaton, Bellevue, WA Why We BLOG - Lenn Harley, Germantown, MD Why Active Rain is Better than An Office Meeting - Maureen Francis ( Dmitry Koublitsky, Birmingham, MI First BLOGS Part Two - Neal Bloom, Weston, FL First BLOGS - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Newbie Encouragement - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL
Groups To Check Out Active Rain Newbies ActiveRain Members in the News Active Rain Member Spotlight ActiveRain MLS Online Active Rain Flat Stanley Project ActiveRain Milestones & Acheivements ActiveRain Gatherings WEEK IN REVIEW Blogging & SEO ETHICS and the REALTOR My other blog is Project Blogger Real Estate Rookie Realtors vFlyer Users Group Groups Creating a Group - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Group Types - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Are you the founder of a group - Kelli Fronabarger, Bend, OR Keeping to Group Topic - Karen Hurst, Warwick, RI
Blogging - Basics 96% of all Real Estate Blogs will Fail - Real Estate Tomato, Paradise, CA Blogging Rooking Mistakes to Avoid - Mary McKnight, Cape Coral, FL Creating Your First BLOG Post - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO Getting Exposure for your BLOG - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Image & Link Titles - Debi Braulik, Tacoma, WA Keeping ActiveRain Posts - Sharon Sims, Saint Petersburg, FL Removing your own SPAM - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA Some Issues regarding your posts - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL The Importance of "Members Only" - Mike Jaquish, Cary, NC What Category Should I put my BLOG - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Where to Place Your Posts - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL How to Post the ActiveRain 'Week-in-Review' by Neal 'The Real Deal' Bloom, Weston, FL
Writing Basics to Help You Good Grammar doesn't end in Grade School - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO How To Link - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO Importance of Editing - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL How F Street Will Have Readers Returning - Real Estate Tomato, Paradise, CA So You Want to be a Blogger? - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO The Importance of Grammar - Tim Maitski, Atlanta, GA To BLOG or Not to BLOG - Martin Rodriguez, Valencia, CA Writing is not the enemy - inaction is! - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Blogging For Fun or Profit? - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO Deloping Copy that Gets Read - Real Estate Tomato, Paradise, CA The Internet Is a Fad -- Blogging Doesn't Work - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO Think About Adding Value - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO Viral Marketing 101 - Mary McKnight, Cape Coral, FL Stop Acting Like Blogging is Rocket Science - Real Estate Tomato, Paradise, CA How to Create a Link in Your BLOG - Leanne Paynter, Plantation, FL The 8 P's to Blogging Success - The Real Estate Tomato Your Blog Is Bait - The Real Estate Tomato "If You Write It They Will Come!" - The Real Estate Tomato Who Are You Blogging For? - The Real Estate Tomato
Generating Ideas Business Generating Posts - Christopher Sartorius, Potmoac Falls, VA Creative Writing Ideas - Barry Hurd, Seattle, WA Need Some Help with Writing Ideas? - Barry Hurd, Seattle, WA Overcoming Writer's Block - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA See How to Get 100 Featured Posts - Bryant Tutas, Poinciana, FL Who is Your Audience - Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, Birmingham, MI Don't Forget to Submit your articles to the press - Timothy Schwartz, Colts Neck, NJ Blog with Passion - Jacob Morales, Tempe, AZ Self Promotion via BLOGGING - Kelly Kilpatrick, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
So You Want to know more about SEO 10 Free SEO Web Tools - Mary McKnight, Cape Coral, FL Does your Blogroll Suck? - Mary McKnight, Cape Coral, FL Google Cracking down on duplicate content - Fred Light, Nashua, NH How to Drive Local Traffic to your BLOG - Mary McKnight, Cape Coral, FL SEO For your Active Rain Blog - Mark Flanders, Silverdale, WA What is Technorati? - Barry Hurd, Seattle, WA Writing SEO Content Rich Articles - Laurie Manny, Long Beach, CA
Tools that will Help You How To Add Pictures - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO Adding Google Search to your BLOG - Cheryl Johnson, Highland Park, CA Active Rain Tool Bar - Jeff Belonger, Haddonfield, NJ Creating Characters - Dave Yeoman, Barrie, ON Lessons in Copyscape - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO Online BookMarking Services - Dee Copeland, Austin, TX Photo Sharing Tool - Joe Zekas, Chicago, IL Proecting Your Name - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO Google Docs & Spreadsheets - Betsy Talbot, Seattle, WA Putting your Podcast on an AR Post - Teresa Boardman, Saint Paul, MN Active Rain Comment Tutorial - Gena Riede, Sacramento, CA See Website Page Views - Linda Davis, Gales Ferry, CT How to add color and boarder - Mariana Wagner, Colorado Springs, CO How to adda background to your post - Karen George, Chandler, AZ How to put a MyBLOGlog to your profile - Kristal Kraft, denver, CO How to BLOG for Google - Karen George, Chandler, AZ
Commenting on Posts Comment SPAM - Chris Bradford, Morrow, GA Frequent Comment Rewards Program - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA What is Comment Spam - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL
Photos & Videos How To Add Pictures - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO How to place Photos side by side - Kirstal Kraft, Denver, CO How to Resize Images - Leanne Paynter, Plantation, FL How to Add Video to your post - Nick M., West Palm Beach, FL Personal Photos in Real Estate - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA What is Image Description and why should I use it? - Mike Jaquish, Cary, NC
Reading Posts Do You Rate Each Post That You Read? - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Exploring all That Reading Material - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Flagging Posts - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA
Getting Along in the Rain Going to Extreames - Tim Maitski, Atlanta, GA We are Resonsible for our Words - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL When Words Can Hurt - Karen Hurst, Warwick, RI Why Are We Here? - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO
Introduction to Localism What Is Localism - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Active Rain From the Consumer Perspective - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Effectively Utilize Localism - Toby Barnett, Marysville, WA How to Position Yourself on Localism - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA Posting to Localism - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Putting Your Listings on Active Rain/Localism - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Uploading Photos to Localism - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA
Networking with ActiveRain and other really good habits Active Rain Get Togethers - ActiveRain Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Remember the Excitement When You Joined? - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Connecting Through Blogging - Caleb Mardini, Bellevue, WA
Community - Getting Involved Face Your Fear and Get Started - Teri Eckholm, Ham Lake, MN Hey New Members ... Do you want a piece of the Action? - Neal Bloom, Weston, FL Did You Know? - Daniel Gates, Palm Bay, FL Don't Get Yourself into Trouble - Herb Hamilton, Portland, OR What Are You Building Here? - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO What Could I Bring to Active Rain? - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Quit your Whining - Damion Flynn, Gulfport, MS Formula for a Successful Blog Post - Mary McKnight, Cape Coral, FL
Configuration and How Did They Do That? Adding Video to you BLOG or Comment - Nick M., West Palm Beach, FL BLOG Bookmarks - The Basics - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Defining Your Associates - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Managing Your Associates - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL Profile Page Secrets - Kelli-Fronabarger, Bend, OR Sign UP at Active Rain - AR Real Estate Network, Bellevue, WA Keeping your Profile Fresh - Colleen Kulikowski, Celebration, FL
Addiction to ActiveRain Addiction Warning - Rich Jacobson, Silverdale, WA Betty Ford for Bloggers - Mary McKnight, Cape Coral, FL Get A Life - Rick & Ines, Miami, FL Rain Gods Suffer Too - Matt Heaton, Bellevue, WA
Humor around the Rain Active Rain - Yearbook Awards - Maureen Francis ( Dmitry Koublitsky, Birmingham, MI Don't Throw me any more Gold Stars - Margaret Rome, Baltimore, MD Psychic Fruitcake - Mariana Wagner, Colorado Springs, CO Sometimes We Just Laugh Here - Kristal Kraft, Denver, CO

Posted by ActiveRain Real Estate Network on 05/19/2007 02:30 PM

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177 Comments on ActiveRain Community Resources - Updated 06/18/08

MAR

2007

I am SPEECHLESS! THanks for putting these resources together and this is the second time this week I have been choked up and speechless in the rain! WOW! Thanks again!

Great resource - thanks for putting everything together in one spot

Have you guys ever considered sending out a greeting "packet" with link to something like this to new members.

It might help.

Does this mean I do not have to go back over my Bookmarked Blogs? Well I just Bookmarked this one.

Craig,

We are actually working on a series of training emails for new members. Thanks for the tip.

Yep! Another one Bookmarked and we thank you for it!

Jonathan,

Very good information here that I am sure will benefit many of our members. Thanks : )

Anything that would help promote A/R is a plus.

Are you planing on adding other member photos, maybe some mini profile or mini backgrounds on some members?

What a great resource - this is what I call beginner's homework!

Outstanding resource! And nice job with the collage, Blanca!

Wow! I feel so incredibly honored to be grouped with such a distinguished group of contributors. It really makes me realize how much I have grown to value and appreciate this amazing community!

Excellent resource guys. This is going to be very helpful for new and old members alike. Great job putting this together.

Great Resource for everyone!

This is fabulous.

The link goes to the wrong place for my SEO post. The correct link is:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/57364/Do-You-SEO

Laurie

It is great because people help each other and everybody wins, great postings and bloggers

Big time kudos on this one. Lots of good stuff all in one place.

This is pretty cool. It will be interesting to see this grow a little and hopefully it's very helpful to the newbies. Gee, even helpful to some of us. Thanks for putting this together...

jeff belonger

A great list of resources, that have must have taken awhile...to bad one of the bloggers mentioned is longer here.

What a great resource! It's not only helpful for newbies. I found a few I'd missed, and a few I enjoyed rereading and am now ready to do something about.

More and more reading material - thanks for the time and effort in pulling this all together for us!

This is an awesome compilation of resources! Folks should be able to find whatever they need from here...

Instant resources I love it. It is Bookmarked for shore.

Thank you !! This is terrific - everything at my fingertips.

Wow, we certainly blog about blogging a lot! This is a good index that would benefit the new folks greatly. Hope you can pull it together so they can get a copy.

Caleb.... maybe add this one in there?? My pockets been picked...... Plargiarism at its best!!!

There were a lot of links added in regards to plagiarism. And there was even a solution added at the bottom of the post.

jeff belonger

Man oh man, somebody did a lot of work on this! Beautifully done! Kudos!

This is a great resource for all of us. Thank you AR.

Great set of resources. Thanks for putting this together.

Jeff

Great stuff guys... all the newbie bloggers and some us older members will benefit with this resource....

I for one am bookmarking it.....

=-)

Thanks for the post. This is a great resource. Retrieving posts will be much easier.

MAR

2007

Hi, I am one week old on AR today. This is wonderful. I was looking all over for how to... Thank you for putting this together. Doreen

Is there any way this can be featured in the Newbie Group?

When someone signs up, this blog should be automatically sent to them in an email!!!

along with Bianca originaly "how to" guide.

With chat rooms, often folks who are in the same region will EVENTUALLY get together for a party or lunch or something. I'm waiting to hear about a Silicon Valley Active Rain party. Wouldn't that be fun?

This has been book marked, 4 blogs written I have a long way to go. Thanks for the resources.

This is a wonderful " mini summary" guide to Active Rain, one to be read by all!

Blanca, Your are wonderful to put this together. Thanks rain gods for all the work that went into this post.

OK so much reading; so little time!

Margaret,

Actually Colleen Kulikowski helped us to compile this post. We used Blanco's collage that she created for another post of hers.

Karen,

I added this post to the Newbie Group. Good idea! Thanks for suggesting it.

~jon

That is terrific and thank you Colleen! What an awesome amount of work! You are amazing; all of you for the way you are working together to make Active Rain so successful.

Jonathan -- Thanks for the mention... It was my pleasure to help!

MAR

2007

Wow, what a great resource. Thanks for mentioning one of my posts. I enjoy the community and hope to be able to give back to it by adding value to other readers. Keep up the great work in the Rain.

Hey AR... Thanks for compiling this.. This a great place to direct newbies to learn the ropes. Thanks for including me.. Very nicely done.. :-)

Ahhh. Very nice. Lots of great ideas in here.

I would say more but it looks everything has already been said. I prefer not to mimic other people's comments :)

TLW...ROAR!

APR

2007

Hi Craig,

I finally stopped posting and started reading all about the benefits of Active Rain. This resource guide is fantastic.

I truly believe my blogging will be a whole lot better as a result of finally using all of the tools available.

APR

2007

I can't believe how many great articles here that I NEED to read that I wouldn't have found with out your help! Thank you!

APR

2007

What a great compilation. Thank you. This will take days to get thru!!!

APR

2007

Very nicely done. We have been away for a week and we have a lot of catching up to do.

APR

2007

I think I'll be checking back to this one honest. I need to bookmark it...

APR

2007

Awesome! I've just bookmarked this one so I know I can get back to it again someday. Thanks!

APR

2007

Good job and thanks for including me.

Great idea, great concept. Hey, why is my picture not up there? J.K.

happy selling, Bill

Great resource spot, I'm bookmarking now!

Thanks!

APR

2007

This is a great idea. I keep having these types of questions, and I will bookmark this for furture reference. Thanks.

Thank you so much. I really needed alot of this material! This is great.Keep up the good work

One of my posts is a resource? I am honored.

This post rules...It encompasses everything.

How do we keep it front and center?

TLW...ROAR!

This is wonderful that you will keep updating and ".... refeaturing this post so new members can see it...." And this answers TLW good question above.

Thank you for adding me. I, too, am honored.

Wow, how did I miss this? Thank you for the mention.

Way cool to this Texas boy!

Guess I know what I'll be doing for the next day or two! This'll slow down any progress (used very loosely) that I MAY HAVE been making (in my own mind, right?) towards completing my new, first-ever website! As always though...

Thanks, yet again, for this "ABC's of AR Encyclopedia"! By the way, I've seen this before, but am unsure how to pull it off?!? Anybody out there tell me how to get the AR Logo onto that first-ever website of mine that I'd been working on? No rush now I suppose, since I'll be reading your newly-introduced encyclopedia for some time now. And of course, every post in there (I imagine) will inevitably link somewhere else, so once my ADD kicks in, it could be days!!!

Thanks again guys ... as always, another 5 Rating & another for the Bookmark!

Scott

Great source of information. Thanks for the update. I am always surprised at some of the great stuff I am missing. Summaries lik this are invaluable.

Jeff

What a great idea to keep reposting and refeaturing this. So much good stuff gets "lost" as newer posts replace the older ones.

Wow....that was an excellent post. I love having these. It makes finding blogs so much easier. It also helps to catergorized them. Thank you.

Wow, what a cool collaboration of resources.. thanks!

Thanks for putting that summary together and thank you to all that were featured.. we appreciate all your sharing ... it will help us all do better!!!

Awesome group of resources! All together in a tidy little package...

Excellent idea...I consider this a "master bookmark". Thanks AR....!

Very helpful!

Thank you very much for the photo and the mention.

Woah ... This is great! Many thanks for the mention, too.

APR

2007

I think this is a wealth of information, but have you noticed there are not a lot of references to the real estate business. If Active Rain is a Real Estate blog, how is it that there is no references to the real estate industry.

Blogging is a non-contact sport that pertains to conversations within an industry or subject. So why is all the reference to "how to blog" receiving such acclaim. Someone running across Active Rain Blogs should receive some information about real estate and the "business of real estate". If this is not true, why does Active Rain Exist. Perhaps it is only made up of those individuals that are looking for their 15 minutes of fame.

Thank you so much for this! I have bookmarked for repeated use :)

I LOVE all the great links in this post - such an awesome post to keep updated and to have bookmarked to easily keep referring back to.

Ann

I'm going to bookmark this one...then I'm going to go up there and see if one of the links tells me how to retreive my bookmarked posts :)

I'm looking for "how do you change the name of your blog, if anyone has that answer, would appreciate it as my Blog Apprentice wants to do that. I'm sending him a link to this post as well.

APR

2007

Nice info and informative for all active rain members!

Very nice and what a super resource. I enjoy being able to look back and see what I've missed. Thanks AGAIN.

Ardell-- simple go to My Home, then My settings and you can change the name there... Sounds like a really good post for someone to write -- All you ever needed to know about My Settings...

What a great resource! I'm very new to Active Rain and was wondering how to get started. There's a wealth of information here.

Wow I could spend the rest of the afternoon following all these. Guess I'd better get started.

Thank you for adding my article on"Top 10 Reasons to join ActiveRain" Unfortunately the link above doesn't seem to work :(

This is the BEST post. It's everything I was afraid to ask.

APR

2007

This is some great resources. Thanks for putting this together.

APR

2007

Youza, great post, I somehow missed the first time around. I just found this link on Maggie's post!

APR

2007

This is so great! Thanks for putting all this great information in one place. I bookmarked this blog so I can keep referring back to it! All the work you put into this is greatly appreciated.

great stuff! thank you for this information.

APR

2007

A comment a day will keep this in the new members way :)

Hmmm. What I mean is this is a great new member resource.

TLW...ROAR!

It rymes too.

I am going to keep posting that comment so that the new members have this available to them everyday in the new members group.

It rhymes too :)

APR

2007

A comment a day will keep this in the new members way :)

Hmmm. What I mean is this is a great new member resource.

No. I wasn't kidding :)

TLW...ROAR!

APR

2007

What a great resource, this will take a while to read through.

Thank You! I have been navigating and trying to figure things out, but just end up confused. This is perfect!

MAY

2007

Bump :)

New Members...The answers are in the links on this post :)

That was a lot of posts and some many good ones were left off! The community certainly has grown. -Charles

MAY

2007

Spectacular! A link to this blog should be emailed to every new member...what a great way to get people involved...

MAY

2007

I LOVE THIS! Thank you for your efforts!

MAY

2007

Saturday Morning...

Is a good morning to do the bump :)

MAY

2007

What an awesome group and resource! Thanks for this post and the information, great stuff!!

I am overjoyed to find all these wonderful AR resources in one convenient place! As a newbie, I am just begining to understand the AR addiction, but i have no doubts this thread will help bolster my own budding infatuation with Active Rain.

Thanks!

Shai

MAY

2007

BLOGGING UNIVERSITY right here!! With much gratitude for your work on the Cliff Notes !!!

This is a herculean effort to educate everyone about the AR finer points -- thank you so much for putting it together!

MAY

2007

Krystal,

Wow! what a great resource. Thanks for putting this all together.

MAY

2007

thank you! This is a wealth of information!

MAY

2007

Wow, what a huge undertaking!!! This is perfect. I have bookmarked it for continuing reference. Thanks so much

MAY

2007

Thank you... good info

www.GeorgiaVacantHomeInsurance.com

MAY

2007

Thanks for posting that. There is a lot to learn here.

It would take me a month or more to go through all these Blogs. Thank you so much for putting all of these together.

This is an amazing resource!

This is great, and a terrific resource to have updated regularly. It might be useful to somehow HIGHLIGHT the new additions for those who are looking regularly, or note that they are UPDATES.

Jeff

I have just posted another one that may be of use: Create Your Active Rain Blog Resource List

I made the list. Now I can take the rest of the day off.

I have a request. I'm still having trouble figuring out an ideal Localism format.

Can someone or several someones post an article on their Top Ten Favorite Localism Posts of all time. Here I can see Featured Posts and Most Commented posts and pretty much determine the bar that has been set for regular posts. Stellar examples of Localism posts would be helpful.

Thanks for the great post. This helps all of us - oldtimers or newbies. Active Rain is just that, active and a "living" organization.

Ardell - there are featured posts on localism just as there are here on AR. I periodically scan those to see the great posts over there that get featured. I think the same things that are looked at here - format, pictures, spelling, correct grammar - are what catches the moderators eyes for featuring for localism. That, and GOOD local content.

This post is supposed to highlight important posts, but you're about to need to create a post that highlights the highlights if it gets much longer...

WOW! There goes my Saturday. j/k Thanks for putting that together.

There is thousands of dollars worth of actionable educational material in the posts on that list.

WOW! What an informative post. I don't think it should just be for newbies. It's wonderful that you have everything in one post/place. I will del.icio.us for future use. Thanks!

This is terrific, a condensed version of what it has taken me 6 months to figure out. I have a couple of suggestions:

1) When someone signs up, this should be sent to them in a thank you email.

2) At the very least if we invite a new member we should be responsible and send it to them.

This will make it so much easier for new people and as I glanced over it, I realize I had missed a few. I'm sure this took awhile to put together so I am very appreciative of all the effort.

Man,

So many things here on AR and so little time. I will have to go through some of these posts as I am sure I missed most of them. Thanks for the compilation.

THANK YOU for writing this - it reads like an book 'index' or Table of Contents...what a wonderful resource for us all!

VAL

MAY

2007

Jonathan - I am constantly amazed at the energy and enthusiasm you and your staff demonstrate here. I feel absolutely blessed to be included in this dynamic cyber enclave.

Thank you for putting all these great resources in one post for ready reference. You are always thinking!

Give Sara a hug for me. Sure hope her back is feeling better.

I think this post should have a permanent link on the Active Rain page for members to reference back to in the future.

I agree with Randy as far as the permanent link, this is a wonderful resource! Great post and thank you for putting it together.

MAY

2007

I love Missy's idea of sending out this with a welcome to AR email...Newbies will appreciate. I do try to notice newbies and send a note with a link...Someone did this for me with my first post and I truly appreciated.

I was pleasantly surprised that one of my posts had been included. Wow! Thanks! It is an honor to be included with so many other wonderful bloggers.

MAY

2007

Awesome! This is exactly what I've been looking for. I've been needing some help so I'll put this tool to good use. Thanks again!

MAY

2007

FANTASTIC RESOURCE!!! I have been just bouncing around trying to find things and here it is all in one place. I am definitely going to refer back to this post for help and information.

Good stuff!

JUN

2007

Totally impressed! This is really helpful. Thank you!

JUN

2007

Soooo... can we correct the spelling of plagiarism up top??

Thank You for a very great resource. I know this will help and benefit me alot.

JUN

2007

Hello!

This is a good page to start at. It should be mandatory to click an acceptance of terms and guidelines that members agree to adhere to. Otherwise... Congratulations on your ! years anniversary!

JUN

2007

I agree, this should be a requirement for newbies to read. I am one of them, and this is extremely helpful!

JUL

2007

Excellent information. Sorry I did not read it at the beginning. Well, now that I have been here for 3 months I finally saw it and it is good stuff. Bookmarked for reference.

JUL

2007

Super resources

George Jordan

Red Soil Real Estate

PEI, Canada

JUL

2007

Fantasticly helpful post (is fantasticly a real word???) :) Thanks for all your hard work on putting this together.

DJ Breckheimer
SW Mpls Specialist
www.djBreck.com

Hi there DJ! Sure, it is a word. Just spelled incorrectlyl :)

Here's the straight up from Merriam-Webster (http://www.m-w.com/):

One entry found for fantastically.

Main Entry: fan·tas·ti·cal·ly
Pronunciation: fan-'tas-ti-k(&-)lE, f&n-
Function: adverb
1 : in a fantastic manner
2 : to a fantastic degree : EXTREMELY <fantastically expensive clothes>

AUG

2007

This is a great post! Thanks so much for putting such comprehensive information all in one place. This is all very helpful and much appreciated!ch

I just had to come back to this post and read all the comments. I can't add a word that has not been mentioned. I only say "awesome" "awesome". Thanks for the post. Oh yeah and bookmarked and will revisit.

AUG

2007

I need some help on how to add links like color teaxt and boarders and such- could anyone assist me on this?

Maureen...

Borders

Hope that helps. That post just popped into my head when I read your comment :)

TLW...ROAR!

AUG

2007

Amazing resource! I'm actually looking for ways to improve my site. I think this will be a true an asset

SEP

2007

All this great and useful info I'm finding now that you have posted these on the home page.

Thank you!

OCT

2007

I was just directed here from a comment on another post and I bookmarked. Man this site is awesome:-)

NOV

2007

This is just amazing. I have to bookmark this for those nights when I have insomnia. You have a few months reading listed for me, that is for sure.

DEC

2007

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JAN

2008

AR-

Given that you have used a good number of our articles as resource links for those looking for deeper insight into blogging...

I wanted to introduce a new, and very overdue group: the Tomato Bloggers.

Our group's goal here on ActiveRain is to:

Facilitate Networking
Exchange Blogging Ideas
& Engage New Readers to participate and join in on the fun and learning that has been enjoyed by the Graduates and Enrollees of the Real Estate Tomato's Intense Blogging Course.

We have just today picked up 30 new members in our first day and invite you to join as well.

You don't have to be a client of ours to participate. Consider it a platform to learn from those who have learned from us.

Jim - Nice to have your group here among the Rain! Your articles have always been an excellent resource for our members, and we appreciate your continued involvement here!

FEB

2008

This a fantastic collection of information. This is like the sate map for ActiveRain. I was not sure how much I would ever get out of this community but I am SO glad I got involved.

FEB

2008

wow..I did realised that there was a page with so much informtation. This will keep me busy for a while...Thanks

FEB

2008

I'm glad I found this posting! Keep up the good work.

FEB

2008

WoW... Like a AR Dictionary here... Lots of great information

Thank you for being there. . . .for all of us Realtors

You're the BEST!

HERBOSO.com

FEB

2008

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APR

2008

Thank you for the very usefull information. I just love activerain.

Jay Skinner
Skinner & Associates Realty

MAY

2008

THANKS for this post. I should have read this before I starting Raining, but didn't realize the importance.

One very valuable thing I learned is DON'T SPAM another Blog...."Alek"...I can tell you haven't read that part yet.

MAY

2008

What an excellent resource. Thank you for very much for this information which will take me a while to get thru as well, but well worth the time and effort.

MAY

2008

Thank you so much for sharing great resource... Keep up the Good job

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I just got pushed to this blog again and I have to reiterate that this is a fabulous resource whether you're an experienced blogger and user of the web or not. There truly is something here to be learned by all. Again, I have to chip away at it because there is so much info. Yes, it will be for those sleepless nights and hopefully not cause any!

JUN

2008

That's the super resource, I was actually looking for this.

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JUN

2008

Wow - I wish I had seen this last year when I joined...

JUN

2008

This post has so much good information that I couldn't resist "singing in the rain" about it (and bookmarking it)!

JUN

2008

Hello and Welcome to Active Rain, read my blog for a few helpful hints to get you started, enjoy and welcome once again!

http://activerain.com/blogsview/571408/-Are-you-an

PS...I wish I would have known of this list when I joined too! =)

JUL