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It's Not Called Dead Rain or Sometimes Rain...It's ACTIVE Rain

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty

September 23, 2008 12:07 AM

Hi everyone,

I have been a bit swamped with work, family and other normal obligations and my time here recently has been limited. I admit very limited. If your inbox at Active Rain looks like this:

KarenMoorhead.com

Oh My Goodness I have been away wayyyyy toooo long. All of my messages are group messages and that's because I haven't been writing nor commenting on others. Yikes, it has been way too long.

Please don't do as I have.

Be consistant in your blogging.

I have a ton of catch up work to do and it is always self directed. No one I know has a broker saying, "Blog baby Blog".

People do it for many reasons but the bottomline is that the AR blog it is a vital part of your marketing plan.

To be that vital part, it should also be consistant.

Anyway I have been updating my photos at Flickr, dropping by Twitter and now my most important element in "CyberKaren" part of this is my Active Rain blog.

Don't do as I have done...make it consistant and if you see your inbox looking like mine, with lots of group messages and nothing that you have written or commented, its probably time to get back into the Rain and become Active Rain...it's certainly not called Dead Rain or Sometimes Rain. It is ACTIVE Rain for a reason.

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Michael Setunsky

Woodbridge, VA

Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

I agree Karen, consistency is is what makes a marketing plan work. Thanks for the reminder.

Sep 23, 2008 12:16 AM

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Keller Williams Realty - Ann Arbor, MI

Ann Arbor Area Real Estate

If we see each other, we can talk more but its been a strange time. I found that my outside blog is worse without Active Rain. I just have to do both to better at the outside blog. It might just be me, but its true. I need both for many reasons and I believe that I write better when I'm here as well.

Timing just became difficult.

Sep 23, 2008 12:17 AM

Leesa Finley

RED Properties - Wake Forest, NC

RED Properties - Raleigh NC Real Estate

Good morning, Karen and welcome back! I was away for a while too - catching up is HARD! Glad to see you though!

Sep 23, 2008 12:18 AM

Charlie Ragonesi

AllMountainRealty.com - Big Canoe, GA

Homes - Big Canoe, Jasper, North Georgia Pros

Thanks for the great post , so here is another thing for your inbox, Do you think twitter etc make a diffrence to your search engine ranking or is rain enough ?

Sep 23, 2008 12:24 AM

Norma J. Elkins

Elite Realty Group - Morristown, TN

Realtor - Elkins Home Selling Team

I really did not know what a group email was - I try to blog at least 2 or 3 times a week! Thanks!

Sep 23, 2008 12:45 AM

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Keller Williams Realty - Ann Arbor, MI

Ann Arbor Area Real Estate

Norma & Charlie, you are brave souls asking me a question when I obviously need help keeping myself on track ;-) But I do think the best thing you can do is become active here and the groups that are in my Active Rain mailboxes help create topics for blogs and friendships. Therefore they can be very helpful, but you have to read them and then...write your own post.

The consistant 2 or 3 times a week is really great Norma! That is so important.

Leesa, always a smile when I see your name ;-)

Michael, thanks for reading and making a comment. I appreciate it.

Sep 23, 2008 01:06 AM

Steve Shatsky

Dallas, TX

Hi Karen... Consistency in all elements of branding and marketing is very important. Thanks for reminding everyone!

Sep 23, 2008 02:25 AM

Beth Larsen

RE/MAX Sedona - Sedona, AZ

Sedona Arizona

Karen, thanks for making me laugh - and showing me I'm not alone. I've been walking a few miles in your shoes and trying to find my way back. This helps ;^).

Active Rain is a wonderful place to find inspiration. Have a great day!

Sep 23, 2008 02:38 AM

Cherimie Crane

Cherimie Crane & Associates - Beaufort, SC

Karen- Life can sometimes get a bit distracting. Thanks for this encouraging post!

Sep 23, 2008 04:15 AM

Kerry Smyth

Newcomers Welcome Service - Ann Arbor, MI

Hello Karen,

Nice to see you back on. I have read some of your past posts and enjoyed them. As a realative newbie here I have noticed quite a few profiles that show people blogging a lot and then suddenly stopping. I decided to pace myself and stay for the long haul :). I will look forward to seeing more from you.

Sep 23, 2008 05:34 AM

Charlie Harden

Columbia, SC

Hi Karen, You mean you have been too busy with actual work to play in the rain? Good grief. What's the world coming to? It actually is raining here in SC right now, so I'm enjoying meeting you.

Sep 26, 2008 12:37 AM

John Novak

Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV

Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

In this highly-connected online world, just a day or two away can really fill our inbox up quick! A great thing about the Rain is that it will still be here when we return, waiting patiently with a bunch of new posts and comments.

Sep 26, 2008 02:24 PM

Kathy Clulow

Uxbridge, ON

Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Karen - It's great that you were busy September was a busy month here as well and you are so right active/rain is about being "active"

Oct 14, 2008 11:51 AM

Charles Stallions Real Estate Services

Charles Stallions Real Estate Services Inc - Gulf Breeze, FL

Buyers Agent 800-309-3414 Pace and Gulf Breeze,Fl.

Hey at least your priorities are straight I guess. it's nice to be busy.

Oct 16, 2008 07:03 AM

Laura Gray

RE/MAX Realty Group - Gaithersburg, MD

There will always be those times when we have an unusual amount of "Group" e-mails. Lets just hope it is because you are being blessed with "REAL ESTATE" business and it is productive for you.

Our job is to enlighten and enrich others and evolve in our own life or career through this medium. Our job is not to BLOG , that is what the AR Gods are for LOL.

If you are anything like me , somtimes I just loose my voice and don' t have anything to say , but will gladly read OPP (other peoples posts) to learn from them

Oct 18, 2008 03:11 AM

Janna Scharf

Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene - Coeur d'Alene, ID

Coeur d'Alene Idaho Real Estate Expert

A very good point that you make. But life ebbs and flows, and to everything there is a season, etc. Just do the best you can, slow and steady wins the race.

Nov 27, 2008 11:53 PM

Tami Vroma

West Michigan Real Estate Specialist-Five Star Real Estate - Grand Haven, MI

Realtor, Grand Rapids MI Real Estate

It gets hard sometimes but you are right Karen!

Nov 29, 2008 11:47 PM

DeAnna Troupe

Learn Small Business - Stone Mountain, GA

Karen, I totally agree. I'm busy trying to think of something interesting to post to my Active Rain blog myself. It's easy to let things slide when things start to get busy, isn't it. What is your twitter handle? I'd love to follow your tweets.

Nov 30, 2008 04:22 AM

Tony and Libby Kelly

Keller Williams Realty Portland Premiere - Lake Oswego, OR

CRS, ABR, ePro, SRES, CLHMS, CDPE

You do have to set aside time to do activerain regularly, as long as you don't use it to procrastinate your lead generating!

Dec 04, 2008 06:30 AM

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Keller Williams Realty - Ann Arbor, MI

Ann Arbor Area Real Estate

so true, so true! Thanks for stopping by!

Dec 04, 2008 11:45 AM