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

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.

Posted by Karen Moorhead Ann Arbor Area Real Estate on 09/23/2008 07:07 AM

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45 Comments on It's Not Called Dead Rain or Sometimes Rain...It's ACTIVE Rain

SEP

2008

I agree your blogging should be very consistent post at the very least 1 blog a week if you cant do more but it's better then no blogs. Your readers notice.

Twitter sent me here and Yes I have been wondering where the heck you have been, thought you were just writing on TreeTown. Ok see ya since you will be here more, right?

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

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.

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

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 ?

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

2008

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.

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.

OCT

2008

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

2008

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

OCT

2008

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

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2008

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2008

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.

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2008

NOV

2008

It gets hard sometimes but you are right Karen!

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.