ActiveRain Launches ActiveBlogs, a Multi-Author Blogging Platform for Real Estate Industry Professionals.
ActiveBlogs increase online marketing power for real estate with easy syndication of blog content and superior search engine performance


SEATTLE, January 7 2009 – ActiveRain (http://activerain.com) today announced the release of Active Blogs, a turn-key blogging platform built for single or multiple authors. ActiveBlogs are customizable, dynamic web-publishing sites designed for the real estate and related industries.

ActiveBlogs allow individual professionals to team up and syndicate multiple types of content from their existing ActiveRain individual accounts to a custom website and url, which delivers innate Search Engine Optimization benefits such as location based Real Area Indexing or ‘Raindexing’.  
The aggregation of continuous, targeted and fresh ‘Raindexed’ content within a single domain from numerous individuals  improves Long-Tail Search Engine Optimization, efficiently and dramatically improving online marketing efforts.

‘ActiveRain recognizes that dynamic content integrated from multiple sources creates the robust experience today’s real estate consumer is looking for,” said Jeff Corbett, ActiveRain’s vice president of Operations and Business Development. “We believe ActiveBlogs provide a foundation to efficiently display this content.”

At launch, individual ActiveBlogs are priced at $19 per month while multi-author or ‘Team Blogs’ will cost $79.00 per month for hosting.  Personalized branding is possible with numerous template options that may be customized to the administrator’s satisfaction.  
‘Real estate related professionals deserve products and services pro-actively designed to suit their unique needs,” Corbett said.  ‘No other platform at any price – including free – offers real estate professionals a better value in terms of ease of use, flexibility and seamless movement of content.”

About ActiveRain

Active Rain is a real estate technology company based in the Pacific Northwest. The company launched its online community for real estate professionals in June of 2006 and quickly established it as the leading real estate social network. The ActiveRain community currently has over 125,000 members. The company, founded in 2003, secured $2.75 million in funding in December of 2007.

For more information, visit http://www.activerain.com/.

Media Contact:   Jeff Corbett//ActiveRain//jcorbett@activerain.com

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89 Comments on ActiveRain Launches ActiveBlogs, a Multi-Author Blogging Platform for Real Estate Industry Professionals

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JAN
08
2009
175,768 Points 5 Featured Posts Outside Blog Hit Router

I will read all the other posts but I have been wanting two blogs - the free "Outside Blog" that I have with my own domain and another that I have been trying to set up with my own domain and the wordpress format and don't understand how yet - and so I have delayed.  Will this be as good as having a separate blog like wordpress and keep my present set up.  Probably shouldn't ask all this until I read everything - off to do that now.
9:28am • #71
521,019 Points 229 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Jason and Amber:  Just curious, but why would a warning be necessary if your current Outside Blog didn't change? You aren't being forced to pay anything. The upgrade is optional. I agree that the link on your 'My Home' page for the Outside Blog should still be there, and allow you to make changes as you did before. I wil check into that for you.
9:33am • #72
1,113,048 Points 52 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Just when you thought..there...its one of the earth's seven wonders...(BOING) they do it again. Keep tweaking, poking, punching and improving the voice we broadcast!
11:12am • #73
1,364,326 Points 93 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Called Shot Master

I was willing to pay for an ActiveRain blog in 2007 when they first started talking about them.  Rich J said that paid blogs would not work to monetize AR back shortly after Local sponsorships were sold.  Wondering what has changed?
12:41pm • #74
374,842 Points 2 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

Sounds interesting.  Like many others on here I need to find out more.  Off to read the other posts.
2:00pm • #75
284,851 Points 37 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

My power has been out and the first thing I read when I was back up and running were several emails from AR friends suggesting new group blogs!  Sounds like fun and will enjoy watching this unfold.  I have several of my own blogs and one group blog for my community so it will be interesting to compare the results. 
3:55pm • #76
JAN
09
2009
2 Featured Posts

Jeff,

I signed up for the upgrade last night.  I can't update the them, nor can I add the custom URL (no matter what I try).  Is there a help of FAQ area that is easily accessible??
12:25pm • #77
45 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Reporting from LaGuardia Airport in NYC...

As with any and every product release, there will be bugs...which our programmers are acutely (and chronically) aware of, and are diligently fixing.  Many of the bugs ID'd in these comments have already been rectified.

A detailed FAQ post will manifest early next week, but a few things before I jump a flight:

  • There will be a short free trial period.
  • Widget enabling is coming. 
  • You own the domain name, not AR. 
  • There is no limit to the number of members for Group Blogs.

If you have any detailed questions, please don't hesitate to email me. 
1:40pm • #78
JAN
10
2009
1,138,296 Points 91 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Jorgen & Jeff--why should we change our blog name/domain name? Can't we continue to use the AR-assigned domain? Is there a good reason to change it?
12:26pm • #79
JAN
28
2009
1 Featured Post Attended Rain Camp

Hi there. I need the domain name for another purpose that my outside blog is currently using. How can I delete my AR outside blog and simply go back to using the AR free blog? Will we still get good Google juice if we use the original blog format? Thanks!!!
6:58pm • #81
521,019 Points 229 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Risa:   Is there a good time tomorrow that I can call you and get this issue resolved? Let me know  rich@activerain.com
10:20pm • #83
JAN
30
2009
202,142 Points 1 Featured Post

I notice my current outside blog does not have rss symbol anymore, and also notice my widget is not updating anymore everytime I post a blog, the post do show up on my outside blog, but not my widget like it used to, matter of fact, my widget lost all its post back to Oct 2008, it this because I am still using the free version?  My widget still has the setting to be fed from my outside blog, not sure what is going on, I am thinking because of the recent "free" to "pay" for outside blog changeover.  Any help would be appreciated.
7:54pm • #84
45 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Which widget are you speaking of Brad and Angela? 

RSS Feeds are undergoing some fixes as I type this, and should be reconciled by early in the week...
7:59pm • #85
FEB
02
2009
202,142 Points 1 Featured Post

It is the widget at http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/nc-piedmont-triad-real-estate-blog

The widget is set to be fed from my outside blog http://nchomesforsaleblog/rss

Hopefully, the RSS feeds will be fixed this week and my widget will be updating correctly.
11:43am • #86

Thank you for sharing this. feather pin
11:34pm • #87
FEB
08
2009
176,617 Points 2 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp

I was wondering why I never run into my "new paid for Blog" - in search engines? I still always come up as the old blog within activerain. I want to make sure that I am not missing something - is there something I should be doing? Thanks. Nicky Dou

Also - is there a way to customize more than just the standard backgrounds you guys have - like on the other AR Blog (the free one?) Thanks!
8:03am • #88

Let me get this straight, Jeff.  I am paying you a monthly free for my outside blog http://memphisrealestate20.com and now  in the upper right corner in a prominent visual position is a search box that takes readers away from the blog and my site and directs them to an AR vendor.  Sorry, but that is not acceptable!
joe spake
1:22pm • #89
2 Featured Posts

Jeff,  sorry for my rant.  I just discovered the widget feature, which, I swear, was not there the last time i looked at my outside blog. 

Is there some place we can go to get updates on what you are doing with the outside blogs, like the widget add, or can i sign up for updates??
2:06pm • #90
MAY
06
2009
1,202,590 Points 32 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

When you refer to an outside blog... are you referring to any blog other than Active Rain.  We have a blog on our Point2 website, is this what you mean.

Also when you refer to a "Team" are you referring to a husband and wife that work together.  If so the price seems to high.

Thanks,
9:04pm • #91
OCT
29
2009
1,187,526 Points 3 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp

I post my blogs on more than one platform. It's amazing to me how many times Active Rain blogs are first in the google search. Active Rain Rocks!
1:48pm • #92

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