Every once in awhile I will read a post that I really enjoy, and then immediately go to the "profile" page to read about my newly-discovered Active Rainer. Then, I usually go to their "blog" and look at their other posts... read some of them, and probably... if I like what I see... I will "subscribe" to their blog.
There have been times when I have been very surprised when I have found that some of these very-well-written posts... have gotten almost NO comments.
The reason... much more often than not... is that the writers of the posts... have NOT submitted their posts to any of the various Active Rain "Groups."
It's not only Newbies, but sometimes Oldbies, too, who I see writing great posts, and then just simply "submit" them... and NOT use the "groups" feature... which allows posts to be seen by more Active Rain readers.
So... if you are not getting many comments... here is how the Active Rain "Groups" feature works:
Whenever you write a post... you have the ability to select up to five groups from your own list of previously-selected "favorites" groups. Depending on the subject you have written about, you select groups you guess are going to be interested in what you have written.
If you write a post about something political, there are both some general groups, and some political groups you can choose to submit to, If you are in a silly mood, and write a fun post, there are humorous groups you can submit your post to.
There are groups for most real estate franchises... like ReMax, KW, Century 21, Prudential, and some others. There is a By Referral Only group, and a Brian Buffini group. Even though I am a "Certified Mentor" in the Buffini System... I actually much prefer what By Referral Only and Joe Stumpf has to offer.
There are Apple/Mac groups, there is a Late Night at Active Rain group... there is a Mom's group, various cat and dog groups... lots of variety.
You could go and click on the "Groups" link at the top of every Active Rain page, and see all of the groups available. But, there are hundreds of them... and it takes time to wade through them.
Or, you could go to any post you see, and click on the link for any of the groups they have used. Then, look it over, and if it seems useful, click on "join group"... and you are in.
Then, the next time you write a post... you can choose from any of the groups you have already selected. Just click in the little box for that group... click up to five groups... and then... down at the bottom of the post you just wrote... click on "submit post." Your newly written post is then displayed both on the general blog roll that you see when you click on the "blogs" link at the top of the page, and you are also listed on each of the "blog rolls" of each of the up-to-five groups you have selected.
Notice right below the end of this post. There is a list of five groups... it says... "post is included in group: Active Rain Newbies ." This is one of the five groups I have selected from my long list of all the groups I belong to. I have chosen groups I think this post might be of interest to.
I hope this helps someone. Please use the comments below to ask any questions about this... so you can feel more at home with using Active Rain. Take care...
Ooops... one more thing. Just below the edge of this post are some tags. One of them is "tutorials." I have written many, many tutorials to help Newbies, and Oldbies as well make the most of Active Rain. If you click on the word "tutorials"... it will take you to perhaps fifty different blog post tutorials I have written. I hope you find them helpful.
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