IF YOU DON'T GET IT, DON'T KNOCK IT!

Don Reinhard's Featured Post about people who don't understand Active Rain inspired me to opine on the subject. If you don't get it, don't knock it!

Sure there are other places where you can have your own blog. You can host with other companies and blogging sites, or you can venture forth with your own WP blog and build up your Google ranking all by yourself. Can you be successful? Absolutely. Will it be as much fun? No way!

You see, one of the secrets of Active Rain is not just the ability to rank with Google. It's the journey along the way. It's the friends you make. It's the knowledge you learn. Let's face it - most of us looked like bobble head dolls the first few months here. At least I did! My head was spinning every time Brad came out with a new post :)

But that was then. And now I have been invited to be part of a 5-6 person Technology Committee at my company. Wow! You've come a long way, baby! And so have you. Or so can you.

Points? What's the big deal about points? Don't we all love sky miles and every other sort of reward point we can garner? I love racking up points on my credit cards! Points are the carrot in front of me that has kept me coming back day after day even when I was really tired. That kept me reading fabulous blogs that taught/teach me so much. That kept me writing until I actually did learn to write, sort of! lol (At least I know I'm a lot better than I was back then...)

Active Rain - it's not a silver bullet but it is guaranteed to boost your social media knowledge and increase your bottom line if you read and follow directions from the many gurus here.

So here's my 2¢ - if you don't get it, don't knock it!