The other day one of the agents in my office, MOUNTAIN COUNTRY REALTY, asked me what brought me more business: Zillow, Market Leader, Blogging, etc. He followed with a comment about my points here on AR. "You are so far ahead of everyone in our "neck of the woods."
First off, I told him I truly believe that ActiveRain brings me more business, as it leads a consumer, one way or another, to my lead generators after they've found one of my posts. Hands down, my postings are the cause (a good one) of approx. 75% of my business which, I must say, has been great the last couple years.
Points, well, now that's another story. I told him the points look cool if that's what you're in to; competing with others here to see how many points you can get to zoom by them. BUT, if the posts you are writing (for points) don't bring you squat, what the heck is the use of counting them? Focus on writing good content to bring you business. Don't sweat those stupid points.
All that said, I am nearing 1/2 million points! Holy Moly, that is quite a few, isn't it? When I first started here in 2007, I admit, I would toss anything out in the blogging world to try & make it stick just to get points. That got old and brought no biz. That didn't last long...
And here I sit telling you it is NOT about points, it is all about CONTENT and what the consuming is looking for. It really is NOT all about YOU, it's about what you produce.
By the way, AR Gods, do I get a Gold Medal of some sort when I hit that 500,000? Just thought I'd ask. :-) Heehee
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