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Put Em In Draft

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This is primarily for newer members, as many of us have been on this platform since Moby Dick was a minnow.

 I always write posts and keep them in draft mode until they are ready to go live. I can go through my drafts to see what I want to work on before submitting a post. Publishing my posts late, gives me the next day to respond to any comments. 

The next morning, I checked my emails, and there were no likes and no comments!   I thought, "Did I offend someone?  Did I fall off the blogging map?” 

After waiting, refreshing the page, and pondering the meaning of life for what felt like an eternity, I decided to recheck my post. And you probably guessed it. It was still in draft mode! Now it all made sense—of course there wouldn't be any comments if no one could see it!

With a quick tap, I flipped to 'Public’ and within minutes, comments and likes appeared! A few minutes there were even more.

So, here’s a friendly reminder to all my fellow bloggers: Always write your posts in draft mode, so you can save them, but don't forget to take them out of draft mode!  You never know how many people are waiting to hear it!

Put Em In Draft, Take Em Out of Draft

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Margaret Rome
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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home again, home again...

Don't be daft, put 'em in Draft!

Apr 11, 2025 07:02 PM
Alan May

awwww, shucks.

Apr 12, 2025 04:28 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Alan May 

Cute, cute comment!

Apr 11, 2025 07:05 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

John Juarez,

You got the formula down pat! Review, review, and review once more.

Apr 11, 2025 07:04 PM
Paddy Deighan MBA JD PhD
http://www.medicalandspaconsulting.com - Vail, CO
Paddy Deighan J.D. Ph.D

I enjoyed the post as well as the creative images!!! 

Apr 11, 2025 08:33 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

 Good to see you, Paddy Deighan MBA JD PhD 

Thank you for inspiring these creative images. 

 

Apr 12, 2025 07:41 AM
Marte Cliff
Marte Cliff Copywriting - Priest River, ID
Your real estate writer

Good advice, Margaret, but we would expect nothing less from you! 

Apr 11, 2025 09:37 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Thank you,  Marte Cliff.   Such a nice thing to say!

 

Apr 12, 2025 07:42 AM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

That’s always a plan and at least you can just plan more from there and you can change whatever you want later. :

Apr 11, 2025 10:48 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Marte Cliff  I feel like that is Margaret’s natural state of being and we love it. Don’t we? :)

Apr 11, 2025 10:50 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Laura Cerrano, Love you too! Hope you are doing well.

Apr 12, 2025 07:44 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Margaret - blog fermentation can work well as AR drafts become posts.   

Apr 12, 2025 03:10 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

You did it again, Michael Jacobs! 'Blog fermentation' is a perfect description!

Apr 12, 2025 07:45 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I often just write my posts when I think of them and publish right away. That being said, I did draft a post for the March challenge and it's still in draft. I'll have to finish it at some point!

I only tried the scheduler function once and it didn't work for me, so I don't use that one.

Apr 12, 2025 04:57 AM
Kat Palmiotti

Haha, Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 - no, it remains pointless!

Apr 12, 2025 07:54 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Kat Palmiotti 

I'm guessing that draft did not score you any points for March's contest!🙃

Apr 12, 2025 07:48 AM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

I've done this a few times too, Margaret. This post is a great reminder to check the status of the post after you think you've hit publish.

Apr 12, 2025 06:17 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Dr. Paula McDonald

Hope you are doing well. It's always good to see you!

Apr 12, 2025 07:50 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

Good morning, Margaret... I'm just the opposite. I put virtually nothing in draft. I just sit down and write something and then publish it.

Apr 12, 2025 06:28 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Nina Hollander, Broker,

 I begin each post by writing in the title space: "DRAFT" subject and date" and then immediately saving it. Too easy to forget that thought.

Apr 12, 2025 08:13 AM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Hello Miss Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 this is sound advice.

I remember learning the hard lesson years ago, you may recall when posts just went POOF. They did not save in draft or somehow disappeared. Since losing one post, I save my "draft" in a document on my desktop. 

Do-overs are not fun. 

Apr 12, 2025 07:56 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist 

And that first 'poof' is all the reminder you need!

 

Apr 12, 2025 08:21 AM
Lew Corcoran
Better Living Real Estate, LLC - East Bridgewater, MA
Expert guidance. Exceptional results.

Thanks, Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400! Your reminder about using draft mode is both funny and useful—I've definitely been there! I appreciate you sharing your experience; it’s a great nudge for all of us to double-check before we hit publish!

Apr 12, 2025 12:01 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Lew Corcoran There are more than a few of us who have lost a prized blog masterpiece that was sure to be featured. 🙃 It does make one a bit more careful! 

Apr 12, 2025 01:22 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Margaret when I was blogging more, as soon as I thought of a topic for a blog, I would start it, save it in draft mode, and come back to it when I had more to add to it.  Great way to have multiple blogs going at the same time.

Apr 12, 2025 06:23 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

George Souto That's what I do... But...I should check my drafts more ofter.

Apr 13, 2025 07:36 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

That is a very wise way to go about blogging and great for newbies to learn from!  I am a bit different since instead of putting blogs in draft, I schedule them out, haha.  There are some that I keep in draft, though, but they are more templates for posts, haha.

Apr 13, 2025 01:23 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400

Brian England

It looks like you've discovered the best approach that works for you!

Apr 14, 2025 02:33 PM
Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
Southern Utah's Preferred Real Estate Agent.

Back when all the glitches were frequent, I put my posts in notes on my computer because I lost several of them. I put them in draft mode on the AR platform now, Margaret. 🤞

Apr 14, 2025 02:11 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!

Losing a post trains us extremely fast!

Apr 14, 2025 02:36 PM
Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543
Realty ONE Group Advocates 484-237-2055 - Downingtown, PA
Selling the Main Line & Chester County

A good suggestion if one wants to pursue a theme or series of posts.

Apr 15, 2025 12:27 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543  As always, it's good to see you!

Apr 15, 2025 04:41 PM