If you're new to ActiveRain and writing some great posts to the public but not getting results, there may be a simple explanation, and it's not "blogging is dead or an obsolete form of marketing".
It could be as simple as the category of your ActiveRain membership.
There are two levels of ActiveRain membership:
1. Rainer
2. Rainmaker
The biggest difference between the two levels?
A Rainer account is MEMBERS ONLY, and we're not talking about a jacket that shows up in the Sopranos final scene. MEMBERS ONLY means all your activity in the Rain is NOT indexed by any of the search bots. Google, Bing, etc., do not know your posts and questions exist. You can write the best ever public facing evergree posts about your local housing market, new construction trends, subdivisions, your latest listing, sold info, etc, and the ONLY people that will ever see those posts are other members of ActiveRain. While it MIGHT potentially lead to a referral from another agent, no home buyer or seller in your market will EVER see those posts unless they join ActiveRain, and that's a long shot. This is a case of "you get what you pay for". Since a Rainer account is free, you don't get publicized to the world UNTIL you reach 500,000 points and qualify for a free Rainmaker account (once Support changes your status).
On the other hand, a Rainmaker account is fully visible to the world UNLESS you intentionally select a MEMBERS ONLY status for your post or question. Every Public post is indexed, doesn't matter time of day or day or week, the bots are going to see you. Now whether you get results is going to totally depend on the quality of your post and how much competition you have for the topic.
You can gain Rainmaker by paying for it (go to My Home and look for UPGRADE ACCOUNT on the left sidebar).
Or you may have been grandfathered if you've been here since the early days of ActiveRain.
Or as mentioned earlier, once you've reached 500,000 points, you're entitled to a free Rainmaker account. It will take some time to reach that level, and in my opinion, if you want to be found by the public, paying for a membership may be one of the best returns on your dollar out there once you understand how to turn your blogging into a productive tool.
In any case, even if you opt to remain a Rainer, there's a ton of great peer to peer information in ActiveRain that offers you the opportunity to build a network while you learn the tools of the trade.
Until next Tuesday, just Ask An Ambassador if you need help,
Bill & Liz aka BLiz
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