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ActiveRain Launches ActiveBlogs, a Multi-Author Blogging Platform for Real Estate Industry Professionals

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ActiveRain Launches ActiveBlogs, a Multi-Author Blogging Platform for Real Estate Industry Professionals.
ActiveBlogs increase online marketing power for real estate with easy syndication of blog content and superior search engine performance


SEATTLE, January 7 2009 – ActiveRain (http://activerain.com) today announced the release of Active Blogs, a turn-key blogging platform built for single or multiple authors. ActiveBlogs are customizable, dynamic web-publishing sites designed for the real estate and related industries.

ActiveBlogs allow individual professionals to team up and syndicate multiple types of content from their existing ActiveRain individual accounts to a custom website and url, which delivers innate Search Engine Optimization benefits such as location based Real Area Indexing or ‘Raindexing’.  
The aggregation of continuous, targeted and fresh ‘Raindexed’ content within a single domain from numerous individuals  improves Long-Tail Search Engine Optimization, efficiently and dramatically improving online marketing efforts.

‘ActiveRain recognizes that dynamic content integrated from multiple sources creates the robust experience today’s real estate consumer is looking for,” said Jeff Corbett, ActiveRain’s vice president of Operations and Business Development. “We believe ActiveBlogs provide a foundation to efficiently display this content.”

At launch, individual ActiveBlogs are priced at $19 per month while multi-author or ‘Team Blogs’ will cost $79.00 per month for hosting.  Personalized branding is possible with numerous template options that may be customized to the administrator’s satisfaction.  
‘Real estate related professionals deserve products and services pro-actively designed to suit their unique needs,” Corbett said.  ‘No other platform at any price – including free – offers real estate professionals a better value in terms of ease of use, flexibility and seamless movement of content.”

About ActiveRain

Active Rain is a real estate technology company based in the Pacific Northwest. The company launched its online community for real estate professionals in June of 2006 and quickly established it as the leading real estate social network. The ActiveRain community currently has over 125,000 members. The company, founded in 2003, secured $2.75 million in funding in December of 2007.

For more information, visit http://www.activerain.com/.

Media Contact:   Jeff Corbett//ActiveRain//jcorbett@activerain.com

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Lane Bailey
Century 21 Results Realty - Suwanee, GA
Realtor & Car Guy

What will they think of next?  Although we have been doing group blogging at Diamond Dwellings for a while, this is a way to spread the capability. 

Jan 07, 2009 03:41 PM
Greg Nino
RE/MAX Compass - Houston, TX
Houston, Texas

That made perfect sense. :)

Jan 07, 2009 03:47 PM
Kat DeLong
Realty ONE Group Mountain Desert - Prescott, AZ
REALTOR

Jason and Amber:I TOTALLY agree. I am not jumping in to the pool until they use the net to clean up all the bugs.  Some keep saying "oh it's only $19.00 blah blah...but you know what, $19.00 a month is a lot out-of-pocket dough to toss out so readily.

Jan 08, 2009 12:36 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

I'm sure I will join...but  will wait til the bugs are removed.  Thanks, this surely was a lot of work for you guys.

Jan 08, 2009 01:10 AM
Cathy Tishhouse
RE/MAX Showcase Homes - Royal Oak, MI
Royal Oak Real Estate

I will read all the other posts but I have been wanting two blogs - the free "Outside Blog" that I have with my own domain and another that I have been trying to set up with my own domain and the wordpress format and don't understand how yet - and so I have delayed.  Will this be as good as having a separate blog like wordpress and keep my present set up.  Probably shouldn't ask all this until I read everything - off to do that now.

Jan 08, 2009 01:28 AM
Rich Jacobson
Fathom Realty West Sound - Poulsbo, WA
Your Kitsap County WA Real Estate Broker

Jason and Amber:  Just curious, but why would a warning be necessary if your current Outside Blog didn't change? You aren't being forced to pay anything. The upgrade is optional. I agree that the link on your 'My Home' page for the Outside Blog should still be there, and allow you to make changes as you did before. I wil check into that for you.

Jan 08, 2009 01:33 AM
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Just when you thought..there...its one of the earth's seven wonders...(BOING) they do it again. Keep tweaking, poking, punching and improving the voice we broadcast!

Jan 08, 2009 03:12 AM
Maureen McCabe
HER Realtors - Columbus, OH
Columbus Ohio Real Estate

I was willing to pay for an ActiveRain blog in 2007 when they first started talking about them.  Rich J said that paid blogs would not work to monetize AR back shortly after Local sponsorships were sold.  Wondering what has changed?

Jan 08, 2009 04:41 AM
Pam Dent
Gayle Harvey Real Estate, Inc. - Charlottesville, VA
REALTOR® - Charlottesville Virginia Homes / Horse

Sounds interesting.  Like many others on here I need to find out more.  Off to read the other posts.

Jan 08, 2009 06:00 AM
Diane Aurit
LKN Realty, LLC - Mooresville, NC
Lake Norman Real Estate

My power has been out and the first thing I read when I was back up and running were several emails from AR friends suggesting new group blogs!  Sounds like fun and will enjoy watching this unfold.  I have several of my own blogs and one group blog for my community so it will be interesting to compare the results. 

Jan 08, 2009 07:55 AM
Jeff Corbett
BoomTown - Charleston, SC

Reporting from LaGuardia Airport in NYC...

As with any and every product release, there will be bugs...which our programmers are acutely (and chronically) aware of, and are diligently fixing.  Many of the bugs ID'd in these comments have already been rectified.

A detailed FAQ post will manifest early next week, but a few things before I jump a flight:

  • There will be a short free trial period.
  • Widget enabling is coming. 
  • You own the domain name, not AR. 
  • There is no limit to the number of members for Group Blogs.

If you have any detailed questions, please don't hesitate to email me. 

Jan 09, 2009 05:40 AM
Risa Liebster
Ramsey-Shilling Associates - Los Angeles, CA
Toluca Lake Real Estate

Hi there. I need the domain name for another purpose that my outside blog is currently using. How can I delete my AR outside blog and simply go back to using the AR free blog? Will we still get good Google juice if we use the original blog format? Thanks!!!

Jan 28, 2009 10:58 AM
Rich Jacobson
Fathom Realty West Sound - Poulsbo, WA
Your Kitsap County WA Real Estate Broker

Risa:   Is there a good time tomorrow that I can call you and get this issue resolved? Let me know  rich@activerain.com

Jan 28, 2009 02:20 PM
Angela Lawrence
Noble Merit, REALTORS® - Winston-Salem, NC
Broker/Owner

I notice my current outside blog does not have rss symbol anymore, and also notice my widget is not updating anymore everytime I post a blog, the post do show up on my outside blog, but not my widget like it used to, matter of fact, my widget lost all its post back to Oct 2008, it this because I am still using the free version?  My widget still has the setting to be fed from my outside blog, not sure what is going on, I am thinking because of the recent "free" to "pay" for outside blog changeover.  Any help would be appreciated.

Jan 30, 2009 11:54 AM
Jeff Corbett
BoomTown - Charleston, SC

Which widget are you speaking of Brad and Angela? 

RSS Feeds are undergoing some fixes as I type this, and should be reconciled by early in the week...

Jan 30, 2009 11:59 AM
Angela Lawrence
Noble Merit, REALTORS® - Winston-Salem, NC
Broker/Owner

It is the widget at http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/nc-piedmont-triad-real-estate-blog

The widget is set to be fed from my outside blog http://nchomesforsaleblog/rss

Hopefully, the RSS feeds will be fixed this week and my widget will be updating correctly.

Feb 02, 2009 03:43 AM
Mobile Austin Notary
Apostille/Authentication/Embassy Legalization, Notary Public, Loan Signing Agent & Process Server Services - Austin, TX
www.mobileaustinnotary.com

Thank you for sharing this. feather pin

Feb 02, 2009 03:34 PM
Nicky Dean
Collier & Associates - Fayetteville, AR
The BEST REAL ESTATE AGENT in Northwest Arkansas

I was wondering why I never run into my "new paid for Blog" - in search engines? I still always come up as the old blog within activerain. I want to make sure that I am not missing something - is there something I should be doing? Thanks. Nicky Dou

Also - is there a way to customize more than just the standard backgrounds you guys have - like on the other AR Blog (the free one?) Thanks!

Feb 08, 2009 12:03 AM
Al & Peggy Cunningham, Brokers
RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage - Brampton, ON
Our Family Wants To Help Your Family!

When you refer to an outside blog... are you referring to any blog other than Active Rain.  We have a blog on our Point2 website, is this what you mean.

Also when you refer to a "Team" are you referring to a husband and wife that work together.  If so the price seems to high.

Thanks,

May 06, 2009 02:04 PM
Vickie Nagy
Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate - Palm Springs, CA
Vickie Jean the Palm Springs Condo Queen

I post my blogs on more than one platform. It's amazing to me how many times Active Rain blogs are first in the google search. Active Rain Rocks!

Oct 29, 2009 06:48 AM