My best advice:
•1. Post a blog a day.
•2. Make it short and sweet.
•3. Write about whatever interests you.
•4. Join several Groups and introduce each blog to 5 of them. Groups are at the top of each page, second from the left. Just click on that tab and peruse the list. You can search by your interest. Make sure you join the short sale, foreclosure and REO groups and the Internet marketing groups. There is a Million Dollar Homes Group, an Optimist Group, even a Traveling group! Every time someone comments on one of your blogs, it elevates it on all 5 boards you've posted it on. It goes right to the top of each one of the five groups you've posted it to. Without the groups, you don't get the comments your work deserves!
•5. Read 5-10 blogs per day and leave comments on them. Be genuine and only comment when you mean it. Find the blogs that move you, or teach you, or otherwise earn your interest.
•6. Post your blogs to Localism for your area. Post to specific microcosms, not just the state and county. If you send a blog to a specific neighborhood it will appear under that neighborhood, AND that city, AND that county, AND that state... quite a significant marketing bang!
•7. When all else fails and you need help, just look right below your blog, at the bottom of each page and click on the HELP/FAQ tab. There, you'll find ALL the answers.
Happy Blogging! Have a Prosperous 2009! Here is a very good starting sample to help you achieve your blogging goals for 2009. Just click on any and all titles listed below and you'll learn a lot:
10 Best Blogging Tips:
My Blogging Success Secrets
10 Things to know about Active Rain.
Top 65 Things a newbie does on Active Rain in the first 150 days on the network.
3 Ways To Reach Your Audience - Blogging Just Isn't Enough
How to Feed Your ActiveRain Blog Directly to Facebook and Twitter - Get More Exposure for the Same Effort!
ActiveRain 101 - A Wealth of Tips for Newbies and Veterans Alike
Active Rain / Localism Suggestions List & Tips for Members
Scoring points on AR - A Tutorial You Can Contribute to:
Need Help on Active Rain? Join the Group!
I wrote this a while back and had it as a draft, but finding an amazing blog that had no comments on it because it had not been submitted to any groups... that got me to find this and finally post it. ALWAYS submit your blogs to 5 groups.
Great advise that everyone can use new or not.I learn something new everyday.
Hi Mirela, Merry Christmas belated:)) Have a wonderful and prosperous New Year, Keep Blogging:))
Thank you Richard!
Thank you Endre! I appreciate it! You do the same!
Happy New Year! Keep Commenting!
Thanks for the advice Mirela, I hope you had a wonderful holiday and are looking for to a prospersous New Year.
Good advice, simple yet effective. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the advice, it is clearly stated and easy to follow. I did not realized that Localism posts show under state, county etc. I will change my ways!
What a great, informative post! I appreciate all the links and hints on scoring, blogging tips, etc. Great job!
•1. Post a blog a day.
•2. Make it short and sweet.
•3. Write about whatever interests you.
Fantastic advice but unfortunately I have only been able to do ##...I do enjoy dropping by your blog often, because you manage to be interesting, often very funny and prolific at the same time! Have a great weekend!
Mirela, to all your points ....done that!
Good advice and part of my plans for 2009. I built it '08 I make it work in 2009
Thanks
Bo
Thanks for the great advice. I have read a lot of your blogs and find them to be very helpful. Now it's up to us to actually do the things you recommend, which is always the challenge.
Thanks, Mirela. As usual, your post is power packed with great information. Now, if I can only figure out my blog log! It consistently tells me my information is wrong!
Colleen: Don't feel alone: I haven't been able to work mine for eons.
Dan and Amy: You are welcome!
How do you eat a whale?
...One bite at a time...
I love your blogs Mirela. Always great tips and advice. Very much appreciated for someone that is fairly new. Thank you.
Great tips! Thanks for sharing. I will post my blogs to groups..it's leaning process!!
I wish I had this post when I started -- I hope you have a great New Year!! JE
Again - wonderful tips Mirela. I really do get a lotta bang for my free buck from your blogs. Keep it up and thanks!!
These are good tips and I can use some of them for sure.
Kathy: I am so happy to hear that! Thank you!
Barbara: I'm glad! Thank you for letting me know!
Jason: I know what you mean... I feel the same way!
I didn't realize about the benefits of groups, that is very informative, thank you Mirela. I will check them out.
Great post. Had to bookmark since it is packed with lots of very helpful info. Thanks for all the helpful information.