For a new Activerain member, there is so much to learn about the nuances of this site and using technology in our business. Ed Silva, of Waterbury Connecticut, did a great job of explaining "views" vs. "clicks" and the importance of completing your profile - and not "just" completing it, but making it resonate with consumers.
This message bears repeating, from time to time, and I'm so glad he enabled "re-blog" so I can share his first featured post with you again.
There are many posts written about getting the most value from our blogs and being creative about getting ‘Google Juice' and SEO. Hidden value can be achieved by simply completing our profile page. AR also rewards us for filling out our profile and updating it periodically. The easiest area to complete should be the testimonials section, especially as we often get notes, emails and letters at the end of a completed transaction.
I recently had a listing appointment with a prospective client that was referred to me by one of her cousins. She is relocating closer to her job and had been interviewing agents to sell her house and to get thoughts on how to get the house set to sell. I will be the last agent they interview, and will be getting the listing once the ‘punch list of items is completed.
A couple of days after our meeting I received emails from both the prospective client and her cousin thanking me for my help and patience. They both offered up a comment that I was every bit as helpful and knowledgeable as my testimonials on ActiveRain offered. This was a pleasant surprise to me as well as an appreciation for ActiveRain ‘pointing' me for completing this profile.
As we blog, we often can see on the statistics section how often our blogs are viewed (seen by members), clicked (number of times someone has actually just clicked right to the blog, instead of viewing it on the blog roll), and of course number of comments. At the top of the statistics section is the number of times your profile is viewed by either other Rain members or prospective clients.
This number can be staggering to some of us and also another indication of how successful we are being in reaching the Internet consumer.
There is so much available to us here on ActiveRain, and it takes patience and time to truly grasp how powerful a site and tool this can be for our business. Imagine a working site that is free, interactive, an incredible reference library of professionals from all over North America and a great database of agents for future referrals. It just doesn't get any better than this.
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Margaret, An enormous amount to learn, and do! We suspect our To Do list will be long for quite awhile!
Thank you for the post! I will check my clicks more often.
Liz and Bill - One more thing for your to-do list: I wanted to re-blog your first featured post, but re-blog is not enabled. If you do that, I'll be happy to "feature" it on my blog.
Hi, Barbara - Thanks for your quote.
Ellen - Even though I knew this info already, Ed's blog did nudge me to check it again. Great to have all these fine articles to keep us on track, isn't it?
Margaret, Not sure what is going on. Went to look and the "allow reblog box" is checked. Maybe AR has a time limit? Totally guessing here. I'll try unchecking and rechecking and see if that helps.
Liz and Bill - Is it a Members' Only post? That was Ed Silva's issue.
It was. Made Public after reviewing the comments to make sure there wasn't anything there that would be an issue.
Thanks!
Margaret, thanks for the recognition. In looking at some of the old blogs, it's possible to find some additional fodder back there that can be cleaned up and presented much better than it was the first time.
Margaret, thanks for the re post, I have been meaning to revamp mine, some profiles are awesome!