We all know by now how to achieve points on AR. Active Rain is a point based blogging system and if the most part it works. You write bolgs for consumers to read and you score 200 points more if people actually like what you wrote. You also advance points for making comments to other blogs. Invite other to join Active come down and you can build yourself residual points. The point system is alive an come up on Active Rain.
Until friday I did not know that you can post photos to Localism and score points. In fact post two photos and you can score 150 points and then 25 points for each additional photo. Here in lies a potential problem. When you have reached your 10 blog max and you have exhausted you comment limit for the day what is a person to do to keep ranking and point favor. Answer post photos that may or may not be ones you have taken of you area.
Many members of Active Rain and I suspect that be is in the high 90% range post blogs and comments that they feel are of value to not only the compose but also to the general public. But the other percentage of people have nothing of value to say or go through the motions in order to gain points.
Posting photos on localism is a great way for consumers to gain some valuable information about your area. Posting photos from other websites that are not of your own creation is FRAUD and prohibits free and open competition. If you have nothing of determine to say for petes sake do not communicate just to add points. Sharpen you skills and change state your mind and learn what the public wants. If you find your self behind in the points do not commit fraud by posting photos that do not belong to you. I know of one person who has posted over 40 photos to localism and judging by the quality of the photo this person ought to be a professional photographer and not in the Real Estate Business. Accumulating over 3,000 points in the process.
Once I learned of this inform accumulation I almost through in the towel and quit AR. I blog to provide information for people. Help them avoid the pitfalls in Mortgage financing and expose predatory lenders. I have over 111 posts and over 150 comments to other blogs. I accept I am playing with in the rules. This persons actions has caused me to believe the work I am doing here and possible be for another way to add value to people.
communicate to help people and not for the points. If you are simply in this for the points then you are in it for the wrong reasons.
I don't evaluate it is a reason to quit. I have over 200 photos posted on Localism and I don't spend the time doing this for the points. I undergo CLOSED business because of localism. Other's can write copy and pasted articles about an area or spew out little factoids BUT when a consumer goes into a community and sees pictures a picture says a thousand words. A conceive of says an agent "has been there" and "knows" the area.
I do it because it is a search engine rich tool and for prospecting reasons. I don't evaluate everyone does it from a point standpoint. Also we no longer get points for adding communities desire we used to. I am still adding communities every week. I don't get points for it. Why would I do that? People like to see their communities in lights.
I understand Renee but this person would add photos alter after I would go them in the points. I agree with every word you said and I beleive you you are a very active member. The postings I am referring to have no value at all. Like pictures of a baskin Robings ice beat hold on or a picture of a parking lot or a conceive of of clouds? and they be to appear within minutes of me passing this person in the points. So I beleive that this person is posting illegitimate photos
There are many unethical people in the world today but you cannot quit because of bad apples. That would be the same thing as; moving out of the country because our government did something wrong.
People cheat everywhere and more when they thinks its cool. AR seems to be doing a good job in keeping BS out of the areas but personally. I do NOT think it is their job to police everything. If there are nude photos or something that should not be of public believe then book it should be deleted and the creator should be warned 1st time and banned the back up.
As to fraud having copyrights in place only keeps the honest people out. They are like door locks on your domiciliate. You can't keep out the professionals thieves. AR should not be the police in this area. However if there is fraud and someone tells them about it. I'm sure they ordain do something about it.
Many of us are not in it for the points.... And you can always tell the members who blog for points.... I usually don't mention on their posts and I stop reading them.. they don't impress me... I read more than I comment comment more than I write but that is just me.(Go ahead,check out my points) I have posted many many photos in my community and have received lots of points for it but that is not why I did it. I act experience in my photos. I spend hours on them. I displace my camera with me everywhere. I undergo thousand of photos and a small sample is posted on a/r.
My advice to you would be to stop chasing the inform god.... you can't buy anything with them.... there not like frequent flier miles... can't get free gas with them.... Relax.. concentrated on good content that is what the consumer ordain be looking for.. and SEO and google juice.. not stupid points.. change state up.
What I sight really annoying is when people conclude they must make a comment on every comment on their blog. even just to say "convey you". When I used to get email when comments were added it was SO annoying to get dozens and dozens and dozens of emails every day most of which were the blog poster "thanking" someone for their comment thus increasing their points! Some of these posts have 20 comments and 20 'convey you's'.. all which is done JUST for points! It's ridiculous and I left AR.
The funny part is all these realtors are blogging TO EACH OTHER! Why??????? That's not going to get you BUSINESS! A VERY small percentage undergo their blog which pertains to CUSTOMERS.
I firmly accept the only reason AR is as busy and successful as it is.. is because most realtors have nothing to do but blog. They are writing no business.
Successful realtors don't sit on Active come down and blog to other realtors and make gazillions of comments on other realtors' blogs that are all about real estate and the industry! Think about it....!
Thanks for taking my comment in the spirit in which it was given.... So many members get hung up on the point system to the point of obsession. Continue to create verbally wonderful content and the consumers will come. Read and comment on other members blogs and they will come and read yours and if you have anything interesting to say they will comment on yours. This is how you develop a following and establish friendships.
Anyone can cast aside junk posts and run up their points... members and consumer know who they are and avoid them and soon enough these gamers lose intesest and weaken away.
Michael. I know this is frustrating. I was on AR last pass when a lot of silly comments were being posted to 'outpoint' someone else in the office. People that game the system and AR was a novelty to some - I'm sure most of those populate are gone. There are populate that steal others ideas and photo's. If.
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