To Blog or not To Blog "Public" or "Members Only"
Today I was contacted by Cindy Marchant who wrote a post about her milestone and lessons learned - a "Members Only" post when I commented. "Congratulations on your milestone! I reached the same goal this week as well, however have not written a post about it - you did a fabulous job, by the way. To keep the flow going besides joining groups as you mention is to reciprocate, which is the beauty here on Active Rain. Why not share your milestone with the whole world?"
Cindy posed this question, "Did you mean post it to the public. I thought
you could only post to Members "OR" the Public...can you do both?"
Cindy changed her post to "Public"
You see, I was under the impression that Active Rain members knew about the option to post "Members Only" or "Public". I want you to understand that there are options for visibility - Public, Associates Only, Draft, Members Only and by clicking the "i" pointed by the red arrow in the screen shot as well as below is the definition for each category.

There have been blogs and comments for this very topic of "To Blog or not to Blog - Public or Members Only" on Active Rain and since I'm writing about this topic, I thought I would through it into the mix of things in addition to let bloggers know the meaning behind your options described above.
I know there are members on Active Rain that simply write "Members Only" blogs, which is fine with me - it is at their own discretion and I respect that. Blogging to me is primarily for business and even though you're blogging about the real estate, mortgage, staging, or the title industry you may want to include personal posts every once and awhile; readers who are following you may want to get to know the "real you" before they will pick up the phone to call. That is the beauty of it all! Think about it for a moment..... The phone rings, you pick up the phone and the person on the other end wants you to list the house right away.... Why? You asked - because they know you already, they liked what they saw and the way you presented yourself by following your Active Rain blog, no listing presentation required!
Why not post majority of your blogs "Public"?

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To Blog or not To Blog "Public" or "Members Only"
Petra Norris - Realtor®
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker
CDV TransAtlantic, Inc.
P.O. Box 92050 - Lakeland, FL 33804-2050
Telephone (863) 618-6919
Petra Norris - REALTOR®, SFR
Managing Broker - CDV TransAtlantic, Inc.

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