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Active Rain -- newbie tips # 6 --inserting a video into your blog When someone is new to Active Rain, they may be looking for a starting point. Here are some quick suggestions Log in every day (100 points). Blog daily (200 points each) Comment (25 points each). Ten comments per day. Re blo...
01/28/2011
Active Rain -- newbie tips # 5 --inserting pictures into your blog When someone is new to Active Rain, they may be looking for a starting point. Here are some quick suggestions Log in every day (100 points). Blog daily (200 points each) Comment (25 points each). Ten comments per day. Re blog (...
01/27/2011
Active Rain -- newbie tips #4 -- inserting a link into your blog. When someone is new to Active Rain, they may be looking for a starting point. Here are some quick suggestions Log in every day (100 points). Blog daily (200 points each) Comment (25 points each). Ten comments per day. Re blog (25 ...
01/26/2011
Active Rain -- newbie tips #3 -- saving a blog to draft When someone is new to Active Rain, they may be looking for a starting point. Here are some quick suggestions Log in every day (100 points). Blog daily (200 points each) Comment (25 points each). Ten comments per day. Re blog (25 points). I...
01/24/2011
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Active Rain -- newbie tips #1 -- joining groups. When someone is new to Active Rain, they may be looking for a starting point. Here are some quick suggestions Log in every day (100 points). Blog daily (200 points each) Comment (25 points each). Ten comments per day. Re blog (25 points). Invite o...
01/23/2011
Inkster MI police department first in the state to use mobile spike strip. This story was originally reported on Local 4 news back in August of 2010. Many police departments will use spike strips to slow down a vehicle that is fleeing from the law. A spike strip is just that, a strip with spikes ...
01/22/2011
ALDI of Garden City MI. keeps the shopping carts corralled for a quarter.....What a concept. Why didn't I think of that? ALDI is an international grocer with stores in sixteen countries and the United States. They minimize costs by having groceries out on simple shelving, still in boxes. Store s...
01/21/2011
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NEW milestone for me -- 50,000 points. When I first joined Active Rain in August of 2008, I saw people with 50,000- 500,000 points and thought I would never get there. Now here I am. I took my time getting here, but I proved that I can do it. I wrote one blog the first year and one blog in 200...
01/20/2011
You "welcomed" the newbie to Active Rain. Have you checked on them since? We all notice when someone posts " Hi, I'm a newbie" and we comment to welcome them into this great community and get a few points. But how often do you go back and check on them to see how they are doing? One month later?...
01/20/2011
Home for sale by owner -- why do I need an agent? If you found a home for sale by owner and the seller said they will have their people handle everything, should you go ahead with the purchase? Ask yourself again, why do I need to have an agent? Well think about it. The sellers representativ...
01/19/2011