15,290
Thanks for your question, Ryan.
You currently have the ability to add a link to your ActiveRain blog on your Trulia profile. Here's how you do it:
- Go to: http://www.trulia.com/myprofile/about (you must be logged in)
- Scroll down to the "<<Your Name>> Online" section
- Click Edit
- Search for the ActiveRain Icon
- Add the link to your ActiveRain blog
- Click "Save"
Over the longer term, we will explore posting your ActiveRain content to your Trulia profile as a way of giving you more free exposure for the content you create on ActiveRain. Right now, we're investing in improving the ActiveRain community separately from Trulia Voices.
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Kate McQueen
Cypress, TX
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Chantilly, VA
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Woodbridge, VA
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Elkhart, IN
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Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE...
Bowie, MD
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Las Vegas, NV
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Bolton, MA
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Eastvale, CA
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Rathdrum, ID
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Spring Hill, FL
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Regina P. Brown
Carlsbad, CA
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
1,446,751
Your question brings up another really important point...should agents put all of their blogging eggs in one basket? Especially a basket controlled by an outside entity.
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Janis Borgueta
Newburgh, NY
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Elyse Berman, PA
Boca Raton, FL
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
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Amanda Christiansen
Fort Wayne, IN
91,443
You all have wonderful thoughts and theories, Rainers! Mum's the word until we anything concrete though. That isn't to say that there aren't talks of integrations - we will just have to wait and see though since the Zillow acquisition is going to play a big part in this as well.
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Elyse Berman, PA
Boca Raton, FL
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
2,241,053
Regardless of what happens, your own backyard blogging platforms, build a fire in those. So the rest matters little and you have control of your fresh local content from the end where it happens. Not ships west and buying back positioning or worse.
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Laura Cerrano
Locust Valley, NY
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Regina P. Brown
Carlsbad, CA
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
2,217,451
Bad news for me...
over 350 posts written. .
23,000 views
and poof.....they are all gone
hours and hours of work . .
poof they are gone. .
I'm just glad they are not form Activrain...
I got over 5ooo posts!
I know of one place where my blog will never die...
that is my own site, my own blog and I hold the switch. .
Learn and simply go on...
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Janis Borgueta
Newburgh, NY
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
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Elyse Berman, PA
Boca Raton, FL
15,290
Maureen Harmonay - You're right that it's greyed out; however, that's only because you haven't added your profile link yet. I went in and added it on your behalf just to make sure there wasnt a problem with your account. Feel free to go back to your profile to make changes.
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Elyse Berman, PA
Boca Raton, FL
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
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Peggy James
Woodbridge, VA
2,323,825
Nothing surprises me anymore in the circus of the internet.
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Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
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ASHEVILLE REALTY REFER...
Asheville, NC
921,504
No. They will not.
The greater segmentation they can achieve the greater opportunity they can create to augment their revenue.
However, I do not rule out a future deployment of a Trulia blog modeled after Active Rain. In essence, any exposure to the consumer must be PAID for in advance.
One only needs to ponder the Zillow segmented revenue model to see the path ahead for Trulia.
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
2,817,671
Well having another link to our blog isn't a bad thing...it will help strengthen the page rank slightly.
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge, CO
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
3,416,038
I really think they will keep them separate, Trulia has a real bad problem with credibility with consumers due to the spam problem they have had the last couple of years. In addition they are not in the good graces of all the agents that gave their lives, time and blood to provide content to the site that were just stepped on as Trulia climbed up.
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Janis Borgueta
Newburgh, NY
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
2,161,048
Matt Holder Thank you for this information!
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Peggy James
Woodbridge, VA
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
1,196,798
I'm waiting to see how Zillow presents in all of this. Obviously the Trulia AR piece has to be migrated & integrated THEN we'll see what Zillow does to integrate Trulia/AR with Zillow. We can only hope for the best.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
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Les & Sarah Oswald
Eastvale, CA
1,562,386
Didn't know that Trulia was shutting down blogs. Maybe it's a good thing, and it is for me!
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Evelyn Johnston
Elkhart, IN
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
1,622,432
No, they will unlikely do so. Since they all now under 'one roof', but managed by different teams.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
2,224,473
I hope they do link them. That would be awesome.
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June Stark
Las Vegas, NV
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
474,492
I hope so. That would be cool.
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June Stark
Las Vegas, NV
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
4,800,082
I haven't heard anything about the possibility of them combining ActiveRain profiles to Trulia.
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Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
1,574,666
I was not aware of the end of Trulia blogs. Of course my primary blogs have been blogger and Active Rain.
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1~Judi Barrett
Idabel, OK
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
4,319,419
90,543
I was told by a Trulia Customer Service Rep. that Trulia was going to be merging the blog. When I asked more detailed questions and how this was going to take place, I was told I would be receiving an email in the next couple of weeks with further details. Sounded like there were some kinks they still needed to work out. One of the reasons for doing this was to cut down on spam.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
885,790
Expectations are many, but at the end of the day, lack of control is where the problem is. Blog on my friends, but keep your content safe from the delete button of another corporation who does not have your best interest at heart.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
1,035,056
Matt Holder I think I have the same problem as Kate McQueen. Been trying to fix it but to no avail. Would appreciate your help. Thanks!
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
305,214
Matt Holder this post prompted me to visit my Trulia profile. I hadn't noticed that my AR blog was not posted to my profile via the link/AR icon provided. I had only added a link to my blog via the website links that Trulia links to your profile.
Why is there not an AR icon or anything that designates a link to a blog showing on my Trulia profile? I understand that AR is focused on "improving AR separate from Trulia" but since you are now owned by Trulia, couldn't this be addressed? I know that from where I sit it seems like an easy fix, and it may not be. But I have a lot invested in my blog and I want to see it pay off. A more visible link from Trulia to my AR platform would be helpful.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
305,214
My Active Rain blog has always been linked to my Trulia profile, the ability to do that has been there for quite some time.
However, I would like to see IMPROVED visibility of the AR blogs, perhaps showcase the platform somehow so that the public becomes more aware of this rich resource of information. In addition, since "buttons" are a popular device for attracting attention and therefore clicks, I would love to see some attention-grabbing icon on the profiles so that consumers know that YOU are a resource for the information they are seeking out.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
4,434,127
Thank you for the question. I have not posted on trulia in over a year.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
55,251
I received an email from Trulia a week or two ago announcing the end of blogs. I really don't like this change at all. I feel that having a blog next to my profile on Trulia makes me more "credible" to those in that few minutes they may gloss over my profile.
I don't mind paying for an AR account at all. However, the Trulia Pro account is looking less and less valuable. My Trulia budget is not part of my 2015 plan as soon as my contract runs out.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
2,443,250
I have heard there are changes going on, just don't know any details myself.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
826,944
Thank you Mary Weiss and Matt Holder for your comment. I'm going to do n exactly that.☺
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
1,084,061
I have not heard that. I would have to think about whether I would like that or not. Would have to weigh the pros and cons..
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
126,992
I followed Matt Holder's directions, but the AR box on my profile is grayed out and not able to be edited, for some reason, so I was unable to add the link to my AR blog.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
51,305
2,684,009
The $64,000 question! Things will be different, that's for sure.
Thanks to Mary Weiss of AR for commenting on this. (Hi, Mary!)
Special thanks to Matt Holder !
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
414,547
I appreciate all of your comments to Ryan's question. I'll be looking forward to seeing how this all works out.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
4,434,127
I have not heard anything about it.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
80,193
Trulia blogs are ceasing to exist, they will go inactive and disappear. I doubt they will link them for quite some time.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
90,543
I spoke to Trulia and I am still a bit confused as to how they are going to integrate Trulia and Active Rain. The customer service representative couldn't answer all of my questions because all the is "new". It will be very interesting to see what happens.
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Kelly Cummings and Rya...
Mobile, AL
6,393,179
3,071,489
279,878
630,251
286,119