Active Rain is a real estate BLOG community where you can learn from your fellow agents across the country. At the time of this post there are almost 43,000 members across the country. The website is easy to use and it helps you to demonstrate your expertise in an area.

Localism
Localism is the consumer side of Active Rain. The big benefit here is you can write about your local area. Some of the items you may want to write on would be:

• New Construction in your area
• Home Sales in your neighborhood
• New Home Loans that are available

Every post that you put up can reference going back to your website for additional information. This way you can provide great FREE information on your BLOG and encourage visitors to dig deeper by going to your website.