MLS TECH FAIR 2009 – New York
I am really excited that ActiveRain and the MLS of Long Island have invited me to be a guest speaker and part of their 8th Annual MLS Tech Fair this year. The days schedule will be filled with great speakers, topics, breakout sessions, and an exhibit hall full of new and exciting products from some of the Top Industry Service Providers.
The list of Sponsors for this event is nothing short of impressive. If you happen to be anywhere near Long Island, NY this week, you should take a day out and spend it with us. Once you see their site and all that is being offered, I think you’ll agree that this is the Grand Daddy “Tech Fair” of ALL Tech Fairs. Come join us if you can, I’d love to see you there.
“Discover Innovative Ways To Recharge And Grow Your Real Estate Business!”
Some of the topics and panels I’ll have the pleasure of participating on include:
How to Use ActiveRain
Start networking with the largest online gathering of real estate professionals in the world.
Speaker: Brad Andersohn, ActiveRain
There may be a lot of real estate bloggers, but are there a lot of GOOD ones? Hear from the experts what defines an effective blog. Learn how a commitment to frequent, newsworthy and content rich blog posts can expand your sphere of influence, generate trusting clients and transform your business. Get a chance to ask the experts your blogging questions.
Brad Andersohn, ActiveRain
Marc Davison, Partner with 1000Watt Consulting
Session highlights the strengths of the various social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs, real estate community sites and real estate search/valuation sites and helps you choose what’s right for you and where you should focus your energies. Learn how social media sites enable you to reach large numbers of consumers in a powerful & interactive way. Hear the importance of managing your time, difference between networking & selling & how effective social networking today will plant the seeds for a successful future harvest. We’ll save time for Q&A with you.
Panelists: Kelly Roark, FrontDoor.com
Sara Bonert, Zillow.com
Diallo Stevens,CRS,GRI,SRES, RECS,e-PRO – Century 21 Best
Rudy Bacharaty, Trulia
A very special thanks goes out to Jenny Natale and Katie Windham for helping put all this together and for getting me to New York in “style!” They are a couple of “first class” ladies that I’m really looking forward to meeting this week. Also thanks to Jon and Bob for letting me take a little break, and even though I’ll still be working, you can bet I’ll be having some fun too!
If you want to follow us and participate from where ever you are, the twitter hashtag is #MLSTF. There will be plenty of twitter updates I’m sure. I’ll be using that hashtag to solicit questions from our audience and any other followers during the last session. (3:15 to 4:00pm) Anything you’d like to know or ask our panel regarding “Leveraging The Power of Social Networking? We’d love to hear from you. 🙂
Here’s Directions To The MLSTechFair
Real Estate Blogging – The Steps & Cycle For Success
Real Estate Blogging – The Steps & Cycle For Success
Are you a REALTOR or BROKER Blogging? Why are you Blogging? Who is your audience? What are you Blogging about? What are your ultimate intentions? What are your goals and desired results? Do you have a plan in place for success? Of course you do, or you wouldn’t be here.
Here’s a simplified concept that may help give a better understanding about the steps and process of Blogging. There is nothing worse than doing something for your business and not understanding the full process, or missing certain key steps, elements, and components that would ensure your efforts are worth while and justified. This is just one concept of many, that could help take your blog to the next level and add to your “Cycle of Success!“
1. Writing Your Best Blog Posts:
Writing your Blog posts to be discovered by search engines and consumers (intended audience) is the first step.
How To Write a Blog post for Search Engines and Consumers.
2. Getting Found vs Getting Clicked:
SEO is great, and being on the first page of Google is key, but it’s not the end all be all. Getting found on the search engines by consumers and having them actually click on and read your post is the goal. Using a simple strategy listed in the post referenced above will help.
3. You’ve got Their Attention and Interest:
When visitors find your posts, they like you, your content, your experience and your area. Or Do They? Only they can decide this. You should write and be transparent. Just be yourself. Let them decide. The wider variety of content you supply consistently, the greater of an audience you will potentially reach.
4. Connecting and Establishing a Reputation and Rapport:
Now they are on your Blog or profile and decide to search for homes in your area. At this point you have no connection or way of tracking or contacting them unless they comment, email, or call you. This is where the importance of understanding the Blogging process comes into play. If you can get traffic and visitors up to this point, then you’re already half way there…The virtual “Handshake” takes place.
5. Where do you take them from here:
If Consumers do a search for homes on your Blog posts or Profile, where do they land? Have you setup your Hit Router to direct visitors to your MLS, IDX, or Listings in your area? Are you maximizing the potential for exposure on where consumers are searching for homes on ActiveRain? 100,000 homes were searched in a single month here. If your audience is the selling and buying consumer, this step is very important. There are many folk’s who miss this key ingredient and component on their Blogs. Having the right tools in place helps if you want to capture valuable traffic and leads.
6. Does your IDX Have the Proper Tools in Place to be Effective:
As consumers land on your designated Hit Router pages and IDX, are they setup properly? Make sure your traffic and visitors land on a site with the information they are asking for. This would not be a Blog, or a website, or an “about you” page. Those pages will get closed immediately. If they search for homes in Houston Texas, the next landing page should be just that. All the homes for Sale in Houston Texas. Period. To be sure, Do the searches yourself and use the correct URLs for your Hit Router and IDX linking. Don’t make them try to figure out how to use your site and do the searches by themselves.
7. How Many Clicks Does it Take to get to the Center of a Lead:
(The world may never know…)
So now you have a great lead capture system and IDX setup using Hit Router but now what? Is it one, two, three, five, or seven clicks before you solicit their contact information for follow-up? This is a question that only YOU can answer. There is no right or wrong answer. Whatever you believe will work for you and your prospects, that is the best way to go. The problem is, some haven’t setup their IDX lead capture and have nothing in place. Some IDX sites out there don’t even offer or have the capability of creating a lead capture form. More importantly, some IDX sites won’t let you setup direct landing pages to listings that are being searched for in specified areas. Ouch!
8. Once you Have the Lead Captured, do you Have an Effective Follow-up Plan:
Making sure you have the proper tools in place and follow-up programs are important. Now that you have them in your store, are you effective in taking your leads to the next level? Do you have a program or tools that will assist you in the follow-up process over the necessary period of time it will take to convert them to closings? If not, then what is the point in all the rest of the efforts that you’re making to try and capture them as a lead or client anyway? Everyone knows that the key to any successes in any business is always based on the follow-up.
9. Converting Leads to Closings:
Once you have completed the transaction and closing, what do you do next? Using the many social media platforms to connect to clients, friends of friends, and SOI’s is what it’s all about. Have you researched all the ways you can use many of these sites to tap into new friends and potential clients? This is Social Media Networking and Marketing at its finest. What better way to grow your sphere of influence than by doing it through your past and future clients? Followers on Twitter? Friends on FaceBook? Associates on LinkedIn etc. All great resources for growth and expansion. Remember, I know 100 people that you don’t, and you know 100 people that I don’t. Let’s both know 200 people!?!?
10. Clients for Life and Building Referrals:
Most clients and friends are for life. Having a good CRM and using your “Blog Library” of content is the best way to keep the cycle going and successful. Asking for referrals from the point of contract and tapping into others SOI will keep the pipeline refilling and the success cycle going. There is no better way to get in front of 100’s, 1000’s, maybe millions, than with your Great Blog and Social Networking skills.
Each of these Steps and this Cycle for Success are dependent upon each item and how efficiently you apply them to your Blogging and Business. As you continue to Blog, you will learn and inevitably grow in each area. You don’t have to be an expert with the technical side of things, but understanding the steps and this cycle for success will really help. This is just one “Blogging” concept that I hope will help you in determining what you need to enhance or incorporate into your “Steps and Cycles for Success!”
Syndicate Your ActiveRain Blogs
Syndicate Your ActiveRain Blogs with RSS
What is syndication and why should you “Syndicate Your ActiveRain Blogs?” Driving traffic and exposure to your Blog is the primary reason. RSS – Really Simple Syndication is a great way to connect your ActiveRain Blog to other Blogs and websites. Members on ActiveRain have an RSS feed button located on the sidebar of their Blog. Click on it to see your options and how it can be used to expand your reach to a larger audience via other sites and locations on the web.
Adding an RSS feed to your ActiveRain Blog on your ActiveRain Blog is nice, but no where near the value and benefit of having an RSS feed in other locations. Do you have a website? Do you use an email signature? Are you utilizing online marketing? Take advantage of this tiny little tool so you can get BIG results. That’s why it’s here. If you’re not familiar with RSS Feeds, Readers, and tools etc., here’s a really good post that will give you more details and an explanation.
RSS is a great way to syndicate your Blog posts 
and get them out there and in front of a larger potential audience. Using RSS feeds is also a great way to have information and great content delivered back to you without having to go out and look for it. This will save you valuable time browsing the web for content and information that you might be interested in.
Personally, I use Google Reader for all my RSS feeds to the sites I like to get updates and new information from. This allows me the ability to scroll through hundreds of articles from various sites and blogs easily and conveniently without having to go to each site and see what’s newly published. You can also share certain posts and articles with others that you follow, and they can share with you.
If you’re looking for some ways to get back-links and Web Traffic, I just watched THIS VIDEO that explains how to do this using FeedAgg.com. You can see how many other RE professionals have done this already by Clicking Here. You can search their site for various Real Estate type RSS feeds that have already been added to the site. Why not add yours while you’re there. It’s just one more way to syndicate your ActiveRain Blog.
Teaching your clients how to subscribe to your Blog via RSS is a valuable tool, both for them, and for you.
DON’T FORGET TO DO THIS WITH THE RSS FROM YOUR ACTIVERAIN OUTSIDE BLOGS TOO.
High Speed Social Media Networking – Better Fasten Your SeatBelts
RainCamp – Our New Training Program – Starts In Seattle, WA
ActiveRain RainCamp – Our New Training Program – Starts In Seattle and you’re Invited!
This has to be one of the most exciting announcements I’ve ever had the privilege to post on AR. I remember signing up that “rainy” day back in February of 2007. My first question was, “Where Do I find the Owners Manual for this place?” My next thought was, “How do I get the most out of Social Networking and Blogging here? Does this stuff really work?” OMG! My Journey began that day, and would turn out to be way more than I ever anticipated or expected. We have all watched the AR community grow in more ways than just our membership and business growth, we have seen it change peoples lives and impact the Real Estate Industry.
It’s time to take the Network and Community on the Road. We are going to “Rain” in cities all over the Country. It’s New, it’s Exciting, it’s Awesome, and it’s called RainCamp. The first one will start in our Corporate backyard, the beautiful City of Seattle. This is a huge turning point for ActiveRain, and also for our members and those who attend.
RainCamp.com – “Because the way we do business has changed!“
Who: Join Seattle’s most forward thinking real estate professionals to master the nuances of modern real estate marketing.
What: Six hours of cutting edge real estate technology and social media training.
When: October 7th, 2009 (Registration is @8:00am)
Where: Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle, WA
Why: Learn how to use the latest innovations to exploit this ever changing environment, and redefine your position as an industry expert and leader. Because you are a pioneer and because you refuse to be left behind.
What Do You Get?
The Venue: This is a High-end, High-Tech facility with stadium seating and comfy Aeron Chairs with plenty of elbow room. All the comforts you’d expect at the Taj Mahal. The setting is a top-notch environment where you can relax, learn and enjoy the day and program we have planned for you.
- A single-track conference with quality content
- Wi-Fi, professionally managed (Bring your laptop.)
- Business networking opportunities
- Conversations and experiences of a lifetime!
How is RainCamp different from other Conferences?
- Assess how you stack up in the modern market.
- Listen to people that are practicing what they preach, and having outstanding success doing it.
- Learn the methodology of a newer agent who has leveraged the Internet to become a ‘Mega Producer’.
- Walk away with executables you can put into action immediately.
- Hard core real estate technology education. This is not a fluff event!!
The “RainCamp” Schedule
Modern Day Real Estate Marketing (9:00a – 9:30a)
Find out where you rank before we kick off the day. How does your social profile rate against your neighbor? How can you expand that presence and create connections that are meaningful in a professional manner? Understanding where we are is the only way to figure out where we need to go.
Meet the Speaker: Bob Stewart
Search Engine Marketing (9:30a – 10:30a)
Advertising is undergoing a radical transformation. As advertising dollars make an exodus from print to online marketing, do you know how to position your advertising budget to get the most impact out of each dollar? As most of your potential clients go online to make purchase decisions, knowing how to target them in the places they reside will be instrumental in ensuring they do business with you.
Meet the Speaker: Ben Kinney
Break (10:15a – 10:30a)
Converting Leads Into Closings (10:30a – 11:30a)
It’s one thing to learn how to drive traffic to your site, it’s entirely different to actually convert that traffic into a commission. Learn the regiment required to get industry leading conversions with the prospects on your website. There is no reason the leads on your site should be treated like the rest of the industry treats theirs. Resolve to do something different.
Meet the Speaker: Ben Kinney & Bob Stewart
Lunch (11:30a – 12:30p)
Real World Social Media Success Stories – PANEL (12:30p – 1:15p)
Listen to real agents on the street who are using Social media to enhance their business. Let them tell you how they did it. Not every story is the same but the critical component is this: They took the leap and the rewards are well worth the effort.
Panel Moderator: Brad Andersohn
30 Technologies You Don’t Know But Should (1:15p – 1:30p)
Does this really need an explanation? Yes it does, so you’ll need to come and hear it.
Meet the Speaker: Ben Kinney
Becoming the Online Mayor of Your Community (1:30p – 2:00p)
The end game of all real estate social media strategies. Learn how to put yourself at the online center of your real community. This is market area “farming” and done by the cutting edge elite. Take full advantage of the resources available and create a plan to put yourself in the middle of the flow of information in your market.
Meet the Speaker: Brad Andersohn & Ben Kinney
Break (2:30p – 2:45p)
Hyper-local Blogging for Business (2:45p – 4:00p)
What is Hyper-local? Why does it matter? How does focusing on hyper-local content give you more qualified leads that are ready to act quicker? Find out how to target your next client by providing the information they are looking for when they are really getting close to buying.
Meet the Speaker: Bob Stewart & Ben Kinney
About The Speakers:
Ben Kinney, Mega Producer, Keller Williams
Featured: 2008 Realtor Magazines annual “30 under 30”, RIS Media “Power Team” report, WCAR Realtor of the Year and Quarter
Bob Stewart, Director of Social Media Strategy, ActiveRain
Bob is responsible for growing and maintaining ActiveRain’s vibrant community of real estate professionals. He has been actively involved as a member of ActiveRain from inception. Prior to ActiveRain, Bob was COO of Brio Realty and during his tenure he increased sales volume from zero to over $100 million a year.
Brad Andersohn, Community Manager, ActiveRain
Brad is the all around tech and member support services guru. His focus and goal is to make sure members are getting the most out of the network and community. He spends a great deal of time introducing new products, tools, and services with explanations and tutorials on how to best apply them to your business plans and growth strategies.
We’re looking forward to your attending and participating in our newest endeavor. We’re taking ActiveRain RainCamp on the road so you can take your Business to the next level. Check RainCamp.com for details regarding this and other RainCamps sprouting around the Country.
Register For RainCamp Below, but Hurry, these seats won’t last.
Picture of Bell Harbor Conference Center courtesy of Josh Hallett
ActiveRain New Members Welcome – Your "RainMaker" Invitation
As the Community Manager, I want to “Welcome” you to ActiveRain,
ActiveRain is a place that supports you and the need to create a successful and rewarding Real Estate presence and Blogging portfolio. Just by being a member here, you’ll have access to many real estate services, professional contacts, real estate opportunities, and best of all – the camaraderie of like-minded people. Now that you’re a member, create your profile, tell others about yourself and why you joined. Invite affiliates and other Industry Professionals. See who else is already here and say hello to others.
Once you have the chance to explore ActiveRain, read some Blog posts, make a few comments, join a few groups etc, you’ll quickly discover why so many of our members are here. This is a network and community like none other in the Real Estate Industry. As a FREE member, you’ll be able to enjoy the networking, the sharing of valuable knowledge and experience, and be exposed to a variety of tools that our members are using to promote and grow their business.
There is Plenty of “Value” Here:
There are 3 primary FREE benefits that you derive from your involvement here on ActiveRain:1. Develop and Foster Potential Referral Partner relationships. For the most part, many of us refer ‘out of area clients’ in the blind. We don’t always know the agent on the other end very well. Our members have cultivated some incredibly deep and meaningful friendships with other members they would not hesitate to entrust their valued clients.
2. Having access to the sheer wealth of information that is being shared every day. It’s like taking a drink of water from a fire hydrant. All of our members have learned more valuable, practical ways, using expert information here on AR that has had a direct and positive impact on their business. In some cases, more-so than some of the continuing ed classes they have paid for and traveled around the world to attend.
3. You are afforded a safe, non-threatening, encouraging environment to get your Blogging feet wet, and to learn the basics of implementing social media and social networking into your Real Estate Business and Marketing Plan from some of the “BEST” Professionals and Experts in the industry.
A “RainMaker” Invitation for New Members
When you are ready to take your Social Networking and Blogging experience to the next level as a “RainMaker Member“, here’s a “no risk”, “no obligation” test drive so you can experience for yourself the “value” and “benefits” the Rainmaker membership offers. Sign up for the first month for $5.00. This will give you full access to all that ActiveRain has to offer.
Give us 30 days to show you how you can benefit from the tools here, and if you’re not completely satisfied with the results and rewards, then at least you’ll have the peace of mind knowing that you didn’t miss out on something that later you might have regretted. I’m 100% positive, you’re going to be happy you joined. See what thousands of other members are saying.
The cost of having your content crawled & indexed by the search engines, and accessible to consumers is well worth the monthly subscription fee. Very few other platforms can empower you to achieve such excellent page rank as ActiveRain. The additional benefits of a rainmaker account including but not limited to your own “Multi-Authored – Custom Outside Blog”, “Hit Router and IDX Lead Generating Solutions”, and the “support and training” available from our staff, are just a few of the reasons that consideration to upgrade should be made by every non-rainmaker member.
You can’t fill your car with gas for the week, for the price it costs you to be a Rainmaker per month. ActiveRain is a tool and vehicle to get the job done, and make life simpler, just like a car. In fact, you can be much more effective building business here than you ever could in your car, and at 1/4 the price. The value and power of the relationships you’ll build here can’t be bought at any price.
If you ever have any questions or need assistance here, please give me a call or email me. “I will respond and I do answer my phone.” Enjoy your experiences and successes here. From the Staff and Support Team here at ActiveRain, we not only wish you the very best, we’re here to help you achieve it.
Not sure where to start? Here’s 3 Easy Steps: 1. Pick up the phone 2. Dial My Number 3. I will help you.
CNBC Features ActiveRain Member and Zillow's COO – Spencer Rascoff
CNBC Features ActiveRain Member and Zillow’s COO – Spencer Rascoff
The Discussion is the Country’s Housing Market. CNBC – “One Year Later” focuses on “Hashing Out Housing” with guests Spencer Rascoff from Zillow, Armando Falcon from Falcon Capital Advisors, and Dr. Susan Wachter from Wharton Business School. The Good news, the Real Estate rate of decline is slowing, and the Boston Market appears to have hit bottom. What will it take and when will the Market be “Normal” again? What will that look like? A few hurdles ahead but the outlook is promising, it will be an “L” shaped recovery.
So How is YOUR Market Doing?
It's Time To Update Your Photo – In HD
It’s Time To Update Your Photo – In HD
Members now have the ability to upload large photos from digital cameras, crop and adjust endlessly, and save the resulting image as their profile photo. These new profile photos are of a much higher quality. So now you can update your photo on ActiveRain and also earn 1080 bonus points.
The new photo or image must be at least 600 x 600. Our new photo upload feature allows you to use any hi-definition or large sized photo taken of you. You know that picture of you in the crowd that you always wished you could use but there were other people in it, or it was just too big? Now you can dig out that photo from the BBQ last weekend, crop yourself out, and upload it. Don’t just do it for the points! lol~
Now just because you look great in your College Cap and Gown, I would still suggest using a current photo, or at least one that is no more than 6 months old. I can’t tell you how many events I’ve been to lately where I would’ve known you had your photo here matched. :-O I have taken the plunge myself, and even though this is not my best photogenic side, it’s current and will have to do til I find a better one.
There’s no need for a tutorial on this new feature, it’s pretty simple and straight forward. Just be sure that your starting image is at least 600 x 600 or you will get an error telling you your photo is too small. Just go to your “My Home” page and click on the “Edit” profile link to add your new HD photo. I can’t wait to see all the NEW and UPDATED faces around the community. Let’s “FACE” it, you know it’s time to update YOUR photo, why not do it in HD (Hi-Resolution) and get 1080 bonus points too?
In case you do need a tutorial, here’s a two minute video that will walk you through it!
How to Add Custom Links to Your Blog Sidebar
Jeff Dowler wrote a great post regarding “How To Use His Blog – A Road Map“ showing Buyers, Sellers, and Visitors how to navigate his Blog on ActiveRain. This was a fantastic idea, so I wanted to expand on it, thanks Jeff. As with any Blog roll, as content is added to your Blog, the previous Blog is moved down the roll allowing for the most current post to be at the top of your Blog. In this case, Jeff’s great post will eventually be pushed down the Blog Roll and end up off the page. (it’s already dropped down to 3rd place)
In the event that you create a post that you wish to remain visible, there are two ways to do this.
First: You can create a link to the post using the “Add/Remove” links on your Blog sidebar. The only thing with this option is that the links appear down below the “Tags” menu bar on your Blogs sidebar. The more widgets and gadgets you have, the lower these links will be pushed down the side of the computer screen.
Second: You can create a custom link to remain at the top of your Blog sidebar, or you can place it wherever you feel is the best location anywhere on your sidebar. The choice is yours.
OPTION ONE:
To add a link using the “Add/Remove” links option:
1. Scroll down on your Blog sidebar till you come to the “Add/Remove” Links
2. Click on the “add/remove” link located next to Links
3. In the “Link” Box, add the URL of ANY page you want to direct your visitors to. IE: http://activerain.com
4. In the “Link Text” Box, add the TEXT that you want to appear as the Link. IE: Real Estate Network
(Suggestion: Use some enticing text that will create the desire for visitors to want to click on it)
5. Click on the “Add Link” Button and you’re done. TIP: Be sure to always test your links to make sure they work.
OPTION TWO:
To add a “Custom Link” and “Text” to your Blog sidebar using the “Settings” page:
This is a bit more advanced, but you can do it if you follow these simple steps. I’ll use my most recent post as an example of how to add this to the Top of the Blog sidebar. This will apply to any custom link you wish to create on your Blog sidebar.
1. Click on “My Home“
2. Click on the “Settings” link located on the left hand sidebar
3. Here is the secret and most important step. You will need to use this HTML code below to create a custom link. You can use any URL or web address where you want the link to go. Then just add the custom text you want displayed on your sidebar. The HTML must be exactly as shown. Just use YOUR URL or web address and text and replace what I have used as a sample below.
4. All the HTML Codes for custom links will go in the SECOND Box on your “Settings Page“, see below:
Quick Tip: If Using the <b> to Bold text or <i> to make italics, they must be closed with these </b> or </i>
EXAMPLE: <b>Makes Text Bold</b> and <i>Makes Text Italicized</i>
5. Now just click on the “Update” button on your settings page to save your work.
If you have other custom created widgets and links on your sidebar, then the placement of this custom link will depend on where you decide to place the link (code). Just place it above or below any existing links or widgets you may already have. The final result should be a link on your Blog sidebar that looks something like this.
See my sidebar for “Live” link sample. There is something new to learn here everyday that can enhance and add more value to your Blog. This may seem really advanced for some, but once you do it a couple times, it will make sense and be easy to do in the future. I hope this will simplify adding links to your ActiveRain Blog Sidebar. Jeff Dowler’s post would be an excellent example of something I’d want to have a link to at the top of my Blog sidebar for ALL visitors to see. Thanks for sharing that Jeff, it’s what inspired this tutorial. 🙂
ActiveRain Success Stories – What Your Blog CAN Do For You
ActiveRain Success Stories – What Your Blog CAN Do For You
Today I was talking on the phone with a New ActiveRain member ready to become a RainMaker, but wanted to know some of the successes and benefits that other members here had experienced from being here. I shared the “Success Stories” link located on the AR Homepage. Then, as I started looking for some Blog posts to share with her, I discovered that there are literally hundreds, even thousands of these success stories scattered all through-out the community.
After spending a couple hours scouring the network, I was able to come up with some really good examples of how other members are using AR to promote their business, connect with others, generate referrals, capitalize on our SEO, get picked up by the news media, grow their business, and in many cases, make hundreds of thousands of dollars just from their ActiveRain Blogs.
I joined ActiveRain, and here’s what happened…
“I have roughly $2 million in contracts and potential business at the moment which is exclusively from people who found my AR posts” – Jason Crouch
“I just received my 43 referral from the rain” – Larry Bettag
“ActiveRain has put over $122,000 into my pocket, spread over 17 different buyers and sellers” – Donna Harris
“ActiveRain Does Not Rain! It Pours! $1,300,000 Closing Because of the Power of Active Rain!” – Katerina Gasset
“Just in the last 2 months, I have closed on 6 transactions just from blogging” – Jeff Belonger
“I have already placed three homes on the market, in the last 30 days, that were direct results of ActiveRain…” – Bryant Tutas
“At this point I am reaping the rewards of ActiveRain. Thank you Active Rain, it does work!” – Tinker Hulse
“What’s Better than a Referral Form from ActiveRain?” – Kathleen “Kate” Elim
“Active Rain has put me on the map. I receive at least THREE calls each week..”.” – Donald Bradbury
“This is a testimony to how ActiveRain has impacted our Business” – Mariana Wagner
“NBC picked up my blog… How do I EVEN BEGIN to thank ActiveRain” – Craig Schiller
“How Blogging Put Me On the Evening News” – Janet Guilbault
“I have been contemplating my “Rainmaker” status for a month or two” – Will Goodson
“So does blogging on Activerain bring business?” YES, YES, YES!” – Missy Caulk
“Brad Andersohn and Bob Stewart may actually know what they’re talking about” – Suesan Jenifer Therriault
There are so many great stories and testimonials from our members. It seems as though a new success story or “Victory” post goes up nearly everyday. These stories and testimonials should be persuasive enough to get you following successful members, subscribing to their Blogs, witnessing their successes, and following in their footsteps as rainmakers to create and build your own success stories here.
If you have a success story you’ve written about, we’d love for you to share it. Just leave me a link to your post. Hearing what other members have done here is great, but experiencing these successes for yourself is the REAL convincing factor, and WILL BE your motivation to Blog. YOUR unique stories will be YOUR greatest reward. Reading these, and seeing how and what these members did will hopefully help confirm your decision to be here as a successful RainMaker in YOUR area and community.
Here’s to your success and the rewards you obtain from your efforts here in the “rain!” 🙂
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