Back when I started out in ActiveRain, I said to myself,"This is 
gonna help me grow my real estate business......."
Little did I know what changes this network were going to make
in my LIFE, as well as the lives of others in the real estate profession,
as well as those interested in real estate.
It started with getting to know the movers and shakers of the
network at that time:
Now, we used to have a feature that would show the most popular
bloggers by number of subscriptions, but I cannot find it at this time, or
I would be able to put more names in the above list.
There are MANY more movers and shakers than I have in my list, so if YOU
were not mentioned, please don't get upset.
I got to know a great many of these people and they helped me in my
blogging style.......
Krystal helped me put pictures on my blog.
Lenn and Margaret showed me how important it is to be consistent in localism posting.
Margaret and Lenn showed me how important it was to be stern in defending my principles.
Jennifer Allan showed me it is a good thing to be more outgoing, even if I was only outgoing with people I knew.
Jason showed me it is ok to me humorus and open up my life to others, including my personal situations as they happened.
Cheryl showed me that even if you hide behind a clip art picture in your profile picture, that is ok also......
Brad taught me to not worry about what other people thought and to ENJOY my blogging, as long as I was living the of the Golden Rule
There were so many in ActiveRain that contributed to my development as a blogger.... but I can not list them all here.
I started by just posting things I knew about real estate. Knowledge to me, was where it was at. I had several domains that I linked to ActiveRain and I learned html coding and website SEO as I grew in my knowledge of blogging.
I started the "Christianity and Real Estate" group January 25th, 2007 and since then it has grown to almost 1,400 members.
What is nice are the wonderful friendships that have developed over time as a result of that group.
I got to know great people who live out the Golden Rule every day of their lives:
* Elizabeth Nieves
* Don Draughn
* Andrew Trevino
* Jason Crouch
* Sara Washburn
* Brian Foxworth
* Loreena Yeo
* Lola Audu
* Debe Maxwell
* Bob Sloop
*Hugh Krone
*Nick Golgolucci
*Judi Barrett
*Loreena Yeo
*Diane Rice
And SOOoooo many others in the C&RE group.
Many, many, MANY posts in that group still to this day stand out as posts
that changed my life and the lives of others. Here is a smattering of recent
great posts in the group:
Raining Friendship
Barb Van Stensel, Realtor - Chicago, Illinois
Some Bold, Some Quiet But All Equally Valued
Loreena Yeo - Broker|Realtor(R) of www.Frisco-TX-Homes.com (214) 783-2210
Are you LED or LEAD?
Diane Rice
Your Ego is definitely Not Your Amigo! Views on Client Testimonials
Loreena Yeo - Broker|Realtor(R) of www.Frisco-TX-Homes.com (214) 783-2210
Motivational Monday - Kites Rise Highest Against The Wind, Not With It. Be a Kite!
Judi and Don Barrett Integrity Real Estate Services in SE Oklahoma
The group blogroll would not go past 10 pages... which would have resulted in a far BETTER look into the group at large, but I have all my C&RE posts tagged with "Christianity" in my blog.
So many people have come in to read the inspirational posts and to read about real estate from a Christian perspective.
In the group, we have had and still have featured posts that are simply requests for prayer. MANY great things have happened as a result of these prayers. As I said, I cannot go past the 10th page of posts to see praise reports from the prayers that have happened in the past at C&RE, BUT I can attest that MANY people have been touched as a result of prayers said on their behalf.
Bob Sloops wife came out of cancer surgery in fine fashion.
I got to Chicago, moving from Orlando, Florida with out a hitch and started to work with Diane Rice in her brokerage.
These two items are just the TIP of the iceburg of GREAT things that have happened as a result of ActiveRain hosting the "Christianity and Real Estate" group.
** Now all this is to say I have had MANY people (clients and prospects) who have visited Christianity and Real Estate, OR taken a look at my blogs on Christian principles and have been inspired to work with me or with others in the C&RE group.
I also have tagged Orlando area listings and Orlando area news in my blog that many people have commented on to me.
Here is just ONE of my blogs on Christian principles that has lots of links to my other posts on the same subject.
I have told many people about the "Christianity and Real Estate" group in The ActiveRain Real Estate Network........
a LOT of my posts that are not specifically real estate related have drawn people (potential leads and clients) to this group, just because of the principles contained in the group and in my posts related to Christian principles.
If I had not been able to form the, "Christianity and Real Estate" group.... which almost happened back almost 3 years ago...... my real estate business and reputation would not be what it is today. I am actually in Chicago now because of Diane Rice, who is one of the members of the C&RE group.
It is because of the great owners and employees of ActiveRain AND the great membership of this network I have worked with that has helped me to leverage my blog and the group I founded to reach many, many people.
And that's a fact, Jack......
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Alexander Harb PSEM®, E-Agent®
Rice Property Management and Realty L.L.C.
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Thanks for sharing. I hope I get just 10% of what you got out of Active Rain.