Hi Matt,

An Award well deserved. To remember when I signed up on ActiveRain  that I had no idea what it was about. I have invited many that I know, explaining clearly and they seem to ignore. I never take it personally because I had spoken to each one and they asked me to invite them. Maybe a little intimidating if you are totally new to social blogging sites.

Along with the award, I know that it is also your goal to help others know of the wonderful opportunities on this site. I have a couple recommendations that may help those of us who are committed with our lives to the benefit, growth and opportunity of this AWARD WINNING site.

1. A better format for inviting people with at least a bit of overview about ActiveRain and what is goals and aspirations are. ( including the award mention and the way Google sees us)
2. A way to do a second follow up e-mail to those who may never have received the first invitation due to spam arrest etc.
3. A place to put in a business telephone number in the invitee list (if known) to do personal follow-ups if desired.

Congratulations and please know how proud I am to be associated with you. Looking forward to the opportunity to meet you and your partners at upcoming events.

BTW, NAR is coming to San Diego for its fall meeting in 2009. I had proposed that ActiveRain come and let's have as many of ActiveRain members come as possible. You could line up a speaker or two at an event that can enable your members with new ideas and always reinforcing the social aspects of networking with each other. Active Rain members could register and all costs offset. More importantly, the synergy would take place would blow other sites out of the water. Yeah!

Just a few thoughts, sorry this is so long. :-)