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JoinActiveRain.com: You should Join ActiveRain

Our amazing Carnac inspired me last month. Carnac always seems to know what is going to happen around here. For months I had been meaning to buy yet another domain. But life and business got in the way and I put it off until the Carnac post that spurred a rash of domain purchases.

My latest domain is JoinActiveRain.com. If you are a real estate professional, and you haven't already taken advantage of one of the internet's largest and liveliest gathering of real estate professionals, you should. I promise you will learn a thing or two. Best of all, it is free. If you don't have a strong internet presence, you can create one here and share ideas with Realtors from across the continent.

Let today be the day you JOIN ACTIVERAIN.

Full disclosure: I will get "points" if you join. Points have no cash value, and cannot be redeemed for shoes. You will get points for creating a profile, commenting on other people's blogs and lots of other things in this community. Try it. You might like it.

Posted by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit on 09/18/2007 09:50 AM

Comments (29)

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29 Comments on JoinActiveRain.com: You should Join ActiveRain

How do you get points for the site, joinactiverain.com? I thought you had to invite people directly from your profile.

09/18/2007 10:05 AM

by Austin Referral Realty

No shoes!!!! Then what's the point to points? Nice post!

09/18/2007 10:08 AM

by Jason Romrell (Business and Success Coach)

Ronnie,

I do not get points for that domain. I just get points if someone goes there and signs up.

Cheryl, TY!

09/18/2007 10:09 AM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

Sorry, Jason, it has taken me a long time to accept that there are no shoes for blogging on AR.

09/18/2007 10:12 AM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

smart, very smart!!!

09/18/2007 10:13 AM

by Maureen McCabe - Central Ohio real estate (Real Living HER)

Very nice, Good thinking, what a great way to play in the Rain! You are Smart Cookies. Wish I had thought of that.

09/18/2007 10:14 AM

by Michael I. Pulskamp REALTOR®, EcoBroker® (Mainstreet Brokers)

Really creative! I detest creative people!!!! Just KIDDING! It's a cool idea!

09/18/2007 10:19 AM

by Mary Warren (Referring Agent)

I am not detested! ouchy ;->

09/18/2007 10:25 AM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

Not to be outdone ... I registered joinactiverainnow.com -- not as catchy as joinactiverain.com but hey, the early bird got that worm!! I'll set the forward up later.

09/18/2007 10:40 AM

by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

score! Someone will be grabbing .net soon, I bet.

09/18/2007 10:55 AM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

well, there's one way to get some points....

(P.S. You were an honorable mention in one of my recent posts on SBB)

09/18/2007 12:40 PM

by Rich Jacobson ~ ActiveRain Community Builder (ActiveRain Corporation)

I saw that, Rich, and i appreciated it enormously. I should have left a comment, but I was running out the door. I will be back!

09/18/2007 01:35 PM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

You are one smart cookie! Great idea

09/18/2007 01:39 PM

by Karen Hurst ~ Real Estate Broker ~ Warwick ~ Rhode Island (Storm Realty LLC)

My, my aren't you smart!!! That should play real well in the search engines!

09/18/2007 01:51 PM

Well, I guess we will be able to track that. I can watch and see how quickly I make it to page one of google for "Join activerain." Got a guess on how long?

09/18/2007 02:02 PM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

Maureen - very creative. It's one of those things we all wish we'd thought of. Good luck - and let us know the point results, please.

09/18/2007 03:16 PM

by Sharon Simms St Pete Florida CRS CIPS CLHMS (RE/MAX Metro)

Maureen, you are so smart, which I had thought of this !! You Go Girl !!

09/18/2007 04:00 PM

by Missy Caulk-Ann Arbor- Realtor(R)- Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams-Ann Arbor)

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: My http://www.joinactiverainnow.com is now active. So, Maureen, you got a game plan on how you're going to promote your new site <s>?

09/18/2007 05:56 PM

by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Maureen, that was me in the anonymous comment above- forgot I wasn't signed in. DUH!

09/18/2007 06:59 PM

by Elaine Reese, REALTOR® in central Ohio (Real Living HER, Worthington Ohio)

I'm jealous that you thought of it before anyone else. Now how many points are you really going to get?

09/18/2007 10:26 PM

by Bonnie Erickson (The Realty Matrix)

Bonnie and Sharon. Well, it has been about 11 hours since I posted this and officially launched joinactiverain.com. So far, nobody has joined. I think i need a more compelling post about joining.

Cheryl, I will wait for you to post your game plan for promoting your new site. Actually I dont have one. This post and linking to it were all I have thought about so far. I did think about building a landing page, but it seems like too much work.

Jay, I hear you!

Elaine, I wondered who it was. Did not think this post was controversial enough to merit anonymous commenting.

09/18/2007 10:41 PM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

Maureen: How's this for a game plan? We sell the domain names to the Rain Boys. <VBG>

09/19/2007 09:39 AM

by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Maureen,

When I get an email from this post and click on the join Active Rain, it goes to my main page with an advertisement saying "join Active rain...How did you do this?

09/19/2007 10:01 PM

by Karen Hurst ~ Real Estate Broker ~ Warwick ~ Rhode Island (Storm Realty LLC)

CJ, I like the idea, but my guess is they won't buy it. Maybe we can auction them off on Ebay?

Karen, I don't see what you see. No ad for me. It goes to the main page of ar for me. Does that happen if you are logged out when you click?

09/20/2007 04:28 AM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

It happens whether I am logged in or out. Tried it both ways. At the top of the page (what I see is the Rhode Island main page) of AR) it says you are invited to Active Rain by "you" and you will get points if we join. Pretty neat actually.

09/20/2007 06:44 AM

by Karen Hurst ~ Real Estate Broker ~ Warwick ~ Rhode Island (Storm Realty LLC)

Ahhh, now I understand what you mean. That is on everyone's invite page. Yours too. Of course, yours says your name on it not mine :->

09/20/2007 08:03 AM

by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)

Karen those who have a button on their blog here or elsewhere that says "join ActiveRain" or have a link in a blog post on another blog (the way I have snagged a number of members) , what you see is what will show up when you click on the link... same thing as MF's domain. It's all linked to the invite url, says whose invite link you are accepting.

Very smart.

09/20/2007 08:24 AM

by Maureen McCabe - Central Ohio real estate (Real Living HER)

Very creative:)

09/21/2007 07:05 PM

by Karen Hurst ~ Real Estate Broker ~ Warwick ~ Rhode Island (Storm Realty LLC)

Hey Maureen,

That was pretty slick. I gotta hand it to you. Very cool idea!

-Keith

09/22/2007 03:09 AM

by Keith Elliott Jr -"Prince William County Real Estate Expert" (RE/MAX Olympic Realty)