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Success is Raining all Around Us

By Kerrie La Guardia

Services for Real Estate Pros with ActiveRain, Community Manager

February 10, 2012 08:10 AM

This week's members are sharing hard stats with us. Real numbers are sure to inspire even the newest member. You just never know who is going to roll across your blog or when they're going to do it. If any of you checked out the Top 10 series recently, you'll remember that even the simplest posts from 4 years ago are still getting major traffic.

So what's going on in your neighborhood for Valentine's Day? Is there a St Patty's Run happening soon that members of your community should sign up for? Blog about it! Be the expert in your area and get some business! I believe in YOU!!

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. ~ Ivan Turgenez

If you have yet to write your own success story, I urge you to do so. Simply go to your profile page and click "edit" located next to My Profile (edit). Scroll down until you see the spot designated for your ActiveRain Success Story. Keep in mind this will not show on your AR profile but will be available to view on the ActiveRain Success Stories link located on our home page. Not only are all the cool kids doing it but you'll be awarded 500 points!!!

If you would like to view more stories please visit ActiveRain Success Stories

Ginny L Gorman (Phillips Post Road Realty)
"Talk about success in AR...i have a week to prove it...3 buyers have met with me specifically because they have been reading my blogs on localism and appreciate my sharing so many things about the community that will help them find a home. They each said they had no doubt that I was the one to work with! How can that be? Let your true you in the real estate field flow out to the community and it is a win win situation for you...I can not wait to find them each a home of their dream."

Steven Beam (RE/MAX)
"I've closed at least 9 deals directly from ActiveRain. Not bad huh."

Tania Kalecheff (RE/MAX)
"One of the nicest clients I've come across, found my profile on ActiveRain and was impressed by it. She interviewed me to list her property which had not sold with another agent. I listed and sold it relatively fast. I would say that we are both glad AR helped us connect!"

Dawn Stultz (Blue Horizon Realty)
"Thanks to ActiveRain for an ocean front listing that I have right now. The agent was from New Jersey and found me on ActiveRain. I have this beautiful home listed at an amazing price of $599,000! We are getting showings on this property!"

Patti Chapman (Sheridan Solomon & Associates)
"I've had many buyers and sellers find me on ActiveRain! Also, have had numerous referrals from out of state Realtors® looking for a professional and effective Realtor in the Macon, GA area. Many thanks to ActiveRain for this exposure and successful marketing!"

Chris & Maria Jeantet (Coldwell Banker)
"February 2011: Dear ActiveRain, we just picked up a new buyer thanks to our amazing Blog here on ActiveRain. This buyer has been reading our Blog for quiet some time, he lives out of town and wants to get away from the city and relocate his whole family to this area. He called us last week and we are now in the process of finding a country home on 5+ acres around $450,0000! Thank you...again!"

Let it Rain my friends...Let it Rain!!

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Barbara Altieri

Better Homes and Gardens RE Shore and Country Properties - Shelton, CT

REALTOR-Fairfield County CT Homes/Condos For Sale

Kerrie -- Always love your success updates. Keeps me focused on putting as much into AR as I can. I have a good story just unfolding......

Feb 10, 2012 01:23 PM

Marcia Kramarz

Re/Max Executive Realty - Medway, MA

CDPE,LMC,CBR

Wow! I too have had a good year with business from A/R. Thnx for sharing

Feb 10, 2012 02:03 PM

Praful Thakkar

LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA

Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Loved just one sentence story from Steven Beam - 9 closings directly attributed to AR! Wow!

Feb 10, 2012 02:22 PM

Joan Whitebook

BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH

Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

I love the success stories... Lots of great people having a lot of sucess while dancing in the rain.

Feb 10, 2012 02:22 PM

Jordon Wheeler

The Jordon Wheeler Group - Fairburn, GA

J W Group Real Estate Sales and Service

Real success in the Rain that hits the bottomline! Awesome stories. I'm looking forward to more of my own in the Rain! Thanks Kerrie and best of success to you this year!

Feb 10, 2012 06:24 PM

Cheryl Ritchie

RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD

Southern Maryland 301-980-7566

Can you edit it and change the one you have for points?

Feb 10, 2012 07:04 PM

Maria Morton

Platinum Realty - Kansas City, MO

Kansas City Real Estate 816-560-3758

Kerrie, I did mine quite some time ago and never noticed getting 500 points.

Feb 10, 2012 07:21 PM

Tom Arstingstall, General Contractor, Dry Rot, Water Damage Sacramento, El Dorado County - (916) 765-5366

Dry Rot and Water Damage www.tromlerconstruction.com Mobile - 916-765-5366 - Placerville, CA

General Contractor, Dry Rot and Water Damage

Kerrie I love reading about all those that have found success here. It is always inspirational.

Thanks!

Feb 10, 2012 07:38 PM

Ron Cooks

The Real Estate Marketplace - Killeen, TX

Texas Real Estate, Ft Hood/Killeen Homes for Sale

Kerrie, this is preaching to choir at it's best. But keep preaching, I like this sermon.

Feb 10, 2012 07:38 PM

CA COASTAL ESTATES Lauren Selinsky Perez CRS

California Coastal Estates - Aliso Viejo, CA

"Your Real Estate Broker" #oclauren

Cheers to those dancing in the rain!!!! Absolutely love it!!!

Feb 10, 2012 07:55 PM

Debbie Gartner

The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY

The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

That's cool to see my good buddy Ginny up there. Gotta love raincamp. it brings so many people together.

Feb 10, 2012 08:44 PM

Jay Markanich

Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA

Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

I have seen that success tab before and never thought to use it! And I have had a lot of success stories that could have been shared. It's hard to be all things to all people... ;>)

Feb 10, 2012 10:28 PM

Michael Setunsky

Woodbridge, VA

Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Kerrie, success stories are always nice to read. Thanks for mentioning these.

Feb 11, 2012 01:20 AM

Alan May

Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL

Home is where the hearth is.

what... no bandwagon?? consarn it... i was hoping to get a wagon... fill it with hay, we'd ride around filling it up with bandmembers... ahh, well, another dream dashed.

a dickens... well, it's larger than a breadbox... smaller than a milkbox... what... you don't know what either of those are?? I'm goin' back to bed.

Feb 11, 2012 02:02 AM

Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573

MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME

Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Active Rain is the people networking, sharing within the blogging platform. Not just the staff, where the server is warehoused and maintained. Success means survival and this is where we get "schooled" daily because the industry is a moving target, never the same. Not ever going to be in a place where you can lean back and think "there. Done learning". Active Rain is where we all get our majors and minors in actual, real world situations encountered because we pin on, wear the blue and gold "R". And we all need to be mentioning our AR alma mater when we blog post outside too. (Thanks for the feature.) Our humble beginnings as early bloggers groping, feeling our way along like the three blind mice have been worth it. Don't think so, flash back to your early work. And tidy it up with what you know now but did not then young apprentice Jedi Knight. The blogging force be with you. (light saber buzzing, electrical razor sound in background)

Feb 11, 2012 02:09 AM

Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES

Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL

Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

Hi Kerrie, it's always great to read success stories and be inspired by them! Have a great weekend.

Feb 11, 2012 02:53 AM

Margaret Woda

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. - Crofton, MD

Maryland Real Estate & Military Relocation

Love the Activerain business! By the time they contact you, they've already decided to hire you. It's like an online interview.

Feb 11, 2012 05:00 AM

1~Judi Barrett

Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK

BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Kerrie, Another great group of success stories. Thank you for sharing them with everyone.

Feb 12, 2012 01:46 AM

Joni Bailey

101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX

Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

I believe in you, too! I hope your Valentine's Day was showered in love! XO

Feb 15, 2012 01:24 AM

Mary Sheridan

Keller Willliams - 1033 Hamilton Place,Johnson City TN 37604 - Johnson City, TN

Creative Marketing, Buyer Agency 423-943-7655

Thank you for your ideas and encouragement in my starting the Serendipity group. I'm not getting the kind of participation I hoped to, so I may jsut go ahead and put more of my own incidents there. Sooner or later, I'm bound to find a lot of other people who have similar things happening to them.

Feb 18, 2012 03:03 AM