It all starts with an idea to do something great for the new member of ActiveRain. Melissa Grant started a "Hidden Gems in the Rain" to give back to the community and help out a member who may be writing and going unnoticed. Our dashboard is huge and it is not as easy for me to look at the same writer continuously like I used to when I first started to "get to know them" and their writing without subscribing. My subscribed list became too large to continue doing that so now I peruse a couple of my favorite groups.
POSITIVE ATTITUDE for the Weary Soul group was founded in June of 2007. Since I love Industry members who have wonderful positive attitudes that I can see in their writing I am going to pick a member who has contributed to the group and does not get noticed much on our dashboard but ought to be in the spotlight if not just for the following:
Her Meme I've Been Meme'd. Should I Disclose That I Was Born In Transylvania? will give you a bit more information about this writer who was grew up in Romania and above all believes in 'serendipty'. Quote: "I believe in serendipity and my life is a series of random events that are beautifully orchestrated to mean something".
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It is without a doubt that I believe we can pay it forward by helping a newer or even an older member who has not gotten noticed with their writing by contributing to this Hidden Gem series. When I became a member on March 10, 2007 there were about 19,000 members. Now there are almost 70,000 members and though not all are active there are many who post MANY a day and the good posts get passed by.
So, in order to keep this going I picked the following two members ......to find the next hidden gems. These members have come a long way since they started and surely will contribute more by paying it forward to find the next hidden gems as much as they have supported the community throughout their membership.
Diane Aurit who founded the Newbies Again group for anyone starting over with another career, relocated to a new area or just plain starting over in life....this is a great group to tell your story. Diane has contributed a lot to this community and has become active in participating, paying it forward and just supporting other members. With a very positive outlook on her business and personal life too she has gone above and beyond in her quest for more knowledge and "starting over" in her real estate profession!
Marlene Bridges who founded the Adventures in Real Estate group in December of 2007 to tell our real estate stories...interesting, entertaining and regardless if it happened to us or someone else...this is the place to tell your stories. Marlene has been outstanding support for me and others in the ActiveRain Community and I had the pleasure to finally meet her in person last week at the 2008 First Hawaii ActiveRain Gathering that was a HUGE Success! After all this time blogging, talking on the phone and so forth....we finally met face to face.
So, take it away gals...and pay it forward!
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