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Arms Open Wide, Head Thrown Back Screaming Woo Hoo! I DID IT!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Friends & Neighbors Real Estate RB14036506

Arms Open Wide, Head Thrown Back Screaming Woo Hoo! I DID IT!

Never, ever in my imagination did I think I would ever have 500,000 points! Not Brownie Points, Or Betty Crocker Points, or S & H Green Stamp Points or Blue Chip Stamp Points, but best of all ActiveRain Points...and yet I have them.

I am sitting here grinning, I really did it!  It is with great honor, hours and weeks and months of blogging and commenting, and here I am, 500,000 points!

Are you just starting out?  Stick with it.  When you can't think of anything to say just start typing, like I am doing right now, and something will come to you.

And what has all these points done for me?  Actually the points don't do anything except represent the committment I made to blog.  Have I been rewarded?  You betcha!  Just this week I went to a listing appointment and had to go through the Home Owners papers to gather his short sale package and in the middle of it was bloggs I did in 2008 about homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments.  And a couple more blogs more recent, my profile and some of the reference letters I have received and put in my profile.

ActiveRain has taken me from a Real Estate Agent in Elkhart Indiana and thrown me all over the world. I have received calls from California, Arizona, Colorado, Elkhart, Warsaw Indiana and probably some that I have forgotten about asking me about something I had blogged.

So stick with it, someday we will be reading about you having your Arms Open Wide, Head Thrown Back Screaming Woo Hoo! I DID IT!

Comments(108)

Michael Dagner
Brokers Guild Classic - Denver, CO
Your Denver Homes Realty Expert

Hi Evelyn,

Can't imagine getting that far.  Congratulations on that Activerain milestone!

Jul 31, 2011 05:30 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Richard, I wonder if it goes any faster to the next big number, not as many people up there.  I think I am in the 140"s out of 211,000 subscribers.  I'll have to check...

Aug 01, 2011 08:19 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Michael, thank you so much, I am one proud peacock right now!

Aug 01, 2011 08:20 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Roberta, one of the things I keep hearing over and over is that you HAVE to write about things other than business.  That is where I struggle.  I think driving around showing houses and listing houses is much more interesting than talking about working in my yard ever would be.

Aug 01, 2011 08:22 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Jeanean, I look at those folks too and am in awe!

Aug 01, 2011 08:23 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Karen, Thank you! What you don't know, is I was doing exactly that! I kind of still am...

Aug 01, 2011 08:24 AM
Billie Hiser
HISER & CO - Kingman, AZ
A Different Way to do Mohave County Real Estate

Great Evelyn!  I'm pretty new to this as well.  Many have discouraging words about this blogging and social networking stuff that doesn't work, but I've had really good feedback from it.  We've received listings and buyers from it.  I say it works if you work at it!  Congratulations to you, couple more zeros and i'll be right behind you!

Aug 01, 2011 08:24 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Thank you Daniel...

Aug 01, 2011 08:24 AM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Valeria, I am surprised I am here...I love to blog and have been consistant and persistant.  All of a sudden I am here!

Aug 01, 2011 08:26 AM
Lora Willms
Guaranteed Rate NMLS #2611 - Libertyville, IL
Mortgage Loans in Illinois, Wisconsin & Texas

Hi Evelyn!  Such an inspirational post!  Congrats, your hard work has paid off.  I can only imagine how many posts and comments equal 500,000 points.  A tad bit overwhelming.... I am new to blogging on active rain and relate to your post 100%!  I often wonder if any of my blogs are ever going to payoff, if anyone will learn something from what I hope to teach and how do I get subscribers? I hope to someday write my 500,000 point success.  Thanks for the boost of confidence.  To your continued success.... Lora

Aug 01, 2011 03:07 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Jordon, thank you very much, it doesn't matter what the milestone is, it is whether you hit your goal.  If you fail you get back up and start again.  you can do it!

Aug 01, 2011 03:57 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Kathy, get those fingers flying, the points add up!

Aug 01, 2011 04:00 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Elsye, good for you, that shows consistancy and persistance too.  I've just been doing it longer...

Aug 01, 2011 04:01 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Thanks John, this is an amazing group of people here in the Rain.  Everyone is so generous!

Aug 01, 2011 04:03 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Michael, Thank you.  It's been a great experience!

Aug 01, 2011 04:04 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Billie & Gary, Keep on blogging and commenting and you WILL be right up here! Keep at it...

Aug 01, 2011 04:06 PM
William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired

Hello Evelyn, Congratualtions, Sorry I missed the intial posting. Here is a your Gold Star to mark the occasion. Well done!

Evelyn's Gold Star

Aug 04, 2011 01:32 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Hi William! Thank you for the beautiful gold star! It's magnificent!

Aug 04, 2011 03:36 PM
EC, JF, Double R and Zoey the Cool Cat
Russel Ray Photos - San Diego, CA

500,000 points! Congratulations! I thought coming up on 90,000 (which I just passed a couple of comments ago) was neat. Now I feel so inadequate. lol

Aug 08, 2011 01:34 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

No, no, no, do not feel that way! Everyone climbs the ladder one step at a time! You have already passed up a lot of folks that put up a profile and didn't even upload a photo! Keep at it Eric!

Aug 08, 2011 03:29 PM