I have been on ActiveRain for a few months now – not sure exactly when I got introduced but it sounded very interesting and worthwhile. I have written several blogs to date – some for consumers and some geared toward professionals. A few weeks back I got a call from a woman moving from NJ to CT and as always I asked how did you hear about me? She said I was researching insurance and local agents in CT and read your blogs. She said I liked the information you provided and decided to do business with you. I wrote their auto insurance, home insurance, umbrella and have discussed life insurance.
About a week ago I received another call from a woman looking for Long Term Disability Insurance – she searched Google for a local agent and came up with my name associated with ActiveRain and then read my blogs and looked at the site. I’m working with her now to handle her insurance.
So do yourself a favor and take just a few minutes out of your day to write something about your business. ActiveRain really is great for networking but it’s also a great way to market yourself at no cost. I looked into paying for a marketing group to help us with web design and SEO (Search Engine Optimization). The web was one thing but to pay thousands and thousands of dollars to try to drive people to our site doesn’t make sense now that I know I can do it for free by staying on ActiveRain and writing some blogs. I am very happy that people have found me through this great site and I’m happy to be able to provide both consumers and professionals with information about the insurance world.
Thank you ActiveRain!
Pete
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