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It's Still Raining Points!

By Rudy Bachraty

Services for Real Estate Pros with Director, Communications & Partner Strategies, WellcomeMat

January 20, 2009 08:18 AM

Via Judy Boyle Nothborough, Massachusetts

Congrats to over 100 Rainers who have received their reward thus far [cash redeemable towards an annual Trulia Pro Subscription]!....Have you? The Raining Points Rewards program ends this Friday 1.23.09....Get the details on our Raining Points blog post here.

Learn more about Trulia Pro:

What others are saying about Trulia Pro:

Note: If you have already received your Raining Points t-shirt, please take a picture of yourself wearing it or holding it, blog it on Active Rain and send me the link - rudy at trulia dot com

Update: Thanks to the sugegstion of Lisa Hill and other AR members, here is some more detail of some of the benefits of being a Trulia Pro:

As a Trulia Pro, if you have listings, we will feature all of them [unlimited featured listings] in the search results on Trulia. This will give you approximately 4 times the amount of traffic to your listings [great selling point in a listing presentation]. You get to create a custom spotlight Ad [like a billboard ad on a highway] and place it in 20 locations based on the specific geography you choose like city and state, zip code or neighborhood. Then you get a stats package that will track the impressions you get for your ad in each of the locations. You can get as creative as you like with the ad - showcase your listing, yourself [great for buyers agents to stand out in the search results pages], your business, your neighborhood etc.....Each Trulia Pro can send their clients a peronalized listing report for their listing showing how many clicks and views it has had on Trulia during the week and overall [another great tool to use during a listing presentation]. Finally, as a Trulia Pro, if you have listings on Trulia, now you can select the destination URL of where we point consumers to - e.g. your listing on your broker site, your blog site, your personal website etc.... So if we receive your listing from multiple sources, now you choose and have control where the consumer will be directed.

Example of a Client Listing Report:

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Rudy Bachraty

Director, Communications & Partner Strategies, WellcomeMat - Fort Collins, CO

@Sabrina - I added some more details in the update above. My fault for not originally including this information

@Rebecca - That's fine. Go for it!

@Cindy - OK

@Jeff - Great seeing you again in NYC too! Please stop by our NYC office anytime. Trulia pro can work for you too and any other real estate related professional or local business includings attorneys, home stagers, contractors, the Pizza shop areound the corner, the dry cleaner etc.... - Use the spotlight ad to showcase yourself and your business in up to 20 geographic location on Trulia and track the results.

@Excellent Anthony!

@Lisa - Thanks for a great post. I left a comment there and used a portion of it to update this post

@Ok Tim....

@Casey - Ha! Not enough :) But if you want a custom hat like that I can connect you with the artist who created it....Lemme know..

@Christopher and Stephanie - I may have a few more arriving soon :) Go for it!

@Elizabeth - Fashionably late :) Here is a link to our about us page - http://www.trulia.com/about/ But in a nutshell, Trulia a a real estate site where as an agent, you can market all of your clients listings for free in front of a targetd consumer audience - for free. We have a thriving real estate community as well where buyers and sellers ask agents questions - many are making connections and closing deals. It's a good place to network, make conenctions, market your clients listings, yourself and your business.

Jan 20, 2009 11:45 AM

Dawn Helena Anderson

Coldwell Banker - Quality Properties - Porter Ranch, CA

Realtor Since 1998

Thanks for the heads up! I will be researching it further.

Jan 20, 2009 11:46 AM

Sonny Kwan

Quantum Group Commercial - Residential - Lease Seattle, WA - Mercer Island, WA

206-819-8228

I will have to check out that program on Trulia, good thinking!

Jan 20, 2009 12:26 PM

Linda Pitts

Merck Team Realty, Inc - Brandon, MS

I really got a kick out of the concept of redeeming the points, but the only problem with the program is the need to enter one's credit card information just to even try the free month. I simply am not interested in doing that! A free month should be just that - A FREE MONTH - without strings! I am quite capable of deciding if I would want to continue the service and at that point enter my credit card information after the free trial period. I am quite sure that I am not the only agent out there that feels this way. Something to think about............

Jan 20, 2009 01:03 PM

Jeff Belonger

Social Media - Infinity Home Mortgage Company, Inc - Cherry Hill, NJ

The FHA Expert - FHA Loans - FHA mortgages - USDA loans - VA Loans

Rudy.... I might be back up in NYC in 2 weeks.... where is the office and who do you recommend that I speak to? thanks

jeff belonger

Jan 20, 2009 02:16 PM

Toby Boyce

C.G. Boyce Real Estate Co. - Delaware, OH

MBA, Delaware Ohio

And here I went and spent all my points in Vegas ... darn. <poof> off to Trulia...

Jan 20, 2009 02:31 PM

Christine Donovan

Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA

Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

I've got my points discount; now I just need to get signed up. I've had other ARers (sp?) tell me that I need to get on Trulia.

Jan 20, 2009 03:31 PM

Kerry Lucasse

eXp Realty - Urban Nest Real Estate Group - Atlanta, GA

Your Urban Nest Atlanta Real Estate Consultant

I love this offer, but I'm still on that fence. Argh. Especially now that Realtor.com has a whole new offering package. It is hard to decide when and where to spend those precious bucks! I think I am going to sign up for the 30-day trial on Trulia.

Jan 20, 2009 03:39 PM

Paul Francis

Francis Group Real Estate - Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas Real Estate Agent - Summerlin Homes

Too Funny... I don't even know where to start on this....

Jan 20, 2009 05:26 PM

Anonymous

Hey Rudy! Sorry if I missed your response to my question on your previous post, so I'll ask it again...

Are current Trulia Pro members eligible to redeem AR points? Meaning if you are currently "month to month" with Trulia Pro, can you upgrade to an annual term and utilize your AR points like everyone else?

Jan 20, 2009 06:16 PM

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Regina P. Brown

MBA Broker Consultants - Carlsbad, CA

M.B.A., Broker, Instructor

Rudy, what is the cost? I'll check it out!

Join my NEW group for professionals who work from their home office at http://activerain.com/groups/virtualoffice

Regina P. Brown

Jan 20, 2009 06:56 PM

Betina Foreman

WJK Realty - Austin, TX

Realtor, C.N.E., with WJK REALTY

Nice post and cute shirt and even cuter alien! ;)

Jan 21, 2009 01:11 AM

Brian Madigan

RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage (Toronto) - Toronto, ON

LL.B., Broker

Thanks for the information, I think I need to look into this.

Jan 21, 2009 03:27 AM

Linda Jandura

Raleigh Cary Realty - Apex, NC

Realtor, North Carolina Buyer & Seller Specialist

Well, I signed up for the $$$ off, and then looked at Trulia Pro. Seems like a good thing,but in this economy it's just another $39/ month that might or might not pay off.

Jan 21, 2009 05:44 AM

Cindy Bryant

Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX

"Houston Home Staging Pros"

Maybe I missed it on your website, but is there a place for services for home sellers and rea's? Like Home Staging, Inspectors, Mortgage Brokers, etc.

Jan 21, 2009 09:50 AM

Jeff&Grace Safrin

F.C.Tucker 1st Team Real Estate - Valparaiso, IN

SpousesSellingHousesTM

Thanks, we will try the free month - we have over 30 listings and are never able to capture/claim them on your site by address very well as your search box doesn't locate them - perhaps there is another way? than to spend lots of time looking through 5 counties of listings :)

Jan 22, 2009 02:11 AM

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker

Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA

Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Just got an email this morning from a buyer who found me on Trulia. But did I get any stinkin' raining points shirt, I ask you??? :)

Jan 29, 2009 02:15 AM

Tom Davis

Harrington ERA,DE Homes For Sale, $$ Save $$ Buy Today ! - Dover, DE

FREE Delaware Homes Search!, $$ Save $$ - Find Homes! Delaware Realtor

Hi Rudy, I think this Trulia Point thing is awesome! Thanks for the update on all of this! Tom Davis DE REALTOR (R)

Feb 05, 2009 03:53 PM

Maureen McCabe

HER Realtors - Columbus, OH

Columbus Ohio Real Estate

Wow... stopped in my tracks... I am on a scavenger hunt... with a shiny new ActiveRain signature (temporary with $ and calls to action Find Homes, Buy Today! ) and I am amazed that the comment I am stalking here actually looks like a comment, blends in to the landscape better.

I did not trade in my points for Trulia Pro for a free month. Or a reduction in the fee.

I watched Francis plug for Trulia Pro yesterday... two months free trial. It is hard to resist when it is my Fairy Blogmother and Rudy pushing it.

Noticed some stuff about Trulia being hacked and losing ground on Google... which is totally unrelated to why I have not embraced Trulia Proship.

Feb 06, 2009 12:18 AM

Gita Bantwal

RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA

REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Rudy, Thanks for the post. I had no idea what the points are for.

Feb 20, 2009 09:58 PM