1,052,211
Blog girlfriend blog!
Answer questions in here.
They'll generate points and you'll barely have to lift a finger.
Members and consumers want to know you're a great agent that we can refer business to. Demonstrate how that is true! You'll get where you want to go a lot faster that way.
I don't want to scare you, but I've been on this site for 13 years. I started with it. I hit 500K in 2017. It would have been sooner but in 2009 I pulled about 150 blogs all at once .
Still, it never mattered when I got there. Granted I was grandfathered in & never had to pay. But did the points bring business? NO.
Did people reading my blogs and referring business to me and contacting me because I was knowledgeable? YES
You'll pay for much less valuable real estate tools in your career, I know I have.
Intent is everything. If your only intent is to gather points, you'll gather points but you won't gather business. Points won't pay your bills.
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Chris Ann Cleland
Gainesville, VA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
2,178,603
Hi Kate,
In my humble opinion, you're focusing on the wrong thing. You need to focus on what will help YOUR business grow. POINTS here will do nothing for increasing your income. Writing valuable content and getting it out to the public... and learning from others here will help YOUR business grow. You seem to be focusing on a FREE account which is a pittance compared to what you could earn focusing on growing your business through blogging. Before I retired, blogging resulted in 75% of my business income. The points here in the Rain paid me exactly Zero.
And, by the way, if all you want is a FREE blog there are free options out there. I started on Blogger in 2005. You won't get the comraderie support on a free blog that you get here but you can blog for no cost.
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
5,583,278
if you are fortunate enough to invite a potential member who loves to write and has the time to participate, you'll be receiving 10% of that member's points... plus points when they join with your invitation...
your best bet is to write blog posts and reblog others' blog posts.... participate in everything that's offered including contests....
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Chris Ann Cleland
Gainesville, VA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
921,504
You should invite NO ONE until you figure a few things out yourself.
Start by adding MEANINGFUL content.
Then encourage your friends to read and comment on your stuff.
At that point you can share the benefits from your experience; they can see your model; and then choose to join because you have been a great role model. Yeah, I know, that takes work.
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
1,196,798
Don't be driven by points. The idea of AR is to provide useful information, networking and developing relationships. The points will take care of themselves.
One way to increase your points is to participate in contests
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Chris Ann Cleland
Gainesville, VA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
3,416,038
I use LINKS to my invitation page. I put them in my signature in my email and Social Media. Copy and paste your link into various places to reach others
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Chris Ann Cleland
Gainesville, VA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
5,104,931
I have no clue. I've never invited anyone and have no plans to do so. Points on Active Rain don't add to my bottom line.
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Chris Ann Cleland
Gainesville, VA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
5,772,575
Kate,
I agree with both Candice A. Donofrio and Carol Williams . Focus on making friends instead of points...I have been here active since Jan 2009. I don't sweat the points or getting something for free. I am here to learn, hopefully to share some of our experience and point of view... We have become friends with so many wonderful individuals, met them and broke bread with them. It has been one of the many highlights in our lives. A
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
2,220,654
Kate, welcome to AR....
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
931,002
I don't know if I would spend much time on it. There are other ways to earn points that may be a much better use of your time. Although I have invited people in the past, they rarely contribute enough to make much difference to my points and... I don't know if they may find the same value here that I do.
So, I would rather people find out about this platform on their own. Let them consider if it is worth their energy.
I don't want them to feel they've spent money on my endorsement for my points benefit. I'd rather they make their own value judgement.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
1,712,676
Youy might want to think about enhancing your presence here irst.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
7,836,164
Write a Blog Post
My Blog
My Questions
My Profile ( Edit )
Invite Others
Traffic (Stats)
Referral Network
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
5,216,409
Write a Blog Post
My Blog
My Questions
My Profile ( Edit )
Invite Others
Traffic (Stats)
Referral Network
The link is right under your photograph on your home page. If you don't let people know beforehand, little chance they will respond! Good luck!
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Chuck Willman
Alpine, UT
6,393,609
https://activerain.com/action/agents_secure/invitation
Send an invitation, then give them a call to tell them why it can be of value to them.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
3,383,334
As Barbara Todaro tells you, inviting others only works if those you invite actually contribute content. It's rare to find an agent willing to put in the time to writing consistent blog content. I've invited 50 or so members over the years and most only ever set a profile. A few blogged two or three times. And I even taught a social media class locally to help agents "get it!"
Do your own thing and get your message out there. You will get results.
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
2,390,620
Good luck with it Kate Steven . I never found a formula that worked for me. I've had about a dozen folks join because of me but not a one has reached 2,000 points.
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Gita Bantwal
Warwick, PA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
5,230,113
99% of the time, inviting others is a waste of time! Very few people enjoy writing and blogging. In the grand scheme of things, the reason that we blog is not only because we enjoy it but, because it brings us business.
I would focus my time on blogging for business, not pondering about points.
I understand that 500K points gets you a free account but, the commission earned from ONE sale from your blogging efforts will pay your AR fees until you hit that 500K mark...and the blogging will add to your points goal also.
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
4,434,127
I have tried to inform some agents but no one joined.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
4,882,355
I wish we knew
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
628,814
Make sure you discuss before sending invite, otherwise the invite will most likely be disregarded as spam
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,197,152
Invite others in your office.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,311,397
You use the AR platform to invite new members.
Your best way to gain points is to blog regularly.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
2,182,552
900,128
There is an "invite" button on your home page. You get points for inviting and when invitees participate.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
1,502,998
You only get 10% of the invitee's points. So unless they're hell bent to get to 500k like you, you won't get many points. Even then, you'll only get 50k for the entire year if they get 500k. It's not really worth it unless you're Agent Professor Utah and have your students sign up and ask questions.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
1,844,301
Hey .... isn't this all said in a newbie section? How to get started?
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
4,800,082
I'm not sure how well the invite system is working currently.
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
5,868,554
4,936,705
3,345,091