activerain updates: "ActiveRain Bloggers Lounge" at Inman Connect - 07/30/07 08:10 PM
Jon and me are just finishing up puttingthe final touches on the "ActiveRain Blogger's Lounge" at the upcoming Inman Real Estate Connect Conference here in San Francisco. The blogger's lounge will provide a place for blogger's and anyone else at the conference to plug into some more reliable Internet or just hang … (32 comments)
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activerain updates: New batch of ActiveRain enhancements - 06/06/07 09:54 AM
We just put up a new batch of enhancements to ActiveRain based off of your requests these past couple weeks. These enhancements are a part of a continuous effort to improve your experience and provide you with more ways to find content.
New filter for blog posts:
Enhancement #1 is an additional filter for … (67 comments)
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activerain updates: Private groups and other enhancements - 05/20/07 10:46 PM
Private groups are here! We just released them along with several enhancements to the existing group features on ActiveRain. The three main improvements were, the addition of private groups, the ability to invite members to a group, and categories to help people find groups to join. Details on all of these … (56 comments)
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activerain updates: Meet your fellow rainers - ActiveRain's birthday bashes - 05/16/07 12:17 PM
Many of you have already seen the posts flying around or may have noticed the links from the front page. Next month in June, the ActiveRain Real Estate Network is having it's one year birthday. To help celebrate Lydia has been working diligently with a number of members to coordinate five seperate … (27 comments)
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activerain updates: Non-member comment notification improvements - 05/12/07 01:18 PM
This morning we put up a couple minor feature enhancements to ActiveRain, which members keep asking for. Here are two of the main ones.
Comment notification for non-members
We added a new way for non-activerain members to receive email notifications of replies to comments they leave on blogs here at ActiveRain. This enhancement … (28 comments)
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activerain updates: Some updates to the front page - 05/06/07 02:30 PM
It should be pretty obvious to anyone visiting the site that we made a couple changes to the front page of ActiveRain this morning. It is just the prelude to many more changes over the next week or two. We wanted to make sure we highlighted some areas of the site … (39 comments)
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activerain updates: Big traffic increases for ActiveRain and Localism - 03/22/07 04:54 PM
Back on January, 30th I made a post about both ActiveRain.com and Localism.com achieving some traffic milestones.
ActiveRain and Localism each hit milestones yesterday
I like to share these milestones as ActiveRain makes it march towards, uh, world domination. I love numbers so their fun to occassionally take a look at, and it also effects how … (59 comments)
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activerain updates: Support for video and multimedia on ActiveRain - 02/28/07 03:14 PM
As of this morning we've made some adjustments to our platform that should allow members to more easily include, video, podcasts and other multimedia in their blog posts. This had been one of the common complaints with our platform and we are working to solve it as we work towards the … (34 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain and Localism each hit milestones yesterday - 01/30/07 12:15 PM
Yes, I've been pretty quiet on ActiveRain as of late, but that's a good thing. It means I'm focusing more attention "behind the scenes" on improving ActiveRain's future. I did notice that both ActiveRain.com and Localism.com hit traffic milestones yesterday.
ActiveRain.com had it's first day with over 10k unique visitors (10,308 to … (16 comments)
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activerain updates: Localism update - Neighborhoods, communities, urban villages... - 01/24/07 02:48 PM
Again, if you don't know about Localism our consumer portal which is under development you can read more here. As promised we are pushing new features every couple days to get us to an official launch in a few months. This morning we released an update allowing members to add communities/neighborhoods/urban … (78 comments)
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activerain updates: Jonathan makes his triumphant return to ActiveRain - 01/20/07 03:28 PM
We are please to announce that Jonathan Washburn, one the original founders of ActiveRain has returned to a full-time position with the company. A little over a year and a half ago, long before the ActiveRain Real Estate Network was launched, Jon left to focus on his other real estate ventures including Brio Realty.
Many of you … (40 comments)
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activerain updates: Lots of site updates Tuesday morning... - 01/15/07 12:44 AM
Just a heads up to ActiveRain members, there will be a whole bunch of site updates coming on Tuesday morning. Many of these updates are based on member feedback over the previous two weeks. Here's a bullet list of some of the updates, there will be more details Tuesday morning.
Members will … (39 comments)
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activerain updates: Top referrers, image uploaders, posters and more... - 01/15/07 12:28 AM
In early Dec. I put up a post highlighting some of the top contributors the ActiveRain Real Estate Network, Top member referrers in november. I thought I do a followup post to highlight the top referrers in December and also some of the other top contributors towards building Localism. Right now … (30 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain traffic stats - 01/03/07 11:41 AM
I used to occasionally put up a post about the growth in traffic to ActiveRain, but I haven't done so in a few months. Just been way too busy. But after seeing what is happening the last couple days I thought I had to share.
Yesterday alone, ActiveRain.com had a record of 8,834 unique visitors, … (59 comments)
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activerain updates: Points, dashboard changes and other stuff... - 01/02/07 02:48 PM
Some of you (ok, many of you) already noticed some changes to the Blog Dashboard this morning and have noticed some changes to how blog posts are scored recently. This is all part of our continuous evolution to try to keep things fair to members, both new and old. Handing out … (72 comments)
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activerain updates: Localism.com photo uploads - update - 12/30/06 04:16 PM
This is an update to the post Upload regional photos to Localism.com and earn points!
Based on member comments we made a couple of quick changes to the photo upload capability on the consumer portal Localism.com
Photos are now being automatically resized to a maximum of 800x600 upon upload, since full size … (36 comments)
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activerain updates: Upload regional photos to Localism.com and earn points! - 12/29/06 03:30 PM
For those of you that haven't yet heard about the consumer side to ActiveRain at Localism.com (under construction) you might want to check out the following posts.
What is Localism? Some Localism.com updates What's Your Strategy for ActiveRain/Localism: "Umbrella or Bucket?" We want to compile a list of photos and images that represent the … (79 comments)
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activerain updates: Some Localism.com updates - 12/22/06 02:02 PM
This morning we put up a new "build" of ActiveRain.com, that added the ability for members to flag blog posts. At the same time we also released several enhancements to our consumer portal Localism.com that is currently under development. If you missed our original post earlier this week about localism, you can … (40 comments)
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activerain updates: What is Localism? - 12/18/06 03:23 PM
For several months we've been talking about how we are going to construct a consumer facing side to ActiveRain. There has been a lot of speculation on what form this would take, so we decided to give our members a sneak peak into the ongoing development efforts at Localism.com We are still several … (72 comments)
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activerain updates: Major ActiveRain feature release - Tuesday morning - 11/26/06 05:39 PM
We are doing a large release of new features on ActiveRain.com very early Tuesday morning (4:00 am PST). The main item in this release will be the beta launch of Groups on ActiveRain.
For several months it has become very clear that for ActiveRain to continue growing there needs to be a way for … (42 comments)
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activerain updates: Hardware Upgrades Tomorrow Morning - 11/15/06 07:03 PM
Earlier this week I noted we'd be updating our hardware throughout the week.
Tomorrow morning we will be updating our server to server you better (pun intended). We’re adding ram to improve the responsiveness of The ActiveRain Real Estate Network.This means that the system will be going off-line for a period … (5 comments)
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activerain updates: A couple of ActiveRain changes - 11/09/06 10:42 AM
Early this morning we put up several small enhancements to the ActiveRain system. Ben pushes them live at about 4:00 am well before I'm awake, so I'm just now writting the post about them.
1. We added a hit counter to blogs as suggested by numerous people. This hit counter displays at … (39 comments)
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activerain updates: New Button On Toolbar - 11/07/06 12:03 PM
Those of you who have been waiting for it will be happy to know that today we've added a preview button to the blog composition bar. Now you will be able to preview a post before you save it or post it. Please know that previewing your post will not save … (18 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain back online after hardware failure - 10/30/06 12:27 AM
Many people trying to access ActiveRain today were greeted with an message saying the site was down and that we had experienced a hardware failure. We're back up now, but here is what happened...
Early this morning I was woken up by our hosting provider down in Texas. I was informed that … (39 comments)
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activerain updates: Blog and Comment Update Alerts - 10/25/06 12:45 PM
Comment AlertsThanks to Gena Riede's awesome patience and persistence, we've uncovered and fixed a bug that was preventing some of you from being notified of comment and blog updates. It seems that whether or not you had the box checked to be emailed these updates they weren't being sent. This morning … (3 comments)
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activerain updates: Blog categories - Where should I put my post? - 10/21/06 02:33 PM
Here's a description of the various categories blog posts can be put assist others in finding them. There is no requirement to add a post to a category, or sub category. If you don't feel you post fits in one of the categories don't add it, people can still view your … (34 comments)
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activerain updates: New blog categories and regional blog display - 10/21/06 01:50 PM
About 3:00 am PST the proposed blog category changes went into effect. Instead of the previous 5 categories there are two main categories, "For Real Estate Professionals" and "For Consumers" each with a set of sub categories. This new category system is to help people efficiently find the posts they want … (21 comments)
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activerain updates: Proposed blog category changes - 10/19/06 02:13 PM
Based on feedback we are going to try to be more pro-active in getting members involved in updates to the system before we make them. This will prevent people from being so surprised when something changes and also get feedback before implementing a change.
One of the changes we plan to make … (38 comments)
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activerain updates: Personalized ActiveRain referral cards - 10/19/06 02:13 PM
So we've gotten several questions about what were up to, to help promote the ActiveRain Real Estate Network at the big NAR conference in New Orleans. We'll here it is, or at least one of the things :)
We've designed personalized "referral cards" for our members. It's essentially a stylish business … (37 comments)
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activerain updates: Associate blog groups - 10/08/06 08:00 PM
This morning we made a couple changes to a feature that many members never knew existed but judging from the reaction many members rely on. That feature is called "associate" blogs. Under your profile you can create groups that you can add member's to, in ActiveRain speak these are associate groups. … (19 comments)
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activerain updates: Upgrading search functionality shortly - 10/06/06 05:11 PM
We are going to make another attempt at upgrading the blog search functionality on ActiveRain shortly (4:00 pst Friday) Outside of 3:00 am when none of our brains are working this is the time of lowest usage. If everything goes correctly it should only cause a minute of downtime, but last time it didn't exactly … (24 comments)
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activerain updates: Blog bookmarking - 10/03/06 12:48 AM
Several members asked for an easy way to bookmark posts to read later, so we just implemented it...
Now at the bottom of each blog post next to the rating control a "Bookmark" icon will appear (if logged in).
Clicking on the "Bookmark" icon will add the post to your onsite bookmarks and … (38 comments)
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activerain updates: System downtime Thursday night 10:00 pm PST - 09/20/06 07:47 PM
We are going to be launched a cool search that will allow users to search blog entries, forums, and profiles Thursday (tomorrow). This release will require the site to be offline for about a half an hour as all of the existing content is indexed and is scheduled to take place at … (19 comments)
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activerain updates: More updates to ActiveRain last night... - 09/19/06 12:43 PM
Some of you may have already noticed but we made several updates to ActiveRain last night. Here's a quick rundown of what they are...
1. We added two additional catagories that blog entries may be posted to "Advertising a Listing" and "Other Advertisement. While we didn't exactly intend for people to use the blogs … (34 comments)
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activerain updates: Lets get creative - ActiveRain t-shirt design contest - 09/13/06 01:15 PM
Lets get those creative juices flowing...
We're going to hold an ongoing contest for an ActiveRain t-shirt/sweatshirt design. I've had this on my mind for a little bit ever since the "Race for 3rd" t-shirts, but Steve Campbell gave me a little kick in the rear yesterday with his post. We're asking members … (17 comments)
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activerain updates: Changing blog titles and other ActiveRain settings - 09/11/06 09:37 PM
I'm not sure if many people are aware but it is easy to change the title of your personal blog on ActiveRain. When a user account is created the default title for the blog is "firstname's blog". Even many of the frequent posters still have their title set to the default, … (9 comments)
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activerain updates: Just pushed lots of new site updates - 09/11/06 09:24 PM
Ben just pushed up a big round of enhancements to our live servers. Here's a run-down of the major ones...
1. Added the last 10 (public) featured blog postings to the front page. A few people had commented that they had originally though ActiveRain was simply a real estate directory, so by … (12 comments)
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activerain updates: Geo targetting featured profiles on home page - 09/10/06 02:39 PM
I just thought I'd let people know ahead of time of a change that will be going into effect early this week, so we don't get hundreds of support emails saying something is broken. We are going to try targeting the featured profiles displayed on the front page to the state the … (13 comments)
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activerain updates: Rate this blog post - 08/31/06 12:34 PM
Roberta Murphy mentioned in a blog post this morning that she just noticed a new control at the bottom of each blog post (when logged in) titled "Rate this blog".
It's not actually new, it's been there all along, we just renamed it from "Do you find this post interesting?" It gives … (12 comments)
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activerain updates: Blog scoring updates - 08/31/06 11:59 AM
Ok, so we tried it and we heard from you, a lot. We tried going to a system of manually scoring every blog post in an attempt to stop to people posting garbage for points, and to control spam. It actually seemed to work fairly well in that respect, but it opened … (10 comments)
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activerain updates: Redefine and Refine Your Associations - 08/29/06 04:10 PM
Ben wrote earlier today about a number of new updates. There are a more to come of course but today I feel it's most important to talk about the new ability to group to group your ActiveRain Contacts. As this Network grows it will help you to be able to discern your … (12 comments)
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activerain updates: Duplicate content and established real estate bloggers - 08/27/06 04:27 PM
During the last week or two I had been very glad to see a couple fairly established real estate bloggers such as Jim Cronin (Real Estate Tomato), Joel Burslem (Future of Real Estate Marketing), Greg Swann (BloodHound Blog) beginning to post on the ActiveRain Real Estate Network. This morning due to … (11 comments)
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activerain updates: Added new profile type (Real Estate Media) - 08/15/06 04:44 PM
We went ahead and added an addition profile type to the network, "Real Estate Media". We thought it would be a good idea to get members of the real estate media involved with the network. We're already seeing examples of where the commentary from our members is being picked up by more … (7 comments)
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activerain updates: Scoring evolution: Blog post scoring changes - 08/11/06 03:43 PM
We are constantly evolving how we award points in order to reward the members who make the best contributions to the growth of the network. We have decided to change the awarding of points for blog posts from being an automatic process (200 pts for every post) to a manual process done by us and … (41 comments)
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activerain updates: Brio Realty integrates with the ActiveRain Real Estate Network - 08/08/06 11:01 AM
Just the other day we found another interesting use for the network. One of our customers Brio Realty has an IDX style home search on their web site. Brio wanted the ability to have their top agents displayed in various communities, cities, and counties that are part of their home search.
We … (10 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain's purpose and do we have a hidden agenda - 08/04/06 03:59 PM
I thought that we'd try to address some concern members/perspective members may have even if they have not been openly expressed. Many real estate professionals have worried about what is the long term goal of this network, do we have a "hidden agenda" and whether it truly benefits them to participate.
Admittedly there … (32 comments)
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activerain updates: Manual point bonus for interesting/unique/helpful contributions - 07/22/06 09:15 PM
Some members has expressed that we should provide additional opportunities for them to earn points. So, we are going to start awarding more bonus points to members who make helpful, interesting, or unique contributions to the network. This may include but is not limited to writing interesting and unique blog posts, answering questions … (19 comments)
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activerain updates: Blog comment spam - 07/22/06 09:09 AM
This issue has been brought up by several members who have been tired of other members leaving short, non informative comments on their blog posts in what appears to be an attempt to gain points. The has a detramental effect of cluttering up the blog postings and also causes the poster to … (40 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain - Forums are now live - 07/20/06 09:39 PM
We just launched discussion forums on the ActiveRain Real Estate Network. These forums are accessable anywhere you are on the site via a link title "Forums" on the near the top of the screen. There are currently about 20 different discussion forums on various topics ranging from "Introductions" to "Search Engine … (5 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain - Blogging categories and groups - 07/20/06 08:40 PM
We just put up a new feature on the network to try and solve some of the clutter in the blogging section. We added 3 blog groups:
1. Group blog for real estate professionals (Read posting guidelines...)
2. Group blog for consumers (Read posting guidelines...)
3. Regional news and information (Read posting … (15 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain integrates with Google Base - 07/19/06 08:02 AM
We just finished implementing another way to help members of the ActiveRain Real Estate Network promote themselves and their businesses online. As of this morning we are now submitting profiles of members (real estate agents and brokers) into one of Google's newest services, Google Base (beta).
What is google base?
To quote Google, "Google Base is … (41 comments)
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activerain updates: More ActiveRain updates - 07/16/06 10:22 PM
Our developer Ben, just put up a bunch of new updates to the ActiveRain Real Estate Network. Pretty much all of them are based on feedback we recieved during the last week.
1. This last week we made a change so members only recieved points for 3 blog posts within a 24 hour … (24 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain blogging updates - 07/12/06 01:23 PM
As discussed in a previous post "The blog dumping epidemic" we implemented several changes to the blogging in an attempt to solve some issues brought up by our members. We implemented a limit of posts within a 24 hour period a member will recieve points for. We also implemented a cool feature … (29 comments)
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activerain updates: The blog dumping epidemic - 07/09/06 08:01 PM
I'm sure some of our members have noticed this. Occasionally a new member to the network will decide to essentially copy and paste the entire contents of an offsite blog or website into many posts on ActiveRain. While it's their blog and we want to let them do what they want … (58 comments)
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activerain updates: Scoring adjustments - 07/08/06 12:14 PM
During the last update to ActiveRain on Friday we made several adjustments to scoring and points. These adjustments will NOT effect points previously earned for actions, just for those actions going forward.
Why we do adjustments?
Points are intended to be a way to reward people for taking actions that help the ActiveRain Real Estate Network grow … (8 comments)
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activerain updates: Stability Updates Go Online - 07/07/06 05:47 PM
Thank you members. So many of you have done your part by taking care of your profiles, blogging regularly and inviting your associates to join.
As you know the network is still in Beta at this time. From time to time things will come up that need addressing. Many of you have … (11 comments)
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activerain updates: Forums on their way - 06/30/06 12:50 PM
One of the next things we're going to add to the ActiveRain Real Estate Network, is discussion forums. Initially this will simply be a list of public forums but then will expand to allow users to create their own forums both public and private. We're trying to put together a list … (9 comments)
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activerain updates: Blogging feature updates - 06/30/06 12:15 PM
During the past couple days we've made several improvements to the blogging engine which we launched on Monday.
1. We now have feeds going out to all the major blog search engines (google-blogs, Technorati, Blogdigger, etc), there's about 15 in all. It may take them several days or weeks to get … (4 comments)
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activerain updates: Blogging tools added to Your Network - 06/27/06 07:04 PM
Members now have the ability to keep their own blog associated with their member profile on the ActiveRain Real Estate Network. This gives us yet another way to promote our businesses and share information.
Blogs, or web-logs have quickly become one of the most popular and successful means to ways to … (9 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain Real Estate Network is 1 month old - 06/25/06 08:40 PM
As of today the ActiveRain Real Estate Network is officially 1 month old. During this first month we've had 350 people create profiles on the network, not bad for growing almost totally via member referrals. The daily growth rate is beginning to climb and it's a pretty good bet that we'll … (3 comments)
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activerain updates: ActiveRain Corporation Hires New Marketing Executive - 06/25/06 05:45 PM
Real Estate Business tools Company Active Rain Corp. announces hiring of marketing executive.
Caleb Mardini will be coming on to take over the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Mardini a Seattle Native says that after co-founding WhyNotown.com he was looking for something new. "When I saw what ActiveRain was doing I … (3 comments)
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