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Working on Active Rain Pays Off.

Two weeks ago I received a call from an HR manager for a defense contracting company headquartered in Virginia. Her company had just been awarded a contract on Fort Sill, which is a huge military base located here in Lawton, OK.

She was looking for group and individual employee benefits packages for all of her new employees, and needed a local agent to go and sit down with her workers and get them on a plan. I told her I'd be happy to help her and asked her how she found me. She said, "I did a Google search for medical insurance and Lawton, OK and you were the top search result. I followed the link and looked at your Active Rain profile."

Proving that AR activity pays off. Yesterday I had the pleasure of calling the guy who referred me to look into AR and thanking him for giving me one of my most important business tools.

Posted by SETH CALLEN on 09/20/2007 02:16 PM

Comments (25)

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25 Comments on Working on Active Rain Pays Off.

Seth,

It is amazing how people find you through ActiveRain. I've had numerous similar contacts generated via AR.

Sean Allen

09/20/2007 02:31 PM

by International Financing Solutions

Seth,

I was just contacted recently through ActiveRain from all the way across the country! It's really amazing,isn't it? Congratulations!

Faith LaRosse

09/20/2007 02:42 PM

by Faith LaRosse (Coldwell Banker Hearthside, Realtor)

Great! I had a couple of people call me from the east coast and I found that rewarding to have someone thing that much of me - sight unseen. Right on AR.

09/20/2007 02:47 PM

by Rosemary Brooks -Mother & Daughter (866)-750-8282 (Family Realty Group - 866-750-8282)

Seth - This is a great story. Keep up the good work, and keep posting good content, and you will be found again soon!

09/20/2007 02:52 PM

by Jason Crouch, Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (Austin Texas Homes, LLC)

Its amazing who finds you on AR. I had the same thing happen with my Short Sale series.

09/20/2007 03:23 PM

by Daniel Sundberg Foreclosure Specialist (Crystal Springs Real Estate)

This is great!! Let's hope this is the first of many people to become customers for you.

09/20/2007 07:13 PM

by Bradenton Real Estate - Linda Reynolds

GREAT to hear. I am hoping I can build a nice referral base of people in the business who can refer me clients when they move to TEXAS, and I can refer out. Keep Posting!

09/20/2007 07:39 PM

by Sherri Elliott (Keller Williams INTEGRITY TEAM)

indeed it does - for us too!

09/20/2007 08:32 PM

by Barbara-Jo & Bill - - Florida Realty Professional - AHWD (Charles Rutenberg Realty)

Great Post!! Congratulations.

09/20/2007 09:43 PM

by Barbara Martino-Sliva, Vero Beach Real Estate, Homes for Sale (Thorpe/Sotheby's International Real Estate)

Hello Seth,
Congratulations and I agree it pays in many ways. Education being one of the most important to me.

09/21/2007 07:36 AM

by Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor® Onslow County NC Home Specialist (Kingsbridge Realty, Inc)

Hey, for all of those that have responded with comments, thank you. Again, knowing that piece of business came directly from AR efforts justifies my whole marketing strategy.

09/21/2007 09:03 AM

by SETH CALLEN (OKLAHOMA INSURANCE SOLUTIONS)

Seth, Congratulations on your success! That's so AWESOME!

09/24/2007 01:30 PM

by Shannon Lefevre Naples, Florida CRS (John R. Wood REALTORS Inc.)

...way to go.......I'm looking forward to the day that I can say that Active Rain has brought me plenty of business. Partly, I also feel that if we are all active in networking and doing whatever we can to bring business......our enthusiasm with reward us.

09/24/2007 03:10 PM

by Nancy Morrish, Stage Tucson! (Stage Tucson! Professional Home Staging)

Seth - It's the best feeling isn't it! I ahve gotten two listings from my blog so far - not bad. In regards to Squidoo. I would do a little work with it. Squidoo does have a lot of google juice and with some time and effort you can easily get to page one or two with it. I would give it another shot.

09/27/2007 01:27 PM

by Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate (RE/MAX Executive Realty)

wow, that's awesome. Clearly Active Rain pays off and it also makes sense to have a clearly defined profile and niche. Congratulations!

09/27/2007 01:36 PM

by Kate Bourland; Redding Mortgage, Debt Elimination (Windsor Capital, Dyer Beech & U First Financial)

Shannon, Nancy, Bill and Kate; thanks for your comments.

09/27/2007 02:28 PM

by SETH CALLEN (OKLAHOMA INSURANCE SOLUTIONS)

Way to go Seth!! Working your blog here at the Rain really helps and will also help your business! Keep up the good work.

10/15/2007 03:35 PM

by Tracy Santrock-Cary NC Real Estate Blog (Fonville Morisey)

Absolutely! Keep on blogging!

10/29/2007 10:49 AM

by Ann Heitland, Associate Broker, CRS, GRI , ABR ~ Flagstaff Real Estate/Community (Team Heitland at RE/MAX Peak Properties)

Tracy and Ann, thank you for your comments. I feel like I'm barely scratching the surface.

10/29/2007 10:59 AM

by SETH CALLEN (OKLAHOMA INSURANCE SOLUTIONS)

Congratulations, Seth. I have been on AR blogging for 5 weeks now and no sunshine yet just rain. But with all of the success stories that I have heard I just keep at it.

10/29/2007 12:35 PM

by Jill Wente - Spring TX Real Estate (Prudential Gary Greene)

Seth-This is so wonderful. I love reading these success stories. I keep praying for my first contact from Active Rain. I hope for you to have many more like this. Thank you for your inspiration and sharing this great news.

11/04/2007 12:04 AM

by Julie Neerings~Lifting Hearts ♥ Building Dreams~Utah REALTOR® (Keller Williams Salt Lake City)

Wow, that's an awesome story, congratulations!

11/15/2007 12:02 PM

by Krista Fuchs Pennsylvania, Chester County Realtor (Prudential Fox & Roach)

You are correct this community has tremendous value in it will get you ranked very high on Google. Congratulations on the success story I hope there's many more to come.

11/15/2007 12:17 PM

by Rey Gallegos Home Loan Consultant Las Vegas, NV (A Mortgage Bank)

Jill, Julie, Krista and Rey..............thank you very much for your comments.

11/16/2007 10:31 AM

by SETH CALLEN (OKLAHOMA INSURANCE SOLUTIONS)

Big time congratulations on that and it proves that if you are on top of things here on Active Rain, it will pay off!

Congratulations,

Todd

11/28/2007 12:27 AM

by Todd Clark (Realtor), GRI (Your Washington Co. Real Estate Expert) (Kastings & Associates)