It's Raining......ActiveRain

(This weeks installment of 'Rain Radio: ComputerSide Chat Series' is interrupted because of RainCamp travel. In it's place I'd like to share with you something we are trying in 2011) A dear friend of mine recently got a job with Umpqua Bank, a small (although growing and after reading this you'll...

As many of you know, I got married in July and moved to Ann Arbor MI with my wife. The hardest part? Not being in Seattle all the time with my son. I'm very fortunate, with my job I am able to work from just about anywhere, but having my little boy back in Seattle made the decision to move excruc...

If you've been to one of the 25 RainCamps we've held over the last 14 months you've seen my guest for this week's ComputerSide Chat, Ben Kinney, in person. Or it's possible you remember him from the 'Social The Book' Contest we ran a few months back on ActiveRain. On Friday, I invite you to come ...

On April 27th 2010, Todd Clark became the first ActiveRain member to reach 1 million points. Since then, we have had three others join the Millionaire club on ActiveRain as well. In my post congratulating Todd on this mind blowing accomplishment, I raised the question "How the heck does someone s...

In the middle of October, Ken Tracy let us all know (or maybe you knew already, but I didn't) that the October issue of REALTOR® Magazine had a coupon for $50 in free Facebook advertising. REALTORs® are a good group to target in an attempt to generate advertising spend, you all spend a lot on adv...

Who wouldn't want a free piece of advertising at your next local event? Your blog gives you the chance to do this! In looking through our Google analytics, as I do quite often, I came across an interesting trend. It seems that consumers are hungry for information about local events taking place i...

One of the things we did at our wedding was a couples dance. Every couple in the crowd came out on the dance floor and the DJ started counting up (the number of years each couple has been married) until there was only one couple left on the floor. Then we shared the floor with them and they gave ...

There are a bunch of great questions coming up on the post announcing the new ActiveRain community pages. Some of the questions are easy to answer in writing, and others get a little complicated and tough to explain the answer. We are going to do two webinars on the subject covering your question...

Catherine, a consumer in Raleigh asked about hiring a real estate agent to sell her home. She said she'd give specifics if we wanted them, but I thought you guys might be able to give her some advice. I'm going to send her a link to this blog post, so let's give her some good solid advice and sho...

Shocking, huh? Rain is in the forecast for the Pacific Northwest. July 7th, 2010 RainCamp will be making a stop in the City of Roses, Portland Oregon. Nestled near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, our neighbors to the South are no strangers to Rain, and Rain it will in the mi...