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ActiveRain - The Very First Video Explaining the ActiveRain RE Network

Remember that question "What Is ActiveRain?" At some point, we all had it! Although not so popular any longer, this question was answered by the creators and founders of ActiveRain back in 2007. Not too much has changed since then... or has it? It was sure fun to find and watch this video again, I hope you'll Enjoy it too!

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Yesteryear - we've sure come a long way....



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50 comments • Brad Andersohn ~ Community Manager • February 21 2010 11:17AM

Comments

Brad - THERE'S a bit of history. That WAS fun. My how we have grown and changed, but in some fundamental ways we haven't. Jeff
Posted by Jeff Dowler ~ Carlsbad Real Estate ~ 760-840-1360 (RE/MAX Moonlight Beach (CA DRE Lic. # 01490977)) 5 months ago

Brad,

Thanks for posting that video.

Geee, I think there were 13,000 members when I joined AR, and I felt like I had missed the bus!

Posted by Mike Jaquish Cary, NC, Real Estate (KELLER WILLIAMS® Realty) 5 months ago

I wasn't around in the early days so that was a lot of fun to watch.

Posted by Barb Szabo E-pro Realtor Cleveland Ohio Homes (RE/MAX Trinity) 5 months ago

Hi Brad... WOW!  I never saw this one as it pre-dates my involvement with AR, yet it all still rings true... except the number of members!

Posted by Steve Shatsky, SFR - Dallas Real Estate & Short Sale Specialist (469)449-9840 (Prudential Texas Properties) 5 months ago

Brad, Being a newbie, it is great to see the first steps!  Thank you all at AR for creating this great format.  Thanks for sharing the video, Brad.

Posted by Marcia Hawken - Naples Luxury Specialist (Downing-Frye Realty, Inc.) 5 months ago

Niiicce!  I never saw that one before!  Yep!  It still is relevant!  Even today!  Thanks Brad!

Posted by Nyssa Smith REALTOR®, State College Area Real Estate (Kissinger, Bigatel & Brower Realtors) 5 months ago

Same foundation and vision, but boy has that membership grown!

Posted by Lee & Carol Barbour, Realtors® Licensed in NC, GA and TN (Mountain Living Team - Appalachian Land Company) 5 months ago

Brad, I LOVED watching that!  When I signed on there were a little over 6,000 members and I thought it was huge then.....I would have never, EVER imagined all the benefits from AR both personally and professionally or the way this incredible place has grown! 

Posted by Carole Provenzale and Laura Cerrano Owner, Feng Shui Long Island & New York (Feng Shui Long Island & New York City/Feng Shui Manhattan ) 5 months ago

Wow...cool to see a little background history. ~Doug

Posted by Cari Anderson (Diversified Mortgage Group) 5 months ago

Hi Brad, I never seen that video - might be from right before I joined - nice to see Jon and Matt's bright shiny faces at the beginning of something HUGE.  AR has exceeded their expectations, hasn't it?

Posted by Virginia Hepp - Mesquite NV MLS - Sun City Mesquite - Buyer Representative (ERA - Mesquite NV Homes For Sale) 5 months ago

Thanks for posting this  Brad , Great Video.

Bill

Posted by Bill Jones - Realtor® (403-701-1739) Airdrie & Calgary Area Homes and Condos (Century21 Castlewood Agencies - "Homes By Jones") 5 months ago

Umm.... oops? No video here. Just code. But there were about 34,000 members when I joined. We've definitely come a long way. Can't wait to see the video...  >.>

Posted by Lisa Hill (Daytona Beach Real Estate) (Florida Property Experts) 5 months ago

Brad - It's very interesting to see video from ActiveRain in its early days.

Posted by Marc Swartz, CA, CPA, Real Estate Broker Toronto, Durham & York Regions, Ontario (Sutton Group-Heritage Realty Inc., Brokerage (905) 471-2000) 5 months ago

Brad, interesting nostalgia.  We've come a long way!

Posted by Gabe Sanders, Stuart Florida Real Estate (Premier Realty Group) 5 months ago
Nice video, old school!
Posted by Jessica Wallace (Century 21, Santa Cruz, CA) 5 months ago

Very cool video Brad. Wow.. 2007 and 36K members. Look at you now!

Posted by John Cannata - LegacyTexas Mortgage Sr Loan Officer - Frisco Texas ( 972-325-4912 Also available evenings and weekends) 5 months ago

Brad,

Very enjoyable to see what Jon and Mat were creating in the early days.  TX =)

Posted by Angela Carosi - Realtor® (631) 827-0815 Long Island Suffolk County Real Estate (Coach Realtors Smithtown LI, NY ) 5 months ago

Brad,

Very enjoyable to see what Jon and Mat were creating in the early days.  TX =)

Posted by Angela Carosi - Realtor® (631) 827-0815 Long Island Suffolk County Real Estate (Coach Realtors Smithtown LI, NY ) 5 months ago

Brad ~ I tried, just moved and speaker's aren't; hooked up and I pull up on my Palm. I will try back tomorrow.

Posted by Monique Hailer (CENTURY 21 New Millennium) 5 months ago

Hi Brad, That was fun.  Active Rain has sure grown and evolved since then.  I'll bet they didn't even know they'd be adding some of the features that we take for granted just a couple of years later.

Posted by Susan Neal, Fair Oaks CA Real Estate Broker (Century 21 Noel David Realty) 5 months ago

Very cool!  I had not watched that ever before... We've come a long way baby!

Posted by Don Wixom (RE/MAX Advantage Nampa, ID) 5 months ago

This is the very first comment I have made and very first post I have read on Active Rain.  How fitting eh!  It is like joining a bunch of same sames.  One could lose themselves inside a new family. Wow!!!  PS:  I changed offices to my home basement now- I love the switch!  I see my kids more often and I realize how dead beat I am/was if I don't stop to take 'unofficial' time with them, so as they know I love them.  Really, I did before, it is just different and bettter.  Active Rain, here I come community!

Posted by Brian Habel (Fidelity Real Estate, PC) 5 months ago

Thanks for the video Brad.. Don't think I have ever seen this one before.

Posted by Roland Woodworth,SFR - Clarksville Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource (Exit Realty Clarksville) 5 months ago

I don't believe I have ever seen that before.  Isn't it amazing how much ActiveRain has grown?  I gotta watch that again,

Posted by Maureen McCabe Columbus (Real Living HER ) 5 months ago

Fun to see and a blast from the past for sure.

Posted by Teresa Boardman (Saint Paul Home Realty) 5 months ago

Brad although I've only been around a year and a half, this video is just as valid and informative as it was when produced. Great explanation do what this place is really all about! I am going to send the link to every agent and broker in my office to help them understand what I've been talking about when urging them to JOIN!!

Posted by Russell Lewis, Broker,CLHMS,GRI (AvenueOne Properties, Austin Texas Real Estate) 5 months ago

Brad, thank you for posting the video. It is exciting to see how AR has grown over the short few years and what a wonderful platform it has become.

Posted by Mark Montross (Catamount Realty Group) 5 months ago

I think I may do this.  I'm excited....

Posted by Cindy Edwards CRS GRI PMN Northeast Tennessee 423-677-6677 (RE/MAX Checkmate) 5 months ago

Brad that was really an excellent video. This is a great summary when trying to explain some of the benefits the platform brings.

Posted by Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate (RE/MAX Executive Realty) 5 months ago

Fantastic Brad!!  Thanks to Matt and Jon for the foresight they had.  Love the video and the history.  Wow from 36,000 to well over 175k!  Pretty amazing when you stop to think about it...  But when somethings good it explodes!  Way to go Active Rain...

Posted by Lee & Pamela St. Peter Raleigh NC, Realtors®, GRI,CRS,ABR,ePro (Prudential York Simpson Underwood Realty) 5 months ago

Brad, I'm a recent enrollee and appreciate the history. Over the past two months I see some great benefits to being here to both increase my knowledge of the industry and to make new contacts with both agents and clients. Thanks.

Posted by Glenn Roberts - Seattle Residential (Lake & Company Real Estate) 5 months ago
Hi Brad, Thank you for helping me fit the pieces together. Good things are starting to happen for me through ActiveRain. Cassie
Posted by Cassie Harrison (Prudential California Realty) 5 months ago

I'm a relative newbie joining Jan 2009, so this was interesting. I would've signed up sooner if I'd have heard about AR sooner - I signed up the day I heard about it in a C21 meeting at my office.

Posted by Pam Turner, REALTOR®, e-PRO®, SFR (Century 21 Belk Realtors Dalton GA) 5 months ago

Very nice little summary !

... quick question, was that a half-caf-one-pump-classic-mocha-latte that Matt was clinging to in his interview !! lol   ... coffee is essential !

Great video guys !

Posted by Sheldon Neal -- That British Agent -- (Bergen County, NJ - RE/MAX Real Estate Limited) 5 months ago

Great blast from the past... glad I joined!

Posted by Mark VanBuskirk (Castle Gate Realty) 5 months ago

Those were the days my friend...we thought they'd never end...and guess what?  They haven't.  As you know, I'm a newer member of the tribe.  One day I'll be saying "I remember when there were only 175,000 folks on Active Rain...

Posted by Evelyn Zebro - Asheville NC Real Estate Broker (Beverly-Hanks & Associates) 5 months ago

Wow, what a lot of fun to watch.  Perhaps a sequel on how far the platform has come, morphed, etc.

Posted by Chris Olsen Broker Owner Cleveland Ohio Real Estate (Olsen Ziegler Realty) 5 months ago

Funny at this point in time the video seems so now, and yet so from another age. Nice clip, neat to hear the original intent from the creators. Thanks for posting.

Posted by René Fabre (The Talon Group) 5 months ago

There were around 80,000 members when I started.  Seems the growth has really picked up steam.  Loved getting to see this.

Posted by Tammy Lankford/Broker Lane Realty Lake Sinclair-Central GA 5 months ago

Hi Brad. I love Active Rain though I was not here during the early days. I really like that it is Seattle based. Well I noticed that Toby Barnett's last post at Active Rain was in November 2009 and Ardel DellaLoggia last posted in 12/2009.

Posted by Lana Robbins Realtor ®, Clearwater, Tarpon Springs, New Port Richey, FL (Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate LLC) 5 months ago
This is great Brad...excellent even for those of us AR vets
Posted by Chris and Maria Jeantet (Coldwell Banker C&C Properties) 5 months ago

Brad - Ahhh the good old days... I remember about 15,000 members when we first started as well... Seems like yesterday... Good to see this again... thanks

Posted by Robert Hammerstein (Coldwell Banker Hillsdale NJ) 5 months ago

Brad, Thanks for the video.  It's nice to see where we started and I'm anxious to see where it goes from here! 

Posted by Brian Burke Your Realtor & Foreclosure Expert (Coldwell Banker) 5 months ago
Brad, Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Though a newby, this was a hoot!
Posted by Linda Powers (Resort Realty - Duck) 5 months ago

Brad: I can't believe it!---I  thought this thing had been around for a century when i joined---it was like some scary, big, well established web site that I was so intimidated by!!! I was so nervous when I joined and started to blog...I could just see me failing terribly at the writing thing!...NOW  I FIND OUT THAT YOU GUYS WERE ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD WHEN I JOINED---WHAT A BLUFF. I TOTALLY GOT TAKEN IN....:) (There were like 75,000 members when I joined in late 2007!!)

Posted by Paula Hathaway (Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate) 5 months ago

Brad, hadn't seen that before.  I'm so happy I was introduced to AR.

Posted by Tammie White Franklin TN Homes For Sale (Keller Williams Realty) 5 months ago

I remember finding and seeing this video a few years back, and after watching it, I only dreamed that I'd get to work for and with a great site like this one day!!  :-O

Lana - just goes to show that blogging can build business, they're probably out harvesting the crops from all the seeds and watering they've done here in the rain.  Busy selling Real Estate is typically the goal of every Real Estate agent here on AR, at least that's what I'm thinking...

Paula- no bluffs, regardless, glad you joined and "got taken in" to the "rain" puddle here! :-))

Posted by Brad Andersohn ~ Community Manager (ActiveRain) 5 months ago
Brad, Thank you for sharing the video with us. I would like thanks Active Rain and the people who are managing the site, you are doing a great job! I do not visit my personal website as often as I login-in into active rain, soon there will be no need to have a website. Thanks
Posted by Mayra Espinosa 650-996-8961 San Mateo Short Sale Agent/Foreclosures Specialist (Prudential|San Mateo CA|San Francisco Bay Area| CA) 5 months ago

Brad-Loved watching the video.  So far in such a short time!  Pretty soon AR will be crossing the 200,000 member mark!

Posted by Debra Walsh Orange Cty NY Real Estate 845.928.8000 (Keller Williams Realty Goshen, NY - Realtor) 5 months ago

Brad - thanks for this original video, in the beginning it said 36,000 members - my how we have grown!

Posted by Sharon Paxson Newport Beach Real Estate (Prudential California Realty, DRE License 01501912) 4 months ago

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