Rich Jacobson asked the Active Rain Community members to write their testimonial in the rain.
My testimonial in the rain is that Active Rain Is The Place To Be! I have written several testimonials about what Active Rain means to me and what it has helped me to achieve from friendships to the amazing blogging results and business we have rendered from participating in this fabulous online real estate Web 2.0 community.
Active Rain Is The Place to be for NICE! It is absolutely the friendliest and most supportive of all the online forums and communities in cyberspace. I have been on many real estate forums and internet marketing forums, many social sites and communities that I must say have been quite unfriendly and mean and that is putting it mildly. I won't mention the names of them here. So it was quite refreshing to find that Active Rain was NICE! I remember how scared I was to press the submit button on my very first post because of remarks that were made to others out there in cyberspace. Here is a testimony I wrote some time ago about what a great place Active Rain is.
Active Rain is The Place to be for LEARNING! If you want to know about any subject in real estate and a lot of other topics related to business and self development, look no further. This is a FREE community and people give freely of their time, talents and experiences for all to learn from. You can read all you want on your own time, how much better can it get than that! I am so humbled and honored that I have been welcomed in with open arms to share what I know and for being able to give back by paying it forward in the Rain!
Active Rain is The Place to be for FRIENDSHIPS! 
This is the only online community that I know of where you are able to make real friends and bond with a common element. Among our peers who have the understanding on what we go through each and every day is a warm thought and welcoming feeling. I have been able to make friends here on the Rain who will call me if I need help. I can ask for help and prayers in time of need and my friends here will rally around me with the power of their thoughts and prayers, phone calls and emails to support me. Active Rain members are there for me. My 100th post tells the story of friendship and business on the rain.
I have written more than 300 posts here on Active Rain and my testimony only grows stronger.
Active Rain is The Place to be for REFERRALS! If you network correctly, give of yourself first, make comments on blogs, subscribe to blogs, connect with those that you think will have clients moving to your area; you will get the referrals! We have had referrals from Tom Weiss and Matthew Blum who are both mortgage brokers in our area as well as members here on Active Rain. If you write good content, be nice to those who visit your blog, return the comments that members write to you and visit other blogs on the Rain and make comments you will allow people to get to know you and then if they like you and trust you; they will refer their clients to you. My post about referrals in the rain says it all.
Active Rain is The Place to be for SEO! What more can I say! It works, it is powerful. But it does not happen through inaction on your part. You must take the correct actions to achieve front page results on the search engines. I show you ways in which you can do that in my post about Blogging for the Longtail searches. I was able to move out of Google's sandbox with our website within 2 months through commenting on real estate forums and got to page 20 on Google. But as soon as I started blogging on Active Rain I moved to page 4 very quickly, then to page 2 and now on page 1 in the #1 position on Google for many of our search terms. 
Active Rain is The Place to be for Business! WOW! Do I have a testimony of how blogging on Active Rain has brought us sellers, buyers and closed transactions! I wrote a post about how our blogging and SEO was noticed by a webmaster for an investor which resulted in $22 million dollars in inventory to list and we are also selling this investor more properties. We get calls almost on a daily basis from sellers who have already chosen us to be their agents based on reading our blog. Read our story of how much business we get because of active rain. We just got a listing today from a seller who told me she has been reading my blog and that is what made her decide that we would be her agents. My list is so long about the business we have received because of Active Rain blogging and networking on the Rain. We get listings and special buyers. We get notoriety and credibility which always leads to more business. More people are reading your blog than you will ever know. We have closed sales and many more closings scheduled in February because of our blog here on the Rain. You can turn your blog into a money making machine. Last but certainly not least, I have gained some great real estate agent clients to coach and do expired packages for right here on Active Rain. I am passionate about helping agents reach their goals and I have been richly rewarded. It is because of the members on Active Rain that I am now committed to finishing my book on how to be a successful real estate agent. Do what you love, the money will follow.
Ray Wilburn, MBA
Ray- Thank you very much. Katerinalon
Jason Crouch, Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate
Jason- Thank you. I love my Sabbath days. You have a great Sunday too. Katerina
Hi Katerina..Well done, I see I should send you a new Photo, well maybe. Do not wait to long to write your book, we could be customers.
Cheers, have a great weekend!
Fred Carver,Victoria BC Realtor
Fred- Thank you , that is the photo I got off of your blog. Make it a great weekend. Katerina
Katerina, excellent Blog. I'm still new to AR but am glad I decided to join. My first Blog was also scary. Wasn't too sure how people would react or if I would even get any comments. Surprisingly enough, it got featured. I didn't even know, until someone said, "Congratulations on your first feature".
I know it may be shocking but our company still doesn't have an actual WebSite up. This will be our 5th year in business. Our #1 goal this year! Like you stated though, even without a Website, when you search on Google for "title insurance in broward", we're on the first page twice and the 2nd page is our AR profile. It definitely pays off.
The people here are wonderful and I have already learned so much more than I thought I would from AR.
I agree completely. I've used other blogging platforms and forums but none is as friendly, user friendly and member friendly.
Friendly means something. Mmmmmm. I feel a post coming on.
Jennifer Fivelsdal,ABR,GRI,SRES
Jennifer- Thank you for your comment and for you reading my post. I appreciate it. Katerina
Bradenton Florida Real Estate - Dan Forbes REALTOR®
Dan- Thanks! :) I am very passionate. Katerina
And you are in our neck of woods too! Thanks for commenting! Active Rain is the best! Katerina
Carole- I am glad to be of help to you. You are one of the shining rays in the rain! You are a wonderful and caring and giving person. You are one of the treasures I have found in the rain. Katerina
Julie Neerings, GRI Utah REALTOR®
Julie- Thank you so much! You are one of my dearest friends that I have found here on the rain and I treasure our friendship. I know that I can call you anytime when I need a prayer or help with outlook. I treasure your support. Katerina
Lenn- Friendly keeps one coming back for more. I am surprised that the moderators at some of the forums do not think that the members attacks and sarcasm invites people to stay! Katerina
Faina- What! Not 300%???? Just kidding! :) Thanks so much and you are one of my dear friends here on the rain. I have enjoyed talking with you on the phone. Katerina
Lizette, like fine wine, active rain gets better over time. Thanks for your comment. You are one talented artist, in case members here reading the comments did not know! Katerina
Adam Waldman - Long Island Real Estate
Adam- Thank you! You make a great contribution to Active Rain with your member spotlight and all the contests you spearhead. Thank you for all that you do here on the rain. Katerina
Katerina, With over 67,000 members I feel really honored to be included in your video. Thank you.
And all of us appreciate AciveRain even if we haven't had the success here that you have had.
Very nice testimonial.
Bill Roberts
success comes from being true to your heart. You have acheived that with AR. Keep it up! AJ
Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate
Bill- Thanks! Yes, Active Rain Rocks! I love this place! Katerina
Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman (RA) Century 21 Liberty Homes *Hawaii*
Sally- Thanks so much to you! You gave me that confidence when I first pressed that submit button by commenting on my posts! I thought of it as such an honor that the famous Woohoo Sally would think enough to place a comment on a newbie blog! Katerina
Bill Roberts - "Baby Boomer" Retirement Planning
Bill- I would have it no other way. You are one o f my biggest supporters and fans and I so appreciate all of your support and the wonderful compliments you leave on my posts. Katerina
Alan "AJ" Nisen, CA Contra Costa Loan Officer
Alan- Thank you! It has been a great ride and there is much more to do and achieve and more friends to get to know! Katerina
Candace- Thank you, you are so nice! I have really enjoyed getting to know you and you too, contribute so much to AR with your wonderful talent of doing banners and HTML pages for people. You have a great talent for presentation. Katerina
Katerina...
Well this my dear is a master piece :)
WELL DONE!!! Sorry I didn't mean to shout...It's just that this is so fantastic :)
P.S. So this is what Rich was really looking for. LOL.
TLW...ROAR!
Katerina;
Another of your fine Blogs! This is a great testiment to Active Rain! I hope you posted this to the "Newbie's", they should really appreciate it. This blog alone gives anyone new a real education into blogging and the potential hidden behind within.
"The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's...Wife!
TLW- Thank you! Yours was SO funny, I laugh thinking about it!
I take your compliment as a honor. Katerina
Martin Dorgan
Martin- I did not post it in newbies because I was told that when you post there, it can be the only place you post, no other groups. Thank you so much for your compliment. Blogging is the way to the top if one will but utilize the rules of blogging! Katerina
Barbara-Jo & Bill - - Florida Realty Professional - AHWD
Barbara and Bill- Thank you! And you are one of those friends! Katerina
Rebecca Levinson
Rebecca- Thank you for your wonderful comment. IT was very well thought out. I am glad you see the value of Active Rain. Katerina
What a lovey post. Just put down the kids (one who was VERY unhappy about missing a tv show she wanted to watch) and this put me back in a better mood. Thanks.
I must start posting here more. The day is just not long enough.
Matthew Collinge
Matthew- Sometimes I am up way in the night hours to get my posting done. But you know, I have not regretted a moment and the money is good, especially when AR is free! Can't beat that! I am glad that my post help to facilitate you being in a better mood. Katerina
Katerina, Great testimonial for AR. Obviously, you are doing a lot of things right! I need to read and pay attention to your blogs so that I can also share in the wealth.
Roberta LaRocca - REALTOR® Las Vegas
Roberta- Thank you! The wealth is great! So come on in and join! Katerina
Jeff Geoghan MBA, - Lancaster PA Real Estate Expert
It is good to see you on my blog! Hey, I miss seeing you around as much. I hope to continue to provide great info you can use in your business and still do all my Localism stuff. Thanks so much for commenting. Katerina
Marey Hoeppner- Portage, MI A Virtual Assistant Serving You
Marey- Thanks so much for your lovely comment. I appreciate you reading my blog. I hope all is great with you as well. Katerina
Jeff Geoghan MBA, - Lancaster PA Real Estate Expert
Jeff- You did not come back from the dead? :). Glad you took some time off with your family.