2,818,727
You get free rainmaker status at 500,000 pts. At 400,000 it's $9/month; at 300,000 it's $19/month. If you are below those levels, you should look into paying for the year rather than by month as it's often less expensive.
Ambassador has nothing to do w/ points (although there was and may still be a min requirement of 100,000 pts). This is more about people volunteering to help others.
I would ignore the outside blog until if/when they fix it. It's not mobile friendly and it's very dated (I don't think they've updated it in over 6 years. It's included w/ whatever you are paying.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Katerina Gasset
Provo, UT
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY
1,051,851
Your account will be free when you reach 500,000 points. You're well on your way (but your account should only be $9 per month now that you're over 400k points).
You are a Rainmaker when you pay the monthly fee and your posts go out to the world (which is what you are).
You are a Rainer when you use the free membership and your posts only go to other Members.
Ambassador is an 'invited' status.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY
1,752,137
Lots of precise answers ; I'm waiting for AR to offer a 'Chief of Staff' Status
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Mimi Foster
Colorado Springs, CO
5,315,992
What Debbie Gartner said... nothing to add because she said it all!
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Debbie Gartner
White Plains, NY
5,584,639
ditto to what Mimi Foster and Debbie Gartner said....
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Mimi Foster
Colorado Springs, CO
1,466,257
JM Padron, CCIM Debbie Gartner and Mimi Foster summed it up nicely.
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,344,851
I believe that when you get to 500,000 points you no longer pay the $29 a month and poof...become a rainmaker !
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,074,389
1. 500,000 points
2. You don't - that came and went - they aren't making them anymore as far as I know.
3. No clue
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,445,210
I was grandfathered in and as best as I can tell ambassador status is very special and awarded to a deserving few
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
3,223,183
I'll run counter on some of the other opinions on the Outside Blogs. While they may be aesthecially unappealing (there's a tendency for what looks good on the main blog to transfer over into multiple font sizes), I find it to still an Outside Blog to be an effective tool if you focus what you post there. We have one outside blog that is strictly for our patio home niche. It ranks and generates us business thanks to the focused content.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,280,551
I see Debbie Gartner and Mimi Foster answered your questions clearly and succinctly!
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Mimi Foster
Colorado Springs, CO
6,691,416
To be a Rainmaker, you need to pay the fee or earn 500000 points.
To be an Ambassador is something they will invite you to do when they are ready, or when they think you are ready.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
1,620,111
I just started washing Jeff Dowler CRS 's car every week and my status went up and fees dropped. But now I have dish pan hands.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
2,230,207
You have great responses here...
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
1,231,853
Ditto under Mimi Foster and Debbie Gartner and a few others.
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Mimi Foster
Colorado Springs, CO
1,101,539
@JM . . . the gals have schooled you properly. I can only add that once you get to where all your posts can be public, use them to direct traffic to your own websites/blogs. This is a place to be present - the ROI putting all your eggs in this basket is negligible.
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
1,870,653
Mimi answered your ?.
The outside blogs have been pretty much ignored for the last few years since T was around. I know it's there but I don't think we can even access them anymore.
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Mimi Foster
Colorado Springs, CO
5,489,132
Debbie Gartner & Mimi Foster gave you great answers! Good luck in the Rain!
1,618,024
6,008,017
Looks like Debbie has answered your questions. Rainmaker status is when you pay a monthly fee up to 500,000 points. This allows you to write Public posts and share them with the public. I deleted my outside blog years ago.
5,204,383
3,073,045
824,029
874,080
Great question and thanks to all for the answers. It's fun to know that a bill is going down and well on it's way to being eliminated...!! Now if only the cable company would use this philosophy!
1,157,841
3,213,829
that's a bunch of question. rainmaker status for free is 500k points. I was invited to be an ambassador and it came with the requirement to be helpful in the community and write a "how to" post monthly. I try to do one weekly.
My outside blog is 19.99 (I think) a month and yes it's worth it.
1,772,017
I am an Ambassador JM. My job is to help you. If you (or anyone else) have any questions about the Active Rain platform. please let us know.
3,988,138
You have gotten good answers to your questions. You can reach a free account by being very involved in all facets of ActiveRain. With all the point accumulation available, you can reach free in less than a year's time if you put your mind to it.
2,708,588
Pay to play until you hit 500K points.
Ambassadors are chosen by AR Staff.
See Liz and Bill Spear answer on this page for a positive take on the Outside Blog.
552,429
1,539,044
Rainmaker: Either pay $$ or get 500k points, at which point you have rainmaker status for free for ever.
Ambassador: You are chosen by the Active Rain Gods to help run the show.
Monthly fee may have gone up since then, not sure what I paid. You get discounts at the 200k point level and every 100k gets you a deeper discount.
1,650,742
After 500k, your status is free, so the sooner you get there, the better for your budget. Being an AR ambassador is optional and it does mean you are expected to contribute more time to this community.
2,249,804
5,118,818
I don't know. When I joined in 2007 they did not have that system in place.
2,849,653
All good questions to ask and many have traveled before you wanting to know...Lets hear from the AR veterans