I first met Dru when she attended my Real Estate Blogging 101 Seminar back in August 2007. Apparently she wasn’t that excited about blogging and Calie Waterhouse had to encourage her to attend. Bright and articulate she immediately understood the value blogging could bring to her business. Her questions that afternoon were amazing and added greatly to my presentation. She even won the door prize which was a free one week blogging consultation with none other than myself. Not a great dollar value but I figured if I could help an agent along it would be worth it!
A few weeks later she started her blog “At Home in Scottsdale” and the rest as they say is history. From recently being featured on Channel Five (KPHO Phoenix) News to gracing the front cover of a Scottsdale area newspaper, she has become a regular in the local media circuit. In fact AZ Central, the web portal run by NBC 12 and the Arizona Republic, calls Dru an “Internet Realtor”. And to think, it all started with her blogging.
I’m certainly not trying to take credit for her success, but she herself has privately mentioned that business has not been the same since she started blogging. I know everyone was abuzz earlier this week after Ben Martin suggested that measuring return on investment in social media marketing is fuzzy math, but Dru’s success demonstrates that the right mix of on-line and off-line marketing can bring you great success. Honestly,I don’t know how many more transactions she’s closing as an “Internet Realtor”, but I know she’s writing contracts at 5AM. At least that’s what one of her Facebook/Twitter updates said a few weeks ago.
Now I ask you? What are you waiting for? Fire up the laptop and start blogging! Don’t know how? Well, if you’re in the Phoenix area, you’re in luck. I’ll be putting on another free Blogging 101 Seminar in April. This time I may ask Dru to be on a panel to discuss her success. If she has time of course.
Jay Thompson
March 28, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Dru clearly “got it” from the beginning. Her technical ability and the fact she can put coherent sentences together doesn’t hurt. She rocks!
Got a date for the seminar yet? Don’t make it April 10 or 25 (I’ve got other speaking commitments) and don’t make it April 29 (jury duty calls…).
Dru Bloomfield
March 28, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Shailesh, The crown cracks me up. Thanks for the mention. It’s been an exciting couple of weeks.
And, Jay, if you knew the number of times I’m thankful that I halfway paid attention in high school English…. (“where does that comma go”)
I got into blogging, yes, with a bit of protest, when stager Calie was coming up at #6 and 7 in a Google search, on my name. That was when I “got it” about blogging.
You guys have been great teachers, and there’s more for me to learn every day.
Missy Caulk
March 28, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Dru is great. Sounds like a great seminar.
Shailesh Ghimire
March 28, 2008 at 7:56 pm
I don’t have a date yet. Two title folks have asked me to do various things in April and I’ve got to work around that. I’ll let you know for sure.
Dru – I really thought the crown picture capture the moment!
Russell Shaw
March 29, 2008 at 2:52 am
I agree, Dru is great. Like her, I also really like the crown picture. In fact, I am pretty impressed with most all of the graphics and photos that accompany the posts on agentgenius. Is there one main genius who should get the credit for all of those cool graphics or are each of the individual geniuses just that good?