Blog Tour in Michigan, July 14th 2007

 

                                                          Sellsius Blog Tour

Joe, Rudy and myself A day with Rudy, Joe, ( of Sellsius ) Maureen Francis and Black Tie Todd in Birmingham, MI was so much fun. We had a great time, Birmingham was in the midst of all the sidewalk sales so we walked down the street and Rudy with his video camera and Joe doing the interviewing........we stopped people on the street and asked them, if they were having fun? When we were able to engage them in a conversation we asked them if they knew what a blog was ?

Although NOT scientific by any means we were surprised how many people don't know what BLOGGING is. Those that did, most did not know that Realtors Blogged. Guess we are still far off from critical mass.

We did interview a kid who wanted to learn about flipping houses.

Maureen, Todd and myself shared while Rudy video-tapped where our business is coming from, do we do OPEN houses, what do we do to market on the internet and if we use print advertising or marketing.

It was really great to meet Maureen Francis, one of the Queens of blogging. Of course Todd and I know each other as we are both from Ann Arbor. I use Todd's company Big House Data to compile all my static's for the Washtenaw County Market.

We had a great time at lunch sharing idea's. They told us about all the places and great bloggers they have met on the Blog Tour and their reasons for the tour. They are going to be putting together a documentary and have over 145 hours of footage and they are only half way through the tour.Eating Lunch

It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway.........when you meet people in person after knowing their online presence you feel like you have known them forever.

At one point they handed me the mic and I was interviewing people on the street. It was great fun ! I may try it at the Ann Arbor Art Fairs next week. Man, are people camera shy !

Joe and Rudy..........sorry I lost you on the way back. Maureen thanks for pulling this together even at the last minute. I know they will post more from their perspective and more pictures. They had a great time in Columbus, OH, but we did sing them the "Hail To The Victors" song, the University of Michigan Fight Song, off key but anyway, "Go Blue" ! Gosh, I hope they lose that part of the tape. We were accompied by Todd's cell phone.

Rudy videoingSharing with the store owner about blogging

 Maureen on the phone

Update: Rudy and Joe are behind in all their postings of the trip so they are allowing us to guest blog about Ann Arbor. Maureen is doing it now, and I will do it tomorrow. So if you want to read their blog on it go to Blog Tour USA.

I've been subscribing to their web site and blog for about 6 months so set up a RSS Feed to get it daily. Really good stuff !

 
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44 Comments on Blog Tour in Michigan, July 14th 2007

It sounds like Ann Arbor, Michigan was the place to be!  They will be in Denver next week and I will be there.  I have lots to learn and plan on being a sponge.

07/14/2007 06:54 PM by Summit County, Colorado Realtor l Joanne Hanson (Coldwell Banker Colorado Rockies Real Estate)


Missy, sounds like you had fun. I'm going to have to see about detailing my RV to get a write off.

07/14/2007 07:02 PM by Gary Smith, RealtorĀ® (The Michigan Group - Livingston)


Please add this to BLOG TOUR USA group... 

Looks like you had a great time!

07/14/2007 07:08 PM by Western New York Home Sales | Colleen Kulikowski (Hunt Real Estate ERA)


Hi Missy:  It sounds like you had a great day!  I have not heard of Blog Tours before but sounds like fun!!

07/14/2007 07:11 PM by Marchel Peterson Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro ABR (Results Realty)


First Cyndee and now you! I am missing out on all the good stuff going on. Everyone is passing right over NM.

07/14/2007 07:21 PM by Albuquerque Real Estate | Ashley Drake Gephart (Keller Williams Realty)


Joanne, soak it all up, that's why I posted so quickly. Now to take notes.

Gary, of course you can get a write off, it is a business expense.

07/14/2007 07:30 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


That looks like a blast!  Maybe next time around the guys will do something on the East Coast near me. =)

07/14/2007 07:32 PM by Leigh Brown Charlotte NC Broker/Owner (RE/MAX Signature Properties)


Collen, thanks for the heads up, I didn't know it was there, I scrolled through all the groups the other night and missed this one. It took me an hours !

Marchel, I have an RSS feed to Sellisus so have been following it and on activerain.

Ashley, go where they are having one. Or go to the Bloggers Connect in LA. It will be well worth it.

07/14/2007 07:33 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Leigh, let them know you want them, Charlotte is definately worth visiting !!

07/14/2007 07:35 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Hi Missy - you're so right about what it's like when you get to meet in person someone you've 'known' online for any amount of time - it is exactly like you've known them for years.  Looks like you all had a great time, and what a neat opportunity you had!

Ann

07/14/2007 07:58 PM by Portsmouth NH Real Estate ~ Ann Cummings (RE/MAX Coast to Coast - Portsmouth New Hampshire)


Ann, it was really fun and I didn't feel a need to check my blackberry all day. Now that is a miracle.

07/14/2007 08:19 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Hey Missy - Looks like a great time! You sure got it all together in such a short time. What fun to interview people on the street.

07/14/2007 08:28 PM by Indianapolis Real Estate | Paula Henry (ReMax Excel)


All the credit goes to Maureen, she did a excellent  job.

07/14/2007 08:31 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Oh were we off key!  I hope never to see that footage.  Glad you and Todd made the trip to B'ham.  I know it is hard to leave paradise...

It was a fun day and so great of Rudy and Joe to put Michigan on their itinerary.  What an honor!

 

07/14/2007 08:36 PM by Maureen Francis & Dmitry Koublitsky, SKBK Sotheby's - Metro Detroit (SKBK Sotheby's International Realty)


Absolutely,  I will take it down, Mike and I are leaving for the cottage AGAIN. Can you believe the hours on the road for me today.

07/14/2007 08:39 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Missy- Wow!  Thanks for representing all of us here on AR in Ann Arbor, Michigan... it sounds like you had a great time.  You were able to learn a lot and share a lot- the hallmarks of an excellent professional real estate agent.  Well done!

07/14/2007 08:41 PM by Syracuse/ Central New York Real Estate| Christina Lackey (Coldwell Banker Prime Properties)


Missy,

I am envious of your chance to meet up with these folks.  I agree with Leigh - we need a stop in the Carolinas next year!

07/14/2007 08:41 PM by Rita Taylor | Sanford NC Real Estate & Homes for Sale in Sanford North Carolina (ERA Ammons Realty in Sanford, NC)


Christina,  we actually met in Birmingham, MI, which is about 49 minutes from Ann Arbor. It was fun !

Rita, start begging now !

07/14/2007 10:01 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


What great fun!  I hope I get to meet more of my Active Rain friends soon!

07/14/2007 10:17 PM by Linda Davis (RE/MAX Realty Group)


Linda, we will all have a activerain gathering at RE/MAX convention in Vegas next March !

07/14/2007 10:19 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Missy... besides Florida, was the east coast a diesase?  lol   I wish they would have made it closer to me. thanks for sharing this.  And I can see that Leigh mentioned this also.

jeff b

 

07/14/2007 11:54 PM by Jeff Belonger -- The FHA Expert.com -- New Jersey mortgage -- FHA mortgages (Infinity Home Mortgage Company, Inc)


OK, I'm jealous Missy!  Texas doesn't get the blog tour...  Oh well, you did at least sing the U of M song!!!  Go Blue!!!  Fight, fight, fight!!!

07/15/2007 12:15 AM by Chris Tesch College Station, Texas Real Estate (RE/MAX Bryan College Station)


sometimes I really do not like living in such a remote place.... you city folk get all the good stuff :)

What a great experience thanks for sharing it

07/15/2007 12:39 AM by Central Oregon Real Estate | Thesa Chambers, Broker (RE/MAX Sunset Realty La Pine)


Missy - what a great post - how fun. I agree it is amazing how when you meet someone in person it is like you've known them forever. Can't wait to see your guest blog - how cool!! Thanks for all the pics.  

07/15/2007 01:41 AM by Clearwater Real Estate - Tampa Bay FL Homes & Condos for Sale- Cyndee Haydon (Belloise Realty)


Missy,

Great informtion, thanks so much. I especially liked your blog question survey. I'd like to try this myself. Actually I'd also like to try it among Realtors. As an aside, at a recent CRS event last week with about 55  people in the room we were asked who was blogging? Only about 5 or 6 hands went up. Four of us present were rainers. Although this question was slightly different, you would have expected more from this group.

Thanks again.

07/15/2007 01:59 AM by Orange Co. Real Estate~Lynda Eisenmann, Broker-Owner, Brea, CA (Preferred Home Brokers)


Missy, if you weren't aware of the group, did you see the photos of our event in Worthington (my post) - it's in the BlogTourUSA group. You can see the key Rainers in this part of the country.

So, did Rudy play the song that Toby & I did in preparation for the trip to the "state up north". Like you, I hope that segment doesn't make public viewing. ;-)

Sounds like you had a fun time with the guys as well. Isn't it neat to meet the people in person!

07/15/2007 07:52 AM by Elaine Reese, REALTORĀ® in central Ohio (Real Living HER, Worthington Ohio)


Chris, thanks for stoppping by.

Thesa, they are coming to Portand, isn't that close to you?

Cyndee, Maureen Francis is writing on it and since I posted it here she is going to post there first, after that I will add my 2 cents.

07/15/2007 08:06 AM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Jeff, they went throughout the U.S. you can see there tour's stops on a map at the Sellisus blog.

Lynda, what an excellent idea. We have a Sales and Marketing Rally in Oct for Re/MAX of MIchigan and I am going to do it. What fun that will be in that crowd.

Elaine, we did not see it but we heard about it. Great pictures of you and Maureen. They had a great time in Columbus, even after getting lost and showing up at Real Living headquarters and not where the event was. We'll hope neither song makes the cut !! A disservice to both out colleges. Go Blue !

07/15/2007 08:11 AM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Missy--They will be in MN tomorrow. I will be stopping by to meet Teresa Boardman, Lisa Dunn and Bonnie Erickson but won't be able to stay long...Sounds like you had a great time. :)

07/15/2007 09:32 AM by Teri Eckholm, RealtorĀ® Anoka County MN (Keller Williams Premier Realty)


Missy.... thanks. I haven't looked at it, but from reading everyone's blogs, I don't think they made it over in this area.

07/15/2007 09:34 AM by Jeff Belonger -- The FHA Expert.com -- New Jersey mortgage -- FHA mortgages (Infinity Home Mortgage Company, Inc)


I am sufficiently jealous - and my office is located in Birmingham.  I feel like such a "newbie" right now as I had no idea that they were in Michigan.  Somewhere I have heard of the Blog Tour USA but did not know really what it was.  There is so much in the world of blogging and so little time - I don't know how you do it.  It is probably just as well--I was at a new construction site in Oxford (I am commited to be there one afternoon a week) and, at the last minute, someone stopped by and it looks like I will be listing their home in Troy and selling them a new construction at that site.  Did not know about the RE/MAX event in October and like the idea of Active Rainers at the Vegas convention.  Thanks for the post.

07/15/2007 10:32 AM by Cathy Tishhouse Royal Oak and Birmingham Real Estate (RE/MAX Showcase Homes)


Missy - thanks for sharing.  I can't wait to attend the "Bloggers Connect coming to San Francisco at the end of the month. I hope to come back and share some stories from that event as well.  You do a great job out here on AR, and outside the rain as well.  Keep up the great work, I always enjoy reading your blog!!

07/15/2007 12:34 PM by Brad Andersohn ~ ActiveRain Community Builder (ActiveRain Corp)


Missy - great post - I know  Cyndee & Sharon had fun till after 1 in the morning - do those boys ever sleep?

07/15/2007 03:48 PM by Clearwater Beach Real Estate - Pinellas County Real Estate - Jack Haydon (Belloise Realty)


Cathy, I was wondering where you were, I should have called.

Brad, coming from you that is a really nice complement.

Jack, we'll we met in the middle of the day until 5:30, they had fun meeting Cyndee and Sharon.

07/15/2007 05:38 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


wow it looks like a great project. Combining two of my favorites, people and travel!!

07/15/2007 09:58 PM by Real Estate in Grand Rapids Ethan Dozeman (Platinum Realty Group)


Missy,  This was a wonderful posts & I enjoyed looking at all the pictures.  Maureen did an absolutely fabulous job of putting everything together at the last minute.  I wish it had been possible to join you all & meet some of the best bloggers in the State!

07/16/2007 04:08 PM by Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate Broker


It was a blast to meet Rudy, Joe and Maureen all in the same day!  First time ever, too!  Thanks for the great post Missy.  I linked to this post and Maureen's post on BlogTourUsa.com.  What a hoot.

Now, for the singing of the fight song...eeek!  Burn that tape!

07/17/2007 11:59 AM by Todd Waller | Ann Arbor Real Estate | Team366 (Real Estate One)


Missy, both Rudy and I agree that you should pick up the mic and do some video interviews.  You were great.  Thanks for sharing with us.  With Maureen and Todd, we all made a great bloggerazzi team.

07/17/2007 01:53 PM by jf.sellsius


Missy...

Thank you so much for sharing this. I must say you look "Marvelous" Dahling :)

TLW...ROAR!

07/17/2007 06:32 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Rudy and Joe, thanks I can say I "cut my teeth on the pro's"!!

TLW, you're so sweet.:)

07/17/2007 08:32 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Todd, with all their hours of footage, I"m sure it will get deleted. Want to give me a lesson on wordpress ?

07/17/2007 08:34 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor, Michigan)


Thanks for the report, Missy.  Too bad I couldn't have been there, we could have had a fight song shouting contest!!!

07/19/2007 08:32 PM by Buyer's Broker of Northern Michigan, LLC


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