Ree Drummond, now an Oklahoma rancher's wife would have never guessed that blogging her life stories and posting mouthwatering pictures of her newly made recipe's would land her on her own TV show. Ree grew up in suburban Oklahoma. Years after leaving home, she would return to visit and by complete surprise meet her future husband. Her life took an abrupt change from the city to a lifestyle of herding cattle and seclusion. One day bored at home in 2006, she began blogging and posting pictures. Her initial intention was to be able to share stories with her mom who lived far away. Ree began blogging more frequently and very quickly built up her amount of followers.
She describes her blog as "safe place." Saying "it's not too heavy and cerebral. I don't engage in any political debate, and you're not going to go away from my website feeling agitated or bothered." Today Ree has millions of people who follow her blog daily and has even obtained her own cooking show on the Food Network, call the "Pioneer Woman!" Ree, much like myself, was unaware of the opportunities and new ventures that sharing your life stories through blogging could bring.
http://www.northjersey.com/food_dining/128448293__Pioneer_Woman__moves_to_TV.html
She is one of my favorite bloggers...I keep meaning to seek out her show but miss her. She's also often a guest on talk shows like the Today Show, etc, just another indication that being an influential blogger is enough to categorize you as an expert nationwide!
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