This past weekend we unveiled the new skin for Domestic Fuel, our alternative fuels website. Check it out. We’d love to know what you think. We switched to a 3-column blog format to allow us more opportunities for advertising and promotions and to make navigation easier.
ZimmComm Blog Network Review
You can get a ZimmComm blog network update on this week’s ZimmCast. I review some of the highlights of the past week on AgWired, Domestic Fuel and World Dairy Diary.
Chicken and the Mass Media
The Avian Flu crisis is a big wild card in the pricing of all meats says Jim Long, Pork Commentator. Much of the major mediums are giving it lots of attention. Time Magazine, USA Today, etc, are intensely discussing the challenges of Avian Flu.
Early Spring On The Katy Trail
I found out about the tragic event in Homestead, FL yesterday while I was on a Katy Trail walk in the sunshine. I had different posting plans at that point. They included posting some pictures from my hike which I’m doing now.
Sad Day For Ethanol Industry
Rather than update the previous post announcement on this I thought I’d just copy the post from Domestic Fuel:
Race Day Tragedy In Homestead
Here’s a post I wish I didn’t have to write. Actually I was on my way home to link you to the posts we did yesterday about the big opening race of the Indy Racing League in Homestead, FL. That’s because it’s the first race in which all the cars will be running on a blend of ethanol and one …
Something Completely Different
I don’t know if I’m the only Monty Python fan in agrimarketing but just in case I’m not I wanted to alert you to a great little video clip of the crew being interviewed on KERA in Dallas, TX in 1975. You can watch the video or download it in iPod format (which I did). It’s set during KERA’s pledge drive since they are a public tv station. The clip is brought to us by The Sound of Young America blog.
FarmPolicy Blogger Starts Interviewing
My man Keith Good just keeps getting gooder. Now he’s using audio and making interviews on FarmPolicy available on a new blog site called Ag Policy Soup.
The Taco Tuinstra Tobacco Tour Blog
Fellow blogger Matt Mullen brought the African tobacco tourning tales of Taco Tuinstra to my attention. “He is on a tour of tobacco farms and leaf dealers in southern Africa right now and has set up a blog to chronicle his travels. Pretty cool that technology today allows you to do some of this stuff, even from places that remote.”
Auburn Student Blogger Critiques Us
I know that Auburn University has people who get new media. A trackback to a post on AgNewsWire.AgWired.com.com alerted me to an example of it. It led me to Auburn public relations student, Lara’s Blog. Lara had to critique an audio news release (what we call a Talking News Release) and she found one we produced and distributed for the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council.