Agricultural New Media Growth in 2007

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast-152 - Happy New YearThis week’s ZimmCast is a happy new year program. Cindy sits in with me and we look back over the growth that took place in agricultural new media in 2007 that we’ve been blessed to be a part of. Here’s some statistics you might be interested to know:

  • We manage 20 blogs now – 5 of our own, 15 for clients, 11 of which we produce regular content for, 7 of them new in 2007.
  • We manage 9 podcasts – 3 of our own, 6 for clients, 4 of them new in 2007.
  • We traveled 223 days in 2007, almost 2/3 of the year doing agriblogging and farm podcasting work. In almost 50 cities and 5 countries.
  • We’ve now got 6 freelancers doing regular work for us.

In our report we pretty much focus on the work we’ve been involved in but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t also been a lot more growth in agricultural new media that’s being done by other companies and organizations. I try to keep you updated as I find out about who’s doing what and how. So if you’ve got a new farm blog or podcast please let me know so I can let others know.

Me at my MacI just got my passport renewed so I’m ready to go wherever business leads me in the coming year. That’s going to be the Beltwide Cotton Conference in Nashville next week.

I also just got my Mac back after being without it for 5 days. I had to get a card slot mechanism repaired. That meant shipping it off but they sure turn it around fast considering the holiday. I also had to work on my pc notebook over the last holiday but it was a good refresher course in all things Windows. I’m not on Vista yet by the way and have no immediate intentions of getting into those problems.

This week’s program ends with music from the Podsafe Music Network. It’s called “Happy New Year” by Colie Brice. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for listening.

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