And ZimmComm Google Juice was enjoyed by all. It was one of the best NAMA Connection Point shows ever. At least in my opinion. Thanks to all of you who stopped by to say hi and visit a while. We’ll be doing it again next year. We held a drawing for two 32GB iPod touches and the winners are: Professional: …
Cal Poly Wins NAMA Student Marketing Competition
It was a loud and exciting time during the NAMA student awards at the Agri-Marketing Conference. There are just too many to keep track and list them all here. So I’ll just make note of the fact that the Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo chapter won the Student Marketing Competition. To get an idea of how they felt about it check …
Best of NAMA
The 2011 Best of NAMA Awards were awarded during the Agri-Marketing Conference. You can find a full listing by AgriMarketing Magazine. Winning Best of Show were: Advertising: Winfield Solutions; agency: Colle+McVoy (pictured at the top) The Best of session was standing room only. Public Relations: RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment); agency: Fleishman-Hillard I want to thank Denny Eilers, …
Reierson Honored as NAMA Marketer of the Year
The 2011 NAMA Marketer of the Year was awarded to Roger Reierson, AdFarm. Roger was very surprised to receive the award and says it does not mean it’s “the end.” There’s lots more to come from this man. I spoke with Roger afterward. He says he feels humbled and honored. He’s says the ag industry is a big family and …
Become An 800-Pound Gorilla
The first educational session at this year’s Agri-Marketing Conference focused on “Becoming and 800-pound Gorilla: How To Dominate Your Market.” Our presenter was Bill Guertin, Chief Enthusiasm Officer, The 800-Pound Gorilla. Well I guess he should know how to do it then! I talked with Bill before his presentation. He says that the 800-pound gorilla is “the dominate player in …
Making Agri-Marketing Google Juice
It has been a great opening day to the 2011 Agri-Marketing Conference. ZimmComm has continued to make Google Juice and actually shared a little with our fans and clients in the Connection Point trade show. So cheers from Kansas City, MO. Cindy and I will be collecting stories and interviews throughout the meeting and probably won’t get them all posted …
Judging NAMA Student Marketing Competition
What would a NAMA Student Marketing Competition be without judges? Here are some judges hard at it this morning during the preliminary presentations. I spoke to one of them, Kelly Loganbill (center). She’s just another example of NAMA member volunteer in action. Kelly says these students represent “the fantastic future of agriculture.” She got involved to give back to the …
Hall Monitor Maven
It takes a lot of volunteers work to put on an Agri-Marketing Conference and a student marketing competition. Nancy Barcus, Agriculture Future of America, Director of Leader Development Programs is one. She’s the hall monitor during the early round of student presentations. She has to keep the hallway clear during presentations to prevent distractions. This is important stuff here! Nancy …
Visiting With Vance
What is the one thing you like best about NAMA and the Agri-Marketing Conference? For me it’s the opportunities for networking and fellowship with clients and friends. That’s what I got to do at the Vance Publishing reception at The Cashew last night. While there I met Tim Tobeck, VP/Publishing Director. Tim is relatively new to Vance so with my …
AgWired App Now In Android Market
The AgWired App is now available in the Android Market. You asked for it and you’ve got it. One of the new features we’re offering in this app (and soon to be added to the iPhone version) is the ability to share out stories via multiple mechanism like email, Twitter, etc. The first person to download the AgWired Android App …