NAMA toasted the Best of the Best last night at the annual Best of NAMA Awards Ceremony. You can find a complete list of all the winners in AgriMarketing Magazine. The Best of Show – Advertising went to: Client: Midwest Dairy Association, St. Paul, MN – Gregg Fogleman Agency: Sullivan Higdon & Sink, Kansas City, MO – Parc Masterson accepting …
Get Over Your Fear of Social Media
Are you afraid of social media? Is the leadership in your company afraid of it? Then you need to visit with David Meerman Scott. He’s a recovering VP of Marketing and author of the book World Wide Rave. He is conducting the NAMA Pre-Conference Workshop, “Conquering the Fear of Social Media.” David will also be the keynote speaker at tomorrow’s …
From America’s Heartland
The NAMA convention is all about networking, as in meeting with friends. Oh, and there are some awards, workshops and a trade show. Gotta have all that too. But seeing friends is definitely a big part of this annual gathering. Today the students are all sweating out preliminaries and semi finals in their marketing competition. They look good in their …
Farewell To 2010 IFAJ Congress
I hope all our IFAJ friends, American and others, have a safe trip home. The 2010 Congress concluded last night and I’m sure there will be some more updates on the Congress Blog. It has been great getting to follow along with photos and video clips. I’ve been seeing a lot of good friends and do miss them. Like other …
ZimmComm Tweets You Right
Can you believe that it was six years ago that the agricultural communications world changed forever when a little new media company was formed by Chuck and Cindy Zimmerman? Things have never been the same since. Even we didn’t know that today you’d be following news and information produced by the company via Twitter on your mobile smart phones. Well, …
National Agri-Marketing Conference Underway
The volcano didn’t keep me away from Kansas City, MO and the 2010 National Agri-Marketing Conference. ZimmComm is on the scene and ready for a relaxing start to all the fun and games of the annual NAMA convention. Student marketing competition groups can be seen around the hotel in their college shirts. Professionals that aren’t out golfing are getting registered, …
Get ready to play R+K Q+A!
You can play games with Rhea + Kaiser this week and support the NAMA ABEF. Look for PLAY R+K Q+A questions during the 2010 Agri-Marketing Conference. Text ABEF plus your answer to 46786 and for every text received, Rhea + Kaiser will make a donation to the Agri-Business Educational Foundation. You don’t even have to be right for your text …
AgChat Foundation Goal To Help Farmers Agvocate
Jeff Fowle is a northern California farmer with a very diversified operation and he’s also a founding board member of the AgChat Foundation. He’s the next interview in my series with all the board and advisory board members of the newly formed Agvocacy group. As the fourth generation to farm and ranch at his current location, and raising the fifth, …
Paulsen Surveys Ag Media Usage
Just in time for the 2010 Agri-Marketing Conference Paulsen Agribranding has some new information out from their study, “The New Ag Media Model: Conventional + Contemporary Strategies.” In it you can find out how ag media usage differs between older and younger producers. This study features video interviews from producers who discuss how they use traditional and digital media to …
Do You Know What Successful Farming Knows
Enter to win a free iPad. I thought that would get your attention. You can enter to win if you stop by the Successful Farming booth at the NAMA Connection Point during the 2010 Agri-Marketing Conference. Successful Farming is once again sponsoring AgWired coverage of the conference and we’re glad to see them helping boost Apple profits! By the way, …