T. Cotton Nelson wants the media to make sure they get registered for the upcoming Beltwide Cotton Conferences. I’ve got mine done. The newsroom for writers/broadcasters covering the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will be in Conference Rooms 13/14 (third level) in the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel. Hours are: 1-5 p.m. on Jan. 5; from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Jan. 6-7 and from …
World Ag Expo Has Newly Designed Website
It looks like 2009 will be another year I don’t get to go to World Ag Expo. Someday soon though. They have a newly designed website you might want to check out. World Ag Expo, the world’s largest annual farm equipment and agriculture technology exhibition, has launched a newly redesigned website. Structured to provide the most current information about the …
Podcasting is a Word
It’s officially a word. It’s podcasting. Here’s the entry in the Oxford English Dictionary release of new words. podcasting n. A very new word, for a recent phenomenon, and a great example of how technological change, especially that relating to the Internet and the media, can be a driving force not only in generating new words, but in determining whether …
Paulsen Goes On The Road
Paulsen Marketing has a new blog called On the Road. We have the opportunity to travel a great deal, both regionally and nationally, as our clients can be found across the country. Through this blog, we’ll share our thoughts and impressions of the places we travel and the people we meet. We promise to keep it interesting, insightful and authentic. …
NAFB Wave Research Study
I’ve been meaning to write about the National Association of Farm Broadcasting’s Wave Research Study. Looking at this month’s Agrimarketing Magazine prompted me to go ahead. I found it ironic that there’s an ad for Farm Journal Media early in the publication touting their position compared to other major ag pubs and quoting the NAFB study. Then NAFB has an …
Representing Aerial Applicators
After following along on AgWired last week you may have a better understanding of the National Agricultural Aviation Association but after listening to this week’s ZimmCast you’ll have an even better one. That’s because I interviewed NAAA Executive Director, Andrew Moore and he tells us all about it. Andrew has a farm background which fits in very nicely with the …
Gifts For Ag Communications Professionals
It’s a little icy here in mid Missouri this morning. We’ve got about 7 degrees with a -10 wind chill. How ’bout that global warming! Have you got finished your Christmas gift list yet? Of course, that’s not the real reason for the season but you wouldn’t be able to tell from the news lately. It’s all about the money …
Send In Your Christmas Cards
Or holiday cards, or whatever you call them. Here’s my current favorite from the Alltech Fortnight Festival. You can find it here. Here in central Missouri it’s starting to look like a white Christmas. We actually didn’t have much snow yesterday but it had to start out with a blast of almost an inch of ice. Now that stuff *&$(^&’s. …
Planes For Pilots
What better thing to give away in your booth than a balsa wood glider, especially if you’re exhibiting at the Ag Aviators convention? That’s one of the items BASF had in their booth and they were very popular. This young guy was definitely in to it and I just had to share the photo with you. It’s one of many …
Learning More About Video
I’m still recovering from most of two weeks on the road but just about have everything archived and copied that needs to be. This is Cindy and me captured in the door to the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last week. I’ve also been experimenting with a new video editing program, Final Cut Express, and trying to …