There’s going to be a new publication in the ag communications world coming soon from AGRIpr. It’s going to be the FINDERBINDER Agricultural Media Directory. This morning I had a nice chat with owner Cory Cart. You can listen to our conversation and learn all about it. Cory is a native of Binger, Okla., and is the marketing and public …
Another Magazine Goes Mobile
In another showing of how mobile information is getting you can now get your AgriMarketing Magazine daily update via mobile phone. It’s interesting to see how traditional magazine companies are finding ways to distribute their content in ways other than the printed page. AgriMarketing Magazine is also distributing each issue in online digital form. We could really see this coming …
Commodity Update Hires Beth Winters
Commodity Update has hired Beth Winters as Direct of Sales – Middle Market Segment. Sounds like things are good in the markets to your mobile phone business. Beth brings extensive experience in the agribusiness industry with her to Commodity Update. A native of South Carolina, Beth began her career in Charleston in 2002 as an Account Executive for QuickFarm, where …
James Dean Memorial
I’ve got a number of things to post here on AgWired but I think that too many time zones, time changes and meetings are catching up to me this weekend. So here’s all you get today. Actually a lot got done here on the home front including some office catch up work. This post is ag related in that I …
Hondo Group Team Grows
The Hondo Group has added two people to their team, Traffic Manager Van Artiaga and Public Relations Director René Smith. As traffic manager, Artiaga will be responsible for project management and maintaining the flow of jobs for all clients. As public relations director, Smith will be responsible for raising the level of awareness of their clients and The Hondo Group. …
AgWired On The Beach
Wow, what a day it’s been. To start with the weather has been much nicer than in central Missouri. Then I got to teach a class in podcasting to a group of students at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. From there I drove through Morro Bay to get some Pacific Ocean shots and then on back to Bakersfield for …
Cal Poly Ag Publications Class
Here’s Dr. Scott Vernon introducing our podcasting class today. We’ve created a demonstration podcast where I interviewed Erin who will be attending the Ag Media Summit again this year along with 20 other students from Cal Poly. If you’d like to get the demo podcast and listen to Erin then you can use this link. We’re about out of time …
Getting Started at Cal Poly
I’m on the Cal Poly campus here in San Luis Obispo and getting ready to start my podcasting class. Students are filtering in and opening up the new iPods we’re going to use as part of the training. I’ll probably be posting a little more from here today but we’re not really doing a blogging session. I also added to …
Almonds and Sunsets
It’s been a really productive day here in California working with the ZimmComm Web Man. Look for some AgWired changes soon. I also learned a lot more about my Mac since he’s been on them way longer than I have. After leaving Bakersfield I headed on to San Luis Obispo where I’ll be presenting at Cal-Poly tomorrow. The first thing …
Two New VP’s at Bader Rutter
There’s two new Vice Presidents at Bader Rutter & Associates. Mike Fredrick has been promoted to vice president, associate creative director in the agency’s creative group. Fredrick first joined Bader Rutter in 1997 and later rejoined the agency in 2003 as a senior copywriter. In his new role, he will continue to help lead the creative group and drive the …