I got an email today after sending out our ZimmNews which has a small ZimmComm New Media logo in it. In the email it said, “Make the logo bigger.” At first glance I thought he meant we should make the logo bigger in the email but no . . . He was bringing my attention to a hilarious song called …
Iowa Corn Fueling IRL Race
I saw a lot of this driving north into Iowa this afternoon. I’m in early to get ready for all the activities leading up to this weekend’s Iowa Corn Indy 250. I think it’s going to be one big corn growers tailgate party. What do you think? I know I got invited to one just today that wasn’t on my …
Farmbridge To Help Iraq Farmers
Susan Littlefield has put together a website called FarmBridge to help connect American farmers with farmers in Iraq. It’s actually a forum site where you can easily post questions and answers on various topics. Like most forums it can grow to include new topics after someone gets registered. Here’s the FarmBridge mission: FarmBridge.com is a grass roots effort by farmers, …
eWine Match Your Food
If you’ve ever wondered which wine would go best with which food then there’s help on the way. Now you’ll be able to text the food you’re buying in the grocery store to a number and get back 3 choices that match your food best. I can’t wait to try this the next time I’m out shopping (not that I …
Some Flickr and YouTube Statistics
While I was compiling some numbers for the latest issue of the ZimmNews which should be going out tomorrow (email me if you want to be added to the list) I noticed that I’m up to 45 photo album sets in my Flickr account. They contain a total of over 7,500 photos that have been viewed almost 45,000 times! Those …
Bike Riding Branding Opportunity
I’ll bet you didn’t know we had a waterfall in Jefferson City, MO. I didn’t either until I was out on a city trail by a creek this afternoon. This isn’t a great shot of it but the bushes were too thick to get close. I’m sure that normally there’s not much water in this creek bed but we had …
It’s Another Ethanol and Indy Week (Iowa)
This is just a little heads up that I’ll be off to Newton, IA this week to cover the Iowa Corn Indy 250. Here’s a little promo you can listen to (mp3). The race is being sponsored by the Iowa Corn Growers Association and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and is being “presented” by Ethanol. This new race on the …
WordPress Tops in Webware 100 Awards
I am often asked why I seem so “stuck” on using WordPress. It’s because it’s such a good tool! Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks so. WordPress just came in first in the publishing category in Webware’s Top 100 Awards. These are the best Web applications there are. We know because you told us. Over the course of …
GSD&M Agency For John Deere Commercial and Consumer Equipment
John Deere’s commercial and consumer equipment division has selected its agency of record. John Deere, a major provider of advanced products and services for lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation, today announced it has named Austin, TX based GSD&M as the marketing & advertising agency of record for its Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division (C&CE). After a four-month …
IFAJ Congress 2008 Pumpkin
Cindy and I are looking forward to this year’s IFAJ Congress in Japan but we’re already looking forward to next year in Austria/Slovenia. Why? Because to pre-promote it the organizers are running a little pumpkin growing incentive. Here’s my plant growing next to our tomatoes. What we’re supposed to do is grow our pumpkins with seed they supplied starting now. …