John Deere Says “Reach For The Stars”

Chuck Zimmerman

One of my sponsors for AgWired coverage of this week’s National Farm Machinery Show is John Deere. I know they’ve got a lot to see and talk about and we’ll get started on that tomorrow morning. One of those things though is their “Reach For The Stars” program which they launched with the American Soybean Association. John Deere representative, Seth …

Agribusiness, Audio, John Deere, National Farm Machinery Show, Soybean

Weather’s Better at World Ag Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

I sure wish I was at World Ag Expo. My Truffle Media Network buddies are though and they promised to send me some pictures and information which I’ll post when I get it. It may be a little cool in Tulare, CA but nothing like here in the Midwest where we’re having a winter storm. The drive to Louisville for …

Farm Shows

ZimmComm Update and a Little Biodiesel Willie

Chuck Zimmerman

You may not have had a chance to hear Emily Richard’s new version of “Biodiesel Willie” but if you listen to this week’s ZimmCast you will. Since I’m in between event blogging gigs I thought I’d share an update of how things are going here at ZimmComm New Media and a couple of sound bites from Merle Haggard and Larry …

Audio, Biodiesel, ZimmCast

Gibbs & Soell Big Winners

Chuck Zimmerman

You know the NAMA convention is coming up soon when the regional Best of award announcements start coming out. Congratulations to Gibbs & Soell for doing great in their region. Gibbs & Soell Public Relations captured Best of Show in public relations honors at the recent Carolinas/Virginia Region Best of NAMA (National Agri-Marketing Association) awards competition. The annual Best of …

Agencies, NAMA

Farmers Online In Web Forums

Chuck Zimmerman

I know I just did a post on this but I’ve had enough people emailing me links to this AP story that I thought I’d post it again. I think that since it’s starting to show up in numerous websites more people are finding it. Like on CNN. My main takeaway from this story is still the fact that farmers …

Farming, Internet

The Latest From Osborn & Barr

Chuck Zimmerman

Osborn & Barr just announced some staff additions and changes. Here you go. Osborn & Barr Canada has announced the creation of a new position, Managing Director, and has hired Melain LaBelle for this role. A specialist in the field of marketing communications, LaBelle has held senior account management positions with Canadian and International marketing communication firms for over 20 …

Agencies

Emetrics Summit

Chuck Zimmerman

After having just written about the whole website statistics thing a couple days ago, I came across a notice about the Emetrics Summit coming up in San Fransisco in May. I just thought I’d pass it along in case you want to find out more about this issue. I view the analysis of website statistics to be an art form …

Internet

Learn About Syngenta’s AgriEdge 21-60 Promotion

Chuck Zimmerman

One of my sponsors for AgWired coverage of this week’s National Farm Machinery Show is Syngenta. They’re very bullish on beans right now and growers attending the show will have lots to learn about their AgriEdge Soybean program. For starters they’re going to see “Ask me about 21-60” everywhere throughout the show. I had no idea what that meant until …

Agribusiness, Audio, Equipment, John Deere, National Farm Machinery Show, Syngenta

Mike Cady Doing Affiliate Relations For Brownfield

Chuck Zimmerman

When I managed the Brownfield Network Mike Cady was one of our engineers. He was one of the people we would call as soon as something didn’t work right and he never lost his cool. Maybe that’s why he’s moving into the affiliate relations field. I don’t know. Maybe he’s just a little bit crazy too. If you don’t know …

Media

Website Metrics Questions

Chuck Zimmerman

As the audience for AgWired has grown so has the need for us to keep close tabs on how we measure it. You’ve started seeing more advertising and sponsored event coverage and those companies and organizations want to know what they’re getting for their investment. One of my online mentors pointed me to a pretty well-written AP story on this …

Advertising, Internet