Starting Display Advertising

Chuck Zimmerman

You may have noticed today that we started display advertising on AgWired. I’d like to thank and welcome the Evan Slack Network and Commodity Update for being the first two advertisers. You’ll find them rotating in the left sidebar. There’s also a posting column ad for AgNewsWire.AgWired.com and a right sidebar ad for NAMA.

Positions are open and I’m getting a lot of interest and have more sold starting in 2007. So give me a call if you’d like to create a little brand awareness in the agricultural marketing community.

Advertising

Live News On RFD-TV

Chuck Zimmerman

Mike MillerMy goodness, this is like deja vu. Mike Miller will be anchoring agricultural news on RFD-TV starting in January. I haven’t seen Mike in many years but was thrilled to run into him in Kansas City last week. Mike’s always been a good friend.

In fact, Mike talked me into working with him on an agricultural tv venture in Houston, Texas many moons ago. (Remember that Mike?) I stayed at his house and we commuted in to the studios each day. Oh my gosh does that bring back memories. That was before I joined Learfield Communications and the Brownfield Network and moved to Jefferson City, MO.

Media

Finding The Good News In Iraq

Chuck Zimmerman

Hopefully you’re familiar with Paul McKellips and his reports on the good news of what’s happening in Iraq, especially as it relates to agriculture. If not, then I suggest you listen to this week’s ZimmCast to hear from the man himself. I was very happy to get to meet Paul in Kansas City last week and we sat down for …

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Farm Blog & Podcast Listing

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m slowly but surely working on my listing pages here on AgWired and thought I’d solicit your help. Let’s start with the Blogs & Podcasts page.

If you have an ag-related blog or podcast or know of one that’s not listed can you email me a link/description to it? I’d appreciate it. I’d like this to be a constantly updated listing. I’m off to a good start but I know there’s a lot more out there.

The same holds true with my pages for Agencies, Media and Companies & Ag Groups. I’d like them to be website links and haven’t finished them yet. This way you’ll have a quick resource page to find a web link when you need one.

Thanks for your assistance. If you’ll get me your links I promise to have these pages updated by the end of the week.

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Get Rid of Farmer’s Tan

Chuck Zimmerman

Proving that there’s no limit to the creative ideas people will come up with and the things people will spend money on . . . it’s The Anit-Shirt. Yes, thanks to AgWired fan Steve, this was brought to my attention. I assume he wants to help all the farmers out there who are agonizing over their tan after a long day in the sun with just a regular shirt on. To learn more you need to watch the video:

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Healthy Sandwich Contest & Podcast

Chuck Zimmerman

Tracey McCaugheySandwiches are about my favorite way to eat. For one thing you can be creative and there’s no end to what you can put between two slices of bread. The Grain Foods Foundation partnered with celebrity chef Dave Lieberman to search for the country’s healthiest and best-tasting sandwich with the America’s Healthy Sandwich Showdown. One of the cool things about it was that Lieberman did podcasts while the contest was running. You can hear his last one here.

Audio, Food

Emerging Digital Communication Channel Use

Chuck Zimmerman

I think the fast pace of the last couple weeks finally caught up to me yesterday after the NAFB Trade Talk session. I came down with the cold a bunch of people seemed to have in Kansas City this week. But I’m back in the home office and raring to plow forward. After talking agricultural marketing and communications all week …

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