2012 was a good year for Swanson Russell. The agency turned 50 and for the first time surpassed $100 million in capitalized billings. Capitalized billings are an industry standard used by agencies as a uniform means of comparing agencies that offer a variety of services. “In our industry, becoming a $100 million agency is a significant milestone,” said Dave Hansen, …
Early Registration Deadline for NAMA Conference
It’s time to get your registration completed for the 2013 Agri-Marketing Conference that takes place April 17-19 in Kansas City, MO. Save some $’s and do it now. The ZimmComm team will be there with a Connection Point booth to share what’s new in our world. Hope you stop by and say hi. Share this message with your friends in …
New Hire & Promotion for Harvest PR & Marketing
Harvest PR & Marketing, Inc., is pleased to announce the recent addition of industry veteran Eric Davis as account director, and the promotion of Adriane Marten to digital and social media manager. As account director for Harvest, Davis will be instrumental in managing key food and agriculture accounts, guiding strategy and developing new business for the agency. His food category …
Your Thoughts on Fiscal Cliff Compromise
Before we get to results and a new poll we’d like to thank Rhea + Kaiser for being the inaugural sponsor of our ZimmPoll two years ago! We started a trend as we soon saw a number of other entities begin regular online polling! Now let’s welcome and say thanks to our new ZimmPoll sponsor, New Holland Agriculture. We’ll be …
Merry Christmas from Prosperity Ag
We’re almost there. Christmas 2012! Here’s a Merry Christmas from Prosperity Ag & Energy Resources. Wishing you every happiness this holiday season and throughout the coming year! Thank you for your support. We look forward to another prosperous year in 2013! You can find the greeting with photos online.
Season’s Greetings from Gibbs & Soell
More and more holiday greetings keep rolling in. The pace has picked up as we near the end of the week. Here’s one from Gibbs & Soell. Click here or on the photo to view the interactive greeting.
Rhea + Kaiser Holiday Greeting
Not all holiday greetings are coming in electronically. Take Rhea + Kaiser for example. This card is one of a number showing up in our smail box. “Peace. A holiday concept we can all get behind.” We want to thank Rhea + Kaiser for their support as the sponsor for our weekly ZimmPoll! We’ve really enjoyed working with them on …
Claire Celsi Joins Lessing-Flynn
Lessing-Flynn announces that Claire Celsi has joined the company as Director of Public Relations. This newly created position was added due to the steady growth and expansion of the agency. Celsi previously owned and operated her business, The Public Relations Project, LLC, which she founded in 2009. With category experience in agriculture, biofuels, construction, economic development, financial services, higher education, …
Christmas Recipes
Looking for some holiday recipes? How about these 12 Recipes of Christmas (and all the holidays being celebrated this season) from CHARLESTON|ORWIG? “Here’s to the Fig in your pudding, the Cream in your coffee, the Mint in your candy cane, the Sugar in your cookie, the Honey on your ham, the Spice in your pumpkin pie, the Fruit in your …
BCS Communications Holiday Party
The holiday season has officially begun. How do I know? Because the annual BCS Communications Holiday Party has taken place. For all I know, it’s still going on! Here are the partners, (l-r) Illinois Blasdel, Leigh Ann Cleaver and Kelly Schwalbe. They know how to have a party. If you couldn’t attend then as you just might guess, I took …