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Bader Rutter Brings Home The Bells

Chuck Zimmerman

Bader Rutter & Associates cleaned up recently at the Business Marketing Association’s Bell Awards. The BMA Bell Awards recognize and honor outstanding work in business-to-business marketing communications. Among the awards, Bader Rutter received two Bell Awards, the highest honor in a category, and garnered nine Awards of Excellence in a variety of disciplines. The agency received Bell Awards in the …

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Jeff Pigott Joins The Meyocks Group

Chuck Zimmerman

Jeff Pigott has has joined The Meyocks Group as a group account director and member of the agency’s senior management team. Before joining the agency, Pigott had been director of foodservice marketing for the National Pork Board since 2001. He also has more than 14 years of experience with advertising agencies: as a vice president, group account director with The …

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Quarry Sprouts New Team Members

Chuck Zimmerman

It looks like the ag business is good for Quarry Integrated Communications. They’ve added to their team and one of them includes a guy I’ve connected you to before because he’s one of them bloggers! You can see the link to his site below with his name. “Serving existing client needs while growing our business is important,” says Bob Wilbur, …

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Presenting New Media Opportunities

Chuck Zimmerman

This has been the scene in front of a number of agencies around the midwest this past week. Aaron Gilbertie, Truffle Media Networks (standing) and myself are pictured here doing a presentation at Osborn & Barr Communications today. Online with us are representatives from both the Des Moines and Kansas City offices. Very cool tools! Besides presenting information about our …

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Jim Offner Doing Public Relations for AdFarm

Chuck Zimmerman

Public relations professionals with actual journalism experience is a desirable thing. People can endlessly discuss the line between the two but they sure work hand in hand. AdFarm has added Jim Offner, a long-time agriculture journalist, corporate communications specialist and teacher, as Senior Public Relations Specialist in its Kansas City office. “Jim brings a diverse portfolio to our public relations …

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United Country Real Estate Picks Osborn & Barr

Chuck Zimmerman

I guess when an agency has ag experience it helps get some non-ag business. That makes sense. United Country Real Estate, the only national real estate franchise system specializing in country properties such as small city and town residential, second home, vacation, recreational, retirement, ranch, farm and commercial across America, has selected Osborn & Barr as its agency of record …

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AdFarm Acquires Consulting Division of Issues Ink

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m trying to catch up on some of my posts from the past week but you might need to give me a couple days. Here’s a story that came in late last week about AdFarm acquiring the consulting division of Issues Ink, an international consulting and publishing firm based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The acquisition will accelerate the expansion of AdFarm’s …

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Cheri Johnson Moves to Broadhead+Co

Chuck Zimmerman

It seems like I have to go places to find out who the latest hires are at Broadhead+Co. No, not all three of these people. Just Cheri Johnson on the right. She’s now an account supervisor in the Minneapolis office. Broadhead just keeps getting broader. I’m sure the official news release is forthcoming but if you’re AgWired you know these …

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A Golden Toga for the Marketer of the Year

Chuck Zimmerman

The NAMA Marketer of the Year is Phil Johnson, Colle+McVoy, who was golden toga man last night at the Togafication Party held in his honor. He’s seen being toasted here sometime last in the evening. Besides the toast we also got to see a very cool video about Phil which I am hoping to get a copy to or encourage …

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