Busy Week For Talking News Releases Coming Up

Chuck Zimmerman

Things are heating up here at the office. We’ve got projects going on this coming week for United Soybean Board, National Biodiesel, Missouri Corn Growers Association, Missouri Beef Industry Council and of course Southeast AgNet. Plus I’ll be travelling to the 2005 Cattle Industry Convention on Wednesday and hopefully blogging my way through it, going and coming. Look for audio, …

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Reaching Consumers With TNR’s

Chuck Zimmerman

We like to talk about beef around ZimmComm. That’s because one of our regular clients is the Missouri Beef Industry Council. Of course you can see a picture of Steve, the Executive Director in a previous post. Besides doing producer communications we also produce TNR’s (Talking News Releases) targeted to the general public promoting beef. You can link to our …

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More Good Info On Blogging For Business – Perhaps Agribusiness?

Chuck Zimmerman

I was just forwarded a link to this article on WebProNews.com. More good information and links to resources. It may seem overwhelming at first glance if you’ve never been involved in blogging but it becomes easier as you realize how the technology allows you to communicate information in a fast, personal way. I spoke with an overworked agricultural organization communications …

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2fer Offer

Chuck Zimmerman

I know this is commercial but we are in business for a reason you know and we promise to post meaningful information so you’ll want to visit often to see and hear what we have to say. We’ll begin posting audio soon by the way. So, for our wonderful current clients and all of you out there who have been …

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Talking News Releases Go Mobile

Chuck Zimmerman

In the coming months we’ll need to be on the road to places like the Cattle Industry Convention, Commodity Classic or NRECA Convention. We’ll still bring you news and information from the world of Talking News Releases since we can post by email or even mobile phone! In fact, this post is a first by email.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ...

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Why Should You Blog?

Chuck Zimmerman

We’re amazed by the number of PR people who aren’t familiar with blogging, especially when it comes to agribusiness. It’s also amazing that ag-related blogs are kind of hard to find. This will change and now’s the time to get a jump start on using this great form of communication. Here’s a piece of a series of articles on why …

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Site Feed Available

Chuck Zimmerman

Now you can keep up with the latest posts on Talking News Releases.com! If you have a news reader program you should be able to subscribe to our site feed. At the top of the page you’ll see a link to our feed. Just subscribe and then you’ll get a short piece of each new post, along with a link …

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Does Anyone Use My News Releases?

Chuck Zimmerman

This is the question everyone would like to know the answer to. If it were only easy! Radio is such an immediate medium and reporters have multiple daily deadlines that it’s very difficult to obtain direct feedback on the use of releases sent to them. We’ve tried emailed survey forms with little result. As reporters ourselves we know how difficult …

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Radio In A PR Plan

Chuck Zimmerman

This blog is being designed to provide public relations professionals with a resource to learn more about using radio in their plans. Radio is the often overlooked medium and there’s good reason for that. You’ve got so many radio stations and formats that it can be overwhelming to think that you can figure out how to reach reporters and others …

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