http://zimmcomm.biz Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:33:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The latest edition of ZimmNews has now been delivered to in-boxes everywhere. In case you didn't get it or just want to look at it online then you can find it here: September ZimmNews Some highlights include: New Media Tip Where Have We Been Where Are We Going Southern Peanut Farmers Blog Precision Pays Has New ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/09/29/september-zimmnews/ Technorati, the blog indexing authority, is releasing its annual "State of the Blogosphere" in 5 installments. Here's an example of information from the first one. Bloggers Self-Identified as Personal, Professional, or Corporate Bloggers are not a homogenous group. One way of segmenting bloggers is by their blog type: ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/09/24/state-of-the-blogoshpere-from-technorati/ AgNite in Minneapolis was a hugely successful event, attracting over 3,000 people to The Depot. ZimmComm was on the scene, publishing content on both AgWired and the AgNite Blog. This is one of the over 300 pictures Cindy and I shot during the event. You can see 200 of them in ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/09/04/agnite-success/ Gulf coast weather permitting, Cindy and I will be be live blogging AgNite during the Republican National Convention. This is going to be very cool and a lot of fun. There's an impressive list of companies and organizations already supporting this opportunity to showcase American agriculture to a ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/08/31/showcasing-american-agriculture-on-agnite/ Perhaps you're still wondering if your company or organization should be getting involved in new media. Have you started participating yourself (Facebook, LinkedIn, Blog, YouTube) to become personally familiar with it? It's kind of hard to evaluate a medium you're not familiar with. I just saw some interesting new ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/08/19/inc-500-company-social-media-adoption-grows/ The latest edition of ZimmNews has now been pumped out into the world wide web. In case you didn't get it or just want to look at it online then you can find it here: August ZimmNews Some highlights include: New Media Tip Where Have We Been Where Are We Going NCGA Blog Wins Award Best ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/08/10/august-zimmnews/ In the last week I think I've helped bring almost a hundred agricultural marketing and communications people closer to an understanding of new social media mechanisms. If you weren't one of them then you've got a chance next week. On August 6, I'll be participating in a tele-seminar ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/08/01/social-media-seminar-with-aggie-lance/ While we're still celebrating iPhone 3G release day I thought I'd point out something that may make it a more desirable choice for bloggers. If you're a WordPress user like me then there will be an application which allows you to post directly from your iPhone. The WordPress for iPhone ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/07/11/wordpress-for-iphone/ High speed internet access is growing in America and according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project the overall growth was 17 percent in the last year. It was 12 percent the year before. It also looks like rural America is getting connected. ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/07/03/high-speed-access-growing/ This looks like a really good conference to go to if you want to learn the latest in what's happening with new media. It's the Blogworld & New Media Expo. The dates are September 20-21 in Las Vegas. I'm thinking about going. They've got these interesting tidbits about ... http://zimmcomm.biz/2008/06/15/blogworld-new-media-expo/