Online Business
State of Now: AgIowa Recap
I spent yesterday listening to farmers and those who work in agriculture share their stories of using the technology of now. We met for 3 hours at ISU Campus in Ames Iowa. This was the first mini State of Now Conference. Last April was the 2nd State of Now Conference in Des Moines and many…
Read MoreFranklin County Leads the Way
The State of Now: AgIowa is designed to bring attention to the intersection of agriculture and technology. Franklin County Farm Bureau, Dupont Pioneer, Field Brand Notes and Latham Hi-Tech Seeds are the sponsors this year. The topic of conversation will be Agriculture and the speakers will cover how the real time internet has made a…
Read MorePresentation for CITR Members
Attracting and working with travel writers and bloggers View more PowerPoint from Deb Brown
Read MoreWhere Are You On This?
The Blog Herald shared an infographic from Go-Gulf.com on the demographics for popular social networks. Quick Takeaway: Pinterest is gaining momentum fast, the average user is worth about $118 on Facebook, and users 26-34 are the heaviest users. Not surprisingly, Facebook led the pack with number of users. The average user is on social networks…
Read MorePut that cigarette out
Another emergency room visit with my mom. She’s 82 and in frail health. Today a doctor told us only ten years of smoking can set you up for a massive fail later in life. Heart problems, lungs decrease in efficiency and eventually can stop working. For all of you smokers out there…quit. Suck it up…
Read MoreLocals Weigh In on #TravelMidwest
Many people have weighed in on the conversation with National Geographic on why they should visit Iowa in their trek across the United States. Here’s just a few comments received from blog posts, facebook comments and twitter. But none of the glitz and glamour found in the big cities feeds my soul like quiet…
Read MoreProject 52: details
We went to a neighborhood of Baltimore today called Pigtown. The train used to run through there with pigs on it. They would the pigs run through town on the way to the slaughterhouse. One last run. Look at this mural. The details tell the story.
Read MoreWhat are your stories?
These silos were built by POW’s from Germany. You can find them in Belmond, Iowa. You know there’s a story there somewhere. Yet, I can’t find it online anywhere. It’s a time to look at what stories of yours are not being told to a larger population. Get these stories in writing, before there’s no…
Read More16 Things to Blog About
I often get asked “what should I blog about?” The answer is easier than you think. Everything. What? Yes, everything. If you are blogging as a business owner, the idea is to share not only what it is your business does, but what it is you do. People want to get to know you. They…
Read MoreFrom Print to Digital
Jo Coonley brought in an article/picture from the North Central Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman for me to see. It had Larry Sailer, Michael Libbie, Claire Celsi and I on the front cover because we were interviewed by CNN. I posted on Facebook that I made the paper and they called me an avid blogger, which…
Read More