Archive for June, 2010

] Alright, no time to watch the video? Come on, we worked hard on it! Alright, here are the results, with winners in bold and vote counts for each. Hy-Vee – 397 Votes  vs. AE Dairy – 394 Votes (yes, it was that close) KCCI – 582 Votes vs. Wells Fargo – 199 Votes Iowa State Fair [...]

Welcome to Super Tuesday – the re-do of the Elite 8 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. As you may have read, we had some fraudulent voting. You can relive that drama here. Because of this voting will only last for four hours today. You can relive this particular drama here. Now, for the good drama. [...]

We went into the weekend with the outcome of the Elite 8 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands unknown. Due to some over zealous bot dork, we found we were receiving up to 1,000 votes every five minutes. As much as we’d like to think that Battle of the Brands was that popular, we weren’t [...]

When we started writing this post, there were 24,000 votes for the Iowa Clinic vs. Iowa Realty match-up. 15 minutes have passed and there are now over 30,000 votes. The poll was set up not to allow more than one vote per IP address … We have been in touch with senior leadership at both [...]

Welcome to the Elite 8 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. Unlike previous match-ups that were staggered – we are putting all of the Elite 8 match-ups in one post. To see the Sweet 16 results, click here. Also of note, voting for this region will end on FRIDAY JUNE 25 AT NOON! To VOTE [...]

Congratulations to the Iowa State Fair, Blank Park Zoo, The Iowa Clinic, Iowa Realty, Wells Fargo, KCCI, Anderson Erickson Dairy and Hy-Vee. You’re moving on to the Elite 8. Check out how close the battle between Wells Fargo and John Deere Credit was! We’ll post the brackets shortly. Thanks for participating in Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of [...]

Welcome to the Sweet 16 of Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands. Unlike previous match-ups that were staggered – we are putting all of the Sweet 16 match-ups in one post. Also of note, Voting for this region will end on Wednesday, June 23 at noon. To VOTE for the Sweet 16 match-ups click HERE – [...]

Congratulations to Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands Potpourri Region Sweet 16 Iowa Brands: John Deere Credit, Wells Fargo, KCCI & Karl Chevrolet. You’re moving on to the next round! Congratulations to Lessing-Flynn‘s Battle of the Brands Food Region Sweet 16 Iowa Brands: Tones, Anderson Erickson, B-Bops and Hy-vee. You’re moving on to the next round! The Sweet [...]

Congratulations to Fuel & Fun Region Sweet 16 Brands: Iowa State Fair, Casey’s General Store, Blank Park Zoo and the East Village. Congratulations to Health & Home Region Sweet 16 Brands: The Iowa Clinic, Iowa Health System, MidAmerican Energy and Iowa Realty. To VOTE for match-ups in the FOOD Region Round 2 Click Here – Voting ends at noon [...]

In following tradition, I wanted to spotlight the dairy industry as June is DAIRY month.  Dairy producers began celebrating the annual tradition in the 1930′s and for some of us, we benefit daily from their hard work.  So let’s raise our milk-filled-glasses to the dairy industry and take a look at these facts. “Got milk?” [...]





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