Archive for the ‘Social Media Capital of the World’ Category

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?” [...]

NOTE: I apologize in advance to clients and non-bloggers for this post. While we try to keep in mind the perspectives of all of the audiences that visit our blog we know this post is pretty targeted to the blogging community in Des Moines. But, we do think there is value to be gained in [...]

I stumbled into the aviators. I mean, when we photoshopped the Top Gun original photo, I agreed to be Goose (you know, the one who dies) because taking the role of Maverick, the main character, well, that’s not my style. I’m a little out there but try to stay somewhat humble. Plus, a Flynn has [...]

Meet Shawn Huyser. Now I’ve known Shawn for a long time. Good guy, people person, a guy with a lot to say and no platform in which to deliver that message. So I’ve been working on Shawn for over three years to get working on his online brand, to start blogging and as Gary Vaynerchuk [...]

No, not that Mr. Pink. Here’s a cool idea that was spawned out of the Central Iowa Bloggers group. The group tried to get author, Daniel Pink, to come to Des Moines for a book signing. Mr. Daniel Pink is a New York Times best selling author and the idea of having authors and speakers [...]

We made an announcement a couple of weeks ago that promised something ridiculous, crazy, and over the top. We think the folks at LoveJingles delivered. Watch the video below and let us know what you think of the new Ad Maverick / Lessing-Flynn jingle…. Alright, what did you think? Now I know its not as [...]

Can you name one government agency in the state, scratch that*, the world, that handles issues with open and truthfulness like the Iowa Lottery? Check out this blog post where they talk openly about offsets. Offsets is the process in which a lottery winner who owes the state money has their winnings deducted prior to being [...]

Put it in your calendar, write a post it note, get a tattoo of that date put on your forehead. Why? Something ridiculous, crazy, over the top, etc. will be announced by Lessing-Flynn. Here’s a preview of what’s coming on 1.25.2010. Author: AdMavericks www.lessingflynn.com :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: [...]

The Chinese Calendar has 2010 as the year of the Tiger. No, not that Tiger… This Tiger. The Ad Mavericks calender says 2010 is year for the social media marketer. Sure, companies have already started using social media, but not nearly in the grand scale that they are about to in 2010. How do I [...]

If you use Twitter long enough, you won’t only meet people that are like minded, you’ll meet a community of people willing to help you share information, and you’ll be inclined to see what they’re up to. You’ll develop relationships with people who when they meet you in person will say stuff like, “I don’t [...]





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