Stop – Lurk & Listen

May 11, 2010 in Advertising, blogging, Des Moines, Iowa, Lessing-Flynn, Marketing, Online Marketing, Self Promotion, Social Media, Speaking Events
Tags: blogging, blogging tips, how to start bloggin, josh fleming, myentre.net, myentrenet, Social Media, social networks, starting a blog, stop - lurk and listen, stop lurk listen, webinar

What’s one of the first things you ever learned as a kid? Stop. Look & Listen. This was a great phrase to remember and has helped me avoid personal injury – at least on the streets. So you want to start a blog? That’s great to hear. As someone who has blogged since 2001 I [...]

Big Omaha + Social Media Case Study = Twitterview

May 5, 2010 in Advertising, Des Moines, Event Marketing, Marketing, Social Media, Speaking Events
Tags: big omaha, charitywater, Des Moines, drew oxide, foursquare, gary vaynerchuck, garyvee, guerrilla marketing, Iowa, Jason Fried, jeff slobotski, josh fleming, nebraska, Nerdy Thirty, omaha, oxide design, scott harrison, Silicon Prairie News, Social Media, social media case study, Tony Hsieh, twitterview, Wendy Townley

On Tuesday afternoon, I had the pleasure of doing the first ever AdMaverick’s twitterview with Big Omaha founder, Jeff Slobotski. Big Omaha is billed as “The culmination of the amazing entrepreneurial energy taking place within the Midwest” and is Silicon Prairie News’ (SPN) premier event. In 2009, the inaugural event brought together 400-plus entrepreneurs, innovators and [...]

Social Media 102

April 29, 2010 in Advertising, Marketing, Online Marketing, Public Relations, Smart Phones, Social Media, Speaking Events, Traditional Media
Tags: ad maverick, broadcast media, Chris Hanson, future of advertising, josh fleming, magazine, outdoor media, print media, public relations society of america, Social Media, social media 102, social media guru, Traditional Media

When I woke up this morning, I watched the news on this thing called a television. I listened to the car radio on my drive to work – during which I saw about 20 billboards. After lunch this afternoon I read three magazine articles. I actually held a printed magazine in my hand and turned [...]

Mr. Pink in Des Moines? Kind of…

January 27, 2010 in Des Moines, Event Marketing, Iowa, Social Media Capital of the World, Speaking Events, That's Kinda Cool
Tags: book signing, central iowa bloggers, cool event, dan pink, Daniel Pink, Des Moines, des moines social club, drive, Iowa, Mr. Pink, skype, virtual book signing

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 [...]

Know Your Audience

November 5, 2009 in Agriculture, Social Media, Speaking Events
Tags: Agriculture, atlanta, farm equipment, farm equipment manufactures association, farm progress, farming, fema, making some dollars and sense out of social media, Social Media, speaking event, understand your audience, willie vogt

My fellow Maverick, Tom Flynn and I are in Atlanta this week. Tomorrow, we are privileged to be speaking to members of FEMA – no – not the folks that showed up late to New Orleans – FEMA – the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association. The subject? Making Some Dollars and Some Sense out of Social [...]