Social Media Tele-Seminar August 6th!

Tune your phone lines to a special event this August 6th, as some of the ag industry’s brightest social media minds converge in one jam packed tele-seminar. Hosted by, Aggie-Lance.com, this seminar will feature Chuck Zimmerman from Agwired.com and Zimmcomm.biz, John Blue from Truffle Media, and Liza Markle from the National FFA Organization. The topic at hand: What is social media, and WHY do we need to be using it in the agriculture industry today? Expect to come away with a couple tangible ideas that you can apply straight away!


Social Media has grabbed hold of the marketing world – yet in traditional fashion, the Agriculture Industry is one of the last ones to catch on. It doesn’t have to be this way! Are you prepared to bridge the generation gap by facing the facebook crowd? Did you know your business can benefit by using this online social media tool? There are more than 72 Million blogs on the internet, does my company really need one…and can it help our marketing? Now wait a second, that YouTube thing is just for kids right? And pod casting is only for people with iPods, if I am not mistaken. “Don’t fool yourself; there is business value in just about every aspect of social media.” Says Mark Jewell of Aggie-Lance.com, “this tele-seminar will help people to better understand the world of social media.


Who should listen to this call?

Marketing Directors, Sales Professionals, CEO’s, VP’s, , IT people, Recruiters, Journalists, Ad Agencies, Anyone that communicates in your company!
Get on board and start learning how to use social media for your benefit! Join us for no cost, it will be worth your time! The event will be held at 11:00am Central Standard Time; all you’ll need to do is dial in. Simply register today at www.aggielance.com/teleSeminar.aspx


Can’t make the call? That’s okay. It will be available for download after the call. Go ahead and register anyway, and you will receive an email with the download link!

The Generation Gap Discussed

We recently read a GREAT article on the Business Pundit blog. They shared a panel from three people, each of different generations you find in the workplace today. Aggie-Lance is working to bridge the generation gap in the work place by advocating and empowering people to work from home, or telecommute in other ways. Thats why we're soon to addin in software that allows companies to collaborate on projects from across multiple locations - for free!
We thought this article would really shine some light on the generation situation! Please view it at:

http://www.businesspundit.com/generational-panel-tells-all/

Posted Recently on Fast Company.com

July 23, 2008

"Within five years, technology will obliterate the need for business travel." - Inspired by new videoconferencing technologies and rising fuel costs
Apart from becoming more and more unpleasant, recently business travel is also becoming far less necessary. With videoconferencing technologies improving and fuel prices rising, more businessmen and women seem to be choosing the option to stay put and use new technology to cut down on travel.

Companies too are making an active effort to limit employees’ air travel for the duel-pronged benefits of cutting costs and being environmentally friendly. AT&T has reportedly reduced employee air miles by 15% through video conferencing and Web meetings, while Accenture plans to have 22 video conferencing rooms installed around the world by the end of this year."

Visit http://www.fastcompany.com/big-idea/within-five-years-technology-will-obliterate-need-business-travel?partner=fasttake
to vote whether you agree or disagree!