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ZimmComm has pioneered the use of social media – including blogs, podcasts, and tools like Flickr, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter – to communicate information to industry, members and the general public for a variety of organizations and companies, mainly in the agribusiness world. The company has coined and developed the terms “agriblogging,” “farmpodcasting,” and “event blogging.” In addition to providing internet-based communications services, ZimmComm also does presentations and consultation on using social media for marketing and communications.

Joanna Schroeder – Another Iowa native on the ZimmComm team, Joanna is currently living in Des Moines, IL. She is a graduate of Iowa State University with over 15 years experience in communications and public relations. Joanna served as communications director for the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council and now has her own communications company and is part of the ZimmComm team as book reviewer, blogger and on-site reporter.

ZimmComm New Media was founded in April of 2004 by Chuck and Cindy Zimmerman. The company was originally named ZimmComm Marketing and Communications, as the team expected to function primarily as a production and PR agency. The company’s first product offering was the “Talking News Release,” providing audio production and distribution for clients to send sound bites or interviews with press releases.

Dave Larson, Sales Rep – Dave is President of Larson Enterprises, a full service advertising, marketing and consulting firm located in West Des Moines, Iowa. Dave has over 25 years of advertising, marketing, public relations and public policy experience with both public and private sector clients including national and international trade associations in food safety, agriculture, recreation and legal fields. Dave is married to Jolene and they have six children. He joined the ZimmComm team in 2009.

While this website continues to develop I’ll be blogging the BIO 2006 convention in Chicago beginning this weekend. Coverage on AgWired is being made possible by Rhea & Kaiser Marketing Communications . This is our first agency advertiser on AgWired and we’re really looking forward to working with them on the project. We believe AgWired offers agencies an excellent venue to promote their services and create new brand awareness in a very media-rich environment. This is going to be fun.

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