Rural Lifestyle on Highway 6 tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-579800 2009-10-14T08:02:40-05:00 Rural Lifestyle we talk about it! The Rural Lifestyle is all about acreages and small farms, what impacts the people living in Rural America. We write about it in this publication and talk about it live each week on the radio. Rural Lifestyle, let's talk about it! TypePad Secretary of Agriculture, Bill Northey - October 14 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452534069e20120a5e49f5a970b 2009-10-14T08:02:40-05:00 2009-10-14T08:02:40-05:00 Today we're going rural with Insight on Business as we welcome Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Bill Northey to our studio. We'll talk agriculture, agri-business, the World Food Prize and more. Join us at 12:30PM Central? Michael Libbie

As you know we've been doing our daily business radio show, Insight on Business for the past five months.  And, we promised you that when we were doing a show with a focus on agriculture we'd let you know.  Today is another of those days.Bill Northey crop

Our special guest today at 12:30PM Central is Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Bill Northey.  Secretary Northey will be in studio talking about the World Food Prize, agri-business in the Midwest, the rural economy, rural manufacturing and technology, Iowa and our fight against hunger...and we'll also discuss the budget cuts his department will have to make in the wake of Governor Chet Culver's order to reduce spending, across the board, by 10-percent.

Come on by and join the discussion with Secretary Northey and our guest Cathy Erickson from the Great Iowa Pet Expo.    Insight on Business is on Monday - Friday starting at 12:30PM Central and you can watch and listen by heading to this link:  www.MacsWorldLive.com

Thanks for reading, watching and listening: 

Michael Libbie - Host, acreage owner and advertising agency guy.  You can keep up with us before, during or after the show on Twitter - @RuralLifeRadio or @MichaelLibbie



 http://insightadvertising.typepad.com/hwy_6_your_road_to_the_co/2009/10/secretary-of-agriculture-bill-northey-october-14.html Banking on Social Media for Rural Development? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83452534069e20120a6368b6e970c 2009-10-13T15:28:58-05:00 2009-10-13T15:32:18-05:00 They say that because of "compliance issues" banks, financial planners and insurance companies can't use social media. Bunk...here is why and how. Michael Libbie

Early this week I traveled to Creston, Iowa (pop. 7,500) my host was Iowa State Savings Bank.  I was there to share with them ideas to use social media for their bank. We spent the morning together as they learned about the opportunities in blogging, Twitter and other forms of social media.Iowa State Savings Bank 1

Like many small rural towns Creston has been hit by the recent economic downturn. I centered on that issue during my visit and gave them some ideas of how to use social media to market the bank. OK, I know, you're going to say, "What about financial liability issues and compliance?  Financial institutions and insurance people and financial planners can't possibly use social media because they have to send everything through some compliance officer!"

Nope.

I talked about that very issue on our daily business radio show, Insight on Business.  In addition I gave several suggestions right at the top of the show as to how financial people should use social media to build the relationship.  Have a watch...and a listen?  Let me know what you think...and how social media can be very helpful in rural development issues.