Feedback Needed: Job Board

When the Idaho Ad Agencies blog was revamped earlier this year, one of the new additions to the site was the Jobs section.

Well, it’s been a few months since that happened, so now is a good time to get some feedback from you, dear readers.  Do you use the Jobs section?  How often do you look through the job listings?  Do you find valuable information there?

And, for the employers in the crowd:  Have you considered posting a job on the Idaho Ad Agencies Job Board?  Why or why not?

As always, feedback and comments are much appreciated.

Beer and Blog

What is it, you’re wondering?  In a nutshell:

Beer and Blog is a weekly meet up based on bloggers helping bloggers over beers. It was started by Justin Kistner in Portland, OR in January of 2008.

And yes, it’s happening in Boise too.

You blog?

You drink beer?

You want to hang out with folks who do?

Come to the Front Doorevery Friday between 5:00 – 6:30PM to geek out, get help with your blog, launch a new product, bounce an idea off other geeks, or just kick off the weekend with a couple beers. There is no set agenda, no speaker, no program, just ad hoc, beer-bathed bloggery.

This is a long-overdue addition to the events calendar.

Lemonade

So, you’ve been laid off fairly recently?  You’re not alone, and you’re getting your own movie: Lemonade

Erik Proulx, former Senior Copywriter at Arnold Boston and driving force behind Please Feed the Animals went in search of laid-off agency folks to see how they’ve made a living, a life, and found happiness outside of the advertising world.

Hat tip to the many other outlets that have covered this already, including AdPulp, AgencySpy, The Denver Egotist, PSFK and many, many more.

Okay, Now It’s My Turn

My turn for what?  I’m sure that’s the first thing that came to mind after reading that headline…

As many of you know, Idaho Ad Agencies has been around since early 2006 (hard to believe it’s been that long).  And while it’s become the de-facto hub for everything marketing, advertising, and communications-industry related, the fact remains that it is, and always has been, a side project for me.  On any given day, most of my efforts are focused on running (and generating business for) Almost Live Productions.

Now yes, I do regularly post content throughout the day here, but I’ve always tried to maintain a certain amount of separation between this and everything else that I do throughout the day.  As I’ve told many people over the years, the Idaho Ad Agencies blog isn’t about me, it’s about the people, the work, and the business of marketing and advertising in Idaho.

Now is one of those rare times when the paths will cross.  And yes, here comes the part where I ask for your help.

Business lately has been slow, but steady.  Unfortunately, slow but steady does not pay the bills all that well.  I find myself constantly on the lookout for new work, projects, clients, etc. — you get the picture.

So my question to you, dear Idaho Ad Agencies readers is this: What can I help you out with?  Are there existing clients that might benefit from someone who’s been on both the client- and agency-side of this business, who also has a great deal of experience in the interactive space?  Or maybe it’s a client that needs some help on the search side of things, and understanding how changes behind the scenes, combined with web-specific copy, can impact their site and how it appears in search engine results.  Perhaps your clients are ready to venture into this crazy ‘social media’ space, and need someone who’s been chest-deep in it for a few years that understands how it can work.  Podcasting?  Reporting?  Analysis?  Translating mountains of online data into something meaningful?

Not to sound too boastful, but yeah, I can do that.  And then some.

Should we talk?  Most likely – yes.  Take your pick on how you’d like to contact me here.

And as always, thanks for putting up with me all these years.  Let’s keep doing it, shall we?

Job Opening: Promotional Copywriter

An unspecified employer in Pocatello has an opening for a Promotional Copywriter.  From the Craigslist post:

We are hiring a Mid-Level Copywriter to write for web and print. Duties are to create brand messages, write in-store promotional pieces, packaging and even some technical writing. This position is full-time, Monday through Friday.

Full details and contact information can be found on the job listing.