New Hire at Stoltz Marketing Group

Stoltz Marketing Group has added Lindzee Frei to their staff, as Director of Business Development. She replaces Traci O’Donnell, who was recently appointed Executive Director of the Idaho Beef Council.

Prior to joining SMG, Lindzee was Retail Sales Manager at Orca Bay Seafoods in Renton, Washington.

Congratulations Lindzee.

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Where’s That Line Between Reporting and Opinion Again?

Something about the Idaho Business Review’s cover story this week about “Greenwashing” just rubbed me the wrong way.

Maybe it’s the interviews that seem to end with more questions than answers.

Maybe it’s because Simon Shifrin takes a residential developer, and their agency, to task in a thinly veiled ‘you’re not being open and honest’ sort of way about their business motivations. Let’s not even get into the quoting (somewhat out of context) from the agency’s website, without any actual contact with the agency itself.

Or it could just be the “me too” reporting — writing about “green” activities, environmentally friendly stories and such is all the rage these days, so if the IBR doesn’t cover it, they must be behind the times.

This, my all accounts, is much more of an op/ed piece than business reporting. And I don’t think I’m alone in that opinion. Rick Carpenter, Robb Hicken et. al., you shouldn’t have let this story out the door the way it was published.

Of course, I could just be way off base. Been known to happen before…

Oh, and by the way Simon, it’s Stoltz Marketing Group, not Stolz Marketing Group.

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Quiet Week for the Idaho Ad Agencies Blog

Yes folks, it’s going to be a quiet week for the Idaho Ad Agencies blog. Brian is taking a “working vacation” in Oregon this week, so new posts could be few and far between.

We’ll return to normal programming next week.

In the mean time, here’s a few other sites that might tide you over:

Underdog Effect
Ad Age Small Agency Diary
Silicon Florist
American Copywriter
Adpulp

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Client Side Job Opening – Front End Web Developer

Access Idaho/Idaho.gov has an opening for a Front End Web Developer. This person should have 3+ years of experience, BA/BS in a related field, and a whole slew of other experience and skills.

Full details about this position can be found here.
(Courtesy of craigslist)

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Job Opening – Flash/Web Developer

Just came across another anonymous job opening on the Boise Craigslist, this time for a Flash/Web Developer with an interactive web company in Nampa. From the original post:

We are an interactive web company looking to hire on another full-time developer. Our office is in Nampa and would prefer someone that can physically come to the office on a daily basis.

Skills we are looking for:
Flash Programming VERY IMPORTANT (Must have in depth knowledge of Actionscript programming.)
HTML/CSS/PHP
MySQL/ASP/.NET
Design
Creativity

Full details about the position can be found here.

Update: According to a recent comment, this position is with Curious Media.

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