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Top 10 Takeaways From the 2025 Annual Meat Conference
The 2025 Annual Meat Conference (AMC) in Orlando again saw another record attendance year with more than 2,500...
Why Digital Advertising Needs Human Connection
Blogger’s note: While I love to eat all the time, I only like to shop when I have time. Since the pandemic, my loyalty...
Brand Awareness vs. Conversion
A common conversation I find myself engaged in lately revolves around where a brand’s marketing strategy should focus:...
20 Years of Midan
Get your party hats ready: Midan is turning 20 this month! Think back to when you were 20 years old. Pretty naïve,...
5 Reasons to Keep Educating Consumers
With age comes wisdom. That is the proverbial saying, right? I'd like to believe it now that I am um... well, now that...
Learning From the Olympics: Lessons for the Meat Industry
I love the Summer Olympics. I love hearing the background stories about the athletes, learning of the sacrifice their...
More Video Stories Equals More Success
I’ve travelled to several industry conferences this year and I’ve heard a variation of this quote at each of them: “If...
The Power of Brand Strategy
Got a product that you’d love to shout about from the mountaintops, but you’re just not sure if anyone will hear you?...
Takeaways From CattleCon 2024
Beef by the numbers, and good beef sustainability – my top takeaways from CattleCon 2024 Given my background, my...
AMC 2024 Top 10 Takeaways
The 2024 Annual Meat Conference was the largest ever held, with more than 2,300 attendees gathered in Nashville to...
Gen Z Consumers: Shaping the Future of Meat
Like every generation, Gen Z was indelibly shaped by the environment they grew up in. Gen Zs were the first generation...