Warning: Shameless self-promotional link coming up.
I recently spent a few days bouncing an email interview back-and-forth with Peter Beisser, managing editor of the magazine and website, Publishing Executive. In the intro to the resulting “Corner Office” interview, Peter was kind enough to manufacture the following hyperbole: “Rex Hammock’s blog, RexBlog.com, has become a must-read for magazine professionals.” (Thanks, Peter: the check is in the mail.)
Quote:
“The president of Hammock Publishing—a Nashville, Tenn.-based custom publisher of print and online media…for various corporate and associations—uses his digital soapbox to talk about industry news and offer links to interesting headlines on the Web. He’ll also post observations about other completely unrelated things that engross him as the day goes on. Hammock jumped onto the Web in its earliest days, and in the years since, he has worked to incorporate his love for online media throughout his entire organization.
Gee, if ever there was a story that should end up on Techmeme, this is it. : )
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I guess my theme today is Nashville technology companies. The Nashville Business journal has a love-letter to my close friends and former fox-hole mates, Clint Smith and Will Weaver, who created and have grown the email-management software and service, emma. By the end of the year, the company expects to have 35 employees and $5 million in revenues — with clients around the world using their web-based product. (I’m a client.)
I can’t stress enough how proud I am of Clint and Will. We go way back.
I’m impressed that PaidContent.org provided me some Nashville-related news before I learned it from any local source: That Ticketmaster has made a “significant investment” in Echomusic, an online fan club and brand management company. (I apologize if I’m incorrect, even though it happened yesterday, the only local coverage of the news I can find is by the Nashville Business Journal.)
Echomusic has a great reputation on Music Row (based on my go-to expert on that topic) for developing official websites/fansites for major artists, including Kelly Clarkson, Rascal Flatts, Dierks Bentley and Keith Urban.
From the press release:
Ticketmaster and echomusic will leverage their diverse resources to build brand awareness, increase fan memberships and drive ticket sales for their respective clients. The companies will integrate select technologies and resources to provide a closer connection for the consumer with their favorite entertainers, athletes and brands. Jointly they will look to enhance their relationship with iLike and IAC properties such as Ask.com and Citysearch to create new channels for music discovery and distribution.
“By integrating echo’s innovative technology with Ticketmaster’s distribution network we present an extremely compelling marketing and sales platform for the music industry as well as all of live entertainment,” said Sean Moriarty, Ticketmaster’s President and CEO. “We are excited to join forces with echomusic, which is the most comprehensive platform we have found to enable relevant and deep relationships between fans and their favorite artists, athletes, teams, and venues.
Later: Thanks for commenter Tim Joransen who noted that I used the word “Echostar” in the heading. My bad, but a good traffic-pulling device, nonetheless.
