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The blog of Rex Hammock, founder/ceo of Hammock Inc., the content marketing, strategy and media company founded in 1991 in Nashville, Tenn. Rex is also founder/helper-in-chief of the wiki, SmallBusiness.com.
RexBlog.com was created in August, 2000.
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Here’s my card, Google me
Recently, Google and iPrint.com gave away sets of 25 “business” cards to promote Google’s integration of Google Profiles into its search results. According to Matt McGee at SearchEngineLand.com, the card sets were given to the first 10,000 people who requested … Continue reading
Posted in google, identity, search, social media
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Here’s my card, Google me
Recently, Google and iPrint.com gave away sets of 25 “business” cards to promote Google’s integration of Google Profiles into its search results. According to Matt McGee at SearchEngineLand.com, the card sets were given to the first 10,000 people who requested … Continue reading
Posted in google, identity, search, social media
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links for 2009-05-19
Kindle Teaches Journalism Prof/Author a Lesson in Price Elasticity | The Millions Gist: Bryan Gilmer created a Kindle version of his self-published crime novel and priced it at $7.99. After selling a grand total of 1, he took the advice … Continue reading
Some thoughts over coffee about social media
I love all my fellow social media Kool-Aid drinkers. But there are three things about which I typically disagree with many of them: 1. I believe use of the word “social” misses the mark in describing what’s taking place. Indeed, … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, marketing, social media, social networks
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links for 2009-05-18
Will print on demand save "the printed book"? | BookBrunch Gist: David Taylor, President of Lightning Source, part of the Nashville-based Ingram Content Group, believes that far from the being dead, "or even slightly wounded," digital technology is powering a … Continue reading
The New York Times gets it: What to do on a Monday night in Nashville
As I’ve written on this blog a few times (and via e-mail many, many times), if I were visiting Nashville and had only one free night, I would go to the Station Inn.* It’s great any night of the week. … Continue reading
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links for 2009-05-17
Scribd to Launch a 'Store' on Monday | NYTimes.com Dear New York Times, Please stop using the pejorative "vanity publish" for anything published independently or by an individual. (tags: ebooks) Wired Struggles to Find Niche in Magazine World | NYTimes.com … Continue reading
All independently or individually published books are not ‘vanity published’
Here is the first paragraph of a story in Monday’s New York Times describing a new way that individuals or publishing companies can upload digital documents for sale on Scribd.com: “Turning itself into a kind of electronic vanity publisher, Scribd, … Continue reading
Posted in books, publishing
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To parents of teens, read this
I get asked lots of questions (from parents) about how teens use the Internet. Typically, the questions are phrased in such a way as to imply the Internet should be added to the list: sex, drugs and rock-n-roll. I can … Continue reading
links for 2009-05-16
A tour of the new Newsweek.com | Newsweek.com Newsweek has redesigned the magazine and the website. (tags: magazines)
Wolfram Alpha is not a Twitter-killer
The title of this post is a joke, of course. Last night’s “softly launched” Wolfram Alpha “computational knowledge engine” (official “pre-launch” is Monday) has nothing to do with killing Twitter. Nor, for that matter, does it have anything to do … Continue reading
Previously on Lost: A product placement for Flannery O’Connor
(Note to Lost fans: This is a spoiler-free post.) My wife and I finally fired up the DVR last night to watch the season finale of Lost. Lost is about the only drama on network TV that actually engages me. … Continue reading
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links for 2009-05-15
Reinventing the Magazine | WSJ.com These are publications that revel in their 3D-ness, special objects that demand deeper interaction from their readers than the average print magazine. Taking advantage of recent advances in printing technology, These publications are determinedly nonconformist … Continue reading
Dead pool dead pool
As I’ve written before, schadenfreude “dead pool” websites* are something I’ve never quite understood. Sure, sure — I get dark comedy as a coping mechanism and I, too, am amused by the comeuppance of an over-the-top egotist: there can never … Continue reading
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White House photos and copyright – a brief lesson
Flickr’s new link for the White House Recently, a great copyright learning opportunity occurred when the White House started posting on Flickr photos shot by White House staff photographers. As many who read this will know, Creative Commons is the … Continue reading
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