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Rex Hammock’s RexBlog.com
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: July 2009
links for 2009-07-23
If your messaging doesn't work, try, well, you know | Coding Horror When I saw this post about the digression of a banner ad campaign for an online game, I was amused. But I didn't think any more about it … Continue reading
links for 2009-07-22
Made for YouTube Wedding Entrance I look back at my wedding photos from the late 70s and cringe at my long hair and funky tux. I can't imagine what these folks will think when they look back at this video. … Continue reading
Can a company comprised of real people survive being acquired by Amazon?
Ponchos made Zappos a legend at SXSW 08.(Credit: Zack Ingles via Flickr, Creative Commons.) Doc Searls’ post about the acquisition of Zappos by Amazon pretty much sums up my concern. Like Doc, I believe the online apparel retailer, Zappos is … Continue reading
links for 2009-07-21
U.S. business magazines face a shakeout | Reuters My response: Magazines always face a shakeout. (tags: magazines) Liberal Suicide March – David Brooks NYTimes.com From my watching-post here in the middle of America, David Brooks seems to have nailed it. … Continue reading
links for 2009-07-20
A Path to a Magazine Where You’re Editor and Publisher | NYTimes.com A start-up in Colorado has a new twist on print publishing. It lets readers pick which articles they want in their magazine and then print it themselves. See: … Continue reading
Moon Day greetings, earthlings
I ran across a few interesting Apollo 11-related activities over the weekend. 1. The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library has a site called “We Choose the Moon” that is rebroadcasting exactly 40 years later to the second, the NASA communication … Continue reading
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Remembering Uncle Walter
And that’s the way it is. I’m sure that people under a certain age aren’t understanding why those of us over that same certain age are making such a big deal over the death of Walter Cronkite. Here’s one way … Continue reading
Time out for a shout-out congratulations to my colleagues
I try not to use this blog for shameless self-promotional purposes (granted, there are those who might argue the entire blog is such), however, this morning I’d like to send a shout-out to some colleagues and clients. Last night, national … Continue reading
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links for 2009-07-16
Why is this op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal? Actually, I don't agree with the theory laid out by Mortimer Zuckerman in this opinion piece. But that's not my point in bookmarking it. My point is to note that … Continue reading
Google Street View “Tricycle” at Stonehenge
While Google has caught grief about privacy issues in some European countries, in the UK, the country’s tourism agency, VisitBritain, has been courting Google to map UK castles, coastal paths, natural wonders, historic buildings and monuments, and sports stadia this … Continue reading
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Be safe, make it back alive
Today is the 40th anniversary of the lift-off of Apollo 11. There’s something pretty awesome about Buzz Aldrin using Twitter to commemorate the event. (See also, his op-ed piece in today’s Washington Post.)
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Free wants to be be free (and paid)
Free! on iTunes. I’ll hand this to Chris Anderson and his publishers (Hyperion in the U.S., Random House in the UK). They aren’t just talking the talk about his new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price. (As the … Continue reading
Posted in amazon, books, publishing
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links for 2009-07-14
USATODAY.com's NewsDeck It's a little like NYTimes.com's Skimmer [http://prototype.nytimes.com/gst/articleSkimmer/], but only just a little. It's more like a page filled with headline widgets from each section, something you could set up yourself in iGoogle in about five minutes. (via: ResourceShelf.com) … Continue reading
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If (Cash In < Cash Out) = You are a Consultant | blog maverick I must agree with Mark Cuban on this one: "If you want to start and grow a business that you retain control of, put money in … Continue reading
Yet one more mystery about the enigmatic book publishing industry
I’m trying my best, but I can’t comprehend why book publishers should care what the gross revenue of a title distributed via eBook format is if the publisher and author still receive net revenues (after costs of goods sold) equal … Continue reading
Posted in amazon, books, kindle, publishing
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