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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.
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Evangelicals, Catholics & Politics
Over the weekend, a group of politically-active evangelical leaders gathered in Texas to determine who they would jointly support among the candidates seeking the GOP presidential nomination. According to reports, the two finalists were Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. From … Continue reading
Posted in observation, politics
Tagged Catholic, John F. Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum
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SOPA & PIPA Update: How the entertainment industry is losing the narrative
I think people who say, “I don’t like to say ‘I told you so, but…’” are precisely the kind of people who like to say, “I told you so.” So I’ll try this another way: I don’t like being that … Continue reading
How to use Twitter to become the leading GOP presidential candidate (among Democrats)
[Note: Because of its unique features that make adding tweets (and other sidebar media) to text a snap, I wrote this post at Storify.com and am displaying it here.] [View the story “How to use Twitter to become the most … Continue reading
Posted in humor, politics, twitter
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A little less talk and a lot more action
When most people hear there is a government agency backing bank loans for small businesses, they think, “wow, that’s sure a nice thing the government is doing — supporting small businesses.” However, anyone who owns a small business who has … Continue reading
Posted in observation, politics, small business
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A viewer review of the Rally to Restore Sanity
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear Tony Bennett – “America the Beautiful” www.comedycentral.com Rally to Restore Sainty and/or Fear The Daily Show The Colbert Report It was beautiful today in Nashville, so I didn’t regret passing up any thought I … Continue reading
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My less than 2¢ on NPR’s current traipse through deep do-do
At the bottom of this post is an addendum that spells out in detail why I am a fan of so much about my local public radio station(s), public media in general, and NPR specifically. However, this post is focused … Continue reading
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First, I’d like to blame the media and bloggers
In Tennessee, a state senator resigned late yesterday in the final stage in a political scandal scenario that has become such a cliche that I developed a nine-step, fill-in-the-blanks version of it two years ago: 1. Politician _______s. 2. Rumors … Continue reading
The 9 Steps of a Political Scandal
Les Jones wonders if Le’Affaire Sanford will follow my “10 Steps of Political Scandals” from April 28, 2007. If you don’t remember the steps (I didn’t), here they are (except there are only nine because I mis-counted). Just fill in … Continue reading
Is Obama’s Blackberry endorsement worth $50 million?
Now that we have world peace and the economy is under control, we can turn our attention to the important stuff, like President Obama’s Blackberry. Over the weekend, we learned he’s getting to keep his Blackberry, except, maybe it won’t … Continue reading
How to use Twitter as a public policy tool
The Sunlight Foundation’s Capitol Tweets [Note: In 2009, I'm going to write more posts about simple things any marketer can do with social media tools.] Previously, I provided a practical way for retailers to use Twitter as a means to … Continue reading
Fill-in-the-blank memo: What our marketing team can learn from the Obama campaign
If you are a marketing-type, feel free to fill in the blanks and send this around to the folks in your “group.” Subject: What our marketing and communications team can learn from Obama’s campaign Date: [The sooner, the better] To: … Continue reading
Breaking: The Onion Grabs Early Lead in Election Night Parody Race
All you sci-fi fans will especially love this one titled, “Voting Machines Elect One Of Their Own As President“: via: Waxy.org
Losers don’t vote – A guide to following some social-media enhanced election coverage
I shot the video of me voting last week (or, if it’s illegal to shoot such video, I found it by the side of the road). Of the 4 million registered voters in Tennessee, 1.5 million of us voted before … Continue reading
Should professional athletes get political?
Khoi Vinh thinks it’s inappropriate for members of the World Series-bound Tampa Bay Rays to be stumping for Barack Obama today. Says, Khoi: “Tampa Bay fans of every political persuasion have the right to root for their team without the … Continue reading
The Experience Bust
My friend Patrick Ruffini is a very insightful — in my opinion, the best — observer of the nuances of online presidential campaign strategies. Despite his unswerving commitment to a conservative ideology and his support of the GOP, he has … Continue reading
