Taking Your Questions for Rex Hammock

Rex Hammock who pens the magazine industry Weblog, rexblog, has just agreed to participate in a “Bloggerside Chat” Q&A for Micro Persuasion about his recent experiences blogging his closed-door meeting with President George W. Bush. What you would you like me to ask him about blogging, participatory journalism or PR? Email me and let me know or comment on this post.

Rex, a former advertising and public relations executive, congressional speech writer, press secretary and seminary graduate, founded Hammock Publishing, Inc. in 1991, which helps current and prospective clients find ways to improve their customer and member communications with custom magazines, newsletters and online media.

The Washington Post ran a story on Rex's meeting with President Bush back in February.

Comments

[Mikey]

1. What is your elevator pitch for custom magazines?

2. What are the differences (advantages/disadvantages) of a blog vs. a custom magazine?

3. Who are your five regular readers? :)

4. In a public relations sense, is there anyone who shouldn't have a blog?

5. What is your favorite custom magazine (and if Colors, what is your second fave?)?

6. I want my company to create a custom magazine... how do I start? (what are the costs?)

7. Can you list your web "dailies", the sites you check everyday?

8. Why Nashville?

[Steve Rubel]

I've always wondered about why Nashville myself!

[Mikey]

Oh, another question I just thought of: Have you ever refused to do a magazine? If a magazine supported an industry you did not (like if you were anti-gun, and the NRA wanted Hammock Publishing to do a magazine), would you recommend they go elsewhere?

[Rex Hammock]

Wow. These are great questions. I can't wait to see what I say. However, I had to jump in here and ask what that question, "Why Nashville?" means. Why do I live here? Why is it great place for a blogging conference? Why does Nashville exist?

[Steve Rubel]

I think why is Nasvhille the new media capital of the US, not just the country music capital.