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BBC’s This World: The Mormon Candidate

Chino Blanco, March 28, 2012March 28, 2012

Finally, a Mormon documentary for the rest of us. Hailed by the creator of the I am an Ex Mormon video series as “my favorite video about Mormonism I have ever seen.” Part 1: Mitt Romney Part 2: Mormons Part 3: Exmormons Part 4: Prophets Part 5: Park Part 6:…

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Negotiating Mormon Identity – In the Airport

profxm, December 22, 2011

My wife and I just flew to Utah with our 2 year-old son to spend the holidays with family. Having lived the last 10 years outside of Utah, we’re quite familiar with traveling to Utah for the holidays. The many trips over the last 10 years have developed what is…

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Here’s to hoping we’re likeable enough to earn your Facebook support.

Chino Blanco, March 8, 2011June 21, 2011

I noticed this recent post over at TPM and it got me to thinking about Facebook and what we do here. Like our friend Micah over at Life After Mormonism, I’ve been playing around with Facebook ads, trying to get a feel for how much bang they deliver for the…

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Im with shuck face

Chino Blanco, December 8, 2010December 8, 2010

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Deseret Book wont carry Utah authors latest novel This latest book from James Dashner contains language some of our customers would find offensive, said Gail Halladay, managing director of marketing at Deseret Book … The Scorch Trials, the story of teenagers trekking across a dystopian…

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Does Advertising Campaign Enhance or Dilute Mormon Brand?

Chino Blanco, September 10, 2010May 25, 2011

Guest post by Rex Whisman. Republished with permission. [Note from Chino Blanco: Cross-posted here because I’ve just finished listening to Kyle Monson’s “Publicity, Advertising, & the New Mormon.org” at BCC, and reading Kaimi Wenger’s “The Angel and the Internet” at Times & Seasons, and I think Rex’s questions might provide…

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Mormonism: The HAL 9000 of revealed religion

Chino Blanco, August 12, 2010August 13, 2010

HAL: “Let me put it this way, Mr. Amor. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.” Of course, as HAL learns,…

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the new mission model – pay for fans

profxm, March 31, 2010May 25, 2011

LDS Inc. has signed on with http://usocial.net/ to buy Facebook fans and Youtube hits. Now I know why 600,000+ people have watched some of the stuff in the MormonMessage’s Youtube channel: the Mormon Church is paying usocial.net to make it happen. This almost seems like a genius, albeit superficial, marketing…

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What is it with Utah and standing ovations?

Chino Blanco, March 19, 2010January 15, 2011

Before Kevin Garn got his Big O, Cardinal Francis George brought a BYU crowd of 12,000 to their feet. I just threw up a little in my mouth.

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Visited the stealth office of the NOM today

chanson, December 15, 2009January 15, 2011

I was doing some Christmas shopping downtown and thought it might be amusing to swing by the office of the National Organization for Marriage — since it’s right there in the pedestrian-friendly shopping district of Princeton. According to an earlier post, it’s in the same building (20 Nassau Street) as…

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A quick Q&A with Todd Whitaker about that testimony of his

Chino Blanco, September 14, 2009September 14, 2009

Todd Whitaker recently bore his testimony. The video of Todd testifying to his ward has now gone viral. As you may have seen, it was not your typical Mormon F&T meeting fare. I caught up with Todd by email and he agreed to answer a few questions.

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