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Stop the Presses: Stones' Phones in USA Today
It was only a matter of time before mainstream media picked up on the phenomenon that is the Telephone Town Hall, so Marty Stone was more than happy to speak to its wonders when USA Today came calling. Marty had the following to say about Stones' Phones work with Telephone Town Halls:
The calls also can be used to field last-minute questions from undecided voters the weekend before an election, said Marty Stone, a partner in Stones' Phones, with offices in Washington and California. The firm specializes in serving Democrats and liberal advocacy groups.
"We never get any complaints for telephone town halls," Stone said. "The only complaints come from people who were not called."
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Auto Calls Rock!
Marty Stone has seemingly done almost everything there is to do in politics—including running for Congress himself. And yet, there was one thing missing from his political experience—being lampooned on the Daily Show by Jon Stewart.
When The Daily Show's John Oliver presented the award to Marty for Best Automated Call Marty shouted, "Auto Calls Rock!" much to the delight of Jon Stewart's producers who for two straight nights featured segments on the Pollie Awards.
Watch clips from both nights to the left.
98 Pollie and Reed Awards
Stones' Phones has been breaking ground with cutting edge technology and creativity when it comes to phones and campaigns. From GOTV adopt-a-voter and talking direct mail pieces to video cards and interactive voice capture websites, Stones' Phones thinks way beyond the phone. We have the 98 Pollies and Reed Awards, including Best Use of New Technology to prove it!
ONE Vote 08
Stones' Phones uses sophisticated Telephone Town Hall technology to invite 80,000 ONE Campaign activists to listen to an interactive conference call hosted by former Senators Tom Daschle and Bill Frist along with Hollywood movie star Ben Affleck. The conference call discussed a $30 million dollar anti-poverty effort to encourage the presidential candidates to take up global poverty and AIDS issues. Rollover the ONE icon on the left to listen to the Telephone Town Hall.
Greenpeace
Greenpeace turns to Stones' Phones for help in getting HP to remove the hazardous products from their computers. Stones' Phones organized automated phone calls from actor, William Shatner to HP employees asking them to ask their leader to make computers that are free of toxic materials just as Apple has done. View news coverage of the event.