Nettie Hartsock - Digital Strategist, Writer, WordPress Lover
By Nettie Hartsock on Feb 27, 2007 in General | 0 Comments
Study finds rising narcissism among college students
By Associated PressPosted Tuesday, February 27, 2007
NEW YORK _ Today’s college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American society.
"We need to [...]
By Nettie Hartsock on Feb 26, 2007 in Messaging | 0 Comments
As if you didn’t know that Dove’s latest ad Campaign for Real Beauty is the single most intelligent campaign in the world…the commercial they ran during the Oscars last night proves it once again.
And it was so darn good that even Laurie Peterson - Editor of MediaPost just put a link to it on her [...]
By Nettie Hartsock on Feb 23, 2007 in Blogs | 1 Comment
If you haven’t yet registered your blog at Outpost-Earth, I would urge you to take a look at it and join the blogging minions who are registered there. It’s quite an eclectic group of bloggers and it’s growing by "earthly" leaps and bounds on a daily basis! I’m registered and so are many other bloggers. [...]
By Nettie Hartsock on Feb 22, 2007 in Author Interview | 0 Comments
Interviewing a Master: Michael Masterson
"Don’t write like copywriters write!"
What are the best ways you can truly become a Master copywriter and what do those have in common with Latin dancing and the Karate Kid?
More than you think.
And no matter what type of writing you do, or if you a business who is in search of [...]
By Nettie Hartsock on Feb 22, 2007 in Jargon | 2 Comments
Here’s a list of the 100 most often mispronounced words. I love this list! Here are a few of the sample words from the list and I encourage you to hit the full link as well.
perogative
prerogative
Even in dialects where [r] does not always trade places with the preceding vowel (as the Texan pronunciations “differnce,” “vetern,” [...]
By Nettie Hartsock on Feb 20, 2007 in Blogs | 0 Comments
One of my personal heroes, Mahatma Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see in the world."
I’ve been thinking about this quote alot lately, it was often quoted to me by my Mom (who is 70 years old and still a reading teacher at a economically-challenged high school) and really is a living [...]
By Nettie Hartsock on Feb 20, 2007 in Pitching | 0 Comments
As a veteran tech journalist and a PR marathoner, I’m happy to see posts that concisely tell how best to pitch to journalists or magazines.
I’m also happy to note that as a writer I still get pitches from folks for possible stories to write as well for leading pubs, and so I’m still on both [...]
Nettie Hartsock is a digital strategist and helps artists, musicians, authors and companies focus on creating, conveying and connecting their message to the world. Her work as a "connector" is highly regarded and she creates successful programs which establish a powerful base for attracting both blogger and journalists attention.
Nettie is a veteran e-business journalist and has covered the Internet since 1995. She is also a PR Marathoner. Her name can even be Googled with some notable results. Nettie has lived many more than nine lives as a journalist contributing regularly to leading online and offline publications including eWeek, PC Magazine, Software CEO, Publish, PDFZone, PlanetPDF and others.
Her take and tactics on blogging outreach was included in Marketing Sherpa Wisdom's report in 2006. Nettie serves on the Cincom Expert Access Panel along with PR luminaries including David Meerman Scott, Al and Laura Ries and others.
