Nettie Hartsock helps individuals, authors, and companies focus on creating, conveying and connecting their message to the world and creates actionable how-to-programs which establish a powerful base for attracting both blogger and journalists attention. Amazon Buys Shelfari
Ok, now is the time to start using Shelfari! And is there anything Amazon is not buying up? I have a cool virtual futon for sale - that’s great for reading books from Amazon. Maybe Amazon will buy that? :>)
And I have to give a shout out to Wayne Hurlbert who is the first one to turn me on to using Shelfari.
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Published by Nettie Hartsock on August 26th, 2008 tagged Books | Comment now »
Oy vey! Stop with the Uhs, Ums, Umms
I’m crazy about Joe Biden so I’m pretty excited about all the latest happenings in the world of politics, however, if Michelle Obama says, “Uhs, Um, Umm” one more time I’m going to go even more crazy!
Stop with the “Uhs”. Surely, someone much more adept than I, is media coaching her and advising her that it’s very distracting when someone finishes each thought with an “Uh” afterwards. It’s probably something very unconscious on her part, but someone needs to make her aware of it.
One of the tricks you can do when you’re working on getting rid of the “uhs” is to practice taking an extra breath after you finish a response to a reporter. This helps lessen them immensely.
It’s a similar thing when people say, “You know?” after something they’ve just told you (so of course you know because they just told you!).
My grandfather cured me of saying “you know” one particularly hot summer in Texas when I was twelve, by making me put a quarter in a jar each time I said it. It was his jar, not mine.:>)
So uh, you know, how uh, that’s a meaningful memory, uh, you know?
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Published by Nettie Hartsock on August 25th, 2008 tagged Interview 101 | Comment now »
tell me a good story…
I had the great luck of contributing a post to one of my favorite business folks Drew McClellan for his widely popular “Marketing Minute” blog. The post is focused on telling your company story.
I also shared a personal story about my own growing up and how I was always encouraged to tell stories. My grandfather and his sister, my Great Aunt Florence made it a practice to sit myself and cousins in a circle and encourage us to tell stories. Every summer we traveled to Gulf Shores, Alabama and would spend a month there with all my cousins from Alabama and our stories were very much part of the family tradition.
And one of our family mantras was, “If you can’t tell a good story, then you’ll probably lose your invitations to Sunday suppers and good fried chicken.”
Naturally because of my deep love for good fried chicken, I learned to tell good stories!
One of the best books you can read on storytelling and how it works in business is by Annette Simmons, “Whoever Tells the Best Story WINS: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate with Power and Impact”.
Annette is an amazing practitioner and encourager of good storytelling. (And no, she’s not a client.:>)
I believe like Annette does that to be a great storyteller also helps you inspire, motivate and persuade others in all aspects of your life.
For me, all those years ago at the beach trying to come up with the story that would make my Gramps laugh the loudest has served me well in my work with clients and my own personal growth.
We all want to be inspired, enriched, empowered through our discourse and authentic stories are the most powerful tools you can use to do that.
At the end of all our lives stories are all we have left and what we leave behind. When Tim Russert passed away, all the people who loved him told “Tim” stories that revealed to all of us just how wonderfully Tim lived and enjoyed his life.
Go ahead, tell a story. Turn off your TV once a week, sit around with your kids and tell stories. Do the same at your office. Have a once monthly storytelling roundtable, serve ice-cream and let people tell their stories. You’ll be amazed at how many wonderful stories there are.
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Published by Nettie Hartsock on August 15th, 2008 tagged Doing the Greater Good, Creativity | Comment now »
7 Steps to Building Brand
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Published by Nettie Hartsock on August 14th, 2008 tagged Marketing | Comment now »
Facebook Overtakes MySpace
Read this Business Week article and make sure you’re on Facebook!
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