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Thinking About Disabling Blog Comments

Ari Herzog

I remember when commenting was a feature at the bottom of every newspaper and media website article. Initially, anyone could add a comment without a profile. Readers grew frustrated with the lag between the time they posted their comments and the time the comments were approved. Create a profile and write what you want.

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Blogging Every Day

Ari Herzog

This is the 1,526th blog post since May 2007. Suffice to say, I like blogging. Looking back at my blog archive , I recognize that years went by when I didn’t write much at all. I view my blog as an outlet for my creativity and capability. The goal is to blog every day. Comments Keep blogging!

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32 Signs You Might Be a Social Media Marketing O.G.

Ignite Social Media

We’ve been doing nothing but social media marketing for brands since 2007. You had to manually add likes, comments and shares to an Excel sheet; 13. Your blog was an important part of your personal brand; 15. You can immediately spot a bot post , comment, or message within the first line of copy; 20.

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Hello 2015, Goodbye Comments

Ari Herzog

I am disabling blog commenting on this post and into the future. My reason is simple: You’re reading but you’re not commenting. It is a time management task to ensure comments are real and not spam and I’m seeing lots of spam comments try to get published. Commenting is not that place anymore.

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Blogging Every Day

Ari Herzog

I miss blogging. May 2007: 26 posts. Considering that people such as Seth Godin and Dave Winer write a new blog post every day, maybe I should strive for that. Please sign up to receive blog posts by email. Comments I used to have the same trouble about how much to blog and do I. I used to write a lot.

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Do You Read Blogs in 2018?

Ari Herzog

This is my first blog post of 2018. Are you still reading blogs? I started blogging in 2004; and I launched this blog in 2007. Beginning in 2009 and several times since, I invited my blog readers to delurk and add a comment. In my first blog post of 2018, can you say hi? Thanks for reading.

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Pubcon 2007 Recap

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

December 9, 2007 at 5:43 pm Great to finally meet you in person, Tamar! Reply Tamar Weinberg December 9, 2007 at 6:17 pm We’re not allowed to talk about it. Reply pat December 10, 2007 at 3:24 am Hi Tamar, I am so sorry you lost that dough. Reply Steve December 10, 2007 at 11:47 am It was an excellent conference.

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