Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This blog is powered by WordPress — and the Thesis framework , a premium theme that sits on top of WordPress. I bought Thesis in November 2008. As the 3-year anniversary approaches, I reflect upon blogs shifting designs from premium to customized and whether now is a good a time to follow. by fairminder.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 14, 2010

It all started on May 14, 2007 when I created a free blog located at ariwriter.blogspot.com. I started tracking blog visitors with Google Analytics in June 2008 — and I see 332,384 unique visitors have arrived since that day. I shifted from Google’s Blogger platform to WordPress in October 2008. at AriWriter.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

I adore the ease of creating a blog with Google’s Blogger (or Blogspot) platform — which AriWriter once was before migrating to WordPress in the fall of 2008 — but the commenting system is not user friendly. While I’m not a fan of Disqus on WordPress blogs, I welcome them on Blogspot blogs.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 13, 2020

We corresponded in email and I wrote a blog post about her experience. Nine years after emailing Rachel, I updated that blog post into this one. Rachel, ironically, maintains a Facebook page for her blog , but she never created a new profile. by EM When I joined Facebook in 2008, I had over 1000 friends. She wrote emails.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 1, 2020

” A version of this blog post was originally written on July 1, 2008. I would like to think that Hancock would agree with me. One of his quotes is apropos: “A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.” Comments You are an incredible writer! The Past Presidents Sirens.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 17, 2013

Together, these dots comprise 1,041 people in 40,363 email messages I’ve sent or received since August 1, 2008. This visualization is for August 1, 2008 – August 17, 2013. If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know those names to be this Danny , this Kristi , and this John. The colors go on.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Blog Action Day started in 2007 with a simple mission: ask global bloggers to write about the same topic on the same day. I first heard about BAD in 2008 — and participated by writing about poverty. In 2009, Christina Chan submitted a guest blog post to me about climate change. The movement was born. Got a question?

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 22, 2013

I installed the Thesis theme on November 6, 2008. WordPress was new to me that year, having migrated from Google’s Blogspot system a month earlier; and I wanted to display certain features on my blog. When he's not blogging, Ari works with people and brands to improve their digital marketing. Got a question?

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Ari Herzog

APRIL 21, 2020

Barack Obama campaigned for President in 2008 under the motto of hope. Comments Great blog Ari! I will be satisfied when I know that there is real change and real accountability and real purpose to correct the issues that are still there.” ” Source: Jezebel , April 27, 2019. Second: Give people hope.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The Library of Congress did not know the names of French brothers Michel, age 4, and Edmond, age 2, when the institution uploaded this photograph to Flickr in the summer of 2008. When he's not blogging, Ari helps brands improve their digital media marketing. They knew the duo were Titanic orphans. They didn’t know anything else.

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Ari Herzog

APRIL 1, 2015

Why, then, is the page on penguins lacking a 2008 scientific discovery by the BBC that penguins can fly? Please sign up to receive blog posts by email. Did you see their video? Spheniscinae can fly. Pigs can’t fly but penguins can. Maybe that Wikipedia page should be edited? Or, maybe you were just pranked? Thanks for reading.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 9, 2010

As I write this sentence, 2,615 blogs representing 116 countries (and over 21 million collective readers like you) have registered to participate on Blog Action Day. My introduction to BAD was in 2008 when I joined the grassroots movement to write about poverty , and last year I joined again to write about climate change.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 21, 2011

It’s an optical illusion that Todd photographed at the Boston Science Museum in 2008. Then look at the blogs you read and content therein. Visit the blog archive to read more articles on new and emerging media. It likely evokes the same cranial thoughts in you as anyone else. Prove me wrong.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

That was the year I blogged for the first time. I created my Facebook account in 2005 and joined Twitter by 2008. And, my blog at AriHerzog.com is currently visited by 15,000 people every month! As I elaborate on LinkedIn : I am looking for a full-time job as a social media manager. Remember dial-up internet service?

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Jeffrey Levy commented on this blog in 2008 that his description of Twitter was a source of filtered, purified water out of a raging river. When he's not blogging, Ari helps brands improve their digital media marketing. I instantly smiled at the metaphor and began attributing him in my digital marketing courses. Got a question?

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Ari Herzog

MAY 7, 2014

Before I share it, I want to say this blog post is about me. When I began working for myself in 2008, I consulted. Maybe they wanted help understanding Twitter or building a Facebook page or designing a blog or starting on LinkedIn. Here’s a link to his blog on minimalism. It’s my story. I did it all.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I’d created my (first, now deleted) account on June 9, 2008 and naturally witnessed lots of bloggers who tended to be early adopters of technology with accounts. Please sign up to receive blog posts by email. FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY. — Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) April 17, 2009. I have about 2100 followers.

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Fluent in using internet technologies and tools to reach a wide audience, I began blogging in 2004, joined Facebook in 2005 and Twitter in 2008, integrated web marketing into political campaigning in 2009, and continue to learn and experiment with new media channels as they are launched. The web is where I currently shine.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Federal Trade Commission’s 2008 report on self-regulation in the alcohol industry includes statistics, facts, and recommendations about age verification systems on websites: Visit the websites of Bud Light , Michelob Ultra , Guinness , or Lone Star , and you can see the age selectors. on his blog. Page 8 of the U.S.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Leave it to internet readers of Sheril Kirshenbaum’s Discover magazine blog to be the collective inspiration for a book about the science of kissing. She used her Twitter account and more lately, a Facebook group for the book’s fans , to promote blog articles around the web like mine right here about her and her book.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I’ve bylined hundreds of articles in regional newspapers, and written and edited press releases, policy briefs, executive talking points, legislative testimonies, and blog posts. I currently sit on the Newburyport City Council in my first elected role.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 12, 2011

Looking to my Facebook future… I filed paperwork in December 2008 to do business as Ari Herzog & Associates. You can expect more business articles on this blog and on that Facebook page in the coming weeks and months as I continue to segue my blogging from explicit strategies on social media to benefits of media as a whole.

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 1, 2010

Seth writes about tribal leaders (and other marketing advice) on his blog every day. If this speaks to you, I implore you to follow me and read “ Tribes ,&# a 2008 book by Seth Godin. Seth writes people “want to know how to be sure to give me credit for an idea in a book or blog post of their own.&# They need you.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 13, 2010

Dear Ari, We are regular readers of your blog and love your thoughts on marketing and branding. Of course, also feel free to use any part of our report, in case you want to blog about the matter of social currency. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know what I write about. I also don’t see YOU in it. AUSTIN, TX.,

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Ari Herzog

MAY 19, 2010

It is for this reason that I was intrigued after reading an anti-corporation blog post by Adriel Hampton in which he shared he deleted his Facebook account. I joined in early 2008. I also hope to increase dialogue on my blog, and will be exploring some of the emerging open source alternatives to Facebook.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 3, 2012

Eight years after building my first website, I began blogging 2004 on a now-deleted LiveJournal community. facebooking since 2005, and tweeting since 2008, and, partially because people kept coming up to me and telling me they followed my blog or enjoyed my tweets, I knew I was respected as a thought leader. Got a question?

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Each person agreed to be represented in this blog post, and I include links to their profiles if you wish to network with them directly. Blog featured in the AdAge Power 150 list as well as Canada’s Top 50 Marketing Blogs, and won the Hive Award for Best Social Media Blog at the 2010 South by South West festival.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 3, 2011

The blog platform, as an open source community, is collectively shared by anyone and everyone who contribute code and provide feedback about what works and what needs improvement. With more than 1,300 themes and over 13,000 plugins , the appearance and functionality of any WordPress blog is up to the blog owner’s imagination.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 23, 2011

Perusing my older stuff from 2007 and 2008, diversity is a good term to describe my blogging style. Over the course of a few months in mid-2008, I began interspersing my personal thoughts with content people enjoyed reading, liking, and commenting. 7 Blogs I Like (and my first roundup). Let’s Blog About Sex.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 24, 2011

You comment on blogs with the hope that people reading your comments will visit your site. What if you could comment on a blog article and integrate your feedback and insights with the people in your networks? It is natural that a blog focusing on the exploration of new and emerging media employ alternative commenting systems.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 12, 2010

First: The following plugins only apply for self-hosted WordPress blogs. Second: Some plugins are unique to blogs like mine that run on Thesis ( affiliate link ). In December 2008, I shared 15 plugins used on this blog. Akismet protects my blog from spam. This plugin enables that love.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 15, 2011

I blogged in 2008 about poverty. I blogged in 2009 about climate change. I blogged in 2010 about water. This year this blog is about food.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 18, 2011

This sentiment from Yahoo chief scientist Marc Davis to New York Times contributing writer Clive Thompson is as relevant today as in 2008 when Facebook updates were the rage. You’re sitting here reading the paper, and you’re doing your side-by-side thing, and you just sort of let people know you’re aware of them.

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