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1 Word to Describe 2010 and 2011

Ari Herzog

Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you? Through my questions in blog posts and your answers in blog comments, each of us gained insights. My word for 2011 is endeavor. What are yours? -- Thank you for reading 1 Word to Describe 2010 and 2011 at AriWriter.

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Got Value? Stop Using Social Media.

Ari Herzog

Social media posts expire very quickly. One takeaway is you must be memorable and analytical in every social media post. Another takeaway is to stop using social media for sharing big thoughts — and to blog about it instead. Media blogging' Consider Facebook, for instance.

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Top Blog Posts of 2013

Ari Herzog

You are reading the 45th blog post of 2013. 18 Reasons to Embrace Social Media. Why I Blog. Diverse Summaries of 13 LinkedIn Users (2011). A Day in the Life of a Social Media Specialist by Dane Cobain. Nearly 80,000 people visited my blog all year. Blog News blogging'

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Bring Balance to Your Social Media

Ari Herzog

Penelope Trunk once wrote about portraying yourself on social media : Each of us is multi-faceted. With a selection of media to choose from, we can express different parts of ourselves in different ways. It’s clear to me that blogging is best for expressing big ideas. Follow my blog to read my insights on digital media.

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Google vs Facebook: Name the 2011 Winner

Ari Herzog

When you consider Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was featured as TIME magazine’s person of the year, not to mention ‘The Social Network’ film success, is the top honor a surprise to you? Will it be Facebook, Google, or someone else? -- Ari Herzog thanks you for reading Google vs Facebook: Name the 2011 Winner on his blog.

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The Death of Blogging: Part 271

Ari Herzog

It seems that every month there is a newspaper article about the death of blogging. Verne Kopytoff wrote a sensationalist headline in the New York Times in February 2011 entitled, “ Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter.” Why must headlines continue to be printed about the death of blogging?

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Credit Cards and Social Media: Successes

Ari Herzog

This blog post is written by Michael Dolen. Not surprisingly, many companies in the financial services industry are forking over a chunk of that change to their social media budgets. Not surprisingly, many companies in the financial services industry are forking over a chunk of that change to their social media budgets.