Ari Herzog

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The 4 Social Networks I Use Most

Ari Herzog

The coronavirus crisis throws a giant obstacle into my social following strategies because of two reasons: First, I don’t want to tune out people who I care about but I also don’t want my newsfeed filled with politics and sensationalism. People who do share political etc. posts once in a while are easy to ignore.

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Meet the Fediverse

Ari Herzog

Mastodon, Pleroma, GNU Social, PeerTube, Friendica, and Hubzilla are among the more popular social networking services that collectively form the Fediverse. The larger services have corporate investment, advertisements, and privacy concerns. Wired praised the decentralized architecture and lack of advertising.

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Why #FacebookAdGrants is Fascinating

Ari Herzog

The latest occurred earlier this week when AdAge obtained a Facebook communication that the social networking site prefers paid updates over organic updates. “Your brand can fully benefit from having fans when most of your ads show social context, which increases advertising effectiveness and efficiency,” says Facebook.

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Why I Want to Delete My Facebook Account

Ari Herzog

I joined the social networking site in early 2005 as a graduate student, when it was only available to users with.edu email addresses. Second, even if I successfully delete myself, Facebook retains user data and mines it to advertisers. Tags: Social Networking Facebook newmedia. Maybe I’m jaded.

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How Social Media Changes Retail Storefronts

Ari Herzog

I see merchants show off what social networks they are on and what mobile technologies you can use inside the store. Small businesses have increased their social media and digital presence online and are now taking it to the brick and motar level in some very traditional ways. Your experience is changing.

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Why Sharing on Social Media is the Water Cooler

Ari Herzog

I look back over the years and can count off scores of people who I’d known (fairly well) online, typically through reciprocal blog commenting or social networking, and when we met in person it was like we’d known each other for years. It’s merely a newer version, a different version, and, to some, a better version.

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Helping You Communicate Better

Ari Herzog

I teach workshops on social networking and news writing to college students. Take your pick of advertising, marketing, public relations, and information technology firms and you will find their ideal client is a private enterprise or a nonprofit. But enough horn tooting.