Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

It is sad that an article published on this blog 26 months ago on the fallacious death of blogging must be written again. That’s why blogging just won’t quit no matter how many times it’s declared dead. That’s why blogging just won’t quit no matter how many times it’s declared dead. BLOGGING IN CAPITAL LETTERS: YES OR NO?

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Who could predict the rationale for deleting my Foursquare account would cause the largest spike in this blog’s history of daily readership? The average blog post here sees 600 daily visitors. Keep in mind that these are overall blog visitors, not specific to the Foursquare article. Tuesday – 1,067.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

I first wrote about Everett Bogue six months ago when I was displeased he turned off the ability for people to comment on his blog. Everett only wants people to read his blog if they have Twitter accounts. Many blogs will encourage you to ‘join the conversation’ in a place called “The Comments”. The links are dead.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 21, 2020

If you don’t trust a person in your social network, why are you connected? Maybe we networked at an event. Maybe we commented on the same blogs. Maybe we shared blogging advice. I suggest the following actions on the top three social networks. If you don’t respect, like, or (gasp!)

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This paragraph comprises the first words published on this blog since I asked for your opinions on blogging frequency seven days ago. Never before in the history of this blog (or, at least over the past 18 months) has a week transpired without new content. Understand Social Media in 3 Words. She owned her world.

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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. Enter Disqus.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 30, 2018

Mastodon, Pleroma, GNU Social, PeerTube, Friendica, and Hubzilla are among the more popular social networking services that collectively form the Fediverse. If you could take your first social networking steps all over again, what would you do differently? Please sign up to receive blog posts by email.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 31, 2014

It’s a WordPress plugin (and works with other blog platforms or any website for that matter that lets you add code) that lets you record a short voicemail message to any website owner or blogger who has it installed. You can see the voicemail record button on the far right side of this blog post. Media blogging plugins tools'

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Ari Herzog

JULY 6, 2012

You used to read guest blog posts every Friday. Among the more popular: How Social Networking Makes Us Less Social by Christopher Roberts. Why Negative Blog Comments are Needed by Jeannie Chan. Why Social Media Quality Beats Quantity by Marcus Sheridan. 8 Tips for Successful Business Blogging by Lior Levin.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 3, 2010

I need to tell you why I refused your friend requests over the past two years on social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. I want to say I am sorry for reading your messages and requests to be my friend, for me to join your networks and for you to join mine. 40 Days and 40 Nights Without Social Networking.

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Six years on Facebook and three years on Twitter taught me a valuable lesson: social networking sites are about more than being social and can be the impetus for business, income, and relationships. My blogging frequency will not cease; and nor will my time on LinkedIn or email. LinkedIn MySpace Facebook Twitter Time.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 29, 2012

I last wrote about John Deere in February 2009 with an observation that the manufacturer of front loaders, cotton harvesters, and diesel engines did not allow children under age 18 to subscribe to their blog. When he's not blogging, Ari helps brands improve their digital media marketing. Three years later, the restriction remains.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Five days after logging off Facebook to spend time with family and enjoy the other side of the country, I returned to the social networking site and observed 6 private messages and 67 notifications. Please sign up to receive blog posts by email. ” - Pico Iyer. The messages were pithy and not time sensitive.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

I can only assume that if you comment on my blog or follow me on Twitter, and if I know you well enough to send you a friend request, you would rather click no. If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. Media Facebook networking' Apparently not. You can like Digital Ari here.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Shea Sylvia , a Kansas City web geek and early adopter of shiny new internet tools, wrote on her blog in July 2010 that she was creeped out while eating at a restaurant with friends — when the hostess came over and told her she had a phone call. That blog post led to her retelling it in the Guardian. And then I hung up.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 22, 2020

Then there is my blog. I believe that blogs are excellent places for big ideas. However, if I have an idea that could be written in 20 words, I’ll share that in a tweet and not in a blog post. However, if I have an idea that could be written in 20 words, I’ll share that in a tweet and not in a blog post.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Just before the end of last year, my email box was inundated by newsletters filled with articles & posts like “The Top 50 Facebook Posts of 2010” and “Top 20 Most Useful Twitter Blog Posts of 2010.” Here’s my problem: No one touched on the fact that most users access these social networks with their mobile devices!

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 22, 2013

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. With my social networking priorities changing this year, I secretly wanted to get rid of Thesis but I didn’t know what other theme to replace it with. Got a question?

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 6, 2014

I mean, doesn’t this blog post of people’s silly-but-serious responses to a word of the day cause you to smile and bounce? If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. My word of the day is bouncy. Thanks for reading.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 20, 2013

I didn’t care about social networking but I did need my Google calendar with me. Sign up to receive blog posts by email. It was fine for talking but texting only worked when the messages were strictly text. I couldn’t receive pictures. The camera also sucked, comparatively. Huawei manufactures it.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 15, 2020

Whatever I decide, and whenever I decide to do it, you can be sure I’ll take pictures and blog about the experience. by Kristi Hines Related Stories The 4 Social Networks I Use Most Thoughts and Hands Stop Kissing. Comments In reply to Kristi Hines. Your final sentence says it all. They don’t care here.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 12, 2016

Studies from the Pew Research Center and the New York Times indicate the typical American has 245 Facebook friends and knows 600 people both on and off the social network. Many of you gained insights from my blogging and followed me on Twitter and Facebook, and invited me to join you on LinkedIn. Don’t get me wrong.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 11, 2013

I wouldn’t use the phone for facebooking, tweeting, instagramming, or other social networking — but I’m doing that less and less on my current HTC phone so I’m not worried. This is about not needing social networking or cloud applications 24/7. Sign up to receive blog posts by email.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Engage with me instead, socially network and relate with me. Comment on my blog, tweet me, invite me to something you know I will want to attend and not something you hope I might like. Tags: Social Networking networking. I am a person, a name, an individual; and not a number. Relate Instead. at AriWriter.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 8, 2010

She tweeted a link to her blog post for non-blog followers of hers. I’m spending more time on LinkedIn than any other social networking site, updating my profile there and both applying to jobs and networking with peers. 40 Days and 40 Nights Without Social Networking. Which leads to me.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 31, 2010

If you search this blog for the word Facebook, you’ll see numerous results about the social networking site. Some people read this blog and want to befriend its writer. Tags: Social Networking branding Facebook newmarketing. See, I receive a lot of Facebook friend requests.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 30, 2012

This is a guest blog post by Matthew Cool. 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.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 17, 2014

Please sign up to receive blog posts by email. by Gary Starkman Related Stories On Doing More With Less Finding Order in Chaos: Month 2 Finding Order in Social Networking Chaos. If this is appealing, you will enjoy this documentary trailer: Thanks for reading. Comments Couldn''t have put it simpler. Productivity'

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 30, 2014

If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. Related Stories 19 Twitter Best Practices That Show the Real You 13 Words of the Day By My Bouncy Twitter Followers My Social Networking Primer in 2014. Thanks for reading. Media Twitter'

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 1, 2012

Isn’t that how social networking works? Ari Herzog is currently seeking a full time position in social media. Comments Comments Related Stories The Death of Blogging: Part 271 Why 84% of Your Facebook Fans are Lurkers Mark Schaefer on The Tao of Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn today.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 12, 2015

Please sign up to receive blog posts by email. Related Stories Your Socks Should Match Your Trousers Social Networking In Your Face 3 Decembers of Twitter Data. You will see articles, videos, songs, anything that I think you might be inspired to like, comment, or share. Thanks for reading. Media Facebook'

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 29, 2016

Social graphs contain invaluable personal data; being able to analyze that data and make content more meaningful, contextual and separate value from the noise will be critical as social networks continue to explode. This an edited version of a 2011 blog post. Please sign up to receive blog posts by email.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 8, 2011

We email and talk on the phone to each other a lot, get together face-to-face now and then, and have naturally co-led social networking workshops. While we were initially more friendly than friends, we are now more friends than friendly. Do you care? She grew less and less enamored of the site to the extent she quit.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 19, 2013

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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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 22, 2010

How to Blog About Twitter Without Blogging About Twitter. Tags: Social Networking Twitter. . -- Thank you for reading How to Hold a Twitter Parade at AriWriter. Related posts: How to March in the #FollowFriday Twitter Parade. Reject Ads and Opt for TV, the Twitter Way.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Of the three largest social networking sites in the United States, I plan to use Facebook the most, LinkedIn the second-most, and Twitter the least. You want to follow my thoughts on digital strategy , blogging, and internet best practices. When he's not blogging, Ari helps brands improve their digital media marketing.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 11, 2012

Fresh on the news that Facebook may create a jobs board , I was curious what opportunities were available at the social network. When he's not blogging, Ari helps brands improve their digital media marketing. Please continue reading Why Facebook Will Be Right Back and leave a comment if inspired. Got a question?

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