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. If a blogger wants to turn off comments, so be it. That is any blogger’s right and all the power to him or her. Gip Plaster, among others, also left Ev’s following.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 16, 2015

We are open to introducing our readers to new voices by way of guest posts; but, after years of blogging and receiving email requests from wannabe bloggers, I’ve learned that a lot of people don’t understand the difference between blogging and article marketing. Michael Dolen is among a slate of guest bloggers for me.

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Ari Herzog

APRIL 4, 2012

Please continue reading Meet Imogen: A Fake Wannabe Guest Blogger and leave a comment if inspired. Related articles you may enjoy: Meet Everett Bogue: A Blogger Who Only Wants Blog Readers Who Tweet Because Everyone Else is a Low-life. The Downfall of the Inconsistent Blogger. Connect on LinkedIn today.

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Asked to add a comment quickly on a blog such as this with the built-in WordPress commenting system, you can easily step up to the opportunity. You submit your comment and voila! At no point during the commenting process are you asked to register and prove who you are. How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Get a Gravatar.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 13, 2014

I previously announced myself as a blogger on syndication links on sites including B2C and SMT. If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. Visit the same post on Social Media Today and you see 18 Facebook shares, 54 Google+ shares, 73 LinkedIn shares, and a whopping 673 retweets.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 23, 2012

Every blogger wants people to visit, read, and comment. Commenting has a stigma of being hard. While it’s easy for you to comment, [.] Please continue reading How Commentluv Premium Promotes Your Blog and leave a comment if inspired. How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Focus on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv.

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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. October 15 was selected and thousands of bloggers answered the call. The official website indicates 1,877 bloggers (and counting) from 108 countries and writing in 43 different languages. Got a question?

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Commenting is the #1 way community is built on a blog. Having the proper setup for commenting to take place is important indeed. Threaded comments are a must. Turning this setting on in WordPress allows readers to respond directly to each other and not just show up as the most recent comment. Get your setup right.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Some bloggers are uncomfortable writing outside their comfort zone. These are usually the same bloggers who think the whole world knows them and reads their every word. Please continue reading How to Blog About Anything You Want and leave a comment if inspired. NEWS FLASH: The whole world is not reading your blog. Write for you.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 23, 2012

The comment system remained for three months. How to comment with Livefyre. Write your comment inside the box at the bottom of every post. Post your comment. You will initially see a “Post comment as” button. Future comments should allow you to merely “Post comment.”

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Every blogger wants eyeballs and new subscribers. If you’re a blogger, what do you write about? All you have to do is scroll to the comment section below, fill in your real name and email address, and type in the URL to your blog. Related articles you may enjoy: How to Enhance Your Blog Comment: Share Then Link.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Slide 26 of Julia Campbell’s presentation on getting ahead with social media indicates bloggers should use “Pin It” buttons to help out readers who enjoy sharing on Pinterest. If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. But Julia insists I have the button so here you go.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 2, 2012

On January 3, 2009, I challenged the shy and introverted to write comments. I mused how many people would return to read more and write more comments. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Why I Want You to De-Lurk Again in your browser. Recent comments Hi,I'm Joey. I waited [.]

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 1, 2013

During the final days of last year, Danny Brown published his list of 5 bloggers that everyone should follow and read. What are your suggested blogs for me to subscribe to, read, comment on, and share? Please add a comment with their links and a brief description why they’re so damned good. It is his list. Got a question?

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

There are many reasons for this drastic change, including posting less than daily, deactivating the CommentLuv plugin , and experimenting with different commenting systems. Please continue reading How This Blog Can Double Its Readership and leave a comment if inspired. Got a question? Contact Ari today!

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Ari Herzog

MAY 12, 2011

Guest blogging is very important for both the blogger and the blog they are guest blogging on. Why is it important for bloggers to guest post? Many bloggers don’t see the point in guest blogging and it baffles me! People look out for you in the comments. Recent comments Christ! What’s the point of it?

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 2, 2015

Everyone wants to be a blogger. Forget about Blogger, Drupal, etc. Think about having guest bloggers, especially if you’re taking a vacation. Enable your reader to leave a comment. Blogs without comment choice = not social media. Respond to people who comment, ideally indented and emailed to them.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 16, 2012

Session Takeaways: Attendees will walk away from this session with a better understanding of why local government blogs are necessary, how to create compelling content worthy of social shares and comments, and where to turn for financial resources and online strategies to be more engaging online. Got a question? Contact Ari today!

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Ari Herzog

MAY 24, 2012

You can expect to discover new bloggers and voices in the online space. You can expect to win free prizes by liking and commenting in the Facebook community. Please continue reading Happy 5th Birthday to My Blog and leave a comment if inspired. Comments Congratulations Ari – keep up the excellent work and the high.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 22, 2013

Leo is the blogger of Zen Habits. Please continue reading The Thesis Theme is Gone and leave a comment if inspired. Related Stories How This Blog Can Double Its Readership Why Livefyre is Here Again Guest Bloggers Wanted. I just wanted something simpler. He is calling the theme zh2. Got a question?

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 17, 2011

Because more people visited my WordPress blog (due to better search engine optimization tactics that Blogger prevented me from doing), I quickly approached storage and bandwidth limitations with that $10 plan. So did other bloggers. How to Identify Spam in Blog Comments. Recent comments Recent comments.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Subscribing by email is easy: You submit a form with your email address, confirm you want to opt in, and you will receive an email message every time your favorite blogger publishes a new post. Comments I like your blog. Subscribing by RSS is different: You use a web application and add the blog’s feed to your app.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 7, 2014

If you agree that blogging is valuable then you know every blogger wants new readers. Please scroll below and add a comment. Comments I''m all about spreading the word on blogs! by Ashley Well said – blogging is valuable and every blogger wants new. by Ashley Well said – blogging is valuable and every blogger wants new.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Many thanks to long-time commentator and fellow web writer Danny Brown for publishing a guest article of mine on his blog recently. If curious what I wrote, head over there to read my thoughts why bloggers are ignorant. Related articles you may enjoy: Sharing the Love of 3 Bloggers: Seth Godin, Chris Brogan, and Danny Brown.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 17, 2014

Joshua Becker , Rachel Jonat , Ashley Ambirge , and Leo Babauta are among the bloggers I religiously read who preach the benefits of doing more with less. Comments Couldn''t have put it simpler. There is a 3-step process to embrace minimalism: 1. Accept you have clutter. Reduce your clutter. Be productive.

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Every blogger is different so my metrics will unlikely be the same for anyone else who gives up on Twitter. If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. Related Stories Analyze Your Visits to My Blog How WordPress Comments are Evolving Plot Your Tweets with @Xefer. This help you, Phil?

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Commenting on the Politico website (scroll to reply #17 ), Okpulot Taha argues the importance of opposing this legislation: Charter Communications serves tens of millions of internet users. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Fight U.S. Recent comments Recent comments.

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 27, 2011

Brian Clark, Sonia Simone, Chris Brogan, and Darren Rowse — four bloggers that command speaking rates of thousands of dollars a day — are the brains behind the Third Tribe Marketing project. Thousands of bloggers and affiliate marketers belong. Recent comments Recent comments.

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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. If you were inspired, please add a comment and sign up to receive blog posts by email. Thanks for reading.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 12, 2012

People will add comments to share their perspectives. Please continue reading 8 Steps to Write a Meaningful Blog Post and leave a comment if inspired. You don’t think you’re going to receive more visitors than anything published today on the Huffington Post, do you? Publish it anyway. Got a question? Contact Ari today!

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Ari Herzog

JULY 21, 2011

Bloggers tend to echo each other and it is your challenge to step back, recognize everyone is writing and thinking the same stuff, and to be original. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit When Everyone Thinks the Same Thing in your browser. Recent comments Recent comments.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

To conference producers reading this sentence, I’m more than willing to write pre- and post-writeups about your social media marketing event if you have the goodness in your heart to provide media bloggers like me access. Recent comments Recent comments. Thank you for reading!

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 17, 2020

I presume, though I’m not certain, that direct visitors subscribe to my email list and only visit the blog when the email doesn’t display content or when they want to add a comment. Maybe other bloggers. Add a comment below. I haven’t figured out who to approach. Maybe healthcare professionals.

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Ari Herzog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Henrik Blunck, Wayne John, and Christopher Roberts are three people who frequently add comments here. But for some reason that I was never able to understand, their comments were considered spam by Akismet — the most popular anti-spam plugin used by nearly all WordPress blogs. They write prolifically and intelligently.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 7, 2011

Most bloggers, writers and others who have a part to play online believe that some other thing like their blog, mailing list etc. If your purpose for networking is to get featured by a big blogger in your niche or to get one exposure or another, there is every probability you won’t get it. is their most important online asset.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 1, 2011

I can’t explain it other than I’m tired of writing the same stuff every other blogger writes. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit To the Future of My Blog in your browser. Recent comments Recent comments. Recent comments Recent comments. I want to be original.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 16, 2011

Meet Everett Bogue: A Blogger Who Only Wants Blog Readers Who Tweet Because Everyone Else is a Low-life. Recent comments Recent comments Related articles Tweet Once More and Lose Your Job 11 People Share Why They Follow My Tweets Reply Frequency Among 11 Twitter Users. Do You Care That @BarackObama Doesn’t Tweet?

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