Ari Herzog

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Should Consultants Compete or Cooperate?

Ari Herzog

Many social media marketing professionals consult in the greater Boston region. Suppose three people focus on the same type of client company. Or, is consulting focused more on the sale and less on building relationships with peers? Can’t we, shouldn’t we cooperate first? Is that asking too much? at AriWriter.

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When I Was Hired Sight Unseen

Ari Herzog

I applied to be an associate consultant. Today, in the age of the coronavirus, it is crucial for companies which need employees to ramp up hiring processes to be as quick as possible. FedEx, Pizza Hut, Ace Hardware, Walgreens, and 7-Eleven are among a huge list of supply chain companies hiring essential employees.

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Introducing @Flextronics to the Social Web

Ari Herzog

Press releases and corporate write-ups across the web talk about the company’s production of electronics for Redbox , NASA , Nokia , and Ford — to name a tiny few consumer brands you may recognize. The company went social this fall, as CMO Catherine Hernandez-Blades elaborated in the company’s first blog post.

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Drafting My Next Job Description

Ari Herzog

After five years as a self-employed digital media teacher and consultant, I want a change of pace. Serve as external spokesperson and primary liaison with trade associations, politicians, regulators, technology companies, and third parties. I want to transition from shared office spaces to a stable workplace with coworkers.

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When I Was Hired Sight Unseen

Ari Herzog

I’d been working in my first post-college job as a corporate webmaster when I wanted to work with newer technology; and discovered PeopleSoft , a technology company manufacturing a product line of enterprise reporting software. I don’t remember how I found the company. I applied to be an associate consultant.

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Saying Goodbye to Digital Marketing: Meet the New Me

Ari Herzog

I spent four wonderful years self-employed as a digital marketing trainer, consultant, and community manager. I managed online footprints for nonprofits and a Fortune Global 500 company. Pick a verb — tired, bored, jaded, burned out. I led national conference panels on social media marketing. I spoke at colleges.

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My Story About Living My Life

Ari Herzog

I was hired by three companies last year — two for full-time work, one for part-time. When I began working for myself in 2008, I consulted. Most State Reps have side businesses in law or medicine or education or consulting. That never happened. One lasted a week, the other two each lasted six months.

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