Ari Herzog

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White With a Capital W

Ari Herzog

Its stylebook is explicit : “Racial and ethnic groups are designated by proper nouns and are capitalized… use ‘Black’ and ‘White’ instead of ‘black’ and ‘white’ (do not use colors to refer to other human groups; doing so is considered pejorative).”

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My Social Networking Primer in 2014

Ari Herzog

With over 8,400 people in a LinkedIn group I manage about social media marketing , why did I create a new group using that dotcom name and ask people to join that? Those LinkedIn and Google+ groups? Otherwise, follow me on FB and join the big group on LI. But I’m not a business. I’m a person.

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Strategies and Tips on Social Media Marketing

Ari Herzog

June 2010 seems like an eternity ago when I took initiative and created a LinkedIn Group to share strategies and tips in social media marketing. Over time, people none of us knew searched LinkedIn for keywords about social media marketing and also joined the group. There are over 16,000 LinkedIn members in the group today!

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Introducing @Flextronics to the Social Web

Ari Herzog

Their co-founder discovered me on LinkedIn when I answered this question on a group. A few email exchanges and a phone conversation later and I was hired. JB’s services are broad from corporate identity to web strategy to brand advertising to content management. I have a great working relationship with JB and Flex.

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Meet 7 Twitter Influencers Who Follow Millions

Ari Herzog

The conversations that I have on Twitter usually arise out of attending chats, reading blog posts, or if I happen to check in on a stream to see what someone is sharing. I have lists for specific groups or people in my network. I had to start following a large group of people and engage with them. Aaron Lee ( @AskAaronLee ).

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My Wild and Precious Life

Ari Herzog

Dad won the privilege of this conversation in a silent auction. I volunteered with political action committees, public research groups, and state election campaigns. It was the day Dad picked up on my last day of fifth grade, drove me to the State House, and we had tea and cookies (I drank milk) with the Governor. Dad knew this.

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#MySMCStory: Social Media Club and Me

Ari Herzog

I found myself collaborating more and more with the group of trusted individuals I’d met at SMCHI. I knew that here was a group of people at least as dedicated as myself to upholding ethics, best practices and creating programs with real, measurable results. Our first Board was a small, but passionate group. I grew too.