Ari Herzog

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Facebook, LinkedIn, and Me

Ari Herzog

I am Christina on Facebook and Thom on LinkedIn. Christina Milanowski believes you should connect to people on social media who you recognize on the street or if you remember why you’re connected in the first place. On Facebook, I identify with Christina. On LinkedIn, I identify with Thom.

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Share Strategies and Tips on Social Media Marketing on LinkedIn and Facebook

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. Today there are over 120 Facebook members.

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Facebook LinkedIn Twitter in 2013

Ari Herzog

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. Facebook in 2013. LinkedIn in 2013. Because Facebook is the world’s largest network, it is productively beneficial to spend most of my time there.

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Why I Killed 61% of My LinkedIn Friends

Ari Herzog

Recognizing I had 2,474 LinkedIn connections three months ago, I posited a question on this blog: Should my network be tight enough that they can recommend me without asking who I am and what I do? If you don’t use LinkedIn to discriminate between strangers and trusted relationships then, by all means, link away. Why am I there?

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Why Facebook Breeds Voyeurism

Ari Herzog

Rachel Jonat joined Facebook in 2006. ” “I’d rather give up the 189 Facebook friends, the majority of whom I don’t have or want the phone number of, and focus on the people near and dear to me.” She deliberated for a week and posted a status update on her Facebook wall with her phone number and email address.

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How Social Media Should Connect Us

Ari Herzog

I need to tell you why I refused your friend requests over the past two years on social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. While he focused on the interconnectedness of links between blogs, his description goes to the heart of what social media means. Social media is about being social.

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Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Flickr YouTube Blogging Blah Blah Blah: Knowing Why You Use Social Media is What Counts

Ari Herzog

When I wrote an article 14 days ago about accepting all Facebook friendships , I shared why I made that change. Others wrote me they appreciated my friend request despite being unfriended in the past, which goes to show people use social media differently. Understand Social Media in 3 Words.

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