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Buy and Sell Influence on Empire Avenue

Ari Herzog

Empire Avenue is fun and can be addictive but that’s because it’s powered by the game mechanics of social proof. Adriel Hampton (who sent me many of those invitations over the past year) reflects and muses how it’s an influential location to learn social media metrics. Thank you for reading!

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Stop Trying to Reach Me. Relate Instead.

Ari Herzog

Their influence. Engage with me instead, socially network and relate with me. Tags: Social Networking networking. Their reach. Their willingness to act. Does reaching me matter, though? Or is your relationship to me and my relations to other people more important? Relate Instead. at AriWriter.

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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. 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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Why (and How) I Forced 912 People to Unfollow Me on Twitter

Ari Herzog

They boosted your opinion of my influence. But moreover, in the age of social influence ranking systems such as Klout and Peer Index , I want to be current. And yet the above screenshots are from people and companies who followed me. They inflated me. I want you to follow me because of me. How I did it. Thanks for reading.

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How EzineArticles Asked Me to Follow

Ari Herzog

I don’t blame the company for seeking proof of influence, but sending a generic piece of direct mail through a cut-and-paste email message and asking the world to follow them on Twitter is, well, not an influential action to do. -- Thank you for reading How EzineArticles Asked Me to Follow at AriWriter.

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Remember When Twitter was Born?

Ari Herzog

It was a pivotal moment in the social networking service. by Henrik V Blunck Related Stories Twitter: Why I Follow 500% More Than 1 Month Ago Meet 7 Twitter Influencers Who Follow Millions Unfriend, Defriend, Kill Your Friend. The next day, Oprah sent her first tweet. HI TWITTERS. THANK YOU FOR A WARM WELCOME.

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How to Gain Fans on Facebook

Ari Herzog

With more than 600 million users, it is easily the biggest and baddest social network of them all. Find Your Influencers. While most social networks have their worth from a marketing perspective, Facebook is arguably the most valuable of the bunch. The following article is written by Fletcher Thompson.

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