Ari Herzog

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How Necessary is a Social Media Plan?

Ari Herzog

Gabrielle Medecki, marketing director for Wolfgang’s Vault (a kick-ass 9-year-old music website if you’ve never visited) questions whether the creation and guidance of a social media plan (also called a social media policy or a social media strategy) is a sound business decision.

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Introducing Social Media Informers

Ari Herzog

Joining Janet Fouts , Kyle Lacy , Alex Blom , Dave Fleet , Joel Postman , Damian Davila , Jennifer Jones , and others, you can add “social media informer&# to my bio the next time you introduce me. That is, my and their blog content are now syndicated and aggregated on a new online community that informs you about social media.

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Drafting My Next Job Description

Ari Herzog

I am seeking a full-time position in public policy. The employer will probably be a think tank or NGO involved in technology policy campaigns, but it could be private enterprise. You will work on public policy issues in collaboration with cross-functional directors and coalition partners in the region and around the world.

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Why I Changed My LinkedIn Summary

Ari Herzog

Here is the old: Public policy and communications professional with experience in public administration, constituent relations, writing, speaking presentations, policy analysis, and social media marketing. Skilled in policy development and coalition building between functional teams in multiple departments.

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Saying Goodbye to Digital Marketing: Meet the New Me

Ari Herzog

I led national conference panels on social media marketing. Looking back at my blog archive my answers were staring back at me: diluting social media , using the telephone , changing blog layouts , leaving Flickr Pro , unfriending , unlinking , and going dumb. I drank the social media Kool-Aid and I had my fill.

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On Moving On

Ari Herzog

Kirsten Wright quit her sole proprietorship and joined Social 5150 as its social marketing director. Tyson Goodridge quit his sole proprietorship and joined Acsys as its social media director. Co-authored a survey on social media in government usage and created one of the first Twitter lists of U.S.

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4 Things Joe Biden Needs to Do Now

Ari Herzog

First: Publicly apologize to Anita Hill and indicate policy changes. Joe needs to be genuine on social media so people can like him. If I was advising Joe Biden on how to increase engagement with the American people, I’d suggest the following four things be done as soon as possible. They deserve better.