Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This blog is powered by WordPress — and the Thesis framework , a premium theme that sits on top of WordPress. Ari Herzog provides social media marketing and editorial services. Visit the blog archive to read more articles on new and emerging media. I bought Thesis in November 2008. Why or why not?

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 17, 2011

After migrating this blog from Google’s free platform to a self-hosted WordPress platform in the fall of 2008, I followed Chris Brogan’s blogging advice and contacted Tubu Internet Solutions (affiliate link) to host my blog for $10 a year. Thank you for reading! How Bit.Ly Pro Powers My Short URL.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Turning this setting on in WordPress allows readers to respond directly to each other and not just show up as the most recent comment. Whether it is the native WordPress system or a third party client like DISQUS , Livefyre , Echo or Intense Debate (my favorite), you need to choose the best system that fosters community.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 22, 2011

I’ve never shared a real-time WordPress editor screenshot that shows you chunks of my text alongside other chunks of HTML code. I’ve never shared the WordPress “add new post&# screen in a video , showing you where I select and add categories, tags, trackbacks, and meta descriptions.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 29, 2010

Every time I click the link to write a new article, the Wordpress editor prompts me to fill in a field for the title. Tags: Social Media blogging. Enter title here. How am I supposed to know what title to write? How is anyone supposed to know when in the presence of those three words? Why You Write and Read.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 14, 2010

But I got tired with that design so I clicked a few buttons in the WordPress dashboard and voila! Tags: Blog News Social Media design. It used to be more representative of Shannon Paul ‘s here and Julie Road ‘s there — blogs with the most recent article displayed in full. Why Your Website Sucks.

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 26, 2011

John Haydon leads the Inbound Zombie army of Kim Woodbridge and Tina Marie Hilton helping nonprofit organizations with numerous internet services including online fundraising, social media training, and Facebook and WordPress implementation. I’ve met Beth and John in the flesh and respect their work. I can walk the walk.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 26, 2010

If you don’t know what I’m babbling about, go read the benefits of a gravatar and why you should upload your headshot or some other representation of your brand to follow you around from WordPress to Disqus to more. Tags: Enhancing Blog Comments Social Media comments.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 25, 2011

Whether you’re using a Blogger or WordPress blog (the two most popular blog platforms), there are plenty for you to choose from. Peruse through the WordPress plugin directory or this Blogger widgets repository. Ari Herzog provides social media marketing and editorial services to the nonprofit and public sectors.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 4, 2011

More than two months since Livefyre launched on this blog and replaced the vanilla WordPress commenting system with a more social interface, metrics indicate the number of visitors has essentially remained the same — but the average time you spent on this blog has drastically decreased. Thank you for reading!

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Ari Herzog

JULY 31, 2011

Why is there an assumption that someone who writes a blog exploring social media marketing be employed? My company, Ari Herzog & Associates , provides editorial and social media marketing services to the nonprofit and public sectors. I also write blog articles that explore new and emerging media.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

How do you define social media? Social media is more than the modern water cooler, which is what I’ve heard it called more times than I can count. Social media is the hub of online, and therefore most modern life. And social media is non-negotiable if you’re building an online business.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 18, 2010

I adore the ease of creating a blog with Google’s Blogger (or Blogspot) platform — which AriWriter once was before migrating to WordPress in the fall of 2008 — but the commenting system is not user friendly. While I’m not a fan of Disqus on WordPress blogs, I welcome them on Blogspot blogs. Enter Disqus.

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Ari Herzog

JUNE 18, 2010

The WordPress plugin shows me two graphs that indicate 1,679 potential blog comments were marked as spam. Tags: Blog News Social Media blogging comments tools. I’ve since deactivated Mollom and brought back Akismet, after a weekend away saw eight Mollom-approved comments which are really spam.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

That means staying with the blog you start, showing up on social media when you have something to say and taking steps every day to expand the size, reach and value of your message and online properties. WordPress didn’t exist then, and neither did blogging. A Few Steps from Massive Success.

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Ari Herzog

JANUARY 20, 2011

While many bloggers prefer to stick with their native comments system, whether it’s WordPress, Blogger or any other of the popular platforms, others are preferring to use third-party systems like Disqus , IntenseDebate and Livefyre , amongst others. Some other benefits of using a third-party system include: Social media reactions.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 24, 2011

You use social media websites to connect to people and build networks. You were prevented from this sort of social conversational integration with the built-in WordPress commenting system that this blog employed since 2008. Livefyre promotes commenting through social media. You also want to be loved.

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Ari Herzog

JULY 7, 2010

Because this blog is powered by WordPress and I run a spam detection plugin called Akismet that automatically places comments meeting certain criteria into a holding pattern, the bestiality comment was not published. -- Thank you for reading How to Identify Spam in Blog Comments at AriWriter. To Moderate Blog Comments or Not.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

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