Ari Herzog

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When I Was Hired Sight Unseen

Ari Herzog

To the corporate CEOs and decision makers who refuse to hire new employees without meeting them in person, such as the startup profiled in this article , I share a story of being hired in the spring of 2001 before the end of the dot-com bubble. I don’t remember how I found PeopleSoft.

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Top 29 Social Media Managers on Twitter

Ari Herzog

Partially inspired by my Twitter list of social builders , and empowered by web startup list.ly that enables anyone to create a list with any web data and to share that list with the world to be rated and liked, here is a list of the top 29 social media managers on Twitter. This list is very subjective and is by no means exhaustive.

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Why I Cut the Cord to Cable

Ari Herzog

Not including startup costs for the Roku player and Mohu antenna and annual costs for Amazon Prime, I pay $55 a month for internet service and $10 a month for Netflix. I’m on the 4th floor of an apartment building; and in the general vicinity of broadcast stations with their giant antennas. Maybe that’s why I get so much.

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Experiment: To Tweet Like an Influencer

Ari Herzog

Martin Zwilling is a startup mentor and angel investor, tweeting to 722,000 people. Aaron Lee is a social media manager who describes himself as an average Joe, tweeting to 478,000 people. Lolly Daskal coaches CEOs on leadership development and tweets to 670,000 people. Jonah Lupton is a serial entrepreneur and tweets to 721,000 people.

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Build Common Relationships with Commonred

Ari Herzog

While Commonred appears to be a great place for you to meet that angel investor for your startup product, it’s unlikely that Joe Facebook User will flock over and create an account. Learn about Berrie Pelser , for instance, and discover why people want to meet him. Why should Joe, anyway? Thank you for reading!

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Why I Cut the Cord to Cable

Ari Herzog

Not including startup costs for the Roku player and Mohu antenna and annual costs for Amazon Prime, I pay $55 a month for internet service and $10 a month for Netflix. I’m on the 4th floor of an apartment building; and in the general vicinity of broadcast stations with their giant antennas. Maybe that’s why I get so much.

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#MySMCStory: Social Media Club and Me

Ari Herzog

In 2009, I was working at a startup organization. But, like so many other startup situations, that job turned into so many more things: advertising manager, PR representative, guerilla marketing manager, and yes, social media manager. Yes, my professional life was more or less laid out for me that night. What’s yours?