About

As a consultant, speaker, and writer, Ari Herzog provides online media strategies for government and business. He writes frequently about social media and online marketing at AriWriter and is also a contributing writer at the Huffington Post and Mashable.

As the principal of Ari Herzog & Associates, Ari helps companies, agencies, and individuals reduce overhead and increase productivity. He explains the importance to engage with customers and constituents using interactive marketing and online branding. He can assist you to determine which social networking tool is best.

• Facebook or MySpace?
• Paypal, Network For Good, or Google Checkout?
• YouTube, Viddler, or Blip.tv?
• Wordpress, Blogspot, or Drupal?

Ari helps you cut through the Web 2.0 clutter, using a holistic approach to focus on different and customized approaches for each client.

He is also passionate about narrowing the digital divide, and empowering civic engagement and cross-agency collaboration. In August 2008, Ari created the Twitter Fan Wiki of U.S. government, singling out federal agencies, legislators, and assorted personnel who actively use the microblogging tool; the press noticed.

With 10 years of experience in information technology, community journalism, and government administration, Ari holds a master’s in public administration and a bachelor’s in sociology.

Eager to speak to audiences about the social web, he recently spoke at the Advanced Learning Institute’s Social Media for Government conference in Washington, DC.

To find out more about Ari and to learn how he can help you on your next project, please email him directly.

Photo credit: David Fisher