Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets by Adam Sherk on December 17, 2009 This week both Brian Solis and SEOMoz made reference to a recent Forrester report forecasting US interactive marketing budgets for the next five years.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

There’s no effort in adding thousands of email addresses to an address book, performing a mail merge, and sending off a generic press release. Further, it’s “simply unrealistic&# for him to tailor his press releases to bloggers, and it’s “close minded&# for bloggers to expect this of him.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

There is additional information in the NYTco press release , and Jim Romenesko and others have published the staff memo. The reality is that the industry is being radically re-invented by new technology, and there are no easy answers out there. Most likely the result will fall somewhere in between. It happens.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

At the end of the day, there are many people who consider the advertising part of the marketing industry a spamming engine unto itself. On multiple occasions, the follow-up emails included PDF attachments and more (as if a PDF press release or picture of their thingamajig was what was holding the big story back). press release.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

It sounds a lot like the practices of some industry blogs and news aggregators today. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. We poached material constantly, from newspapers, from other publications — even from Time.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Effectively, they’re porting their press release information to the wide open, and perhaps going a little more granular by featuring content specific to elements of iTunes. Reply Tamar Weinberg October 22, 2009 at 11:10 am Yup Glen – some companies will be happy to broadcast. Keep well, Tamar! Interactions are key.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Android has been using names of delicious deserts and sugary snacks since Cupcake in 2009. For Google, it maintains its position as a playful and whimsical brand in a technology space that is - all too often - proliferated with industry jargon and engineer talk. industry jargon. Size and reputation matters. advertising age.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content { 4 comments… read them below or add one } The PR Coach August 31, 2010 at 7:08 pm Excellent report and analysis Adam. Same thinking that plagued the music industry 10 years ago.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. How to Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet in Any Topic (ReadWriteWeb): Marshall Kirkpatrick writes an amazing guide on how you can find thought leaders in any industry. And like last year, I have a gift for you. Read this Mashable guide. Starting a Blog?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Check out these data points from their press release, 70% of CEOs Admit They May Be Responsible for Marketers' Poor Perceived Performance : 80% of CEOs were not very impressed by the work done by Marketers and believed Marketers were poor business performers. months in 2009, and 42 months in 2010 before reaching 43 months in 2011.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

It is also interesting that despite that low score the profile is still in the 99.4th percentile: Perhaps @ColonelTribune is more popular among industry professionals (as an example of a great Twitter persona ) than typical users and news consumers. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The 2009 Arketi Web Watch Media Survey has some interesting statistics about how BtoB journalists find stories. At 92% press releases are the number one source for BtoB journalists. PR contacts and industry sources came in second at 85%, newswires at 77% and websites at 70% make up the top 5.

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Writtent Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The most recent Hummingbird update to Google’s search algorithm was a final nail in the coffin of an industry that had been in decline since the major Panda update in 2011 that affected as many as 30% of all search results. Pointless Press Releases. SEO as we know it is actually gone forever. image credit: Search Engine Watch.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Creativity is just one of the things you need in this industry to be an outstanding applicant in a sea full of unoriginal fish. An ability to listen. Anyone can talk, and to consider PR as a career, it’s almost a given that they are at least competent writers. He also got a job out of it. Read All About It! Glad thats over with.

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Social Media Network Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Many a times industrial and manufactures think that they may not find Social Media path a very fruitful marketing endeavor. Additionally, You can be a writer for various other sites, like for instance you could look at writing for your industry and category specific sites.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

by Adam Sherk on April 8, 2010 The cease and desist letter and the ensuing war of words between The Wrap’s Sharon Waxman and Newser’s Michael Wolff is getting a lot of industry attention this week. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 27, 2010

Submit an announcement If you know folks that are moving up in the #gov20 industry, fill out this form. 2009 Green Ideas November 20, 2009 Treasures Found November 27, 2009 Rhett Smith November 30, 2009 Social Media Strategery January 27, 2010 Business Insider January 28, 2010 Commercial, Apartment and Residential March 9, [.]

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

I’ve written about content filtering and keeping up with industry news in previous post. Send out press releases. Industry events and seminars are great places to meet people besides getting cutting edge information, of course. This article was first published on January 29, 2009 and updated May 19, 2021.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

To answer some questions, Industry connections are those I know through the search industry (primarily) but I have not yet met in person. Industry colleagues are those I have met in person (typically in a casual atmosphere or at conferences). LinkedIn is a industry tool. It comes with my social media maturity , I suppose.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

I’ve written about content filtering and keeping up with industry news in previous post. Send out press releases. Industry events and seminars are great places to meet people besides getting cutting edge information, of course. This article was first published on January 29, 2009 and updated May 19, 2021.

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Viper Chill

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The top results for most keyphrases are either a Wikipedia page, a site that is very focused around community, or a clear leader in an industry. Based on this, I knew it was going to be a challenge to rank for two competitive keyphrases in my industry when I was a total nobody. SEO now is far less robotic, and far more social.

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Diva Marketing Blog

MAY 19, 2009

Topic for May 19, 2009: Talking Through Bloggers Or How to do Bloggers Relations Without Getting Blown-up Time: 6:00p - 6:30p Eastern/ 5:p - 5:30p Central/ 4:00p -4:30p Mountain/ 3:00p - 43:30p PacificCall-in Guest Number: 718.508.9924. Blogger Relations, as other social media strategies, have grown in complexity.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

Don’t make me gag by posting press release after press release on your blog. Press releases are for journalists, blogs are for people. As the famous Greek philosopher, Nike once said, “Just Do It&#. Why should your customers care? Blog regularly 1-3X minimum per week.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

Assume your press release is as fascinating as the State of the Union speech. I hate to break it to you, but your press release is not. So when you send an email to a journalist, with a terse introductory note telling them to “please read the press release below,&# do you really think they will be enchanted?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Action Alerts Press Release -- SLA Strongly Opposes Budget Cuts to U.S. General Industry FAQs. Industry Events Calendar. 2009 Call for CE Courses. Recent Industry Reports. Department Head, Information Services & Resources Librarian/ Archivist Library Account Executive. SLA-IT Conference pictures.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Development Social Media Rethinking Public Relations Education Fri, Nov 20, 2009 Best Practices How should social media be incorporated into a PR degree? When I took “ Media Writing ,&# I learned the AP Stylebook and how to write press releases. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Government 2.0

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Ari Herzog

MAY 24, 2011

The former was last updated in November 2009 and the latter was last tweeted in March 2010. But if that logic is true, then how can the association effectively advocate on behalf of the industry when they’re not doing what the industry is doing? Thanks for reading How Newspapers Adapt to Social Media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

They’re tasked with contacting bloggers about different initiatives, sending out story ideas and “press releases&# (hopefully with a social component, since those are preferred by many bloggers). PR people aren’t in the ad sales industry. Their goal is to send press pitches, not to buy ads on your site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

100 Blog Topics I Hope YOU Write (Chris Brogan): This post should keep you devoid of writer’s block until at least 2009… 101 Essential Blogging Skills (Skelliewag): You need not possess all 101, but they certainly help. This reading should set you back 12 months… until 2009. What are the challenges? Rand explains all.

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

Or putting out a Press Release on How Press Releases Are No Longer Effective. Or are the stories mishmashes of other people’s original content – interviews, tweets, blog posts, statistics on Analyst websites and PDFs and press releases? Seriously ? The New Fourth Estate is Social Media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

A good example of this is a recent post on blog lengths in certain industries by Glen Allsopp, who recently guest posted here. By looking at the standard lengths of blogs in certain industries, new bloggers can get a feel for blog word counts that are successful and that which may not be as helpful to grow a new blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

We in the PR industry have done a poor job of defining and promoting what we do. The term “PR” has become synonymous with “press releases” (easy enough to understand why), “buzz,” “publicity,” and “spin.” Press releases” and publicity are just some of the means to these ends. Most PR pros (and firms).

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

But after rapid growth in 2009 and 2010, the study found that “There has been little or no change in the number of companies using corporate blogs (0%), Facebook (2%) and Twitter (2%) in the last year.” The most rapid increase in adoption has been in the use of social networking, which has nearly doubled since 2009. •

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Convince & Convert

JULY 13, 2010

She develops and supervises strategic communications programs for major companies in professional and financial services, with a particular emphasis on the legal, consulting and insurance industries. Limits the Opportunity for Our Industry: In case you missed it, we’re not the only group chasing this particular “golden goose.”

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 29, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases by Adam Sherk on June 29, 2010 Unique, one-of-a-kind, best-of-breed…blah, blah, blah. We see this type of marketing speak over and over in press releases and promotional materials.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Don’t try impress me with your funding or whatever industry related things you think you do really well. My eyes glaze over at the site of industry jargon. Don’t make me read a press release to figure out what’s special about whatever you’re trying to highlight. …and so on. Oh man, so true.

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 13, 2008

And a critic of the auto industry as well. You can blame Carter (as one retired auto exec recently did in private conversations) or you can look at a history of missed opportunities in the auto industry, as NY Times columnist Tom Friedman recently did. The arrogance and insularity of Detroit; a long-standing issue in the car industry.

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