Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Social Media Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2013

Why Bezos bought the Post , Facebook gets a CMO and starts bumping, time on digital surpasses TV, Facebook ads are undervalued, Vietnam outlaws sharing news on social sites, GE wants to put an end to press releases, the effect of tweets on TV ratings and more, it''s This Week in Social Media. million a day.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

by Adam Sherk on September 17, 2009 Now that the improved Facebook Pages have been around for a while I wanted to check the level of engagement that major news sites are achieving with them. This is not surprising based on the reactions that Fox News reporting tends to generate from both sides of the political fence.

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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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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Yahoo and Google were among the most frequently mentioned websites for online news, indicating that users see them as sources for news (be it original reporting or aggregation) and not just search vehicles. For the full findings on search engines and social media see section two of the Pew report.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own Websites by Adam Sherk on July 22, 2009 There’s been a lot of coverage this week of Condé Nast bringing in McKinsey & Company to help them restructure the business, which hopefully will work out for them.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

This isn’t another overview post about how to search engine optimize a news release. The thing is, despite the ad nauseam posts on SEO for news releases, I discovered this recent report from Schwartz Communications that shows a pitiful 18% of news release headlines are SEO-optimized. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction by Adam Sherk on November 3, 2009 With all the buzz about Twitter Lists I thought I’d take a look at how some major news sites are doing so far with their own Lists. To reporters’ sources?

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Proactive Report

MAY 6, 2010

After hearing for years that the press release is dead, it was refreshing to hear them say it most certainly is not dead – in fact reporters need information from us more than ever. In Q1 of 2009 newspaper websites saw a 10.5% But they need much more than just a traditional press release. Need help?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage of Site Traffic by Adam Sherk on October 23, 2009 Yesterday posts from eMarketer and Marketing Pilgrim called my attention to some interesting social media statistics put out by advertising network Chitika.

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Proactive Report

MAY 6, 2010

After hearing for years that the press release is dead, it was refreshing to hear them say it most certainly is not dead – in fact reporters need information from us more than ever. In Q1 of 2009 newspaper websites saw a 10.5% But they need much more than just a traditional press release. jump in traffic.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 16, 2013

It is not about blasting people with a press release, or cold pitching reporters strictly because a tool said they covered your beat (though a fair bit of that still goes on), or even building a site and hoping people will come. Determine Your Reporting Cadence.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com by Adam Sherk on May 19, 2009 Hearst released some numbers this week on how things are going with seattlepi.com two months after moving to an online-only model. Total page views for those days were 1.5 million, 1.4 million and 1.5

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2009 Among news sites “breaking news” is a sought-after keyword phrase; I see it prominently placed in home page title tags all the time: And it’s not just general news sites. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2009 Among news sites “breaking news” is a sought-after keyword phrase; I see it prominently placed in home page title tags all the time: And it’s not just general news sites. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic by Adam Sherk on August 25, 2009 July and August are a time when many content sites see a seasonal dip in all forms of traffic, including search engine referrals.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

But since the 21,839 subscribers reported in YouTube’s search results make it a top 5 news channel I included it in the table. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. that does include some news videos. There is also a BBC World News America channel but its most recent video is from 2008.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. If news organizations can’t stay in business, they won’t be playing any role at all. Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value?

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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. The Online Consumer Engagement Value report idea is a good one. SEOmoz has looked at what works and reported on their findings. And like last year, I have a gift for you. Every year, I read hundreds (thousands?) He offers great tips here.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

I’ll do a follow-up post when there is more data to report on. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Once the new Digg moves out of alpha and has some time to gain traction we’ll get a better sense of how interested users are in drilling down on specific sources, topics and locations.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Unfortunately there are increasing reports of donation fraud online, so major news organizations are playing a vital role in directing people to credible, legitimate groups. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

It’s simply no longer profitable for companies to report “news.” Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. I’ve been through the book and it’s a good read; for more information check out GoogleyLessons.com. – Adam The traditional news business, as we have known it, is dead.

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Twist Image

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. It's a tough report to read. months in 2007, 28.4 months in 2008, 34.7

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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. The Proactive Report , your social media PR guide. 95% use search when starting a story. Sally Falkow. Bookmark to: Hide Sites.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Not covered in my examples above is the fact that Open Graph protocol can also provide sites with additional reporting data. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Site speed is now a ranking factor so this impacts SEO as well as usability.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. Here is a screenshot of the signup tab from their page, in case it gets taken down: With valuable prizes like TVs, camcorders and stereo equipment the “Like it to Win it” promotion is definitely working. As of today it has 36,782 fans.

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Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The situation in the US is no different: The PRSA Counselors Academy recently identified mastering social media skills as one of the top 3 issues for PR professionals in 2009 and 2010. For example if you distribute a social media press release through a wire service you should publish it on your website first.

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Bare Feet Studios

APRIL 22, 2009

Tagged as: beach , body boarding , boogie board , customx , igrandma , mom it forward , moonlight , patti serrano , rox , roxanne darling , san diego , sdbeachup , surfing , tweetup , twitter { 5 comments… read them below or add one } Jyl (Mom It Forward) April 22, 2009 at 3:17 pm I so wish I could meet you all at the beach. I loved it!

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

99 best social-media and PR posts of 2009 – Holy Kaw! The Top Ten Reasons for Building an Online Community in 2009 From Vovici: If you don’t currently have an online community, and you are not thinking of building an online community next year, you should be. Here’s the Top 10 reasons why. Leave a comment! We appreciate it.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

99 best social-media and PR posts of 2009 – Holy Kaw! The Top Ten Reasons for Building an Online Community in 2009 From Vovici: If you don’t currently have an online community, and you are not thinking of building an online community next year, you should be. Here’s the Top 10 reasons why. Leave a comment! We appreciate it.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2012

” I’m not one to run away from a challenge; I’d been blogging since 2009 and planned to put everything I’d learned into practice on my new site. To start, I told friends and family, handing out business cards, hung flyers, wrote press releases, and added links to my email and forum signatures.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Here is the reported data on 30 media profiles, ranked by number of followers (as of today): Profile Followers Following Diggs by Publisher Comments by Publisher 1 The New York Times 10,225 4 65 1 2 The Wall Street Journal 9,546 15 281 1 3 BBC News 9,222 0 5,423 0 4 Time 7,842 964 6,289 29 5 Telegraph.co.uk

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Viper Chill

OCTOBER 28, 2009

target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 59 Comments Leo Fogarty says: October 28, 2009 at 3:10 pm Brilliant post Glen. Reply Glen says: October 28, 2009 at 3:20 pm Hey buddy, thanks! Reply Glen says: October 28, 2009 at 3:29 pm Good luck buddy! Reply Glen says: October 28, 2009 at 3:29 pm Good luck buddy! Thanks Glen!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

If you want more than a hope in hell of being a possible source for an article, you have to reel the reporter in. 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. No one gets the reporter contact info until/unless I set it up.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

A Report of the Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society. Final report to the National Forum on Information Literacy. Action Alerts Press Release -- SLA Strongly Opposes Budget Cuts to U.S. 2009 Call for CE Courses. Recent Industry Reports. International Journal of Information Management.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

Some blogs cover software only by being voted upon by the user , for example, and your press release won’t even fly for that category. If the post does not allow commenting, send a relevant press release to the editorial team showing that you have done your research and understand what the blog is looking for.

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