Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

A tactic that some news and content sites employ is monitoring Google’s Hot Trends list in an effort to identify hot topics and then quickly produce matching content around them. Many search trends come and go quickly, so sites that cover a topic after its peak will likely miss out on the larger search engine visibility opportunity.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Not surprisingly, social media gets the most attention with 80% of respondents indicating they plan to do more with it in 2010. Over time I’d expect to see social media monitoring tools grab more budget at the expense of both, as more and more focus is placed on direct communication with target audiences.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? by Adam Sherk on October 6, 2010 It is safe to say that most news sites are now experimenting with various forms of user engagement and content promotion through social media.

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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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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 24, 2011

THEN, I’m going to tell you why its relevant to social media. How does Kaizen relate to social media? have when beginning a social media program. If we’re honest with ourselves, the only reason businesses today don’t employ social media already is because they are afraid.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 22, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « We Interrupt This Lifecast: Syndication Overload (Part 2) | Main | Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation » January 22, 2010 Social Media Weekly Roundup 1/18-1/22 Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

The White Rabbit was talking to her, but much of it was non-nonsensical, Alice was intrigued, so she began to follow the talking White Rabbit, until she found herself falling into an endless, cavernous rabbit hole, when she finally stopped falling, she found herself in another world.Wonderland, also known as Social Media.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach? But I’m here to look at what really matters – which team has more reach via social media? Hopefully we’ll see some creative use of social media by both the teams and some of the players.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Corporate Social Media Marketing is about Two-Way Communication by Adam Sherk on April 14, 2009 It’s a simple concept, but one that many companies are still struggling with in terms of practical implementation.

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Jason Yormark

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

jasonyormark.com Home About Me My Videos My Resume Contact Me Browse > Home / Social Media / Twitter Auto DM: Just Say No! Subcribe via RSS Twitter Auto DM: Just Say No! I’m certainly not the only advocate for seeing this trend go away. Sites like StopAutoDM.com are springing up to help buck the trend.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 7, 2011

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009. If you’re interested in top notch Internet Marketing content, please subscribe to the monthly mailing list to be provided with the posts you’ve come to love in social media marketing, SEO, PPC, link building, entrepreneurship, web design, and so much more. Like this post?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 26, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? Adam Sherk June 1, 2009 at 10:23 am Thanks for your input Maggie. But what caught my eye were the options for archiving releases and creating a custom newsroom.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? 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.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Corporate Social Media Reading List I’m a huge fan of social media. I try to follow the trends and news around social media as best I can. What I found were a collection of sites and posts that spoke to my social media needs.

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Justin Levy

JULY 30, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are Blog Comments Dead? Written on July 30, 2010 by Justin Levy in blog , community , facebook , interactions , social media , twitter 23 Comments - Leave a comment! I have seen this trend increase.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

This is a discussion in social media circles today, and everyone has their opinion. What’s your social currency? Social Media Complainers – your new BFF’s Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses A Thousand Little Cuts of Social Media – A Kaizen Approach I recommend.

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. Your currency is your social media VALUE.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later by Adam Sherk on October 20, 2009 I’m definitely a fan of Muck Rack – it offers an easy way to track major media journalists on Twitter and pick up on trending topics.

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Freelance Social Media

JULY 16, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Traditional Media Meets Twitter by cinta5 on July 16, 2009 Every year on the third Thursday in July, 5000+ people flock to downtown Lawrence, KS for the annual Downtown Lawrence Sidewalk Sale.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 23, 2011

There are so many layers to this topic that entire (worthy) books have been written on social media philosophy, content creation or audience engagement. With all the dynamics elements to creating a successful social media presence, its sometimes hard to know where to start or even what books are worth the time investment.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 30, 2009

For those of you looking for the quick and dirty, Socialnomics reads quick, is filled with interesting real world stories, and is basically 265 pages of argument that social media is not only here, but ready to transform the way we live our lives and do business (his tagline actually).

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Bare Feet Studios

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Social media has earned a spot alongside our government planners and traditional news media. The tag #hitsunami was quickly created and spread among the community, and moved to the top of Twitter trends in a few hours. The user-generated messages supported both of those organizations on a second by second basis.

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Freelance Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Happy holidays! Google offers free WiFi in 47 airports by cinta5 on November 10, 2009 Those traveling this holiday season are in for a treat! Featuring the Thesis Wufoo Skin WordPress Admin

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. As a social media marketer, you might be ill-prepared for these unpleasant experiences.

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Almost Savvy

JULY 24, 2009

Posted by Irene Koehler in Twitter on July 23, 2009 | 11 responses Note: This was written prior to Twitter’s purge of spam accounts this evening. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ?

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Despite this, fans are passionately supporting and discussing their teams through a range of social media outlets, in particular Twitter and Facebook. The New Orleans Saints and New York Giants are currently at the bottom of the social media heap with no official presence on either Twitter or Facebook. Thanks for sharing.

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 30, 2009

Social media has reached the masses. Does anyone else think its interesting that Twitter, the hottest social media network today, is generating events? What’s your social currency? Everyone is doing it. Ah, events. They just won’t go away, despite the trendiness of the web.

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Bare Feet Studios

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Along comes social media which is so conversational, creative, interactive, mostly free and bam! – I mean have fun using social media in your business! Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. Business is fun again.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

It’s a hot topic all around, as social media lends itself to some highly unethical practices and characters! It’s a hot topic all around, as social media lends itself to some highly unethical practices and characters! First – The Guiding Principles of Social Media Transparency, Truth, and Trust.

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Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe How to monitor your athletes on Twitter by cinta5 on October 28, 2009 The list is piling up with athletes who are behaving inappropriately on Twitter. Featuring the Thesis Wufoo Skin WordPress Admin

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Justin Levy

JULY 28, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Twitter Homepage Refresh Written on July 28, 2009 by Justin Levy in social media , twitter 17 Comments - Leave a comment! If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Because if you are creating content, you are likely distributing and promoting that content in variety of ways, including social media. What I wish they would improve: While this data is great, none of this can be exported, even for paying users (there is a freemium model for bloggers), making long-term trends harder to identify.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 16, 2010

Their biases and perspectives are quite different though, and that makes for a good panel that keeps us from drinking just one brand of social media koolaid! The best social site for musicians currently: Reverb Nation. Although they were talking as musical artists, many of their ideas are relevant to all of us.

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Freelance Social Media

APRIL 23, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Land Rover Hashtag-Twitter Hashtags in Advertisements by Jesse on April 23, 2009 I’ve seen recently that some advertisers are starting to use Twitter’s hashtags in their advertising.

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Myrland Marketing

APRIL 8, 2009

Home About Services Social Media Speaking-Training LMA Contact Subscribe Myrland Marketing Minutes Strategic Social Media: Making Social Media Make Sense 2009 LMA CONFERENCE TWEETSTREAM FROM KEYNOTE PETER SHEAHAN by Nancy Myrland on April 8, 2009 Welcome back! I’m glad you’re here.

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