The Marketing Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

02 am Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison) Jump to Comments With over 40,000 tweets per minute and new-user registration growth rate of 1500%, you would expect Twitter to give a close fight to the social networking giant Facebook. Equally interesting is the result of a similar survey conducted on Pickfu.com. Theme: Pressrow.

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Comparison Twitter Web 2.0 Facebook 222

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. Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets 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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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

WhatsApp: 2009. Pinterest: December 2009. What are the image dimensions for each social network ? There may be a few digital content creators who know social media image specs by heart. How do you create a social media strategy? Facebook: February 2004. YouTube: February 14, 2005. Twitter: March 21, 2006.

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Questions Social Media HootSuite Marketing 141

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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Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Social Media Marketing

MARCH 3, 2010

As such, it's grown in stature and maturity, and with the rise of the awareness of social networks in the general public, it's only going to get larger. Similarly, the planning for the next one to five years shows a similar level of consideration as well: in August 2009, social media spending was thought to be 6.1%

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Social Media Marketing Survey Flickr 167

Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

Wouldn’t you want to leverage that insight to avoid a misdirection in using social media? Tried and True Methods to Solicit Customer Feedback Industries are changing rapidly, and the need to conduct focus groups, surveys and gather feedback is too. A goal that is basically brought from the necessity!

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Research Social Media Marketing Retail 265

Idaconcpts

MAY 24, 2011

After becoming the first social network to go public on May 19, 2011, LinkedIn is now in the hot seat as finance pundits examine whether the company’s market valuation is realistic. According to Experian Hitwise, LinkedIn saw only about 0.51% of all site visits to social networks in December 2010. 29% of U.S.

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LinkedIn comScore Hitwise Statistics 139

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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Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

In 2006, Radian6 was founded by Chris Newton (@ cdnewt ) and Chris Ramsey (@ chrisramsey ) Back then monitoring and listening were a novel concept, but they knew that social wasn’t a fluke. Clearly,social networking is not a fad but rather an activity that is being woven into the very fabric of the global Internet.

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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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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

Having built my first web site ( DVD Verdict ) in April 1999 and managed one of the larger SEO teams in the country from 2006 to 2009, it’s safe to say I’ve seen many changes in web marketing over time. Send them a survey asking for feedback and input. You can find him on Google+ and all the other social networks.

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Direct Marketing Observations

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

billion to advertise on social networking sites this year. Additionally, that growth in spending will bring social media ad dollars to 10.8% Look at the change in revenue from 2009 to 2012 in the US alone! The choices consisted of the following: No, I have never purchased ads on social sites — 64.86%.

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Facebook Social Networking Widget Advertising 178

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. Social networking sites (SNS). Where did they go?

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MySpace Facebook Paid Search Survey 103

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

According to the Social Media Sharing Trends 2010 report from SocialTwist, Facebook dominates content sharing among social media sites but links shared on Twitter have a much higher click-through rate. SocialTwist examined content shared with its Tell-a-Friend widget from August 2009 to July 2010. Tags: Social Media.

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Twitter Content Widget Facebook 138

Socialized

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Social media and careers are covered by prediction #6: “In 2009 we saw a couple of interesting surveys by respected organizations indicating that recruiters are increasingly using or planning to use social media to find and investigate talent. They search social network profiles on Facebook, Twitter, etc.;

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SocialText Social Media Foursquare Microsoft 157

Freelance Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Integrating Social Media in Email Marketing Campaigns by Meghan on July 9, 2009 Online marketers are increasingly seeing the benefits of integrating social media into their e-mail marketing campaigns, a recent study by StrongMail Systems Inc.

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Campaign Social Media Foursquare Marketing 138

Mindjumpers

JANUARY 3, 2011

Although the use of ‘new media’ like social networks, blogs, mobile channels and online games (all of which you cannot really call new anymore) has grown significantly since the 2009 edition of the report (an increase of 48%), it is and remains difficult for companies to deserve loyal followers.

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Loyalty Social Media Study Social Networking 205

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter by Adam Sherk on November 17, 2009 While many companies now have some form of presence on Twitter, how well are they utilizing it? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Twitter Press Release Syndication Blogroll 145

Mindjumpers

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The map below shows the massive social media presence in China: more than 100 fully functioning networks. Micro blogs are without doubt a dark horse in the Chinese social media landscape. They first appeared in late 2009. The micro blog uprising! Content marketing on micro blogs.

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Content Marketing Press Release Mobile 208

Almost Savvy

DECEMBER 7, 2008

You might also be interested in these: Help Me Help You – When You Have Questions Dear Ex-Facebook Friend… Blogging Between Hot Flashes Words That Totally Make My Head Hurt Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ? Thanks so much Irene for organizing this.

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LinkedIn Twitter Survey Lijit 204

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

7 comments… read them below or add one } Marty November 19, 2009 at 6:48 am Great post. They are going to need a groundswell to get the NFL network on every cable tv in the country and that is the goldmine ahead of them. November 22, 2009 at 6:50 pm Great info. That’d be an interesting thing to see as well.

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Socialized

JANUARY 22, 2010

and went on to cite statistics that show both e-mail and social networking use on the increase. Everyone knows MySpace is the social network for kids, but in truth, in October, 2006, comScore reported More than Half (51%) of MySpace Visitors are Now Age 35 or Older, as the Site’s Demographic Composition Continues to Shift.

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Social Media MySpace Sharepoint comScore 214

Social Media Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2010

The Society of Digital Agencies - a group that serves as a worldwide voice of digital marketing professionals with a mission to advance the industry through best practices, education, and advocacy - recently sent me the results of a large survey they conducted. It should be no surprise to anyone that the rise of digital is a sure thing.

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Automotive Marketing Syndication Trends 165

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences’ Social Circles? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Google 109

Google Google Reader Press Release Survey 109

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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Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Related posts: Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Study News Press Release Report 147

Almost Savvy

DECEMBER 7, 2008

The basic principles of hospitality and civility apply on Twitter and other social networking sites/tools. Your concrete examples of how to respond to specific situations on Twitter are very helpful, especially as more people are discovering this social networking tool. says: April 24, 2009 at 5:01 pm [.]

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LinkedIn Lijit Survey Reputation 204

Socialized

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The merger of our personal and business lives in a single social networking “presence” has its problems, too. Social media adoption has certainly been fraught with “innumerable confusions” and despair. The median age of the social networker is rising slowly, however. The language of social networking is misleading.

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Social Media Sysomos Privacy Radian6 223

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Article Highlights: Good for Users, Good for Search Engines by Adam Sherk on July 28, 2009 Yesterday Steve Rubel pointed out how the article highlights on sites like CNN.com and iMedia Connection are a good time saver for him.

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Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

2 comments… read them below or add one } Gary Gregory October 9, 2009 at 4:51 pm Thank you for the list! Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Trends Tools Embedding Digg 146

Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Connections has released MashedIn.com , an application that allows you to identify mutual connections across multiple social networks. Individuals have various groups of friends or connections on different social networks they use on a regular basis. .

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Applications Social Media Widget Technorati 114

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. Nice roundup.

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News List Twitter Sites 136

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

CNN.com is soliciting user feedback by including a prominent survey link at the top of the page: It will be interesting to see how NewsPulse changes user behavior on the site over time. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Interest in social media and social networking started to pick up in 2006, grew slowly through 2007 and 2008 and really gained ground in 2009. In December 2009 searches for social media and social networking passed the number of searches for public relations. Only 13% are “very satisfied”.

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Trends Survey Social Networking News 91

Social Media Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2013

Industry Social network usage rates for seniors ages 65 and older have tripled since 2009, one in every five Internet users is now on Twitter and 72% of online adults are social networking users, according to the Pew Research Center''s Internet & American Life Project''s latest report.

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Social Media Nielsen Press Release News 167

Adam Sherk

JULY 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content by Adam Sherk on July 30, 2009 Executive quotes in press releases are notorious for lacking any kind of substantial information. Greg Jarboe July 31, 2009 at 6:03 pm Great example, Adam.

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Press Release Video Yahoo Microsoft 102

The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

The Problem There are various form builders and online-survey tools out there but the ‘marketers’ face tough time to convince the respondents in filling up those web-based survey-forms. The process of ‘Conducting Survey’ and ‘Collecting Data’ are merged together. A fantastic utility and must add to any marketer’s kitty.

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