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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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Articles need to be “objective news” to lead a story cluster (op-ed, satire, press releases and subscription content are not eligible to lead clusters). Amit August 9, 2010 at 4:57 am Hi Adam, Great coverage and nicely written points from the video! Adam Sherk August 9, 2010 at 8:42 am Thanks Amit.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall by Adam Sherk on January 20, 2010 Today The New York Times made it official that they will be introducing a metered model starting in 2011. UPDATE: For those interested in more actual information, NYTco.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool by Adam Sherk on January 19, 2010 Want to use your Facebook Page to build out your mailing list? Alicia Keys knows how to do it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News November 15th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt Please stop yawning Don’t worry. You can read all about that here , here , and here.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

by Adam Sherk on July 13, 2010 Being the savvy, well-connected PR pro that you are, you just helped bring about a great piece of editorial coverage in a major media outlet. Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? Sean @CommAMMO Adam Sherk July 20, 2010 at 11:51 am Good points Sean.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Understanding user behavior in 2009 helps you to grow your audience or customer base and increase engagement in 2010. Gives me some great ideas and ways to plan on increasing engagement in 2010 and beyond. vanessalopez January 6, 2010 at 6:25 am Thanks a lot for sharing this very useful tips and advice with all of us.I

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

Tip #14: Dirty Secret Every now and then, press releases work. Yes, writers hate blind press releases. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Except when they are good). You pitched me.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular News Sites on YouTube by Adam Sherk on August 31, 2010 YouTube is both a major opportunity and an interesting challenge for news sites. Jeff Melissa August 31, 2010 at 10:10 pm Indeed a worthwhile read. Might be interesting to investigate.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

A side note to Condé Nast Digital’s PR team: I’d put your online press releases on regular Web pages. People will be less likely to link to the.pdf versions in your online press room. Best of luck to both GQ.com and DETAILS.com. I did it above but I didn’t really want to.

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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

JUNE 9, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool by Adam Sherk on January 7, 2010 Hearst’s Skiff Reader is being unveiled at CES this week. My professional, analytical opinion is it looks pretty darn good.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement by Adam Sherk on January 6, 2010 Awareness of Newsweek’s Tumblr site has been increasing of late. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Adrian Berry January 12, 2010 at 12:55 pm This is good news Jeff. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam Sherk December 17, 2009 at 3:26 pm Good point Jeff. Thank you for keeping us informed.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Related posts: The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media by Adam Sherk on January 4, 2010 I was going to post this last week but then opted wisely for letting myself enjoy a holiday break. Here’s wishing everyone an interesting and productive 2010.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

by Adam Sherk on February 23, 2010 There is an interesting article in BusinessWeek on how AOL is utilizing software and analytics data in an effort to match content with user interests and monetize it more successfully. Are you sure you want to write that article, Dave?

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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Make the Most of Your Retweet Buttons by Adam Sherk on February 25, 2010 In working on my presentation for the Twitter Marketing Tactics session at SMX West next week I’ve been looking at the various types of share and retweet buttons used on news sites.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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. 8 comments… read them below or add one } Jeff Domansky October 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm Adam, great analysis! Thanks for your post. Thanks for sharing.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 4, 2010

5 comments… read them below or add one } Peter Robert Casey May 4, 2010 at 3:05 pm Way to take things up a notch! Adam Sherk May 4, 2010 at 3:26 pm Thanks Peter Anthony May 4, 2010 at 7:21 pm Very impressive Adam, I think we’ve all screen-grabbed those images and it takes time! Great work.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on April 5, 2010 A new baseball season is underway and we are in that wonderfully brief period when fans all over the country still believe this could actually be the year for their team.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate by Adam Sherk on January 14, 2010 As the devastation and human tragedy caused by the Haiti earthquake grows, people are flocking to the news media for information, and more importantly to learn ways that they can help.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

It also has the potential to do the opposite; users may disregard non-editorial content such as press releases in greater volume now that it is easier to identify. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

by Adam Sherk on January 26, 2010 So the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints will meet in Miami for Super Bowl XLIV. Thanks, KD Kirk Dixon, Chief Learning Consultant, PRM Consulting Group (greater NYC area) Adam Sherk January 27, 2010 at 9:56 am Sounds good Kirk, will do. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com { 1 comment… read it below or add one } Nicole February 15, 2010 at 6:06 pm I think you’re onto something. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed by Adam Sherk on April 13, 2010 Now that site speed is officially a Google ranking factor, site performance and page load time are important for SEO as well as usability. So how well do major news sites perform in these areas?

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 29, 2009

The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages? Let’s see what they make of Google Wave. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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