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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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

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. that does include some news videos.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Life is better with buckets of water and confetti: 2) To prove the point that blogs sometimes do publish press releases verbatim, as I referenced in a post about a PEJ study on original news reporting a couple years ago. So here is the complete press release. billion media impressions in 2012. Press Release Optimization Checklist and Tips.

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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

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? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

by Adam Sherk on August 16, 2010 Over on All Facebook there is an interesting post on how JVC USA is using a “Like it to Win it” sweepstakes to rapidly build up fans and drive frequent engagement on the JVC Facebook Page. Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

I’ll do a follow-up post when there is more data to report on. 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. Related posts: News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2009

According to a Hitwise US News & Media Report back in 2007, on average search engine referrals represent about 23% of traffic to print media sites. Side note: Hitwise, you’re overdue for an updated version of that report!). What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

by Adam Sherk on August 4, 2010 The new Digg has gotten a lot of attention for the opportunities it creates for publishers (see ReadWriteWeb and BlueGlass for details). Adam Sherk August 6, 2010 at 4:32 pm Thanks Neil. John Prieur August 6, 2010 at 4:45 pm I read this post on Social Times, but wanted to comment here.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

This is not surprising based on the reactions that Fox News reporting tends to generate from both sides of the political fence. Fox News is strongly ahead in terms of fan engagement and activity – their like and comment numbers are significantly greater than any of the other sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable by Guest on September 10, 2010 This is a guest post from Aaron Goldman , author of Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned from Google. It’s simply no longer profitable for companies to report “news.” OK, maybe not dead.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

To reporters’ sources? If we’re truly in an era of open-source journalism, I say reporters share their access (sort of) to sources via Twitter lists. This isn’t to say the sources will RESPOND, but it’s an interesting way of opening one’s reporter notebook to a willing audience.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites by Adam Sherk on April 26, 2010 There has been a lot of news and reaction around Facebook’s new additions to the Facebook Platform: Social Plugins, the Open Graph protocol and the Graph API.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

reports from its search page are not very complete or accurate (you get better data on URLs you’ve personally shortened in your history when signed into bit.ly). Unfortunately I discovered that the “total clicks” figures bit.ly So I wasn’t able to learn anything meaningful there. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Build for the future – Slow seasons are a good time to make improvements to site architecture, update page templates and engage in various forms of testing on the site. Improve the site as a whole so when things pick up again you’ll be stronger than ever. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

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JUNE 9, 2009

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

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Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

by Adam Sherk on February 4, 2010 A major newspaper is about to undergo another dreaded round of layoffs. Who would readers rather interact with about a particular story – someone from marketing or the reporter who wrote the article? Anything that helps create an audience for a specific reporter/journalist/photographer is a good thing.

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Social Media Press Release SEO News 146

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2011

A site’s own analytics reporting and the search queries data in Google Webmaster Tools will provide further insight into current coverage and performance as well as opportunities for expansion and improvement. Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in the Mix. What other SEO tactics should newsrooms employ?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

by Adam Sherk on September 22, 2010 Was Time magazine “scurrilous and utterly shameless in its willingness to distort” in 1964? Mitch Shannon September 23, 2010 at 10:01 am Warren, am I mistaken, or was Milton Glaser the art director of Fact? Time-Life Conspiracy Guy September 23, 2010 at 10:28 am It wasn’t just TIME.

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