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My Top Posts of 2012 on Inbound Marketing and Audience Development

Adam Sherk

Here are my top 10 posts of 2012 by pageviews: The Best Free Tools for Twitter Analytics. The Fastest and Slowest News Sites in 2012. 8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves. 8 Social Media Questions Publishers Should Be Asking Themselves. Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down.

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Yahoo! Search Data (@YahooSearchData) a Good Source of Trending Topics for Lifestyle Publishers

Adam Sherk

Now that the Hot Searches list on Google Trends has been stripped down publishers are moving to other sources for monitoring search trends. Specific to lifestyle publishers the Google data was never all that useful anyway since it was dominated by topics like breaking news, sports and entertainment. — Yahoo! — Yahoo!

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My Top Posts of 2011 on SEO, PR and Social Media for Publishers

Adam Sherk

Is Using Facebook Comments Good for Publishers? The post on Facebook analytics tools did well considering I just published it last week. Enjoy the holidays and hope you have a great 2012. Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools. Press Release Optimization Checklist and Tips. It is much appreciated!

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StumbleUpon Traffic to Magazine and Content Sites Down 27%

Adam Sherk

To get a better sense of the situation I pulled StumbleUpon referral figures from 2010-2012 for a group of 47 news and content sites that we work with at Define Media Group , primarily magazine brands. For confidentially reasons I am not able to reveal the specific titles, but they are all well-known brands from major publishers.

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Harlem Globetrotters Press Release: Not Sure Why I Got It, But I Kind of Like It

Adam Sherk

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. billion media impressions in 2012. So here is the complete press release. PHOENIX, Oct.

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8 Critical SEO and Digital Marketing Opportunities

Adam Sherk

So I put together a round-up of current SEO and digital marketing trends that offer good opportunities for publishers. For publishers there is promise, however it’s too soon to say if the pros will outweigh cons such as giving up some control and/or technical complications. Site Speed.

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Interesting Magazine and Digital Stats from Pew State of the News Media 2013

Adam Sherk

years old: The median ages remained the same in 2012 vs. 2011. Speaking of demographics, I didn’t realize AARP magazines had the largest circulation: Their figures are up a little in 2012 too, while several others have dropped. The Economist’s readership however comes in at a spry 44.3 AARP Kicking Butt on Circulation.

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