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Adapt Or Die

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We live in interesting times (to steal a turn of phrase from the ancient Chinese curse ) but it's not so easy to make the pivot that Eric Ries writes about in his business book, The Lean Startup when you're not a lean startup but a business that's been around the block (and has the scars to prove it). the lean startup.

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Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

But it is possible to make some basic comparisons using data from some of the free tools that are available. PostRank has a comparison tool that uses its Domain Activity API to measure total engagement based on user participation across multiple social platforms. Want to make sure we’re comparing apples to apples.

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The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook

Adam Sherk

I agree too that it’s not an apples to apples comparison, but social media is certainly having a big influence on the ways that people follow team news and support their teams in general. And of course social media is not a popularity contest; it’s how you engage your followers/fans that really matters.

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Top 7 Sprout Social Competitors & Alternatives [Comparison]

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Good for: Small businesses and startups, content creators, marketing professionals. Take stock of all this info to make sure you’re comparing platforms that can meet your specific needs — after all, judging a free, one-user, one-account platform against an enterprise-level platform is like comparing apples to… a spaceship.

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A Look at Muck Rack's Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later

Adam Sherk

To see how Muck Rack stacks up against the competition I checked the volume of activity on some other Twitter press release services, but there aren’t a lot of apples-to-apples comparisons to be made. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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From The Information Age To The Connected Age " GigaOM

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Peter Brockmann said: I like this comparison a lot. I particularly appreciate the comparison of Styles of Work in the table, because I realize that “burstiness of discontinuous productivity&# is how I naturally work these days. In addition to the Microsofts and the Googles, there do exist the Apples! October 6th, 2007.

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How TechCrunch Approaches Video Marketing & Trends to Watch for in Video – Travis Bernard [SSM0035]

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People often try to aggregate video data across platforms and treat it like one single entity, but video views on each platform are very different and I don’t think it’s an apples-to-apples comparison. TechCrunch Disrupt – TechCrunch’s Annual Conference for Startups. Understand different formats.

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