Adam Sherk

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The Best Free (or Cheap) Tools for Blogger and Influencer Outreach

Adam Sherk

Plug any URL into Topsy and see who tweeted it and which users were most influential (and which have a blog). But if you are looking for a simple way to do a relative comparison of users, these tools offer a basic metric you can use. Google Blog Search. The basic functions are free. Google+ Tools. Google Alerts.

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My Top Posts of 2012 on Inbound Marketing and Audience Development

Adam Sherk

SEO Metrics for Publishers: How are You Tracking and Measuring Success? That’s good for business but it means certain things had to give, and this blog was one of them. Media Relations Gone Wrong: How Not to Pitch a Journalist (Video). 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages. I hope you found some of them useful.

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News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact?

Adam Sherk

This has an impact on the way the various metrics are calculated. So the number of times that @ColonelTribune has been updated in the last 30 days will also factor into its Impact score and other metrics. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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SEO Metrics for Publishers: How are You Tracking and Measuring Success?

Adam Sherk

In this post I’d like to highlight some of the key metrics for publishers to focus on. Primary Success Metrics. YoY natural search referrals – this simple and straightforward metric is the #1 measuring stick for news and content sites. Secondary Metrics. But you want to do what you can to keep visitors on the site.

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NewsPulse Gives CNN.com a New Way to Showcase Popular Content

Adam Sherk

How “popularity” is determined is not specifically defined, but it is likely a simple metric like page views. One aspect that CNN might want to rethink is the inclusion of “Total Comments” for each news item. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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25 Random Observations about #MozCon Speakers

Adam Sherk

I’ve read a lot of Aleyda’s blog posts but had never seen her speak before. The thing I liked best about Carrie’s presentation is that it underlined a key message for using metrics to build social engagement: there’s not one right answer for things like content, style, timing, frequency, etc. Aleyda Solis – energetic and enthusiastic!

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Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

To your point about also taking the size of the audience into account, just posted some extra analysis on our blog. The engagement per unique and visitor numbers are very interesting metrics that we use often at PostRank, because they highlight very well the differences in the effectiveness of the sites’ social strategy and execution.

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