Adam Sherk

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Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in.

Adam Sherk

Another chart of interest in the Vocus whitepaper demonstrates how social media monitoring has become an essential part of the PR practioner’s toolkit: News monitoring and online media databases have traditionally received the lion’s share of PR tool spending. Both rightly deserve credit for increasing awareness industry-wide.

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

Adam Sherk

Social monitoring tools like Radian6 and PR suites like Vocus and Cision offer the greatest range of functionality for research and contact management. Plug any URL into Topsy and see who tweeted it and which users were most influential (and which have a blog). Google Blog Search. The basic functions are free. Google+ Tools.

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The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases

Adam Sherk

We could make it an educational piece, add some video, link to your blog and make some suggestions for improvement. Feel free to hit me up offline if you are interested — fstrong-at-vocus-dot-com. The Bad Pitch Blog has done a great job of highlighting positive examples recently, and I’ve found it a valuable resource.