Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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Study News Press Release Report 147

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank ROI Tourism Blogroll 255

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DECEMBER 11, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Tourism Blogroll WordPress 145

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OCTOBER 24, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Cause marketing Postrank Tourism Flickr 198

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Class Tourism Blogroll 156

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Class Tourism Blogroll 161

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Because if you’re not telling your story right, you don’t have a hope in Hades of getting that story noticed, let alone other people (read: media, bloggers, etc.) And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. telling that story for you. Will you join us if you can? Read All About It! no, seriously, its just me.

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Postrank Conference Tourism Blogroll 165

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Creative Commons Postrank Tourism Flickr 166

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Get Shareaholic test Filed under Erica Holt , Guest Posts , Marketing | Tags: google instant , nonprofits , search engines , SEO | Comments (9) Site settings comment help? Mark as read Approve comment Erica, One more point about user behavior: SEO isnt always a zero-sum, one-search one-result game. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Google Class Creative Commons Yahoo 254

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. Abusiveness is not.

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Postrank ROI Class Tourism 150

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OCTOBER 9, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. Abusiveness is not.

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Postrank Class Tourism Blogroll 134

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Paper.li Postrank Tourism Blogroll 114

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Paper.li Postrank Tourism Blogroll 114

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Social Media Postrank Tourism Blogroll 146

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AUGUST 27, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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ROI Postrank Tourism Blogroll 169

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OCTOBER 23, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Creative Commons Postrank Tourism Flickr 162

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

Why: PR pros are trying to learn more and more about SEO and using keywords smartly. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Weekly Roundup | Tags: analytics , brand building , email marketing , SEO | Comment (0) Site settings comment help? And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Klout Postrank Tourism Blogroll 105

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Tourism Blogroll WordPress 182

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Tourism Blogroll Creative Commons 129

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JANUARY 2, 2011

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Tourism Blogroll Creative Commons 124

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

As you continue to hone your craft (as I try to do), here are some of the exercises I put my writing (and those of my guest bloggers) through on a daily basis, to see if it looks as attractively as it (I think) reads. WordPress has a great preview function, where you can see exactly how your post will appear… before it publishes.

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Class WordPress Creative Commons Postrank 215

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OCTOBER 10, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Class Tourism Blogroll 149

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OCTOBER 3, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Tourism Flickr Blogroll 169

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Tourism RSS Blogroll 129

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AUGUST 29, 2010

Passports with Purpose 2010 – Travel Bloggers Raising Money Together , from Chris Gray Faust ‘s Chris Around the World. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Fasten your seat belts. Off we go. Why: Peregrination + philanthropy using social media = paradise. Read All About It! no, seriously, its just me.

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Travel Postrank Tourism Blogroll 125

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

What is the best SEO secret you know? Why: public relations professionals spend a lot of time trying to learn about SEO and increasing online visibility. I liked the way James summarized a discussion on Quora around SEO secrets ; I think the full discussion is worth you checking it out as well. I thought this was a good primer.

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Class Postrank SEO Flickr 105

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. Abusiveness is not.

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Project Class Postrank Diagrams 177

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Five easy steps to customizing your 404 page, assuming you’re using WordPress (you in Blogger, or something, I ain’t got nothing for you). I also found WordPress’ Codex instructions helpful, but got stuck at about the same Lady Non-Techno-Einstein part as I did on DoshDosh. So here you go. Read All About It!

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Class Tumblr Template Templates 241

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Lindy Dreyer (left) and Maddie Grant, CAE, are “A-list” association/non-profit bloggers on social media strategy, social media marketing and innovation. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. What are your PR challenges when connecting with and supporting your Open Community? Do share your thoughts below.

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Communities Postrank Organization Tourism 205

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It was something to the effect of “Would/should companies do this with big bloggers in their spaces?&# Alas, the issue is even stickier for bloggers than it is for companies. I know big bloggers get swag. I know big bloggers get LOADS of free lunches. In 2010, blogs and bloggers are truly influencers.

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Class Blogger Issues Review 184

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Postrank Tourism Blogroll WordPress 146

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

As a blogger, there are numerous tools at your disposal to track how your content is doing. A deceptively simple yet dynamic tool for bloggers which measures what it calls “Engagement Events&# such as a comment, a bookmarked link, or a tweet about a particular post. It isn’t that we need a tool that does everything.

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Postrank Analytics Tools Klout 134

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JANUARY 22, 2011

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Exercises Postrank Tourism Blogroll 100

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DECEMBER 24, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Crowdsourcing Creative Commons Postrank Class 216

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

It’s starting, more and more, to bridge the gap between “PR,&# “marketing,&# “bloggers&# and I’m sure many more niches to understand that, regardless of what our titles are, we are all on the same team. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! no, seriously, its just me.

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Postrank Class Tourism WordPress 151

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else. Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q. no, seriously, its just me. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Social Media Postrank Energy Tourism 153