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How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

Things that news and content sites should look at include: What terms and content types brought in the most search engine referral traffic? What types of content generated the most social media sharing and inbound links? What types of stories got the most retweets? What sections, special features, individual articles, etc.

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How to Create a Custom URL for Your Facebook Business/Fan Page.

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Create a Custom URL for Your Facebook Business/Fan Page I often get the question, “AK, I thought I created a username/custom URL for my business page but when I type in the address it takes me to my personal profile… what happened?&#

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

Adam Sherk

The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? How “popularity” is determined is not specifically defined, but it is likely a simple metric like page views.

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Is your business easy to find for local and mobile searchers.

Saying It Social

I promptly pulled out my smart phone, went to Google and typed merely “Italian deli&# – not having to add a geographic modifier because the GPS on my phone was enabled and would automatically pull local business listings based on my current location.

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How to add Social Networking Buttons to Your Email Signature in.

Saying It Social

In the Address bar, type the URL (don’t forget the [link] of the social media site that corresponds with the icon you have selected. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) When I click an Icon on my desktop I always want to open a window. Click Insert. Happy networking!

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Make the Most of Your Retweet Buttons

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Make the Most of Your Retweet Buttons by Adam Sherk on February 25, 2010 In working on my presentation for the Twitter Marketing Tactics session at SMX West next week I’ve been looking at the various types of share and retweet buttons used on news sites.

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Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites

Adam Sherk

While the opportunity for engagement is limited, these types of accounts do tend to attract large numbers of followers and the links do get retweeted. Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

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