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Does Google Want Brands in Your Social Circle?

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Does Google Want Brands in Your Social Circle? As I covered when Social Search initially launched in Google Labs, for companies the main objective in social search optimization is to get included in their target audiences’ social circles.

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StumbleUpon Channels: Which Media Brands Are Doing Well?

Adam Sherk

It has been a couple months since StumbleUpon rolled out its Channel pages for all members so I thought I’d check in and see how media brands are doing. To-date the media brands with the largest following have attracted 5,000 to 7,000 followers with quite a few channels still under 1,000. Does Google Want Brands in Your Social Circle?

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How Much is a PR Professional Worth to a Startup?

Adam Sherk

Mark Zuckerberg and key members of the early Facebook team are meeting to discuss roles and ownership stakes in the company. Eduardo is CFO and owns 30% of the company. Dustin is vice president and head of programming and his 5% of the company will come from my end. Related posts: Does Google Want Brands in Your Social Circle?

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Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own.

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Smart Move from Condé Nast: GQ and DETAILS Should Have Their Own Websites by Adam Sherk on July 22, 2009 There’s been a lot of coverage this week of Condé Nast bringing in McKinsey & Company to help them restructure the business, which hopefully will work out for them.

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Does Social Media Increase a Journalist's Value?

Adam Sherk

If a journalist isn’t building his or her own brand today using all available tools, then they are demonstrating a lack of understanding of today’s media marketplace. Thom Mitchell February 5, 2010 at 7:03 pm Another issue to consider is IP/content ownership and branding. I like the columnist analogy, that works well.

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Do Google's Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings?

Adam Sherk

News brands seem to fare better with the embedded video listings, although I also came across several examples (not pictured above) in which YouTube got both results. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages?

Adam Sherk

News sites utilize Facebook Pages to increase brand visibility, promote content, interact with users and drive traffic back to their main sites. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. The CPM can be adjusted between $1 and $25.

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