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5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages

Adam Sherk

To be clear, a large part of any Facebook strategy focuses on newsfeed visibility and on-site promotion through tactics like EdgeRank optimization, frictionless sharing , like and subscribe buttons , Open Graph tags, Facebook Comments and other Facebook Social Plugins. The New York Times will sometimes create a special tab for major events.

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Local TV News Teams Having Fun with Pinterest

Adam Sherk

local scenery and special events; news and weather; meet the team and behind the scenes photos; and contests and promotions. It is a good way to foster a connection with users/viewers and to encourage repins, likes, comments, etc. Among the types of boards that are popular are lifestyle content (recipes and food, fashion, home, etc.);

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How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

Last week Twitter gave us their Top Twitter Trends of 2009 for categories like news events, people, movies, etc. What generated the most “likes” and comments on your Facebook Page? 7 comments… read them below or add one } David Mathison December 22, 2009 at 1:46 pm Great points Adam, thanks for sharing! Best to you.

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Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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PostRank counts “engagement events” which it defines as individual activities such as a tweet, like, comment, digg, RSS view, etc. It then assigns “engagement points” to each event; events that demonstrate a higher level of effort and engagement are given higher values. So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool.

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PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Adam Sherk

Also this statement on the role of new technology in breaking news more quickly was interesting: As news is posted faster, often with little enterprise reporting added, the official version of events is becoming more important. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall

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However my comedic talents are limited, so please bail me out by suggesting more reasons in the comments. We can probably say that Google and others will continue to provide information and news of events worldwide for those who search for it. Adam Sherk January 21, 2010 at 3:49 pm Thanks for your comment Charles.

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Google javascript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored.

Adam Sherk

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Vanessa Fox did an extensive write-up for Search Engine Land which covers the changes in detail. Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?