Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

In looking through the site though one thing stands out – nearly every item has no comments or reactions: That seems odd, but it’s not just a holiday season slowdown. I went back several months and it’s not easy to find items that have gotten comments. I didn’t find any shared newsweek.tumblr.com URLs through Bit.ly

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

This makes sense since by design Twitter usage is focused on short comments/exchanges and sharing links, while there is a lot more happening on Facebook that can take up users’ attention. Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1%. clicks vs. only 2.87 clicks per share on Facebook.

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Twitter Content Widget Facebook 138

Adam Sherk

MAY 4, 2010

So I checked the number of likes and comments for each team’s last 10 updates. I realize that counting likes and comments is a very limited measurement of engagement but it offers a simple way to compare user activity on each team’s Facebook Page. 2527 2 Denver Nuggets 151,165 784.3 3 Boston Celtics 592,509 632.6

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Team Engagement Facebook Press Release 165

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

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

3 comments… read them below or add one } Jeff Lancaster - Outrider December 17, 2009 at 3:02 pm It is indeed interesting to see that search is holding its own. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Thank you for keeping us informed.

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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

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! Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Related posts: Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Study News Press Release Report 147

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Publisher Survey: Reddit Traffic Way Up, Digg Way Down. To everyone that sent a pageview, comment, link or social share my way this year, thank you, I appreciate it. Media Relations Gone Wrong: How Not to Pitch a Journalist (Video). 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages. I hope you found some of them useful. Have a great 2013.

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Press Release SEO Digg Sports 119

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

For a social media presentation at the Publishing Business Conference earlier this year I surveyed 12 major magazine sites that Define works with, and found that in 2008 social media referrals ranged anywhere from 0.6% Even just a year ago the majority of news sites were barely dabbling with things like Twitter – now most have Twitter mania.

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Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Google Buzz and News Sites: Good Potential But Facebook Still the Better Play Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach? { What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Google Google Reader Press Release Survey 109

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

In looking at recent posts of the day, most are getting more than 2,000 “likes” and a considerable number of comments: If there are 10,000 active fans daily you would think they’d all be “liking” the post of the day since that is primarily what is driving the repeat visits. But 2,000+ likes per wall post is impressive. Apparently it does.

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RFI Guidelines Facebook Press Release 156

Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

As Markus points out in the comments below, the problem with Facebook search and the Detroit Tigers page was actually that I used the misspelling “Detriot&# in my search query. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Pretty embarrassing.

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Team Twitter Facebook Comparison 204

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

As of today the Colts’ official Facebook page has 249,481 fans and their wall posts are getting a good amount of “likes” and comments. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

UPDATE: After Mike’s comment below I added Yahoo! Yahoo Adds Enhanced News Results to SearchMonkey { 3 comments… read them below or add one } Mike April 13, 2010 at 11:16 pm Any reason you’re ignoring the leader of the pack? 80 5 aolnews.com 77 guardian.co.uk 77 7 huffingtonpost.com 76 telegraph.co.uk

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Sites News Yahoo Journal 161

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? i think aol is sending a pretty clear message that their new ceo is saying that google still wants tons and tons of content for the foreseeable future. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

PostRank counts “engagement events” which it defines as individual activities such as a tweet, like, comment, digg, RSS view, etc. 8 comments… read them below or add one } Jeff Domansky October 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm Adam, great analysis! So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Don’t break up the article body – Articles should have sequential paragraphs; don’t break them up with user comments or links to related posts. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Google Tips Press Release 158

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction Your Mom’s Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Sites News Google Facebook 118

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Adam Sherk February 26, 2010 at 9:46 am On a different note, the irony is not lost on me that my post on retweet buttons has gotten hardly any retweets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Thanks for sharing.

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Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

2 comments… read them below or add one } Gary Gregory October 9, 2009 at 4:51 pm Thank you for the list! Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Very helpful as I only used a couple of these previously.

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Trends Tools Embedding Digg 146

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2010

2 comments… read them below or add one } Peter Robert Casey January 16, 2010 at 2:14 am I like how you summed up the misperception of social media being a popularity contest: “While building up followers is great, it’s what you do with that following that really matters.&# Great work, Adam.

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Team Twitter Facebook Press Release 179

Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles Do People Search for “Breaking News”? Related posts: Google News Wants Title Tags to Match Headlines? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

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Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

7 comments… read them below or add one } Marty November 19, 2009 at 6:48 am Great post. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Really interesting stuff, I wonder how these match up with franchise valuation?

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Team Twitter Facebook Sports 209

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com { 1 comment… read it below or add one } Nicole February 15, 2010 at 6:06 pm I think you’re onto something. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Foursquare Badge Press Release Syndication 111

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

The Most Buried News Sites on Digg { 3 comments… read them below or add one } jack van antwerp January 18, 2010 at 10:14 am [link] also: [link] Adam Sherk January 19, 2010 at 5:29 pm Thanks Jack. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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News Sites Digg Press Release 129

Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Press Release Syndication Blogroll Foursquare 100

Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

Has anyone ever framed a good comment thread from a company blog, or a collection of “likes” on a Facebook Page? My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media { 6 comments… read them below or add one } Sean Williams July 20, 2010 at 11:28 am Adam, very interesting post.

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Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

in the comments below, today I corresponded with Greg Galant , CEO of Sawhorse Media, the company behind Muck Rack. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? UPDATE: In addition to hearing from Chris Evans-Roberts of Journalism.co.uk

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Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Adam Sherk

JULY 30, 2009

Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool { 3 comments… read them below or add one } Jamie Favreau July 31, 2009 at 1:29 am They sound too formal. This video really gets across the thoughts behind the merger better than any traditional press release could.

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Press Release Video Yahoo Microsoft 102

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites Twitter Suggested Users – Today’s Studio 54 Velvet Rope How to Identify Your Own Top Trends Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1%. I’d like to thank everyone who has engaged with my blog in some way this year be it a comment, link, tweet, Facebook like, LinkedIn or Google Reader share or just stopping by to read a post. The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook.

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Sports News SEO Press Release 126

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

7 comments… read them below or add one } Craig Kanalley November 3, 2009 at 8:55 pm Interesting, and kind of sad that @BreakingTweets, even with just three lists, is doing more than many of these news organizations. I created it, and found this blog through a quick Google search. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News List Twitter Sites 136

Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Social Media Press Release Syndication Marketing 100

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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