Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction by Adam Sherk on November 3, 2009 With all the buzz about Twitter Lists I thought I’d take a look at how some major news sites are doing so far with their own Lists.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 7, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites by Adam Sherk on August 7, 2009 This week’s Sysomos study of the 5% most active users on Twitter includes a list of the top 25 users (with more than 50,000 followers) ranked by average tweets per day. tweets per day.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later by Adam Sherk on October 20, 2009 I’m definitely a fan of Muck Rack – it offers an easy way to track major media journalists on Twitter and pick up on trending topics.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 17, 2009

It’s not the same 20 every time – Twitter randomly shuffles in 20 profiles from the group it has deemed worthy of recommendation. Since new users aren’t always sure exactly how to use Twitter, this starter group can be quite helpful, so the profiles that are featured do end up getting a steady stream of new followers.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Some news sites are supplementing content links with direct questions and comments to users, but this does not appear to be happening in any significant volume. To judge user engagement and activity, I also calculated the average number of “likes” and comments that the last 10 updates/links to each page received. NPR 489,413 513.5

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2013

Followerwonk from SEOmoz is a great tool for researching Twitter users. The Twitter bio search allows you to easily find and evaluate users in specific areas. Twitter is often the easiest social gateway to finding bloggers since people with a blog tend to be on Twitter too. Each tool is free unless otherwise noted.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Last week Twitter gave us their Top Twitter Trends of 2009 for categories like news events, people, movies, etc. Which Twitter profiles built up the most followers and engagement? What generated the most “likes” and comments on your Facebook Page? main profiles, personas, individual staff members, etc). Best to you.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 4, 2010

In my post on the most popular NBA teams on Twitter and Facebook (and the more recent one on MLB teams ) I looked strictly at the following each team has built up. So I checked the number of likes and comments for each team’s last 10 updates. This time I’ll compare user engagement on each team’s Facebook page. 10 Miami Heat 16,814 99.8

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

After reviewing several days’ worth of activity, I have to say that nearly anything Fox News posts to its page ends up getting a decent amount of likes and comments from fans. Even more mundane news items still manage to spark a round of commenting. Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages?

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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. To investigate further I did a quick check for Twitter activity.

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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. Advantage: COLTS __ 4th Quarter: Twitter It gets worse on Twitter – from what I can see neither team has an official profile. Please correct me if I’m wrong). How about the players?

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

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. 2) Try a Guest Editor. 4) Host Live Chats.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Here is the reported data on 30 media profiles, ranked by number of followers (as of today): Profile Followers Following Diggs by Publisher Comments by Publisher 1 The New York Times 10,225 4 65 1 2 The Wall Street Journal 9,546 15 281 1 3 BBC News 9,222 0 5,423 0 4 Time 7,842 964 6,289 29 5 Telegraph.co.uk

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

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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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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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too. 8 comments… read them below or add one } Jeff Domansky October 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm Adam, great analysis!

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 28, 2012

The counterpoint is that most of these posts are getting a lot of likes, comments and shares. The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook. The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook. So at a minimum the “LIKE” begging isn’t turning users off and maybe it is even helping to increase engagement.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

One aspect that CNN might want to rethink is the inclusion of “Total Comments” for each news item. 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?

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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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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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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 25, 2012

Adam Singer summed up the general sentiment in recent conversation we had on Twitter: “Reddit / Stumble won.” The decline of Digg was already apparent when I did a basic survey of Twitter, Facebook and Digg traffic to newspaper and magazine sites in early 2010 and the negative trend continues today.

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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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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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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! Marquerite Buley January 25, 2010 at 6:40 pm I just started using Twitter not too long ago, since then I’ve begun to love it. Very helpful as I only used a couple of these previously.

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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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Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

Google, Bing and Yahoo are all experimenting with various forms of real-time results now and making deals with Twitter, Facebook and other social sites. It should be noted that there many forms of real-time search, including Twitter Search itself and sites like OneRiot , Collecta and Topsy , among others.

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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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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook. The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook. The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season. Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1%. 10 Practical Twitter Tips for Publishers.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets 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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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

However my comedic talents are limited, so please bail me out by suggesting more reasons in the comments. If we want the most up to date News, then Digg or even Twitter provide immediate News. Adam Sherk January 21, 2010 at 3:49 pm Thanks for your comment Charles. Most likely the result will fall somewhere in between.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact? 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?

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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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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Word of mouth on Twitter, Facebook and other sites (including The White House blog ) has raised over $2 million to-date through mobile phone donations organized by mGive. 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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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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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

In my ongoing look at mainstream media outlets and social media I have done multiple posts on news sites and Twitter, Facebook and Digg but I’ve yet to look at YouTube. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? are changing.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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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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