Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Despite this, fans are passionately supporting and discussing their teams through a range of social media outlets, in particular Twitter and Facebook. In the table below the 32 NFL teams are ranked by the total number of followers/fans on their official Twitter accounts and Facebook pages.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on January 12, 2010 NBA players, like many professional athletes, have taken social media by storm, but what about their teams? So what should NBA teams be doing on Twitter and Facebook?

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Team Twitter Facebook Press Release 179

Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites by Adam Sherk on April 26, 2010 There has been a lot of news and reaction around Facebook’s new additions to the Facebook Platform: Social Plugins, the Open Graph protocol and the Graph API.

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News Module Widget Facebook 149

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool by Adam Sherk on January 19, 2010 Want to use your Facebook Page to build out your mailing list? The key takeaway: the more ways you can bring your Facebook Pages to life, the better.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But will it ever catch up with Facebook? That’s a much tougher road, because Facebook has done a great job of gaining adoption across a wide range of demographics. Facebook itself is making a push to get users to create personalized news channels that benefit both users and news sites.

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Sites News Google Facebook 118

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Based on first impressions, I have to say I like The Washington Post’s Social Reader on Facebook. For more background information check out Robert Scoble’s video interview with company chairman Don Graham. Related posts: More Content Shared on Facebook but Twitter Click-through Rate Much Higher.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

So I thought I’d take a closer look at what Fox News is doing on its Facebook Page , as well as some engagement examples. NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines? Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages?

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News Engagement Facebook Press Release 104

Adam Sherk

MAY 29, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Your Mom’s Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around by Adam Sherk on May 29, 2009 Inside Facebook published some new statistics this week on Facebook’s US audience growth over the last 60 days. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines?

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 101

Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards by Adam Sherk on May 18, 2009 Today Newsweek offered live streaming of Jon Meacham’s interview with Treasury Security Tim Geithner on its Facebook page.

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards by Adam Sherk on May 18, 2009 Today Newsweek offered live streaming of Jon Meacham’s interview with Treasury Security Tim Geithner on its Facebook page.

Facebook 100

Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

JULY 12, 2011

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.

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Startup Film Team Meeting 146

Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

But from a media relations perspective this reminds me of the “if a tree falls in the forest” saying: If an article about your company or client is behind a paywall and no one is around to read it, does it make an impact? Has anyone ever framed a good comment thread from a company blog, or a collection of “likes” on a Facebook Page?

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Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

But 57% also indicated that they plan to increase their focus on SEO: That’s good news, because even just 2-3 years ago many companies’ efforts to integrate SEO and PR activities did not extend much beyond press release optimization. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Nevertheless, here are my top 10 posts of 2011 by pageviews: Which NBA Teams Have Seen the Most Growth on Twitter and Facebook? Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools. Is Using Facebook Comments Good for Publishers? The post on Facebook analytics tools did well considering I just published it last week.

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SEO Publishing Press Release Social Media 119

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. main profiles, personas, individual staff members, etc).

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Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

by Adam Sherk on June 15, 2010 I have done several posts on news organizations and Facebook recently so I thought it was time to switch things up and look at Twitter again. But Twitter, Facebook in some cases Digg still represent the majority of social media referrals to many news sites, so they continue to be a priority.

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News Sites Twitter Digg 165

Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

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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Press Release Syndication Blogroll Consultant 100

Adam Sherk

APRIL 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Corporate Social Media Marketing is about Two-Way Communication by Adam Sherk on April 14, 2009 It’s a simple concept, but one that many companies are still struggling with in terms of practical implementation.

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Social Media Press Release Syndication Marketing 100

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

So companies can increase the likelihood of their press releases being used by bloggers and local news sources by giving them a more news-like tone and dialing down the marketing hype. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Study News Press Release Report 147

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Related posts: Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences’ Social Circles? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Survey Social Networking Engineering Research 140

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

It’s simply no longer profitable for companies to report “news.” The company has remade itself into a new era media firm by eliminating a lot of the overhead associated with producing content — via Seed.com — and focusing on topics that are more commercial in nature — travel, finance, auto, etc — rather than news.

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News Press Release Survey SEO 121

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Of course the larger question is whether or not companies will use third-party services to distribute press releases via Twitter when they can do so for free on their own. in the comments below, today I corresponded with Greg Galant , CEO of Sawhorse Media, the company behind Muck Rack.

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Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Related posts: A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page Newsweek Cares about (some of) your Tweets. Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Fox News Not so Much.

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

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. I know a number of consumer magazines are publishing in multiple languages, usually in partnership with a local company that manages the presence.

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Sites News YouTube Press Release 182

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

__ 3rd Quarter: Facebook Facebook offers one of the best ways for teams to engage with their fan base, so which team is making the most of it? 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.

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

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. Related posts: Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. But CNN did get two embedded video listings on the page, beating out YouTube: Finally, for the query “mosque near ground zero ABC” NPR and AP got the Google News listings, not ABC.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

For news and content sites the task is fairly straightforward as lots of users are already subscribed to their RSS feeds, Twitter accounts, Facebook Pages, etc. But in case in takes off, the questions businesses should be asking themselves now are: Are we in our target audiences’ social circles? If not how do we get there?

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Google Google Reader Press Release Survey 109

Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Related posts: 20+ Major News Sites Ranked by Domain Authority NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Sites News Yahoo Journal 161

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Related posts: Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact? {

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News List Twitter Sites 136

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. A similar difference exists for microblogging sites like Twitter. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

Social Media 122

Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Press Release Syndication Blogroll iPad 101

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. Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages? Social media users are doing their part too.

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News Sites Digg Press Release 129

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

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Trends Tools Embedding Digg 146