Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

News sites have a big advantage over other companies on Facebook because they regularly produce breaking news and other forms of quality content that can be featured on their pages and placed in user news feeds. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 181

News Sites Yahoo Facebook 181

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?

Content 116

Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

But in case in takes off, the questions businesses should be asking themselves now are: Are we in our target audiences’ social circles? 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. If not how do we get there?

Google 109

Google Google Reader Press Release Survey 109

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Releases are posted on their press release page (and in its RSS feed) and tweeted via @muckrack , which currently has 5k+ followers. Based on their press release page and RSS feed, since the service launched in late July they’ve distributed 51 press releases, a small number being their own.

Press Release 145

Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

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?

Press Release 141

Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 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? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Social Media 123

Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Foursquare 111

Foursquare Badge Press Release Syndication 111

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

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

Sites 182

Sites News YouTube Press Release 182

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 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? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Sites 238

Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

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.

Social Media 100

Social Media Press Release Syndication Marketing 100

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.

News 121

News Press Release Survey SEO 121

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

Press Release 101

Press Release Syndication Blogroll iPad 101

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.

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Consultant 100

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”? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Engineering 100

Engineering Press Release Survey Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards 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?

Tumblr 131

Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Most newspapers and magazines get a significant amount of natural search traffic from branded queries but queries that combine a specific topic plus a brand are much less common. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

News 113

News List Google Embedding 113

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

But that’s no longer a significant opportunity, so blog tags are now more about on-site usability; directing users to additional content on a particular topic or allowing them to subscribe to topic-specific RSS feeds. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Sites 112

Sites News Press Release SEO 112

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

Hitwise 100

Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

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? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Press Release 100

Press Release Syndication Blogroll Foursquare 100

Kikolani

APRIL 27, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Here are some of Fast Company’s tips.

Mashup 113

Mashup Resources Klout Remix 113

Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

A typical day starts at 6am with answering the new email that came in over night and then some morning reading in my RSS reader (see photo of this mornings Google Reader). I can say that life was a lot more chaotic before I found Google Reader (hat tip to Robert Scoble who turned me on to Google Reader).

Social Media 117

Social Media Google Reader Delicious Tweetdeck 117

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

To help answer that question I used Twitalyzer to evaluate the main Twitter profile of 30+ major news organizations including a mix of newspapers, magazines, TV and online-only outlets. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

News 165

News Sites Twitter Digg 165

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

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? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Content 112

Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 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? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Trends 167

Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

On newspaper and magazine sites, the main culprit is typically the practice of appending tracking codes to the end of URLs, for example: www.yoursite.com/article ?xid=rss xid=rss (or ?xid=topstories What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? xid=topstories or ?cid=partner cid=partner , etc…).

Issues 100

Issues Publishing URL Syndication 100

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?

Digg 166

Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

Examples 102

Examples News Press Release Embedding 102

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Sitemap | RSS | © 2009-present AdamSherk.com Using Thesis Wordpress Theme.

Yahoo 101

Yahoo News Syndication Press Release 101

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? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

Hitwise 110

Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. The RSS feed is: [link]. A social PR agency handles the brand-building efforts , like the global auto shows that are more about the brand of Nissan and less about the actual vehicles. They also handle blogger outreach and social press.

Loyalty 139

Loyalty Nielsen Social Media Case Study 139

Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

The sites include a mix of major newspapers, news magazines and TV 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? It is mostly US-focused but five UK sites have also been included.

Sites 161

Sites News Yahoo Journal 161

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? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

SEO 101

SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

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?

Sites 118

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? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Syndication 117

Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

News 101

News Google Hitwise Press Release 101

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 23, 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? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

News 104

News Engagement Facebook Press Release 104