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Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets by Adam Sherk on December 17, 2009 This week both Brian Solis and SEOMoz made reference to a recent Forrester report forecasting US interactive marketing budgets for the next five years.

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NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg

Adam Sherk

In my post on news sites on the new Digg I noted that NBC has created a series of city-specific profiles to target local markets. Lauren: The ten profiles are a joint effort between myself and the social media lead in each of the 10 markets. Has there been interest/demand for market-specific content? NBC is trying to find out.

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Corporate social media marketing is about two-way communication

Adam Sherk

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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Startups Use Micro-PR Campaigns to Tip Momentum in Their Favor

Adam Sherk

Social media, mobile marketing and such are great additions to a large PR campaign, but a startup company with limited resources or sales experience becomes overwhelmed with what to take on. Everyone in theory faces the same demands when it comes to starting a company, gaining investors and growing their customer base.

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How Much is a PR Professional Worth to a Startup?

Adam Sherk

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. Any questions?”.

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Why the News Business Isn't Profitable

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable by Guest on September 10, 2010 This is a guest post from Aaron Goldman , author of Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned from Google. It’s simply no longer profitable for companies to report “news.” Look at AOL.

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Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in.

Adam Sherk

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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