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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.

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JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate.

Adam Sherk

Users just “like” the JVC page, submit their email address and then come back every day to “like” the wall post of the day for a chance to win a featured prize (a JVC product). If that is the case then larger companies do in fact have an advantage. The format of the 60 day sweepstakes is simple and compelling. Does that seem right?

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My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media

Adam Sherk

Here’s wishing everyone an interesting and productive 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!

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

Adam Sherk

UPDATE: Jeff Katz , Twitalyzer’s Product Lead, gave me some more information on how Impact scores are calculated and how this would factor into @ColonelTribune’s 23%: “As you pointed in your post, the Impact score is calculated (and weighted) based on a few variables. Or maybe Twitalyzer missed the boat on that one. What do you think?

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StumbleUpon Channels: Which Media Brands Are Doing Well?

Adam Sherk

These figures will continue to rise as user awareness grows and companies do more to promote their Channels. For more information on the product and how to apply see the Channels help page. To-date the media brands with the largest following have attracted 5,000 to 7,000 followers with quite a few channels still under 1,000.

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Pro PR Tips: 100 Tips from Rafe Needleman Published in a Book

Adam Sherk

Tip #21: Guest List People I want to hear a pitch from, in descending order: CEO, CTO, VP Product Development, Janitor, Brand Marketing Manager. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. Tip #16: Not BFFs Dear PR Person, We didn’t “work together” back in 1999.

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25 Random Observations about #MozCon Speakers

Adam Sherk

It’s really become a big production with a three-day agenda, large stage and space-age theme in the main room. He cares about the attendees and their success, the industry as a whole, his company and employees, the larger community (and that’s just the work related stuff). I attended MozCon 2013 last week.

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