Adam Sherk

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Facebook and Twitter Offer News Organizations Much More than Just News Delivery

Adam Sherk

And a Facebook Page is a good place to aggregate and curate user-generated content to tell more of a story, particularly at the local level. Users regularly look to news organizations and reporters (as well as individuals) on Twitter for additional information particularly in breaking news situations.

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Pinterest: Great Opportunity for Lifestyle Publishers and Brands

Adam Sherk

Brands can also establish credibility and topical authority by curating and sharing content from other sources. On Pinterest publishers can showcase their content, build brand awareness and connect with influencers, evangelists and good old fashioned regular users who like their stuff.

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The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is.

Adam Sherk

The value and legitimacy of content aggregation is a topic for another post; I think most would agree that curation serves a more useful purpose than aggregation. To me the real question is: when one site aggregates another’s content, how much attribution is enough?

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10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News

Adam Sherk

You can view this in the spirit of Robert Scoble’s To create or curate? , or catch on that I’m on a project deadline and don’t have time to contribute my own thoughts.

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Editorial SEO Tactics for the Newsroom

Adam Sherk

This kind of curated approach is much more effective than automating the process. But many sites are not making good use of inline editorial links, which tend to have greater SEO value (see #5 in All Links are Not Created Equal from SEOmoz).

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Myths Keeping Social Media out of Regulated Industries

Adam Sherk

Curate, don’t just self-promote – no one likes the guy at the party who does nothing but talk about himself. The volume of tweets and when tweets occur (time of day, day of week) also have a strong influence on user retweets. Be sure to share things from other sources too and get involved in related conversations.

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