Adam Sherk

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Local TV News Teams Having Fun with Pinterest

Adam Sherk

local scenery and special events; news and weather; meet the team and behind the scenes photos; and contests and promotions. Related posts: NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg. For more see Kim’s Lost Remote post on what local TV newsrooms are pinning which gave me a great start to my research.

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PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

Adam Sherk

Also this statement on the role of new technology in breaking news more quickly was interesting: As news is posted faster, often with little enterprise reporting added, the official version of events is becoming more important. Bill Hunt wrote about this a while back in looking at the use of tech press releases by bloggers.

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Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

Now the focus is decidedly more tactical with sites looking to understand how to maximize the benefits of their efforts and better integrate them with other marketing initiatives. PostRank counts “engagement events” which it defines as individual activities such as a tweet, like, comment, digg, RSS view, etc.

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How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

Adam Sherk

Last week Twitter gave us their Top Twitter Trends of 2009 for categories like news events, people, movies, etc. Data like this is interesting to check out, and it can provide useful insights for marketers and content producers in getting a better understanding of user interest and activities in both search and social media.

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

Adam Sherk

With a strong fear of cold calling and attending networking events, he wasn’t getting his complete concept heard and he wasn’t going anywhere fast. Why spend valuable time coming up a full-blown marketing campaign to promote your idea when you can do one or a few micro-PR campaigns much more easily?

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5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages

Adam Sherk

Recently NPR shared a case study on Nieman Journalism Lab showing how they used geotargeting on their Facebook page to specifically target users in one local market, Seattle. The New York Times will sometimes create a special tab for major events. Here are five good ideas for news media Facebook pages: 1) Use Geotargeting.

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Google javascript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored.

Adam Sherk

Vanessa Fox did an extensive write-up for Search Engine Land which covers the changes in detail. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.