Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Despite this, fans are passionately supporting and discussing their teams through a range of social media outlets, in particular Twitter and Facebook. In the table below the 32 NFL teams are ranked by the total number of followers/fans on their official Twitter accounts and Facebook pages.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 7, 2011

There were some interesting posts over the weekend from Steve Cheney and Robert Scoble on whether utilizing Facebook Comments kills or in fact increases user authenticity within on-site commenting. So I’d rather not put that activity into my Facebook news feed. Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately. The short answer? Not so many.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 20, 2011

Based on a current promotion on the Grateful Dead Facebook page I’d say they’re doing great. In support of the release of the complete recordings from the Europe ’72 tour (and the 40th anniversary of that tour) the Grateful Dead Facebook page utilizes a separate tab to create a multi-page interactive experience for fans.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines? But does it violate Facebook’s promotions guidelines? Which part of the Facebook guidelines JVC USA is violating was not specified. Apparently it does.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on January 12, 2010 NBA players, like many professional athletes, have taken social media by storm, but what about their teams? So what should NBA teams be doing on Twitter and Facebook?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 26, 2011

I was talking with John Shehata from ABC News yesterday about Facebook, and he brought up an interesting question. What’s a better approach for journalists, creating official Facebook Pages or enabling the subscribe button on their regular profiles? Facebook is certainly encouraging the use of the new subscribe button.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites by Adam Sherk on April 26, 2010 There has been a lot of news and reaction around Facebook’s new additions to the Facebook Platform: Social Plugins, the Open Graph protocol and the Graph API.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 19, 2012

The Pew Research Center’s The State of the News Media 2012 is out and the section on What Facebook and Twitter Mean for News makes for an interesting read. The figures on where users get their news links from is already being covered as a sign that Facebook and Twitter may not be as strong of a news source as previously thought.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 28, 2012

Lately I’ve been noticing a lot of Facebook posts in my news feed with a specific request to “LIKE” the post. But as a user I find it annoying to frequently see posts in my Facebook news feed that directly ask, cajole or downright beg me to “LIKE” it. The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 27, 2011

Last year I did a couple of posts on the reach and engagement of NBA teams on Twitter and Facebook. As for Facebook, here are the most popular official team pages: Facebook likes. January 2011 Facebook likes. Here are the NBA team pages ranked by percentage increase since last year: Facebook likes.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

What gets more traction for publishers: content shared on Facebook or Twitter? According to the Social Media Sharing Trends 2010 report from SocialTwist, Facebook dominates content sharing among social media sites but links shared on Twitter have a much higher click-through rate. clicks per share on Facebook. clicks vs. only 2.87

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool by Adam Sherk on January 19, 2010 Want to use your Facebook Page to build out your mailing list? The key takeaway: the more ways you can bring your Facebook Pages to life, the better.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But will it ever catch up with Facebook? That’s a much tougher road, because Facebook has done a great job of gaining adoption across a wide range of demographics. Facebook itself is making a push to get users to create personalized news channels that benefit both users and news sites.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Based on first impressions, I have to say I like The Washington Post’s Social Reader on Facebook. Related posts: More Content Shared on Facebook but Twitter Click-through Rate Much Higher. An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

So I thought I’d take a closer look at what Fox News is doing on its Facebook Page , as well as some engagement examples. NBA Playoff Teams Ranked by Facebook Page Engagement JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines? Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 29, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Your Mom’s Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around by Adam Sherk on May 29, 2009 Inside Facebook published some new statistics this week on Facebook’s US audience growth over the last 60 days. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines?

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Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards by Adam Sherk on May 18, 2009 Today Newsweek offered live streaming of Jon Meacham’s interview with Treasury Security Tim Geithner on its Facebook page.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards by Adam Sherk on May 18, 2009 Today Newsweek offered live streaming of Jon Meacham’s interview with Treasury Security Tim Geithner on its Facebook page.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 17, 2014

Facebook is the primary emphasis for Shareablee. Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools. Monitoring is its primary function but the analytics component is good too. Curalate is a great option for image-focused content on Pinterest, Instagram and now Tumblr. Shareablee. Bottlenose. Bottlenose is nice too.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 10, 2012

Fox News tends to get a high volume of comments per Facebook update, so I was curious if the same would hold true on Google+. But their fan base is not nearly as active on Google+ as it is on Facebook. Related posts: Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? It does to some extent, as 22.70

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

by Adam Sherk on June 15, 2010 I have done several posts on news organizations and Facebook recently so I thought it was time to switch things up and look at Twitter again. But Twitter, Facebook in some cases Digg still represent the majority of social media referrals to many news sites, so they continue to be a priority.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. main profiles, personas, individual staff members, etc).

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

I got good response to my post on Facebook analytics tools so I thought I’d do something similar for Twitter. Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools. During a social media audit I like to run a company’s Twitter profiles through some basic analysis tools to set benchmarks and compare them to competitors.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 16, 2011

That’s interesting in and of itself, as marketers sometimes (over) generalize that men prefer Twitter while Facebook is more appealing to women. How about age? Related posts: Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter. Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Related posts: Google Buzz and News Sites: Good Potential But Facebook Still the Better Play. The Washington Post Social Reader on Facebook: Good First Impression, Good User Experience. So if you have been hit by Panda, time and patience are also a necessary part of the process.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools. 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages. 5 Good Ideas for News Media Facebook Pages. The Facebook analytics tools post is actually from December 2011 but since it was a top performer this year I’m letting it make the list.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

This is a close one but the Steelers edge out the Packers by roughly 8K followers: It’s worth noting that both teams’ followers are significantly up since the beginning of the season (see: The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season ). The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 3, 2011

Last year I simply ranked the NBA playoff teams by Facebook engagement , so this year I thought I’d try a different approach for Twitter and apply Klout scores to the actual bracket and declare a winner for each matchup, round by round. Related posts: Which NBA Teams Have Seen the Most Growth on Twitter and Facebook?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

__ 3rd Quarter: Facebook Facebook offers one of the best ways for teams to engage with their fan base, so which team is making the most of it? As of today the Colts’ official Facebook page has 249,481 fans and their wall posts are getting a good amount of “likes” and comments.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 12, 2011

Mark Zuckerberg and key members of the early Facebook team are meeting to discuss roles and ownership stakes in the company. But based on public reports the real life Chris Hughes did apparently make a valuable contribution to Facebook and he went on to do good work for the Barack Obama campaign and then found Jumo.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too. Related posts: Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 8, 2012

How much Facebook integration is too much? A high degree of Facebook integration can feel a bit like being assimilated into the Borg, but the reality is there is a lot of audience across all demographics there so experimentation is certainly worthwhile. Exceeding 140 characters and forcing the user to rework the tweet text.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Nevertheless, here are my top 10 posts of 2011 by pageviews: Which NBA Teams Have Seen the Most Growth on Twitter and Facebook? Beyond Facebook Insights: Useful Facebook Analytics Tools. Is Using Facebook Comments Good for Publishers? The post on Facebook analytics tools did well considering I just published it last week.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable Categories Public Relations Publishing SEO Social Media Popular Posts The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases Facebook Pages: Which News Sites (..)

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook. The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook. The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season. Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1%. An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites.

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