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

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

AUGUST 11, 2010

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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Adam Sherk

MAY 4, 2010

Ok fans could care less about that, but for myself and some sports and social media marketers out there it’s an interesting question. Ok fans could care less about that, but for myself and some sports and social media marketers out there it’s an interesting question. This time I’ll compare user engagement on each team’s Facebook page.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on April 5, 2010 A new baseball season is underway and we are in that wonderfully brief period when fans all over the country still believe this could actually be the year for their team.

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But at this early stage, how strong are the marketing opportunities for news sites? 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. So at least for now Facebook is the much stronger play.

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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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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Social Media Marketing Best Practices By Debra Aho Williamson eMarketer forecasts that social network ad spending will reach $2.5 In Age of Friending, Consumers Trust Their Friends Less By Michael Bush People have caught on to the fact marketers are increasingly behind that influential blog post or tweet. billion in the US.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Facebook So how about Facebook? This is likely connected to the launch of the external Facebook “like” button and the fact that Facebook page promotion is much more prevalent than it was even a year ago. The Detroit Lions and Houston Texans have also grown considerably but their total counts are still comparatively low.

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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

APRIL 14, 2009

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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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

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

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Syndication. Syndicating content is a common practice and an important revenue stream for publishers. My post on syndication best practices covers ways to reduce the risk of being outranked for your own content. From a SEO perspective, the best approach is to avoid this practice altogether.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Make the Most of Your Retweet Buttons by Adam Sherk on February 25, 2010 In working on my presentation for the Twitter Marketing Tactics session at SMX West next week I’ve been looking at the various types of share and retweet buttons used on news sites.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

So belatedly here are my 10 most popular posts of 2009, by pageviews: Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Embedding photos will be a good way for publishers to draw attention on the SERPs and increase clickthrough rates. Not sure what SearchMonkey is?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Related posts: Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com Rich Snippets: Increase Google Visibility for Reviews through Microformats 20+ Major News Sites Ranked by Domain Authority Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

So companies can increase the likelihood of their press releases being used by bloggers and local news sources by giving them a more news-like tone and dialing down the marketing hype. 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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Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 20, 2009

Google News Optimization Tips Google JavaScript Changes Put Publishers in Violation of Sponsored Link Guidelines Yahoo News Syndication: Attribution Links Not SEO-Friendly Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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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

JANUARY 7, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

Related posts: A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page Newsweek Cares about (some of) your Tweets. Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? 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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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 20, 2014

For a long time, there was a perception that social media marketing was free, or at least very inexpensive. Starting a Facebook or Twitter account was free, and hiring a part-time intern to manage them didn’t cost much. In reality, social media marketing has never been free. Syndicating content. billion industry.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 30, 2009

Related posts: The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? Syndication Best Practices: Reduce the Risk of Being Outranked for Your Own Content Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines? Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals? 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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Adam Sherk

MAY 26, 2009

by Adam Sherk on May 26, 2009 The discussion about HubSpot’s post on the syndication of social media press releases vs. traditional press releases called my attention again to PitchEngine , a platform for creating and sharing social media releases (SMRs). The contest was hosted on YouTube, and therefore the videos lived on YouTube.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! Thanks for the write up. I wanted to point out that Waxman is absolutely wrong when she says we sometimes don’t credit our sources at all.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 22, 2009

Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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