Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

What sections, special features, individual articles, etc. What types of content generated the most social media sharing and inbound links? Things that news and content sites should look at include: What terms and content types brought in the most search engine referral traffic? were most (and least) popular?

Trends 167

Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Media sites often pull existing content into new features/packages, typically to create attractive options for advertisers. For example a selection of movie reviews (that also exist in the film section) will be duplicated on a different template in a “What’s Hot This Summer” feature. Repurposing content in new packages.

Sites 105

Sites News Syndication Content 105

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Many publications will syndicate the major features and articles from their most important journalists across all their websites, which makes their publication consistent across different regions and helps to establish an international brand. Social media is now an integral part of most online publications. Add local content.

Publishing 124

Publishing Tips Syndication Resources 124

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Content 112

Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

Adam Sherk

JULY 30, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content by Adam Sherk on July 30, 2009 Executive quotes in press releases are notorious for lacking any kind of substantial information. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Press Release 102

Press Release Video Yahoo Microsoft 102

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Examples 102

Examples News Press Release Embedding 102

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Digg 166

Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

JULY 17, 2009

Since new users aren’t always sure exactly how to use Twitter, this starter group can be quite helpful, so the profiles that are featured do end up getting a steady stream of new followers. It’s not the same 20 every time – Twitter randomly shuffles in 20 profiles from the group it has deemed worthy of recommendation.

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Twitter Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Get creative – Develop special features and packages that are likely to garner attention and links. Bolster your best stuff – Dig into your analytics data and determine which sections and content types tend to perform best in summer. There are lots of good approaches to “link bait” – find the topics and hooks that work for you.

Engineering 102

Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

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). The format of the 60 day sweepstakes is simple and compelling. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

RFI 156

RFI Guidelines Facebook Press Release 156

Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

The opportunity is more limited on Yahoo, with real-time results limited to two tweets featured in the Twitter tab of the “Latest News” box: However links to news content are often included in the highlighted tweets and Yahoo plans to incorporate more real-time content soon. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Sites 143

Sites News Yahoo Engineering 143

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Trends 146

Trends Tools Embedding Digg 146

Adam Sherk

MAY 1, 2009

I know in some cases it’s because they are featured as “suggested users” to people who sign up for a new Twitter account. Fox News Not so Much. by Adam Sherk on May 1, 2009 I’ve been surprised by how many people choose to follow the main Twitter account of major news sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 100

News Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 1, 2009

I know in some cases it’s because they are featured as “suggested users” to people who sign up for a new Twitter account. Fox News Not so Much. by Adam Sherk on May 1, 2009 I’ve been surprised by how many people choose to follow the main Twitter account of major news sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 100

News Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 29, 2010

Carol June 30, 2010 at 2:27 pm “Feature rich&# is probably my favorite, especially when used in a sentence along with “robust&# (which did make the list). A widely understood word describing the feature. Are those companies not allowed to include that feature reference in their press releases?

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