Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

2) I did not include sites from the Technology category but several in that group have attracted decent followings including Engadget (24,011 followers), Gizmodo (17,546) Mashable (14,528), Wired (9,695) and Ars Technica (7,724). But there is also a risk that Forbes will spread itself too thin and weaken the value of its main profile.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Blekko officially launching this week the new search engine is getting a lot of attention particularly in the search marketing community because of SEO data it provides. A large group of sites have hostrank scores in the 3,000s or 4,000s so there is not a lot of separation between the news organizations in the middle of the pack.

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Sites News Postrank SEO 112

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

It would also be interesting to see how Microsoft addresses the financial realities of trying to extend such an arrangement to a larger group of publishers. I’d actually like to see this happen…it would make for an interesting case study demonstrating that the only one hurt by such a deal is News Corp itself.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 29, 2009

Email is by far still the preferred tool for online communication and content sharing in her age group, but social media is beginning to make inroads. From what I’ve observed she doesn’t necessarily know she’s doing half the time (sorry Mom!), but her and her friends seem to be sticking with it. Let’s see what they make of Google Wave.

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Facebook Press Release Syndication Blogroll 101

Adam Sherk

MAY 14, 2013

It is one of the many reasons that content marketing has become so popular, as brands in other industries put an emphasis on content development and promotion and essentially become publishers themselves. So what link building tactics are most effective for publishers? Recommended Tactics. Link reclamation.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Unfortunately there are increasing reports of donation fraud online, so major news organizations are playing a vital role in directing people to credible, legitimate groups. Aid organizations are racing against time to save as many lives as they can, and what they need most right now is money.

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News Sites Digg Press Release 129

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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. So there may definitely be some other new media sites with engagement scores that are competitive with this group, or even higher.

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Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

JULY 23, 2009

was the 2nd most popular source but it ranks 19th in bury percentage in this group. NBC Targets Local Markets on the New Digg Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? 387 13313 2.91% 9 upi.com 105 3715 2.83% 10 washingtonpost.com 749 29609 2.53% 11 news.bbc.co.uk 403 21421 1.88% 18 independent.co.uk

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Thanks, KD Kirk Dixon, Chief Learning Consultant, PRM Consulting Group (greater NYC area) Adam Sherk January 27, 2010 at 9:56 am Sounds good Kirk, will do. I work in the athlete to business and business to athlete space, and would love to get our networks connected if you are open to it, shoot me an invite on Linked IN and I will accept.

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

a group of articles on a particular topic) are ranked according to “aggregate editorial interest.” Publish informative, unique content – Sites are encouraged to produce strong original content as opposed to repurposing or duplicating stories Some other information: Story clusters (i.e.

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News Google Tips Press Release 158

Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

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Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In developing social media strategies for news sites, marketing typically takes the lead on the audience development and content promotion aspects, while the editorial staff focuses more on using social media for sourcing, identifying trends, coming up with story ideas, etc. But there is actually a lot of overlap between the two groups.

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Social Media Press Release SEO News 146

Adam Sherk

MAY 1, 2012

The technical, editorial and marketing teams are trained in SEO best practices and are integrating them into the daily workflow. In the marketing category secondary metrics include tracking domain authority and page authority (for key pages) over time, along with internal and inbound links, social shares, additional brand signals, etc.

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Metrics SEO Publishing Analytics 164

Adam Sherk

MAY 17, 2010

CBS News and Reuters are the only two news organizations in the group that have not created a short, customized URL for their page (e.g. I had previously pointed out the high level of engagement that Fox News gets on its Facebook page ; this data supports that further. www.facebook.com/nytimes): That is a missed opportunity.

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Sites News CPM Facebook 167

Adam Sherk

JUNE 29, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases by Adam Sherk on June 29, 2010 Unique, one-of-a-kind, best-of-breed…blah, blah, blah. We see this type of marketing speak over and over in press releases and promotional materials.

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