Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

Tip #14: Dirty Secret Every now and then, press releases work. Yes, writers hate blind press releases. Tip #21: Guest List People I want to hear a pitch from, in descending order: CEO, CTO, VP Product Development, Janitor, Brand Marketing Manager. I think I must have missed something and let you off too easy.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

There is additional information in the NYTco press release , and Jim Romenesko and others have published the staff memo. Your list gives Letterman a run any day. Adam Sherk January 20, 2010 at 4:30 pm It’s hard to argue with that. But I gave it a shot. I, among others, retweeted it.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

Free Tools for Monitoring Hot Search Trends The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Google News Optimization Tips The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter Syndication Best Practices: Reduce the Risk of Being Outranked for Your Own Content Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly (..)

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

A tactic that some news and content sites employ is monitoring Google’s Hot Trends list in an effort to identify hot topics and then quickly produce matching content around them. The major engines all produce some form of hot topic/trend list, and several third-party and social media sites do as well. Does this work?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

I do feel compelled to mention that NPR would be #2 on your list in terms of fans, however (disclosure: I work there as an audience research analyst). News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages { 9 comments… read them below or add one } Matt Gallivan September 21, 2009 at 3:07 pm Thanks for doing this legwork!

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Adam Sherk

JULY 17, 2009

So the question is, how do you get on the list? I also hear that Twitter is bombarded with requests to get on the list, so they don’t like people asking anymore. I hear this question asked a lot now, with the most common answer being you have to know someone at Twitter.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 13, 2009

Through Rich Snippets you can draw greater attention to your listings in the search results, which helps to increase clickthroughs to your content. It’s important to note that marking up your pages doesn’t guarantee that your listings will get Rich Snippets, as Google says they will be rolling them out gradually.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

A limited number of listings will appear at the bottom of the main search result pages, or users can drill down to see more extensive listings: Currently a social circle is determined by the social media accounts linked from a user’s Google Profile , the feeds they subscribe to in Google Reader and their Google chat and Gmail contacts.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

However, according to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool , some people do: Currently CNN.com and MSNBC.com are the top two listings in Google for “breaking news.” But I don’t think I’d ever simply type “breaking news” into a search engine. It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

However, according to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool , some people do: Currently CNN.com and MSNBC.com are the top two listings in Google for “breaking news.” But I don’t think I’d ever simply type “breaking news” into a search engine. It would be interesting to learn how much search engine traffic they are getting from that specific term.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

And throughout December we’ve gotten top 2009 searches lists from Google , Yahoo , Bing and Ask. Last week Twitter gave us their Top Twitter Trends of 2009 for categories like news events, people, movies, etc.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

But on the first page I saw a link to a “Where to Donate&# page, which I’ve added to the list above. Social media users are doing their part too. Word of mouth on Twitter, Facebook and other sites (including The White House blog ) has raised over $2 million to-date through mobile phone donations organized by mGive.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction Your Mom’s Coming to Facebook, But She May Not Stick Around News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages 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

JANUARY 12, 2010

While a number of smaller markets and weaker teams are at the bottom of the list, I didn’t expect to see the Miami Heat down there. The Lakers and Magic get to enjoy the fruits of being anointed to Twitter’s ‘Suggested User List,’ and thus the skewed standings. Great work, Adam.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

One question: Your grid lists the Patriots as having the most Twitter followers with 30k but the text claims the Chargers as No. Sports Star Pro Mary July 16, 2010 at 10:07 pm I think, once the teams that are in the bottom list know about this, launching their official twitter pages will make a turn-around tide in favor of them.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Looking at the unique users in the raw data, msnbc.com is listed with 1.9M, but it consistently ranks in the top 3 news sites in unique users along with CNN.com (listed at 25M) and Yahoo News. Cory Bergman October 7, 2010 at 6:41 pm Hi Adam, I think PostRank under-counted msnbc because the site’s true domain is msnbc.msn.com.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 7, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites by Adam Sherk on August 7, 2009 This week’s Sysomos study of the 5% most active users on Twitter includes a list of the top 25 users (with more than 50,000 followers) ranked by average tweets per day. tweets per day.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 23, 2009

net’s list of the top sources in Digg in the past 30 days , I pulled out 22 general news sites from the top 100 or so sources. net list of top Digg sources, out of the 22 news sites I pulled out, CNN was the 10th most popular source and Yahoo News was 9th. Using di66.net’s 403 21421 1.88% 18 independent.co.uk

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Twitter-athletes.com currently lists profiles for six Colts players and 15 Saints players. @NOScom comes close for the Saints, but this appears to be run by the people managing the team’s website, not the team itself. Please correct me if I’m wrong). Too bad the teams aren’t choosing to directly engage their fans via Twitter.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

For example as news was breaking on the Chile earthquake a couple weeks ago, The New York Times created a Twitter List to pull together the latest information from a variety of sources. The Chile Earthquake list was shared quite a bit on Twitter, causing it to appear frequently in real-time search results.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

Modern blog software allows you to format the layout to resemble magazines, corporate web sites or for syndicating videos. This is possible if you have insider access to news, but if you don’t, being one of the first to blog about a story may result in links from A-list blogs and news outlets. Send out press releases.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Nick Stamoulis April 14, 2010 at 7:10 am Agreed, no need to drop all your other SEM efforts to focus on site speed, but it should be on the list of things to monitor. News is still #1 (or #2 depending on whose numbers you use).

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Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

UPDATE: Last night Newsweek added a wrap-up article to the page where the video was posted on their site, and linked to it in a wall post on their Facebook page: The wall post will quickly move down the list, but in the short-term it will help people who come looking for the video.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 18, 2009

UPDATE: Last night Newsweek added a wrap-up article to the page where the video was posted on their site, and linked to it in a wall post on their Facebook page: The wall post will quickly move down the list, but in the short-term it will help people who come looking for the video.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 5, 2010

I believe that playing in the World Series got the Yankees and Phillies added to the previous version of Twitter’s Suggested Users list, which is likely why their numbers are so much higher. Not surprisingly the Yankees and Red Sox are at the top of the standings, although Boston is far behind the Yankees and Phillies in Twitter followers.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

Modern blog software allows you to format the layout to resemble magazines, corporate web sites or for syndicating videos. This is possible if you have insider access to news, but if you don’t, being one of the first to blog about a story may result in links from A-list blogs and news outlets. Send out press releases.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 28, 2010

Related posts: Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much Do Google’s Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings? Paywalls, Media Coverage and User Access: What’s a PR Pro to Do?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Compare the CNN profile to Time: ———- 4) Forbes has opted to create quite a few additional profiles covering various sections and topics, as shown in this partial list: This may help to attract more followers overall since users will be able to drill down on the specific topics that they are interested in.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Find out below as we list the most beneficial online event marketing ideas your brand can use to promote, amplify content in-event, and drive registration. This way, you can easily collect data, segment attendee emails, and have an organized list of people you can engage in your promotional campaigns. Image via Markletic. Leverage Ads.

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Proactive Report

JULY 23, 2018

These rules apply to all your content – web pages, newsroom, articles, press releases, and blogs. Even when that content is syndicated to other sites, or distributed on the wire and picked up by other sites, it is still owned media. News tops the list for news. It’s called ‘owned media’. You produced it. Earned Media.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

94 89 17 huffingtonpost.com 94 87 npr.org 94 87 19 cbsnews.com 93 89 csmonitor.com 93 89 21 chicagotribune.com 92 89 22 newsweek.com 91 89 In the table home page authority is used to break any ties; if both scores are equal the sites are listed in alphabetical order. Will Publishers Add Cross-Domain Rel=Canonical to Syndication Deals?

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Razor Social

APRIL 4, 2018

guest blogging, content repurposing, content syndication) are also safe when used as part of a wider link building campaign and not abused. ts and free tools is a second link building tactic on our list, which would also fall under link bait. Include an influencer in a top 10 list. Content syndication. Side proje?ts

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 6, 2015

Is there still a role for press releases? Guides to PR Content and Press Releases. ” The 10 Commandments of Press Release Writing by PR Breakfast Club. Ever notice how many companies are “leaders” in their respective markets, according to their own press releases?

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 12, 2010

Related posts: Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards Borrowing Content Was Happening Long Before Blogging Do Google’s Expanded Domain Results Apply to News and Video Listings?

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 24, 2010

At least to-date the only one that frequently pops up in my social results is Sports Illustrated, but it is nearly always just a link to their SI_24Seven Twitter profile, or one of its Twitter Lists, as seen in these results for “nba”: (By the way…go Bulls!)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

I’ve seen press releases, non-English releases, and everything else in between. And of course, don’t only focus on YouTube; there are other video syndication sites that you can spread your message to. What other social media ideas would you add to the list? Photos by Shutterstock.

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

Or putting out a Press Release on How Press Releases Are No Longer Effective. Or are the stories mishmashes of other people’s original content – interviews, tweets, blog posts, statistics on Analyst websites and PDFs and press releases? Seriously ? The New Fourth Estate is Social Media.

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