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

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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Sites News Strategy Twitter 105

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at News Media Twitter Lists: Not Much Traction by Adam Sherk on November 3, 2009 With all the buzz about Twitter Lists I thought I’d take a look at how some major news sites are doing so far with their own Lists. To reporters’ sources?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later by Adam Sherk on October 20, 2009 I’m definitely a fan of Muck Rack – it offers an easy way to track major media journalists on Twitter and pick up on trending topics.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 17, 2009

It’s not the same 20 every time – Twitter randomly shuffles in 20 profiles from the group it has deemed worthy of recommendation. 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.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 25, 2012

Adam Singer summed up the general sentiment in recent conversation we had on Twitter: “Reddit / Stumble won.” So I pulled the 2009-2011 Reddit and Digg referral figures for selection of 12 major magazine and Web-only content sites. Otherwise the figures are overwhelming in favor of Reddit.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

In my ongoing look at mainstream media outlets and social media I have done multiple posts on news sites and Twitter, Facebook and Digg but I’ve yet to look at YouTube. I know a number of consumer magazines are publishing in multiple languages, usually in partnership with a local company that manages the presence.

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Sites News YouTube Press Release 182

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter by Adam Sherk on September 13, 2010 The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published the results of its latest survey on news consumption and related topics.

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Survey Social Networking Engineering Research 140

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Last year Vanity Fair drew a lot of attention when they made Justin Bieber guest editor of their Facebook page for a week in conjunction with his cover story in the magazine. Print publishers, particularly magazines, have a powerful draw that they can use to their advantage: people love to see their name in print. 4) Host Live Chats.

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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. Also surprised how well some magazines did. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 9, 2013

47 New York Magazine 1.54 45 New York Magazine 912 191 221 1,324. 7 New York Magazine 0.44 17 New York Magazine 66 1,324 1906%. Related posts: MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook: Two-Year Growth Rates. 28 PBS NewsHour 17.83 29 The Atlantic 17.21 30 USA TODAY 17.48 31 Bloomberg News 14.36 33 CNBC 15.13 34 CBS News 8.29

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News Sites Engagement Google 245

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

First, a study of 33 million unique users from Chitika’s network in September showed that visitors coming from Facebook and Digg were more loyal than those coming from the three major search engines and Twitter. Even just a year ago the majority of news sites were barely dabbling with things like Twitter – now most have Twitter mania.

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Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Here are a few issues to consider when localizing an online newspaper or magazine. For example, if you are publishing a magazine about human resources management it might seem odd to readers in Japan if all the images depict European workers. Translation. Depending on your budget there are a couple of ways you can go about this.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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?

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Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Last week Twitter gave us their Top Twitter Trends of 2009 for categories like news events, people, movies, etc. Which Twitter profiles built up the most followers and engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? What types of content generated the most social media sharing and inbound links?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media 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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Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2010

News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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

JANUARY 19, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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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Press Release Facebook Syndication Blogroll 138

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 28, 2010

Some people might subscribe to it all by itself.&# - Luke Hayman , Five Ways the iPad Will Change Magazine Design “One sticking point for publishers has been whether they will have direct access to customer data, which they would use to sell renewals or related magazines and to tell their advertisers about their audience.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

A similar difference exists for microblogging sites like Twitter. Related posts: Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

The sites include a mix of major newspapers, news magazines and TV news sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? To get a basic idea I ran Page Speed , the open source Firefox/Firebug add-on that Google recommends, on the home page of 25 news sites. It is mostly US-focused but five UK sites have also been included.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Related posts: Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

Most newspapers and magazines get a significant amount of natural search traffic from branded queries but queries that combine a specific topic plus a brand are much less common. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? As awareness of the Google change grows this may impact user behavior; time will tell.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Publishers: Solve Tracking Code, Duplicate Content Issues with the Canonical URL Tag So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com 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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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

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

AUGUST 11, 2010

The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites Twitter Suggested Users – Today’s Studio 54 Velvet Rope How to Identify Your Own Top Trends 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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Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

To investigate further I did a quick check for Twitter activity. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? I don’t have any data on what kind of traffic the Tumblr site is getting, but either it is fairly low or visitors simply aren’t starting discussions there. I didn’t find any shared newsweek.tumblr.com URLs through Bit.ly

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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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Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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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Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

But companies like to frame newspaper articles and glossy magazine covers on their walls and PR professionals still need to deliver big wins. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? So maybe it won’t really matter in the long run.

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Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists. 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 17, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media 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 Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Marquerite Buley January 25, 2010 at 6:40 pm I just started using Twitter not too long ago, since then I’ve begun to love it. What started out as a hatred for Twitter it’s allowed me to network with people in my business alot easier. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? 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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Press Release Syndication Blogroll iPad 101

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Advantage: COLTS __ 4th Quarter: Twitter It gets worse on Twitter – from what I can see neither team has an official profile. There are several unofficial Twitter profiles for each team run by fans and media sites, but I could not find any official accounts. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

Adam Sherk

MAY 4, 2010

In my post on the most popular NBA teams on Twitter and Facebook (and the more recent one on MLB teams ) I looked strictly at the following each team has built up. A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success.

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Team Engagement Facebook Press Release 165

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Improve the site as a whole so when things pick up again you’ll be stronger than ever. 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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Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102