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Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

Adam Sherk

PostRank has a comparison tool that uses its Domain Activity API to measure total engagement based on user participation across multiple social platforms. PostRank counts “engagement events” which it defines as individual activities such as a tweet, like, comment, digg, RSS view, etc. So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool.

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The Problem With PR

Waxing UnLyrical

The term “PR” has become synonymous with “press releases” (easy enough to understand why), “buzz,” “publicity,” and “spin.” Press releases” and publicity are just some of the means to these ends. Notice before I said news release and not press release. Most PR pros (and firms). In this world of Web 2.0,

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Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses

Akamai Marketing

Then measure it.You can use Google Analytics, PostRank or even (GASP!) Don’t make me gag by posting press release after press release on your blog. Press releases are for journalists, blogs are for people. your own set of metrics. Why should your customers care?

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Top SocialFish posts of 2010

SocialFish

As a quick wrap-up to 2010, here were the top SocialFish blog posts of the year (based on Postrank score, which measures pageviews, RSS views, comments, tweets and retweets, shares, Buzz, bookmarks, clicks, trackbacks etc.) The Art of Creating a Social Media Press Release. in chronological order. Make No Mistake.

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Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool? | Small Business Mavericks

Small Business Mavericks

link] #smb #smallbiz Log in to Reply WendyBlomseth says: March 18, 2011 at 3:02 am RT @CarolineMelberg: Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool?

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Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News

Waxing UnLyrical

Combining creative ability and optimization skills to create compelling, keyword relevant press releases will only prove to be a rewarding public relations effort for your company. Comment as pts moderator Lauren Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New! Read All About It!

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15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck

Waxing UnLyrical

Assume your press release is as fascinating as the State of the Union speech. I hate to break it to you, but your press release is not. So when you send an email to a journalist, with a terse introductory note telling them to “please read the press release below,&# do you really think they will be enchanted?

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