Proactive Report

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This has wrought some major changes in how journalist go about news gathering and reporting. We need to understand the current media landscape: What journalists need today, how best to work with them, where the opportunities lie for PR news material — and what that means for Press Releases. 64% have broadband at home.

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Press Release News Wireless Journal 81

ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Most bloggers understand that online press releases can drive traffic. Press releases are powerful ways to reach people through search. ProBlogger has offered reasons to use press releases to promote a blog, and very sound editorial guidance on how to turn a press release into a blog post.

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Press Release Vocus Blogger Embedding 39

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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Proactive Report

APRIL 27, 2010

(And of course we were delighted that he chose a social media press release about the Social Media Roadmap webinar series I did with Marketwire as his example.). News Releases. Looking back at the history of the press release one can see that the way we format a release to reach the media has changed as the media has changed.

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Press Release Social Media Syndication News 77

Proactive Report

AUGUST 8, 2009

Paul Gillin makes an excellent case for the value of the press release: Yahoo changed the rules of marketing more than a decade ago when it elected to define press releases as news. Company searches in Google turn up press releases from the wire services – see this search for Reed’s Inc.

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Proactive Report

AUGUST 8, 2009

Paul Gillin makes an excellent case for the value of the press release: Yahoo changed the rules of marketing more than a decade ago when it elected to define press releases as news. Company searches in Google turn up press releases from the wire services – see this search for Reed’s Inc.

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Press Release Yahoo Syndication News 40

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 12, 2011

The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases by Adam Sherk. Public Relations: The best press release is no press release by MarketingSherpa. Vocus and Cision ) to the obscure ( Butterfly Publisher ). Social Media Press Releases and Blogger Outreach. ‘Loser.

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Sprout Social

MAY 31, 2023

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT can’t provide you with ready-to-publish content: There’s still a lot of ambiguity around whether AI-generated content is protected under copyright law. At Sprout, our communications team employs generative AI to develop creative titles for press releases and media pitches.

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Sentiment Press Release Analysis Team 123

Josh S Peters

JANUARY 4, 2013

One of the new features (and an encouragement to get at least 1 post per week done) is to publish a Search and Social weekly that rounds up the best / most important articles I’ve read the past week on search / SEO and social media. Nielson State Of The Media: Social Media Report 2012. This is one to look forward to every year.

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Press Release Social Media SEO Report 180

The Realtime Report

MAY 7, 2014

Here’s a summary of the main findings from the report: engagement for mobile video ads is impressive, with CTR ranging from 1.41%-2.66%, depending on the ad format; according to the report, “results are robust even for skippable video advertising” (where viewers have the option to bypass ads).

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Mobile Study Video Press Release 177

Ignite Social Media

APRIL 12, 2022

We recently came across a press release that surprised us with the following headline: Salesforce and Sprout Social partner to manage full social media presence. These reporting dashboards can be extremely useful while monitoring PR-related situations on your social channels to get insights quickly and when every second counts.

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Questions Press Release Compete Tools 78

Harp Interactive

JANUARY 6, 2010

Press releases. For a comprehensive list of tools that will help you monitor your online reputation and keep you posted on all the conversations taking place in the social media universe stay tuned for part two of this blog post that will publish next week. Blogs (WordPress, Blogger, Twitter etc). Video Sites (Youtube).

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Brands Brand Monitoring Reputation Press Release 307

Kikolani

JUNE 22, 2010

This guest post is written by Mickie Kennedy , founder of eReleases, an online leader in affordable press release distribution. Grab a free copy of the Big Press Release Book – Press Releases for Every Occasion and Industry. The Art of the Press Release. The Talk Show Circuit.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 29, 2022

Results like published PR articles in outlets like Forbes and Fortune, live televised interviews, and spots on late night shows. The writing assistant of PRAI is another key tool that allows for you to fine tune your texts, articles, press releases and voiced interviews into professional-grade pitches.

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Upcoming Aggregator Press Release Banking 91

Social Media Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2013

Why Bezos bought the Post , Facebook gets a CMO and starts bumping, time on digital surpasses TV, Facebook ads are undervalued, Vietnam outlaws sharing news on social sites, GE wants to put an end to press releases, the effect of tweets on TV ratings and more, it''s This Week in Social Media. million a day.

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Social Media Nielsen Press Release News 167

Jon Loomer

APRIL 27, 2022

Quarterly earning reports from Meta can stir interest among advertisers and data watchers. Advertisers might be interested in key platform usage data, but information may not always be easy to find within the formats of Meta’s presentation slides and press releases. Our tool has been developed with advertisers in mind.

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Report Press Release Metrics Price 190

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information by Adam Sherk on January 21, 2010 Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

The Realtime Report

JANUARY 9, 2014

USA Today published four of the ten most tweeted stories in 2013; the Washington Post is responsible for five. See the press release for a full list of these stories. One USA Today article was the most tweeted newspaper website story of the year, with 408,816 tweets during 2013.

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Twitter Press Release Statistics Journal 195

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation. So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search.

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Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

It’s also worth noting that a lot of major publishers still get a huge portion of their traffic from direct navigation. So total natural search engine referral traffic is a more important measuring stick than what percentage of site traffic comes from natural search.

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Hitwise News Report Press Release 100

Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 13, 2019

I could certainly see passive IT candidates exploring their options and downloading a market or salary report, attending a webinar on a topic of interest, or entering a programming contest. As Dharmesh reported , 1,000s of people used the site in its first week. It’s where you publish your smartest thoughts.

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Engineering Social Media Hubspot Marketing 137

Proactive Report

APRIL 3, 2017

It should come as no surprise that the Cision 2017 State of the Media report highlights the erosion of trust in the mainstream media. Most company newsrooms are no more than a “press release graveyard.”. Imagine you’re a reporter looking for sources for a story you’re working on late at night. How does this affect PR?

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Press Release Report Newsletter Influencer 40

Kikolani

MAY 3, 2013

Kindle Publishing: Your Guide to Getting Responsive Traffic with Kindle – Kindle publishing, Blogging, and Marketing: how to connect the dots to maximize traffic, exposure, and even build email list with Kindle. But the press release can still be a valuable online marketing tool. consumer laws.

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Mashup Resources Products Press Release 130

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

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

The discussion around my post on press release buzzwords has brought my attention to a variety of resources on language and writing, the latest being a new book called Wordcatcher. Related posts: PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting. Tags: Publishing. Do People Search for “Breaking News”?

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Press Release News Publishing Study 146

Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The report’s authors, Ian Jacobs and Erna Alfred Liousas, say that when brands don’t tackle these silos, “customers lose.”. So when REI’s marketing team publishes a post on the latest women’s rock climbing gear (which was finally brought up to the same standards men have enjoyed), the folks replying are right there with them.

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Social Media Marketing Team Upcoming 209

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Instead of publishing repetitive press releases and campaigns built on educated hunches, the Growth PR era is fueled by data-driven, iterative storytelling. For example, if a PR pro garnered coverage for their brand in Forbes , they may report the circulation of Forbes as the potential audience size that saw the message.

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Nielsen Press Release Metrics Smart Phone 140

The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2013

“Increased member growth and engagement helped drive strong financial results in the third quarter,” said Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, in a press release. “We We continue to deliver value to professionals through investment in core products and strategic initiatives such as mobile, students, and the professional publishing platform.”.

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Proactive Report

JANUARY 11, 2012

A statement in the first point absolutely floored me: While a press release does not necessarily need to be well-written. … What could possibly lead anyone to the conclusion that a press release doesn’t have to be well-written? The purpose of a press release has changed; that I am the first to acknowledge.

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Skills Press Release Yahoo Nielsen 111

Mindjumpers

JUNE 8, 2011

Not necessarily because you have to share an actual press release here, but rather since it can take form of a great news source. Think about what you publish and write from a perspective that can be appealing to the media. This also means that a business blog can be of interest to the media. Develop social news backgrounders.

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Netvibes Social Media Tips Delicious 218

Twist Image

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Everyone is publishing - in text, images, audio and video. The truth has become bigger than what is being published. What the biggest publishers in the world tend to shy away from, when it comes to explaining how content becomes successful, is the distribution of it all. All of the time. and to the world. Not really.

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Content Marketing Press Release Journal 106

Ari Herzog

MAY 31, 2011

But before you block employee access to Facebook, take away the additional monitors, or forbid employees to turn on their mobile devices at the workplace, can employers and wannabe publishers take a deeper look at the harmon.ie press release announcing the survey results from the 500 U.S. employees who took it?

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Products Repository Press Release Survey 110

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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News Google Hitwise Press Release 101

Proactive Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Once you’ve written a news release, distributed it, and posted it to your newsroom and social media accounts, you have to track results and be able to report ROI. In the past, we counted outputs and media clips as the ROI of a press release, but in the digital age there is so much more we can track.

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News Press Release URL Analytics 40

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Make people post under their own name, which would have to be registered and verified (in an echo of the checks and balances used before letters to the editor are published in physical newspapers) and they might be a little more inclined to behave decently. It has nothing to do with the loudest and angriest mob dominating.

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Proactive Report

JUNE 9, 2012

In their 2011 State of the Media report Pew Research predicted that the sharing of news content would be the one factor that has the most impact on the news industry in the next decade. Facebook reported 1 billion items shared a week in July 2011. Later in 2011 Facebook reported that the number had grown to 7.5 billion a week.

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Tips Press Release News Blogger 83

Later

JULY 24, 2019

Then, last year in August, Facebook announced the launch of its Creator Studio, giving creators the ability to manage and publish content to Facebook. Drake giving the weather report is a whole mf vibe. She ask me “is it sunny?” I tell her only partly. Love you thanks for watching y’all! full video is in my bio. YOUR LIFE YOUR CHOICE.

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Instagram Press Release Library Feed 69