Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 12, 2011

The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases by Adam Sherk. Rachel Hunt supplies valuable guidance on how to use social networking, award submissions, guest blogging, speaking opportunities and original research to maximize the impact of PR efforts. Social Media Press Releases and Blogger Outreach.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Additionally, each creator was offered a $10,000 stipend “to offset pay inequities traditionally experienced by Black creators and help them focus on limitless discovery and creation,” according to the company’s press release. I’m so excited to be a part of the #BlackAndUnlimited Digital Development program!

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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. Many search trends come and go quickly, so sites that cover a topic after its peak will likely miss out on the larger search engine visibility opportunity.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. were most (and least) popular?

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 24, 2010

ClickThroughs #2 trend is that email and social will get more integrated. Email firms like Constant Contact have certainly seen this trend and are jumping on it hard. They have added many social components to their email service. Connect to the social network/s that most of your list members belong to.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

We found official press releases often appear word for word in first accounts of events, though often not noted as such. While many people regard press releases as little more than throw-away text, the reality is that smaller news sources in particular do in fact use that content in full or repurposed form.

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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.

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Proactive Report

AUGUST 11, 2013

It’s just over a hundred years since the first press release was issued by a company in an effort to tell their story in the media. Soon press releases and media relations became a core part of public relations. This time PR pros have been slow to see the trends and adapt. And so the sound bite was born.

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Social Media Marketing

AUGUST 16, 2013

Android is better, big data in Asia, the merging of HR and marketing, Canadian women like to talk about brands, Fortune 500 CEOs are scared and ignorant of social media, Twitter use rises, the social networks that help search engine optimization and more, it''s This Week in Social Media. news this week in social trends'

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

The flip side to that is that not everything gleaned from monitoring social media activity is accurate or reliable. So it’s not surprising that 84% of the journalists indicated that news and information delivered via social media was “slightly less” or “much less” reliable/vetted than news delivered via traditional media.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

But 57% also indicated that they plan to increase their focus on SEO: That’s good news, because even just 2-3 years ago many companies’ efforts to integrate SEO and PR activities did not extend much beyond press release optimization. Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Social Media Marketing

MARCH 2, 2010

Every indicator I've seen lately indicate that people still use email as a primary method of sharing interesting news, keeping in touch, and notification - not to mention that it's usually the price of entry for belonging to a social network. Feel the love Two weeks ago, eMarketer reported that Social Networkers Still Love Email.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Mommy bloggers do not love broad press releases. Supporting their social network feeds shows them that you are also in support of all of their efforts to get more traffic and followers. I also highly recommend commenting on some of their articles and sharing some of their posts on social networks.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 14, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com by Adam Sherk on August 14, 2009 Recently I wrote about the importance of including meaningful content in videos embedded in press releases.

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Sprout Social

MARCH 7, 2024

A competitive analysis report typically contains information on marketing tactics, target audience demographics, product comparison and industry trends. It analyzes social content, reviews, press releases, pricing updates and other information to collect and provide insights into top competitors to keep your teams informed with relevant data.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I’ve bylined hundreds of articles in regional newspapers, and written and edited press releases, policy briefs, executive talking points, legislative testimonies, and blog posts. Tags: Personal Social Networking branding LinkedIn strategy. I currently sit on the Newburyport City Council in my first elected role.

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 16, 2010

One additional benefit for posting breaking news quickly is that your blog post could show up in areas like Google Trends, which will bring traffic to your web site both directly from Google Trends but also from the search engine itself: you could rank well for a highly searched-for keyword phrase.

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The Marketing Blog

APRIL 18, 2010

47 pm Facebook & India Jump to Comments This is a statistical post, which collates data from various blog-posts, press-releases and news sites. The objective is to analyze the usage trends for one of the biggest sites on the Internet – Facebook and world’s second most populous country – India.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

BuzzFeed mentions changes in behavior, greater use of social networks for content discovery, and a 52% increase in traffic from “‘Dark social,’ that netherland of direct traffic” (i.e., Use news releases for exposure, not backlinks. It’s not quite clear why this is happening. Experiment.

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Sprout Social

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Social media is the world’s largest and most transparent focus group. Social listening lets you tap into that focus group, their conversations and the trends happening not just around your brand, but around your industry as a whole. Is sentiment trending up or down? What power! Are users running into bugs?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Articles need to be “objective news” to lead a story cluster (op-ed, satire, press releases and subscription content are not eligible to lead clusters). Duplication and Novelty Detection – More credit is given to original sources of content. Google News uses “Citation Rank” to try to determine the original source (i.e.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

Tip #14: Dirty Secret Every now and then, press releases work. Yes, writers hate blind press releases. Among the ones I liked, here are a dozen that stood out: Tip #7: Don’t thank me When you thank me for a good review, I get suspicious. I think I must have missed something and let you off too easy. You pitched me.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

It’s that there are so many SEO and audience development initiatives, including social media marketing, that simply work better when a site exists on its own unique, branded domain. A side note to Condé Nast Digital’s PR team: I’d put your online press releases on regular Web pages. Best of luck to both GQ.com and DETAILS.com.

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites 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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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Business Promotion: If you’re a clothing store, send a link to an article that describes the latest fashion trends for this season. Article / Blog Post Promotion: If you’re a social media blogger, send a link to a post Twitter tips. Trending Topics. Keep an eye on trending topics, and use them to your advantage.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable Categories Public Relations Publishing SEO Social Media Popular Posts The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases Facebook Pages: Which News Sites (..)

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall by Adam Sherk on January 20, 2010 Today The New York Times made it official that they will be introducing a metered model starting in 2011.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

But since all the cool kids have been sharing their top posts I wanted to join in, plus follow my own advice on identifying your top trends. Related posts: How to Identify Your Own Top Trends Social Media Dominates 2010 PR Planning, But SEO Increasingly in the Mix Social Media Super Bowl: Which Team Has More Reach?

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

When it comes to interactive media buys it looks like Google and the other search engines still offer marketers the best opportunities online.

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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable Categories Public Relations Publishing SEO Social Media Popular Posts The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases Facebook Pages: Which News Sites (..)

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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

Related posts: Pro PR Tips: 100 PR Tips from Rafe Needleman Published as a Book Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value? Where Do You Want Your Social Media Press Releases to Live? Does Google News Sitemaps New Format Help Publishers? Don’t let obstacles get in the way of the big picture!

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Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

It also has the potential to do the opposite; users may disregard non-editorial content such as press releases in greater volume now that it is easier to identify. The tag has the potential to be the most helpful. Google News does not currently offer the ability to sort by genre in either the left sidebar or the Advanced Search page.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists. Metro will provide Foursquare with location-specific editorial content such as reviews, tips and articles on points of interest.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

The Most Popular NFL Teams on Twitter and Facebook: 2010 Season Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Why the News Business Isn’t Profitable Categories Public Relations Publishing SEO Social Media Popular Posts The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases Facebook Pages: Which News Sites (..)

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Adam Sherk

JULY 28, 2009

Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter Great Example of a Multimedia News Article from ESPN.com Google News Now Recrawling Updated Articles Do People Search for “Breaking News”? So the highlights help to offset pages with more witty, print-style headlines.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

As I’ve covered in past posts on monitoring hot search trends and dealing with seasonal dips in search traffic , news sites can leverage tools and data to gain powerful insights into what’s working and not working on their sites. Are you sure you want to write that article, Dave? Is this a good thing? Done right, I say absolutely.

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Socialmedia.biz

JULY 23, 2017

Over the years LinkedIn has released several useful features and tools that have helped distinguish the platform as the go-to social network for business. While the other popular social networks only seem to be copying each other ’s latest top functionalities, LinkedIn stands apart in this regard.

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