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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Team Twitter Facebook Press Release 179

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.

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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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News List Twitter Sites 136

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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Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

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

JUNE 16, 2011

According to the new Pew Internet study Social Networking Sites and our Lives there are nearly twice as many male LinkedIn users as female. Do men prefer LinkedIn’s brand of simple, stripped down, business-oriented networking? In fact the male/female usage percentages are the exact opposite on Twitter. What gives?

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LinkedIn MySpace Survey Study 174

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Foursquare Badge Press Release Syndication 111

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

A similar difference exists for microblogging sites like Twitter. Newspaper journalists were the most likely to report using no social media tools (21%). There is a lot more data in the Cision study , so I recommend downloading it to get the whole story. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

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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Study News Press Release Report 147

Adam Sherk

MARCH 19, 2013

Social Sharing: The New Coffee Table Magazine Spread. Pew Research News Survey: Findings on Search Engines, Social Networks and Twitter.

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News Mobile Survey Study 128

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? 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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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

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. main profiles, personas, individual staff members, etc).

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Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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News Press Release Survey SEO 121

Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

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? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Vocus SEO Social Media Press Release 166

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

JUNE 9, 2010

News Sites on Twitter: Who is Making the Most Impact? A Closer Look at Fan Engagement on the Fox News Facebook Page An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News 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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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 19, 2010

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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Press Release Facebook Syndication Blogroll 138

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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Google Google Reader Press Release Survey 109

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? 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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Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

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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Syndication URL Press Release SEO 117

Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

Vickie Jenkins September 8, 2010 at 2:35 pm Paywalls may be an issue, but that online issue is just affecting a piece of the total PR plan anyway, as you roll traditional media coverage as well as social networking. Don’t let obstacles get in the way of the big picture! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Adam Sherk

MAY 12, 2010

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? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Content Aggregator Press Release Syndication 116

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. So Far so Good for Seattlepi.com Newsweek’s Tim Geithner Interview Live on Facebook: Don’t Forget to Link to the Video Afterwards 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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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 7, 2010

Shining a Spotlight on Video News Webmaster Tools: Updates to Search queries, Parameter handling and Messages Twitter data lets NPR glimpse a future of app-loving news junkies Shared Items Disclaimer The opinions expressed on this blog are Adam Sherks own and do not necessarily reflect the views of his company or its clients.

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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. Please correct me if I’m wrong). How about the players?

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

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. News and updates happen in quickly which makes for a great social communication app.

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Trends Tools Embedding Digg 146

Adam Sherk

MAY 4, 2010

Ok fans could care less about that, but for myself and some sports and social media marketers out there it’s an interesting question. 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.

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Team Engagement Facebook Press Release 165

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 4, 2010

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

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SEO News Social Media Syndication 101

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Related posts: Google Social Search: Are You in Your Target Audiences’ Social Circles? Does Google Want Brands in Your Social Circle? So at least for now Facebook is the much stronger play. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Sites News Google Facebook 118

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites The Most Buried News Sites on Digg Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

Adam Sherk

JUNE 12, 2009

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? 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 Foursquare 100

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? 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 Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Pro PR Tips: 100 PR Tips from Rafe Needleman Published as a Book by Adam Sherk on August 11, 2009 Yesterday I received a copy of Rafe Needleman ’s Pro PR Tips in the mail from ITDatabase. I ended up going through all 100 tips in one sitting.

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Tips Publishing Press Release Syndication 102

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. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Sites News Postrank Engagement 176

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

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. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Sites Digg Press Release 129

Adam Sherk

MARCH 16, 2010

Google, Bing and Yahoo are all experimenting with various forms of real-time results now and making deals with Twitter, Facebook and other social sites. It should be noted that there many forms of real-time search, including Twitter Search itself and sites like OneRiot , Collecta and Topsy , among others.

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