Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Google saga today, as the Financial Times reports that discussions have taken place between News Corp and Microsoft on an exclusive deal with Bing that would lead to News Corp blocking its news sites (such as The Wall Street Journal ) from Google. – If You de-Index Will They Still Come?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Mark Storys The Intersection of Online and Offline Mary's Garden Party - Mary Barber, APR, Fellow PRSA Measurement Matters Media Bullseye More With Les (Potter, ABC) NetWits Think Tank New Media Lisa - Lisa Hoffmann Occam's RazR - Ike Pigott PR Conversations Sean Williams' Communication AMMO! Read All About It!

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed by Adam Sherk on April 13, 2010 Now that site speed is officially a Google ranking factor, site performance and page load time are important for SEO as well as usability. 80 5 aolnews.com 77 guardian.co.uk

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Director of Social Media In January I took over social media for Paragon Software. WordPress Blog I believe that any companies social media presence hinges on a blog of some kind. I started a company blog on WordPress.com.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 8, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? It has a toolbar PageRank score of 1, and at least in my Google results it is not in the top 50 for “Wall Street Journal.” Very simply: put in credit and links where they are missing.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate by Adam Sherk on January 14, 2010 As the devastation and human tragedy caused by the Haiti earthquake grows, people are flocking to the news media for information, and more importantly to learn ways that they can help.

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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

APRIL 5, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular MLB Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on April 5, 2010 A new baseball season is underway and we are in that wonderfully brief period when fans all over the country still believe this could actually be the year for their team.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 28, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 10 Quotes on the Apple iPad and the Business of News by Adam Sherk on January 28, 2010 Now that the first wave in the Apple iPad crazy-a-thon has past, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of what people are saying about the iPad from the perspective of the news media.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Director of Social Media In January I took over social media for Paragon Software. WordPress Blog I believe that any companies social media presence hinges on a blog of some kind. I started a company blog on WordPress.com.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Let Your Freak Flag Fly October 6th, 2010 Tweet This is a guest post by Narciso Tovar This past week, I gave a presentation to the Dallas IREM group about the importance of giving social media a second look.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Social Media Username Checker I have accounts at about a dozen social media sites. Check multiple Social Media Sites I was directed to a website called Username Check that you can check over a hundred social media sites at once.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Paywalls, Media Coverage and User Access: What’s a PR Pro to Do? by Adam Sherk on July 13, 2010 Being the savvy, well-connected PR pro that you are, you just helped bring about a great piece of editorial coverage in a major media outlet.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Why God did not create the universe , by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, from the Wall Street Journal (you may not be able to read this online if you don’t have a subscription). Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Read All About It!

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Super list of 50 social media links Have you ever wanted to know more about how to make a huge impact in social networking? From Blogs to Twitter and everywhere in between. 10 Habits of Highly Efficient Social Media Power Users Blogger or Mind-Reader?

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 26, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Mon, Apr 27, 2009 Government 2.0 Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Social Media Username Checker I have accounts at about a dozen social media sites. Check multiple Social Media Sites I was directed to a website called Username Check that you can check over a hundred social media sites at once.

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Koka Sexton

APRIL 28, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Mayor of Concord HyperLocal Blog I started the Mayor of Concord blog about 8 months ago blogging about local news and events. The hyperlocal blog I run is focused on the city I live in and the surrounding area. I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 22, 2010

The Chuckle-icious Seven If you’re looking for some great blog posts for when you need a chuckle, here they are: 1. Why: when social media “gurus&# – or any “gurus,&# for that matter – are self-deprecatingly stumbling over themselves all over the social Web, just point them to this.

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 12, 2010

Author: Koka Sexton Comments: 0 comments Date: 12 Aug 2010 Categories: Blog , Social Media Tags: Attachments , Beta , Email Address , Inbox , profiles Getting pumpkins with the boy. (@ Clayton Valley Pumpkin Farm) [link] Recent comments Koka Sexton dot Com: [.] How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager!

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The Way of the Web

MARCH 17, 2010

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Report recommending ‘Google Tax’ seems rather confused Ada Lovelace Day 2010 → Businesses use social media for the common good March 17th, 2010 · View Comments For businesses, there are a couple of main ways to use social media for marketing purposes.

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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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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

He lives in Dallas with his wife, Rhonda, and has a strong track record in media communications, both “old” and “new,” with organizations such as Vonage and the Wall Street Journal Online. One of the most energetic young voices in social media, you can easily connect with Narciso on Twitter. Do crisis fire drills? [.]

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 25, 2010

Here are some of my favorite social Archives Categories Blogroll October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 January 2010 December 2009 October 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 Notice : wp_list_cats is deprecated since version 2.1! Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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The Way of the Web

JANUARY 12, 2010

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Sometimes it’s better never than late… Digital business needs to be effective more than efficient → Will customer service come to social media? Get the attitude right, and social media simply allows you to express it. Mr Guru disagreed.

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 8, 2009

And aside from being cool, it’s also fascinating to see how the process has been blogged about, tweeted ( @sizemore is always entertaining, and @sleepydog is always interesting).

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Getting your local blog noticed Getting your blog read by a larger audience is a daunting task. I recently started a local blog called the Mayor of Concord. Getting your local blog noticed by new readers is key to growth. Trevor’s last blog post.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Local Blogging gets push with BlogBurst All bloggers for the most part want to get more traffic. It’s great to have repeat readers and that following can carry you a long way, but getting new readers is where a blog can really grow. Rich Bordner’s last blog post.

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Koka Sexton

APRIL 17, 2010

Author: Koka Sexton Comments: 1 comment Date: 17 Apr 2010 Categories: Blog Tags: Cuteness , Drool , flickr , Grayson , koka sexton There are 1 comment. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! I think the drool just adds to the cuteness. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed !

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 26, 2010

Author: Koka Sexton Comments: 0 comments Date: 26 Aug 2010 Categories: Social Media , Technology Tags: apps , Easy Peasy , Flick , iPhone , Netflix Queue , Resume , Tivo Getting pumpkins with the boy. (@ Clayton Valley Pumpkin Farm) [link] Recent comments Koka Sexton dot Com: [.] How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager!

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? First and foremost is the ability to create official profiles and automatically submit content, which publishers are hoping will turn Digg into a friendlier place for mainstream media.

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 12, 2010

Author: Koka Sexton Comments: 0 comments Date: 12 Aug 2010 Categories: Blog , Social Media Tags: Attachments , Beta , Email Address , Inbox , profiles Getting pumpkins with the boy. (@ Clayton Valley Pumpkin Farm) [link] Recent comments Koka Sexton dot Com: [.] How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager!

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 24, 2010

Here are some of my favorite social Archives Categories Blogroll October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 January 2010 December 2009 October 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 Notice : wp_list_cats is deprecated since version 2.1! Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS 5 Ways to Promote A Local Blog One of the projects I work on is called the Mayor of Concord. I thought that starting a local blog was important. Many of the typical rules of internet marketing do not apply to a hyper-local blog. I started this back in Aug.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS 5 Ways to Promote A Local Blog One of the projects I work on is called the Mayor of Concord. I thought that starting a local blog was important. Many of the typical rules of internet marketing do not apply to a hyper-local blog. I started this back in Aug.

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 12, 2010

The articles were a bit different since they had to be written and took more time but I run a blog and managed the company blog so writing isn’t too difficult for me. How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! If you’re a sales person at heart, then it should be like another day at the office.

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 25, 2010

I love the last paragraph of Mrs. Potters response to the question, Ryan Kazinec’s last blog post. You’re a minority on Social Networks, but why? How NOT to use your Social Media Marketing Manager! Potter grinned ear to ear when she received this ridiculous question from this ignorant godparent.

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