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5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

Adam Sherk

Major stories that emerge (such as Michael Jackson or the health care debate ) can bring large spikes in search traffic, but it’s common to see the numbers drop after May and not pick up again until September. By engaging (appropriately) with your target audiences you’ll indirectly facilitate an increase in traffic and links.

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How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face January 7th, 2011 Tweet Tell me when Last April, I was approached to speak at a PR conference targeted to health care professionals by a former vendor.

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Crowdsourcing Our Health – Using Social Media to Educate and Unite.

Social Media Strategery

Development Social Media Crowdsourcing Our Health – Using Social Media to Educate and Unite the Public Mon, Mar 23, 2009 Social Media “Social media on the Internet are empowering, engaging, and educating consumers and providers in health care. This movement, known as Health 2.0, In fact, at the Health 2.0

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I Started a Blog But No One Cared | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Write something that more than the 20 people on your team will be interested in if you’re looking to get greater engagement. Go find other posts and wiki pages related to your topic and engage there. Email is still king. Ask yourself if you’ve gone out and commented on anyone else’s blogs. Give people an action.

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Google Living Stories – Just Snazzy Topic Pages or is Google on to.

Adam Sherk

In looking at the current Living Story examples , one thing that struck me is that news sites will need to be careful not to pick subjects that are too broad to be effective. 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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The Public Doesn't Need to Know What Gov 2.0 is, But They Do Need.

Social Media Strategery

We don’t really want to see the sausage making that goes on with the mechanics of government (just look at the congressional approval ratings as the health care debate has received a ton of exposure). link] Mark Drapeau A lot of this comes down to engagement, right? Why are my taxes so hard? Why are my taxes so hard?

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The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases

Adam Sherk

Coming at this problem as someone who works in the nonprofit and health care sectors, let me add “community wellness&# to the list. Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement? And am surprised every time I see it. .