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Pro PR Tips: 100 Tips from Rafe Needleman Published in a Book

Adam Sherk

Tip #14: Dirty Secret Every now and then, press releases work. Yes, writers hate blind press releases. Tip #42: Flair A sure way to get your email noticed: Use colored backgrounds, fancy fonts, and complex templates. I think I must have missed something and let you off too easy. Except when they are good).

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An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News.

Adam Sherk

They have also added the Like button to their post template: At least to-date a prominent Share button is still present too. And interestingly when you click through on that story the Like button does not appear on the page: Since this is a blog post it is likely that Time just hasn’t rolled out integration across all editorial templates yet.

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Google Buzz Has Potential for News Sites, Facebook Still the.

Adam Sherk

At a minimum news sites should set up an official profile and experiment with “buzz this” buttons on their templates. 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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5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic

Adam Sherk

Build for the future – Slow seasons are a good time to make improvements to site architecture, update page templates and engage in various forms of testing on the site. 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 Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media Sites

Adam Sherk

For example a selection of movie reviews (that also exist in the film section) will be duplicated on a different template in a “What’s Hot This Summer” feature. 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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60 Days at Paragon Software

Koka Sexton

Initially there was talk about having a press release done about me joining the company and explaining what my plans were for the Paragon Partner Network. I have never had a press release written about me let alone ever been mentioned in one. Press Release The company decided it would be a good thing to have this done.

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60 Days at Paragon Software - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Initially there was talk about having a press release done about me joining the company and explaining what my plans were for the Paragon Partner Network. I have never had a press release written about me let alone ever been mentioned in one. Press Release The company decided it would be a good thing to have this done.