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. Related posts: Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement? Thanks for your post.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Weekly news magazines are declining, newspapers are shriveling, and industry trade magazines are downsizing. The site also makes it easy to promote your newspaper through Twitter and Facebook. Share this on Facebook. pitching bloggers social media informer Social Media Today Tony Karrer trade magazines.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

You tweet, Facebook, Digg, Stumble, and perform every other type of online promotion to supersize your presence. Promoting “offline” using a major influencer like a national magazine can bring a blizzard of traffic to your blog. Read on to learn how you can get national magazines to sing your praises from the rooftop.

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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. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 8, 2012

Because social networks have opened up the opportunity for consumers to easily share their opinions of products, brands and services and statistics clearly show that consumers prefer to purchase based on recommendations from family, friends and peers than they do based on marketing material. So why the big shift?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 24, 2010

News brands seem to fare better with the embedded video listings, although I also came across several examples (not pictured above) in which YouTube got both results. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? As awareness of the Google change grows this may impact user behavior; time will tell.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When users click a retweet button, they expect to see something along the lines of: RT @[brand] [headline] [URL] That exact format does not need to be followed, but you want to minimize the work that users need to do before sending out the tweet. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 13, 2010

The sites include a mix of major newspapers, news magazines and TV news sites. Home pages will rank well for branded searches regardless of site speed, so it is at the content level that the scores matter more. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? It is mostly US-focused but five UK sites have also been included.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Share this on Facebook. Share this on Bebo. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on FriendFeed. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on LinkedIn. Share this on Mixx. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

It’s not just that users expect a branded experience on a dedicated domain. 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. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Idaconcpts

JANUARY 25, 2011

LivingSocial first gained notoriety for their Visual Bookshelf application on Facebook, which was the first and largest application allowing users to catalog and share their favorite books with friends. Fortune Magazine wrote a strong critique about Google in Google: The search party is over. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This!

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Reach out – You’ve been meaning to get more involved in brand and content awareness building activities such as social media marketing; now’s the time. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? There are lots of good approaches to “link bait” – find the topics and hooks that work for you.

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

In my book, Everything I Know about Marketing I Learned from Google , I share 20 “Googley Lessons” that marketers can learn from the world’s most ubiquitous brand to better engage customers and prospects. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? The lesson of chapter 4 is Mindset Matters.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 7, 2009

Brand Ambassador / Personality – a person or persona that officially represents the company on Twitter. Fortune 100 Need to Get More Creative with Twitter Real-time Search Optimization for News Sites News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

PageRank is a lesser factor in Google News, used “delicately” since the linking structure of a brand new article is going to be different from an article published years or months ago. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? Other video hosters may be included in the future, but for now YouTube is the only way in.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 29, 2009

For news and content sites the task is fairly straightforward as lots of users are already subscribed to their RSS feeds, Twitter accounts, Facebook Pages, etc. Related posts: Does Google Want Brands in Your Social Circle? What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? If not how do we get there?

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Branding in in our DNA at Firebelly Marketing. . | Main | social media marketing might be for you (and it might not) » October 21, 2009 Objectified: Our Relationship with Manufactured Objects and, by Extension, the People who Design Them. And we're firm believers that design makes everything better.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2009

Tip #21: Guest List People I want to hear a pitch from, in descending order: CEO, CTO, VP Product Development, Janitor, Brand Marketing Manager. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964? It was beautiful, but don’t make it more than it is. Tip #25: Black list Yes, I really do have a list of PR people I won’t talk to.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Viral Marketing > When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy When is Brand Evangelism a Crime?

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Mr Cameron said talks were to be held with companies such as Twitter, BlackBerry and Facebook, as well as the intelligence services, to discuss actions that could limit their reach, to help prevent further disorder. Digg started censoring discussions on a legal issue and found themselves at war with millions of members.

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Go to facebook or find some friends. The "Successful Meetings" and "Event Marketer" magazines have articles regularly in them about the adoption of Twitter by conventions and event planners. #4-Twitter If that doesn't work, try commiserating with the world on fmylife. Of course a shrink can help too.

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The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

I remember speaking to a journalist from a leading business magazine some-time back who was really passionate about a story he had to cover. Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 4 Comments Filed under Miscellaneous 4 Comments Facebook Application October 10, 2008 at 12:37 pm create facebook application and boost your business.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

After all, Facebook could eat the web. In fact, you’re likely spotting the shift; instead of companies posting their URLs on television commercials, they’re asking their followers to join them on Facebook. Don’t use a Facebook Group. Your Facebook Page should be created under your primary Facebook login.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Survey: Twitter Less than 1% of Traffic to Newspapers and Magazines; Facebook 1% by Adam Sherk on March 2, 2010 For my presentation on Twitter Marketing Tactics at SMX West this week I wanted to get a sense of just how much traffic Twitter is driving to major news sites.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 24, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Does Google Want Brands in Your Social Circle? Johanna said she could understand why brands would want to connect with users through Social Search, but that Google had developed it with individuals in mind, not companies.

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Adam Sherk

MAY 17, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Which News Sites Have the Most Valuable Facebook Pages? by Adam Sherk on May 17, 2010 Maintaining a Facebook Page is now a fundamental part of most news organizations’ social media presence. The CPM can be adjusted between $1 and $25.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Why Nobody Should Buy Digg Why Nobody Should Buy Digg by Tamar Weinberg on December 20, 2007 Share It hasn’t even been a week and my once positive outlook of Digg has come to a sour end.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. That’s the brand engagement holy grail that we’re all seeking. Working on campaigns for several clients and its been a slow haul, especially for a new brand. It’s not hard, it’s complicated.

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The Way of the Web

AUGUST 9, 2010

There are flaws in traditional display advertising, but you’re not just buying the ‘last click’ – indeed several attempts have been made to quantify the branding and awareness benefit you get from advertising with a big media brand. Plus the social web is having an increased effect on both filtering and discovery.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Imagine subscribing to a magazine that was about tennis one month, and about cooking the next month. Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 10, 2011

It’s hard to overstate the impact of Facebook. Having long ago passed MySpace as the most popular social network, Facebook recently replaced Google as the most-visited website in the U.S. Facebook Marketing Tips and Guides. The 12 Best Ways To Customize Your Facebook Pages by TechCrunch.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community. This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. It’s definitely a worthwhile read.

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 28, 2012

I could have spent time commenting on other blogs, trying to harness Twitter or Facebook, tried to grow an audience on Youtube and so on. Would you see anything about the industry on a magazine stand. How about the Twitter and Facebook presence around relevant sites in the niche. Are there active forums discussing the topic.

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Viper Chill

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

If you enjoyed this post, you can: Save on Delicious Share on Facebook Print > [link] title="Click to send this page to Twitter!" Imagine a new brand, with commercials on tv, newspapers, magazines, etc., I had a look it seems to be reams of links – is it like Digg or something for geeky news? Impressive report.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Traditionally, big brands used TV and print advertising, while their smaller counterparts employed direct mail and telemarketing, to reach consumers directly through interruption marketing. It adds substance to your Facebook status updates and tweets. Key point #4: In today’s world, a brand is what consumers say it is.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Marketers love Facebook. The best place you can place your brand on Facebook is through a Facebook Page (that’s with a capital “P&# , not to be confused with your personal Profile). Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services. This applies to Pages as well.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

If a journalist isn’t building his or her own brand today using all available tools, then they are demonstrating a lack of understanding of today’s media marketplace. Thom Mitchell February 5, 2010 at 7:03 pm Another issue to consider is IP/content ownership and branding. I like the columnist analogy, that works well.

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