Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 17, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets by Adam Sherk on December 17, 2009 This week both Brian Solis and SEOMoz made reference to a recent Forrester report forecasting US interactive marketing budgets for the next five years.

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Social Media Marketing Press Release Survey 123

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

According to a Hitwise US News & Media Report back in 2007, on average search engine referrals represent about 23% of traffic to print media sites. Side note: Hitwise, you’re overdue for an updated version of that report!). to 18% of total site traffic, the average being between 1-3%.

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Hitwise Social Media Digg Survey 124

Pam Moore

DECEMBER 7, 2017

CMOs at the largest technology organizations report that building content marketing as an organizational competency is 2nd most important initiative, only behind measuring ROI (IDC). 58% brand marketers and PR professionals surveyed do not have a good sense of what people do after they consume their brand content (Cision). Syndication.

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Template Templates Trends Content 167

Social Media Strategery

APRIL 3, 2014

According to a recent Forbes survey , 68% of CMOs and marketing executives put integrated marketing communications ahead of “effective advertising” (65%), when they were asked what the most important thing is that they want from an agency. That reporter at the New York Times just called and said he’s doing a story on your brand!

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Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

This is not surprising based on the reactions that Fox News reporting tends to generate from both sides of the political fence. Fox News is strongly ahead in terms of fan engagement and activity – their like and comment numbers are significantly greater than any of the other sites. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

25 Major News Sites Ranked by Page Speed Videos in Press Releases are Cool – If They Provide Meaningful Content The Most Common Causes of Duplicate Content on News Media 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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News Google Hitwise Press Release 101

Proactive Report

AUGUST 25, 2010

A new survey from Nielsen set out to show that as people use social media they use email less – and surprise! Syndicate all your news content in feeds. it came out completely the other way around. Intuitively this makes some sense. SearchEngineLand. Adapt this philosophy to your own PR content. Add a Share This button.

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Patterns Social Media Nielsen Syndication 90

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

It’s simply no longer profitable for companies to report “news.” I’ve been through the book and it’s a good read; for more information check out GoogleyLessons.com. – Adam The traditional news business, as we have known it, is dead. OK, maybe not dead. But dying a quick death.

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News Press Release Survey SEO 121

Proactive Report

AUGUST 7, 2010

Active Twitter users are three times more likely to impact a brand’s online reputation via Tweets, blog posts, articles and product reviews than the average consumer, according to a new survey by Exact Target. Tweets are indexed by Google and syndicated by the Twitter API. The full report is worth downloading and reading.

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Activities Twitter Syndication Forums 110

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

If news organizations can’t stay in business, they won’t be playing any role at all. Related posts: Video Interview: Rupert Murdoch Doesn’t Like Search So Much Does Social Media Increase a Journalist’s Value? too bad google doesn’t allow the sale of text link ads or aol could really clean up in a few years.

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Hitwise Press Release Adsense Syndication 110

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 11, 2010

I’ll do a follow-up post when there is more data to report on. Once the new Digg moves out of alpha and has some time to gain traction we’ll get a better sense of how interested users are in drilling down on specific sources, topics and locations. Related posts: News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

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Digg Marketing News Press Release 166

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

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. Improve the site as a whole so when things pick up again you’ll be stronger than ever. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Engineering Hitwise Health Care Press Release 102

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 14, 2010

Unfortunately there are increasing reports of donation fraud online, so major news organizations are playing a vital role in directing people to credible, legitimate groups. I’ve been impressed by how much attention the media has given to promoting ways that people can make donations. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Sites Digg Press Release 129

Adam Sherk

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

To reporters’ sources? If we’re truly in an era of open-source journalism, I say reporters share their access (sort of) to sources via Twitter lists. This isn’t to say the sources will RESPOND, but it’s an interesting way of opening one’s reporter notebook to a willing audience.

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News List Twitter Sites 136

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 28, 2008

The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) reports that as much as 75 percent of most companiesâ?? The study culminates a great deal of analysis including a survey of more than 1000 e-mail managers (mostly IT managers and executives, and records and document management specialists). Syndicate this category. Intranet Report.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

reports from its search page are not very complete or accurate (you get better data on URLs you’ve personally shortened in your history when signed into bit.ly). Unfortunately I discovered that the “total clicks” figures bit.ly So I wasn’t able to learn anything meaningful there. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Press Release Twitter URL RSS 145

Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Not covered in my examples above is the fact that Open Graph protocol can also provide sites with additional reporting data. Site speed is now a ranking factor so this impacts SEO as well as usability. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

But since the 21,839 subscribers reported in YouTube’s search results make it a top 5 news channel I included it in the table. that does include some news videos. 3) When I try to click through on the BCC World News channel included in the table above I get a “This channel is not available” message.

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Sites News YouTube Press Release 182

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

Here is a screenshot of the signup tab from their page, in case it gets taken down: With valuable prizes like TVs, camcorders and stereo equipment the “Like it to Win it” promotion is definitely working. Prior to the start of the sweepstakes in early July the JVC page reportedly had about 1,000 fans. As of today it has 36,782 fans.

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RFI Guidelines Facebook Press Release 156

Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 20, 2014

According to a recent Advertising Age article , Facebook reports: “Content that is eligible to be shown in news feed is increasing at a faster rate than people’s ability to consume it.” Syndicating content. In a sea of content, these companies help more people find yours. Paid sponsorships.

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Social Media Compete Cost Syndication 104

Proactive Report

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Less than half (48%) of the 1000 marketers surveyed feel they understand digital marketing and can get results. Amplify content that’s getting attention with paid social syndication. A recent study commission by Adobe showed that new digital technologies and social media are keeping marketers up at night.

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Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

News 100

News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

JUNE 9, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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News Hitwise Press Release Syndication 100

Adam Sherk

MAY 19, 2009

What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Hitwise Press Release Syndication Blogroll 100

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 4, 2010

Here is the reported data on 30 media profiles, ranked by number of followers (as of today): Profile Followers Following Diggs by Publisher Comments by Publisher 1 The New York Times 10,225 4 65 1 2 The Wall Street Journal 9,546 15 281 1 3 BBC News 9,222 0 5,423 0 4 Time 7,842 964 6,289 29 5 Telegraph.co.uk

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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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Survey Twitter Digg Hitwise 193

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 18, 2009

It’s about streams, feeds and syndication. Our recent survey shows that about 65% of companies and agencies have some form of newsroom online. If you plan to increase your use of social media in the new year here are 5 tools that can help you be more effective. Feeds – The web isn’t about pages any more.

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Filtrbox Social Media Tools SM2 69

ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

Online surveys. Marketers often conduct surveys about their brand, competitors, trends in the market, ideas, and advertising. By producing: fast-turnaround surveys based on hot topics—especially brand-specific topics (e.g. rolling surveys: a survey that repeats itself, capturing data about the same questions every few months.

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Blogger Brands Survey Cost 42

Your Escape From 9 to 5

JUNE 27, 2022

Make a move, publish posts about what the target audience needs, and you might even be able to get people from other sites onto yours if you properly syndicate your content piece. You can do this through surveys, too. She says: “I designed a Survey Monkey survey with six questions I hoped would spark some insights.

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Content How To Survey Apple 75

ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Use surveys to uncover the words readers use The beautiful part is that because so few people are doing this, if you do even a small amount—you completely stand out. If you have 20 qualitative responses to one survey question, that’s pretty informative. ” Most of that data came from surveys. That’s ridiculous.

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Survey Price Research Buy 45

Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I saw a HubSpot survey recently where a big number of marketers, I think it was about 87%, said that they would do less content if it meant they could do better content. I saw a HubSpot survey recently where a big number of marketers, I think it was about 87%, said that they would do less content if it meant they could do better content.

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Influencer Social Media Hubspot Travel 85

Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Who would readers rather interact with about a particular story – someone from marketing or the reporter who wrote the article? In an era where “journalist job security” is becoming an oxymoron, having a strong social media presence makes reporters less expendable and more marketable should they need to find new work.

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Social Media Press Release SEO News 146

Writtent Blog

JANUARY 23, 2014

Syndicate Your Content. One simple way to boost your traffic and lead generation overnight is by syndicating your content, on sites like Business2Community , SocialMediaToday , and elsewhere. Compendium reports that 80% of web users basically just read your article headlines: image credit: Compendium. Write Salacious Headlines.

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Syndication How To Hubspot Blogger 81

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 3, 2011

Sean Donahue notes that, “If you’re still on the fence about the importance of a company blog, consider this trend: Many B2B marketers report that their team’s blog — not the company homepage — is now the most popular entry point for online visitors,&# then provides tips for maximizing company blog success. by MarketingSherpa.

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Tips Sysomos SEO WordPress 176

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 6, 2015

There are fewer professional reporters and editors, and they inundated with more noise: it’s estimated there are now four PR professionals for every full-time journalist in the U.S. Information scarcity has been replace by information overload. Image credit: leaderswest Digital Marketing Journal. by Social PR Chat.

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Press Release Tips SEO Influencer 100

Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Although the majority of businesses are using social media in one form or another a report from the Society of Human Resource Managemen t (SHRM) says 72 percent of businesses don’t have a clear strategy or goals for their social media activities. They want to see results and more importantly, reports on the results.

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