The first in a three part post series about content curation specifically for B2B marketers. In this post, Louis Foong covers what curation is and is not going back to the basics of content curation. Later in the series he plans to cover how curation is similar to wine tasting, and lastly a review of B2B content curation tools such as Curata.
Upcoming Webinar: 5 Simple Steps to Becoming a Content Curation Rockstar on 12/5/2012
Post that discusses how to curate content effeciently on an idevice.
Another absolute must – read the content you are sharing to ensure it is of the quality your followers come to expect. All it takes are a few bad leads via link and they will not click, and in the end will all together ignore any you post in future.
Ethical Curation. This post is by a blogger who was a target of curation but wasn't done the "right way." She posts some great tips on how to curate ethically.
While I’m all up for content curation, and all bloggers welcome the ethical sharing of their content, using our content without proper credits is considered stealing. Stealing is a bad bad criminal act.
Many people ask what the difference is between social bookmarketing and content curation. This Quora response explains the differences:
Social bookmarking is one method of curation, but it does not encompass it. In particular, social bookmarking particularly lacks the ability for the curator to add significant context and commentary. It also offers curators a limited ability to organize content (through tags only).
A few real online examples of content curation at work highlighted by SEO enthusiast Carter Bowles:
...content curation can be incredibly powerful, and it doesn't have to make you look like a content scraper who adds zero value to the web. Mashups, lists, summaries, collections, and timelines can be incredibly valuable resources.
The following is a guest article by Lauren Bailey. Content curation has been a popular topic lately. Here are some do's and don'ts when it comes to doing it! In this world of constant access to information through the internet, most web users have become used to the constant sourcing and re-sourcing of popular content.
Get further info and all the relevant links from bit.ly In this episode, Jake of Travel Agent Profits shares an easy way on how to curate and collate content for your video. bit.ly Content Marketing: Think Like a Publisher – How to Use Content to Market Online and in Social Media.
Overview of content curation, how to use it, why to use it and some ways to implement it for your organization.
Curation is nothing new, really. Historically, “curators” have been associated with museums and art galleries. They pick out what to put up for display.
“I don’t have to pull all this content out of my a**, I can borrow from other sources (so long as it’s properly attributed).” That sounds like fun doesn’t it?
Some quick SEO reasons why content curation helps from SEO Peace, a SEO Agency. They are: Linking Building & Contacts, Long Tail Spread, Social Signals.
Infographic with information on what is content curation, where it is used, and different sources of information from around the web from where you can procure content.
Rob Walker explains how the Tumblr founder and CEO has divided the site’s community into three categories: “creators” (those “who post their own photographs, original writing and so on”), “curators” (“who cull, heart and reblog the best of this material for the benefit of the biggest group”) and “consumers” (who… well, consume).
Some quick time saving curation tips from Laura Crest of SEOCopywriting.com. She covers her "method to the madness" going through what content curation is, and a some tips on how to get started using a variety of sources including Twitter.
Email newsletters are a powerful means for content marketing. They allow you to regularly broadcast and deliver content to a wide user base. However at the same time, they are an archaic electronic delivery format that lacks permanency or interactivity. This blog post includes things to consider when you're thinking about doing content marketing through newsletters.
Curata CEO Pawan Deshpande responds to New York Times article “Pinterest, Tumblr, and the Trouble with ‘Curation’” (July 20, 2012) by Carina Chocano. Deshpande emphasizes the power of ethical curation, “curation done right,” over the common problem of regurgitated, unattributed information allowed from Pinterest and Tumblr users. Read on for the full response.
A basic guide to content curation.
"The basic definition of the art of content curation is where the publisher (in our case the business) researches and gathers the best content on a niche topic that is aimed at a certain audience, all of which is relevant to their business..."
Content curation is rapidly being employed by different types of web users, bloggers, site owners and social media users. There are several other benefits of content curation which make it a leading content marketing strategy. You may be familair with the main benefits of content curation, but here are a few more you may not be familar with.
Probably the word “Content Curation” is very new for you, but most people are already using it in order to create better content. If you are trying to understand that what is the definition of content curation, you will be surprised to find out that you might have used this concept unconsciously at some or the other point in your lives.
Great tips and tricks on how to create content that google finds actractive for your brand.
Instead the most shareable content is content that solves a problem, makes people laugh, or makes them think about something in a new way. Something that resonates with them.
A blog for students of Professor Kagan's internet course to comment and highlight class topics. From the various channels for marketing on the internet, to multimedia and e-commerce business models, anything related to the class is fair game.
Overview of what content curation is along with a list of content curation software's available.
A quick tutorial about what to post on social media using content curation.
Content curation is not for the scientists and eggheads anymore, anyone can be an expert at their field. This videos shows small business owners and entrepreneurs how they can find and share great information to the online circles.