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Plateformes de curation. 4 Little-Known Tools to Curate and Publish Content : Social Media Examiner. Is curated content part of your social media marketing?

4 Little-Known Tools to Curate and Publish Content : Social Media Examiner

Looking for new ways to collect and share curated content? New tools are changing the way marketers compile and deliver handpicked content to their social media audiences. In this article you’ll discover four unique ways to curate social media content on Medium, Twitter, SlideShare, and your blog. Social Curation. Content Curation and Reading - Content Curation HubContent Curation Hub.

Content Curation in the Zone - Content Curation HubContent Curation Hub. In The Age of Interruption, there is no wonder that Francesco Cirillo’s productivity system ” The Pomodoro Technique” gained so much popularity.

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The Pomodoro, as Cirillo describes it, is more then a time unit: Protect the Pomodoro means: inform effectively, negotiate quickly to reschedule the interruption, and call back the person who interrupted you as agreed. (Francesco Cirillo, The Pomodoro Technique) Cirillo recommends to record external and internal interruptions visually with dash (-) and apostrophe (’) respectively. In other words, he advises to secure the Pomodoros through self-reflection and negotiation. However, what about our working space? Nowadays, a large portion of our work space clutter reside on our computer. While this advise may present some obstacles for physical collections, virtual collections should be more feasible. Now that we have treated the overwhelming objects on our desktop, we may assign them to adequate projects. Content Curation: An Essential Ingredient for Online Business Success. Attendees at SMC Dallas’ July 17 meeting were treated to a practical presentation about the why and how of online content curation by Jerod Morris, director of content at Copyblogger.com.

Content Curation: An Essential Ingredient for Online Business Success

He took any mystery out of the term “content curation,” boiling it down to the concept of “collecting and distilling ideas and content for yourself and audiences.” He acknowledged that the concept of content curation isn’t new; you just have to turn to any library or museum, the Bible, early American newspaper or other repository of news and information. More recent digital examples include Daily Digg and Fark. Welcome to Forbes. Welcome to Forbes. Four Things You Need to Know About Content Curation. As consumers increasingly crave more meaningful and relevant content amid the deluge of digital information, content curation has given marketers a new way to engage with customers.

Four Things You Need to Know About Content Curation

Curation is by no means new, however. Curators at museums and galleries have long been carefully selecting items for collection and display; DJs have made an art out of mixing music; and festivals have curated films, bands, vendors, and more... Curation is a long-practiced means of helping audiences that may not have the time or expertise on a particular subject to find the best and most interesting content on their own. More recently, savvy marketers have started adopting curation as a cost-effective way to engage consumers. They already recognize the growing need for timely, relevant content, but developing original content on a consistent basis can be too costly and too time-consuming for many marketers. 1. Curation in the Inbound Marketing Era - Content Curation HubContent Curation Hub. Expand Your Sources with Exploratory Search - Content Curation HubContent Curation Hub.

Searching Social Media the Smart Way - Content Curation HubContent Curation Hub. How people read online: Why you won’t finish this article. Photo by Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images I’m going to keep this brief, because you’re not going to stick around for long.

How people read online: Why you won’t finish this article.

I’ve already lost a bunch of you. For every 161 people who landed on this page, about 61 of you—38 percent—are already gone. You “bounced” in Web traffic jargon, meaning you spent no time “engaging” with this page at all. So now there are 100 of you left. OK, fine, good riddance. Wait, hold on, now you guys are leaving too? I better get on with it. Schwartz’s data shows that readers can’t stay focused. OK, we’re a few hundred words into the story now. Take a look at the following graph created by Schwartz, a histogram showing where people stopped scrolling in Slate articles. A typical Web article is about 2000 pixels long. Courtesy of Chartbeat Chartbeat’s data shows that most readers scroll to about the 50 percent mark, or the 1,000th pixel, in Slate stories. Or look at John Dickerson’s fantastic article about the IRS scandal or something. Welcome to Forbes. Introducing The Curator’s Code: A Standard for Honoring Attribution of Discovery Across the Web.

By Maria Popova UPDATE: Some thoughts on some of the responses, by way of Einstein.

Introducing The Curator’s Code: A Standard for Honoring Attribution of Discovery Across the Web

UPDATE 2: This segment from NPR’s On the Media articulates the project well — give it a listen. Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.” ~ Ray Bradbury You are a mashup of what you let into your life.” ~ Austin Kleon Chance favors the connected mind.” ~ Steven Johnson.

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'Credit' in Inbound Marketing. DCC Terms. Aggrigation. Content Curation Terms. Curation and Creation. Discovery Tools. How to Curate Content & Influence People. I’m not a religious man.

How to Curate Content & Influence People

But I admire the community aspect of religion. The social binding that comes through a good priest watching over his flock. I guess that’s where the relatively new idea of “curated content” comes from. Sharing the latest and greatest thinking from around the world to create a community around your brand. In my case Zude PR…rather than God.

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Curation Tools. The 5 Laws Of Content Curation. The laws of content curation, should you break them and pay the fine or should you stay legal?

The 5 Laws Of Content Curation

Let’s breakdown these really good series of laws on content curation from Steven Rosenbaum: The First Law: People don’t want more content, they want less. We’re overwhelmed in raw, unfiltered, context-free data. Humans want it to stop. This first law breaks down the core need of content curation. The Second Law: Curators come in three shapes. 7 Tips To Help You Focus In Age of Distraction: Are You Content Fried! Mindmap by Jane Genovese This morning I learned a new word for information overload – “content fried” from a colleague at the Packard Foundation.

7 Tips To Help You Focus In Age of Distraction: Are You Content Fried!

It resonated. We have so much content in our professional lives. I’m talking about the stuff we consume daily to keep inform of our professional field. It comes speeding at us from our email boxes, social networks, kindles, and even paper and snail mail! Then there’s the whole other world of organizational content that you need to consume or create to get stuff done! Creating a Content Curation System and Increasing Social Media Productivity.

One of the most common questions we hear from prospects and clients is: How can you be effective with social media marketing while preventing it from being a major time sink? To be honest, this is a daily challenge even for us. The fact of the matter is social media marketing is very labor intensive and difficult to scale. Between upfront strategic planning, creating unique content that genuinely helps and engages people, and constantly monitoring customer feedback, time management quickly becomes a struggle. The 3 Pillars of Content Curation (Redux)

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Content Curation Guide for SEO - What, How, Why. The author's posts are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. When it comes to the Internet, I imagine it as the warehouse where the Ark is archived at the end of Indiana Jones – Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Ark is that outstanding content someone has produced and that no other will be able to see again, because it is forgotten and hidden between gazillions of other contents. Apart from the gigantic volume of pages present in the Internet, for a long time, search spam has been making the discovery of reliable sources difficult; and – let's be honest – Social Media has enhanced this issue, because it added even more noise and dispersion.

Actually, as Mitchel Kapor said once, getting information off the Internet is like having a drink from a fire hydrant. To tell the truth, this problem is not new. Digital Publishing: Curation vs Collection vs Experience. Content curation can be a powerful way to serve those in your market, and establish a unique brand position that differentiates you from your competitors.

Today, I want to explore that challenges of curation, and compare how it differs from merely ‘collecting.’ (Note: by curation, I mean to care for, and carefully select which content is shared, with the idea that removing something can sometimes make a collection even stronger.) Curation has been a big buzz word in online publishing for a long time now. While the word implies many great things: selecting only the greatest content for your audience – it can be a challenge for media companies to do this. With unlimited server space and free distribution, the temptation can be too great to share AS MUCH content as possible, with the theory that they are better serving the many sub-niches of their market. This can be easy to justify. 6 Facts About Content Curation and SEO You May Not Know. If you struggle with providing a steady stream of fresh, relevant content for your website, you’re not alone. Perhaps one of the best ways to overcome this challenge, while also increasing the value you provide to your audience, is through the process of editorialized content curation.

But while we know that this process (when done right) is beneficial in terms of driving traffic, extending reach and providing interesting and valuable content, what does Google think about content curation? Following are 6 facts about content curation and SEO you may not know – but that you really should if you’re going to use content curation as part of your own content strategy. 1. What’s the law around aggregating news online? A Harvard Law report on the risks and the best practices. [So much of the web is built around aggregation — gathering together interesting and useful things from around the Internet and presenting them in new ways to an audience. It’s the foundation of blogging and social media. But it’s also the subject of much legal debate, particularly among the news organizations whose material is often what’s being gathered and presented.

Kimberley Isbell of our friends the Citizen Media Law Project has assembled a terrific white paper on the current state of the law surrounding aggregation — what courts have approved, what they haven’t, and where the (many) grey areas still remain. This should be required reading for anyone interested in where aggregation and linking are headed. You can get the full version of the paper (with footnotes) here; I’ve added some links for context. During the past decade, the Internet has become an important news source for most Americans. How Content Curation Can Improve Your Search Rankings. The 5 Models Of Content Curation.

Curation has always been an underrated form of creation. The Getty Center in Los Angeles is one of the most frequently visited museums in America – and started as a private art collection from one man (J. Paul Getty) who had a passion for art. Aside from a few well known examples like this one, however, the term curation has rarely been used outside of the world of art … until now. Real-Time News Curation - The Complete Guide Part 4: Process, Key Tasks, Workflow. I have received a lot of emails from readers asking to illustrate more clearly what the actual typical tasks of a news curator are, and what are the tools that someone would need to use to carry them out.

In Part 4 and 5 of this guide I am looking specifically at both the workflow, the tasks involved as well as at the attributes, qualities and skills that a newsmaster, or real-time news curator should have. 1. Why Curation Is Just as Important as Creation [OPINION] Content Curation: Beyond the Institutional Repository and Library Archives - Personal Knowledge Management for Academia & Librarians. Digital Content Curation Is Career for Librarians. By John Farrier. Content Curation : An Essence of New-Age Digital Marketing. SEO-Friendly Content Curation. By Virginia Nussey, April 29, 2013 If you're a brand online, today's conversational media world requires you're also a publisher if you have any hope of holding space in the public marketplace. Yet the requirements of publishing are a tall order for most brands.

The Content Strategist as Digital Curator. The term “curate” is the interactive world’s new buzzword. The Difference Between Content Curation and Link Spraying. "Content curation" is one of those phrases that gets repeated ad nauseam without much thought into what it actually means or what role it should play in our digital marketing strategies. Content Curation and the Interest Graph: Delivering Context to the Consumer. Museums and the Web 2010: Papers: Miller, E. and D. Wood, Recollection: Building Communities for Distributed Curation and Data Sharing. Background. Content Curation Glossary - Resources. What is Content Curation? Exploring Social Curation. Curation. Was Content Curation born in a French Hospital 95 Years Ago? The Curation Buzz... And PearlTrees -SVW.

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