I have been struggling with this dilemma for months. When you talk to most marketers and even the majority of business people, they get that the web, social media, mobile devices and the content we place on these channels are all important factors in driving real business results.
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In a post I wrote two weeks ago about there not being a one-size-fits-all social media policy in journalism, I tried to explain that every beat translates differently when it come to social media and other online tools like it.
For beats that translate well in social media, there comes an obligation to use social …
Lim Cheng Soon’s story defies convention. It’s a story about the value of curation, the value of community, and, for some, the lasting value of print.
Lim is addicted to Hacker News, the popular social news site, and he wanted to solve his own problem of information overload — “to be able to go offline …
With the amount of information that is available on the internet it is important (especially for teachers) to filter through the news/sites to find relevant information in a timely manner.
As a blogger I feel that we “curate’ the web automatically to help keep things organized and be able to convey information in as detailed …
”The State of Curation” session at Social Media Week NY was one of the best sessions I attended. The speakers examined the human element of curating versus the promise (and drawbacks) of algorithms.
In other words, it’s people vs. robots in the ultimate battle for content delivery supremacy! OK, it’s probably not all that dramatic. …
Our moms and our kindergarten teachers told us again and again: “It’s nice to share!”
But why? How does sharing make things better? Before long the smartest kids figured out that sharing increased the fun. When you shared, more kids wanted to play with you. They’d stay in the sandbox longer, and they’d share their …
Every time I read a story about why newspapers are failing that doesn’t mention the role of aggregation and curation in their troubles, it reminds me that something very fundamental is being missed, even by very sophisticated observers.
Aggregation is one of the core concepts of content presentation and commercialization. Any analysis of what happened …
We hear a lot about content curation these days. Some call it a top trend for 2012 and a must-see new technology for marketers. Others say it’s a fad that can’t hold a candle to creation of original content. Take a few minutes to understand what it is and the ways it fits into …
Content creation and content curation.
Let’s talk about those for a moment.
There are about 160 million blogs, according to Blogpulse. If you could browse a different website every second from the moment you were born, to the second you leap off this mortal coil, you’d be able to visit each blog just under 15 times.
Have you heard of content curation and are you using if effectively in your business?
Did you know you are probably already doing this everyday in your social media? The key is to make sure you are doing it effectively to present yourself as a “Leader” and “Go To” person in your industry.
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