How to Be a Great Content Curator (21 tips)

21 TIPSto get you started

how to be a GREAT

CONTENT CURATOR

Daria SteigmanSteigman Communications, llc

EVERYONEis not youraudience.

AUDIENCE

1. identify your TARGET audience

Posting on FACEBOOK is pointlessif your audience is on INSTAGRAM or LINKEDIN..

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2. learn WHEREto find your audience

Do they respond to FUNNY VIDEOS? How-to posts? White papers?

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3. understand what TYPES OF CONTENT

resonate with your audience

TIMING matters. So does identifying CLICKABLE content.

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4. understand WHENyour audience CLICKSand WHAT they share

Sometimes a PICTURE or a SONG can be worth more than words.

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5. THINK of content BROADLY

SHARE, ANALYZE, and VISUALIZE what’s happening across your industry (your competit ion too ) .

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6. be an industry GO-TO RESOURCE

Keep people coming back to your Web site and social media feeds by giving them information that helps them do their jobs better.

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7. point your audience toVALUABLE subject matter

Mix in occasional QUIRKY ITEMS that make people smile, laugh, or say hmm.

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8. find OFFBEAT STORIES

Curated l ists let people identify a lot of CONTENT GOODNESS in one place.

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9. CREATE a Twitter LIST

Maybe it’s brands you admire, or industry experts, or your customers.

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10. build a SHARING CIRCLEon Google+

Ideas and inspiration (and great content) come from EVERYWHERE.

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11. READ voraciously

You can often fi nd nuggets of industry information on SLIDESHARE and LINKEDIN.

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12. follow RELEVANT industry SOURCES and

ORANIZATIONS

Posts with VISUALS are SHARED MORE. Except when they’re not. It’s all about your target audience.

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13. EXPERIMENT with formats

Always, ALWAYS, credit your original source.

COMMUNITY

14. give a SHOUT OUT to the initial source

Answer the question:WHAT MAKES this photo, video, data, infographic SHAREWORTHY?

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15. PERSONALIZE when you share content

COMMENTINGADDS VALUE; it also makes you more approachable.

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16. COMMENT on what you’re sharing

Closing the loop isn’t just good form, it’s also keyto a ROBUST COMMUNITY.

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17. say THANK YOUfor shares and retweets

Don’t just share what they share; tout their accomplishments and cool deeds.

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18. SHOWCASE your community

Don’t be a sharebot;do ENGAGE with your audience.

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19. be a MEMBER of your own community

Make DIGITAL CURATION pay off by aligning your eff orts to BUSINESS GOALS.

MEASUREMENT

20. set SMART GOALS

MEAURE the ROE (engagement) and the ROI ( investment).

MEASUREMENT

21. MONITOR your METRICS

BONUS TIP

22. don’t forget to shareyour ORIGINAL CONTENT too

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Daria SteigmanSteigman Communications, llc

www.steigmancommunications.com202.244.7651

daria@steigmancommunications.com