How Content Curation makes you a Better Writerand increases your ....

Content Famine

Content Famine

Information Overload

Curation as Aggregation

Curation as AggregationExample Sites

● Supply chain news: http://chainamagazine.com/● Russian Fashion: http://moya-moda.ru/● Sports Zone News: http://sportszone-news.com/

Curation as Filter

Curation as FilterExample Sites

● St. Louis Carpenter: http://newcastlecarpentryservices.com/category/home-improvments/

● EU Media Freedom: http://blogs.eui.eu/cmpf/

● Home Tips: http://www.hometipsworld.com/

Curation as a way to Create

Fully CuratedExample Sites

● Garage Floors: http://allgaragefloors.com/garage-floor-epoxy-tips-tricks/

● Wizard of Guitar: http://www.wizardofguitar.com/

● Internet Billboards: http://www.internetbillboards.net/

Is Curation Plagiarism?Not if you follow the golden rule:

Attribution, Attribution, Attribution

But then....Why would I send traffic to another site?

In Addition:● Don't copy the full text, just excerpts● Make it your own with comments, opinions

Discovery

Discovery

Discovery

Sharing

Sharing

Curating

Curating● Make it a regular practice● Ask 'why this' before

posting curated articles● Learn to become a good

curator - build your 'eye'○ Add value to your

community○ Build a story○ Highlight the unique○ Point/counterpoint○ What to read this week

Curation - A Self-study Course in Writing● Disciplined, regular discovery of articles,

authors and writing examples● Start with 'reactions' to practice writing your

opinions and ideas● Expand to longer comments and opinions as

you gain confidence● Feedback from your community and the

wider web to judge progress● Curation can lead to more and better original

content for your blog or site

Content Curation Resources● Curation 101 - http://www.bethkanter.org/content-curation-101/

● How Content Curation can Improve your Search Rankings - http://www.quicksprout.com/2012/06/07/how-content-curation-can-improve-your-search-rankings/?utm_source=feedburner

● Six reasons why your business needs to curate content - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-marketing/advertising/six-reasons-why-your-business-needs-to-curate-content/article4408440/

● Winning the SEO Battle through Content Curation http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2011/10/31/winning-the-seo-battle-through-content-curation/

● When did Content Curation Begin? http://ronvanpeursem.com/2013/03/when-did-content-curation-begin/

Content Curation Toolshttp://www.mindmeister.com/55395228/content-curation-tools-the-newsmaster-toolkit-by-robin-good-2012● Getting Started

○ Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest○ Scoop.it, Storify, PearlTrees

● Moving to a higher level○ Rebelmouse, Curationsoft, Paper.li, List.ly○ Curata, Publish.this, Percolate, Rallyverse

● WordPress Focused Plugin○ MyCurator, Curation Traffic