Content Curation World

If you are a novice content curator do not go for quantity. That is not what makes the difference. Go for high-quality, and consistency.

Steer away from the temptation of republishing or sharing anything that you have not read and vet in full.

"The best curators out there did not build such impressive followerships by carelessly retweeting, sharing or promoting low-quality content.

These brilliant individuals:

a) never curate an article that they haven’t read in full,

b) never support something they don’t believe in,

c) never get lazy.

How do you think they would look in the eyes of their fans if they judged content based only on a title and the first two paragraphs?

Lack of quality is the number one downfall of content curators.

Granted, your audience will not be increasing by the thousands, but if you prioritize quality over quantity the people who choose to follow you will actually matter."

My comment: Key strategy n.1 (and n.3) in this article are the only one worthwhile paying attention to. The other ones are, in my opinion, actually misleading. You don't need to focus on latest trendy content and breaking news, curating content other than text is a well known strategy as much as the obviousness of keeping your focus always in sight.

Strategy n.1 is a fantastic reminder for novice content curators: 6/10 

Full original article:  http://socialbarrel.com/5-content-curation-strategies-you-can-steal-from-the-best-curators/99870/ 

 

A good introductory article to content curation for organizations and non-profits. It provides good description of the purpose of content curation and of tools and key skills required.

Beth Kanter, provides lots of good resources, tools and other articles which kindly highlight and link also some of my recent content curation work. 

Resourceful, informative, to-the-point. 8/10

Full article: Content Curation and the Art of Spotting the Awesome

Reading time: 5'

See also from the same author: 

• Content Curation Primer
  
  
• How Nonprofits Get Significant Value from Content Curation 

Sam Burroughs says it right: "What if we considered content curation from a user centered design perspective? What would audience centered curation look like?"

His suggestions are right on the mark:

• Stop thinking you need to post always something. If you haven't got something good, don't.

• Focus on a very specific interest and audience. 
   
• Evaluate and share your opinion.
   
• Let readers know how much time it takes to read the source you are suggesting to check.  
   
• Explain, always clearly why something you are curating is relevant. Contextualize. 

More signal, less noise.

A good review of five things you need to pay attention to, for your content curation to generate some results.

Right on the mark. Practical advice. 8/10 

Full article (4 mins read): http://weelearning.co.uk/2014/01/five-ways-curators-can-improve-user-experience/ 

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Startupery is a new online resource which organizes and curates best-practices, strategy advice, tips and methods for business startups.

The present library currently comprises over 500 hundred resources organized under 372 topics by 12 selected "experts", which include, among others, Fred Wilson (Vevnture Capitalist), Eric Ries (The Lean Startup), Chris Dixon (Investor) and Brad Feld (Early Stage Investor / Entrepreneur). 

For each expert you will find a page outlining his profile and presenting, in a categorized fashion, a selected number of sources suggested by him.

"For years, and now more than ever, startup founders, investors and operators have been sharing advice on how to succeed in business. From personal blogs to up-and-coming publications, this advice has been scattered and often hard to find when you need it most. Startup{ery is a library for this advice, giving each resource and the important topics that they cover a home on the internet."

An excellent and well-organized resource hub for startups, Simple, easy to navigate and staffed by a highly reputable set of subject-matter-experts / curators.

A great example of the value that content curation can bring to just about any field, where there is lot of precious information scattered around and which can greatly benefit from competent and trusted "organizers". 

Free to use.

Startupery: http://startupery.com/ 

Added to Content Curation Examples board.