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What a Content Curator Needs To Know: How, Tools, Issues and Strategy
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Robin Good
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Robin Good's insight:
Among the types of content curation that are broadly used, content aggregation has been one of the first and most popular approaches that has naturally sprung up. If you are interested in learning more about these, and about how to aggregate content in the most ethical and professional fashion, I strongly suggest reading these two short articles written by two curation professionals:
The first, by Mindy McAdams is a curated version of the second one which was published more than a year earlier by Steve Buttry. Together they do an excellent job of clarifying to the non-expert what curation and aggregation are all about. The two articles offer clear guidelines, real-world examples and recommendations on how you can make content aggregation provide true additional value to both the content sources used and to the readers alike. Recommended. 8/10 Original article: http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/aggregation-guidelines-link-attribute-add-value/ (Image credit - Sea anemons by Shutterstock) 
Prof. Hankell's curator insight,
September 8, 2013 10:23 AM
Robin Good's insight:
Among the types of content curation that are broadly used, content aggregation has been one of the first and most popular approaches that has naturally sprung up.
If you are interested in learning more about these, and about how to aggregate content in the most ethical and professional fashion, I strongly suggest reading these two short articles written by two curation professionals: http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/aggregation-guidelines-link-attribute-add-value/ ; The first, by Mindy McAdams is a curated version of the second one which was published more than a year earlier by Steve Buttry. Together they do an excellent job of clarifying to the non-expert what curation and aggregation are all about.
The two articles offer clear guidelines, real-world examples and recommendations on how you can make content aggregation provide true additional value to both the content sources used and to the readers alike.
Recommended. 8/10
Original article: http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/aggregation-guidelines-link-attribute-add-value/ ; (Image credit - Sea anemons by Shutterstock) 
Stephen Dale's curator insight,
September 9, 2013 4:29 AM
A useful introduction to the mechanics of "curation" 
Linda Allen's curator insight,
September 9, 2013 9:15 AM
Thank you for sharing Robin, excellent read and your insights
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Robin Good: Postano is a social media content aggregation and curation platform that can be integrated in your web site or Facebook page. Through its internal dashboard it can be set to agregate coming from any of your social media channels. From Wordpress or Tumblr blogs to Facebook Pages, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest accounts, Postano offers a comprehensive array of social media sources to tap into. Additionally you can add any RSS feeds that may be relevant to you. Postano allows you to pick and select which content you want to publish and how you want to it look and appear. Your curated channel can be finally integrated as a full embed in your website and/or added as a tab to your Facebook page. One great key feature available as a WordPress plugin but also usable with any other publishing platform allows for all of the content and links "embedded" in your site via POstano to be also fully indexed by standard search engines. Examples: http://www.postano.com/gallery/ Pricing: http://www.postano.com/pricing/ More info: http://www.postano.com/ (Opening image from Glassislife.com) (*I have added Postano to http://bit.ly/ContentCurationUniverse tools-map)
Andrew McRobert's curator insight,
August 19, 2014 8:55 AM
23. A good example of a curation tool for brands, this highlights the fun and effectiveness of curating. It shows another side, the possibilities of curation in both social and work, maybe even a mix of both. Its intergration into social media sites was the reason for its inclusion. |
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Robin Good's insight:
Pressly is a new web app which allows you to create a social hub, similar to what you can do with RebelMouse or Tint, where you can aggregate and curate your favorite content from your social media channels, web site as well as from your fans content. The app can aggregate and curate content coming from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, SoundCloud, Vimeo and from any RSS feed. Similarly to its growing number of competitors Pressly automatically generates a social hub that can be easily viewed across web, tablets and smartphones and that it's very easy to navigate. Differently than RebelMouse, the content aggregated is not just excerpted or simply pointed to, but it is actually imported, stripped of anything outside the original text and images and presented in a new clean and highly readable format. My comment: A solid content aggregation and curation tool and a valid alternative to RebelMouse. Great UI, ease of use and ability to search and find relevant content. Here there are some tangible margins of improvement in making the curator less constrained when searching and browsing results for new content. Pressly offers a free version with the possibility of using your own domain name, Google Analytics integration and up to 10,000/month views. The PRO version, adds support for capturing email leads, the options of using standard ads, up to 100,000 views and analytics at $499/mo. Pricing info: http://www.pressly.com/pricing Try it out now: http://www.pressly.com/ Examples: http://resources.pressly.com/content http://robingood.pressly.com/ (test page) http://robingood.pressly.com/feature-articles (test page) Similar tools: RebelMouse, Tint, Postano, Overblog, Streamhub, Stackla, Uberflip. See: Social Hub Publishing Tools
Voting4all.nl's curator insight,
February 13, 2014 3:21 AM
promote je school of laat de leerlingen en schoolkrant maken.
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Robin Good's insight:
Michaela Hackner and Leah Stern have written a useful article on how to use curation to nurture the growth and cohesion of an online community. Quality curated content is a means to enrich the community and to help it grow while becoming a natural point of reference for keeping all of its members informed and up-to-date. From the original article: "Creating and supporting a great community is costly and time-consuming, but it can provide a fantastic opportunity for people to learn from each other and get to know each other. ...the key to a great community is great content. When a community has new and useful content that’s specific to the needs of its user base, people will keep coming back because they will see its value for their work and their lives. Thoughtful and deliberate content curation is the best way to ensure that you can find, highlight, and share great content within your community, and help your community thrive." Curation is support of a community must also take into serious account the specific needs and interests of the community members, placing them as the key topic drivers of the content being curated. "Curators must be super familiar with what their audience is looking for, so they can serve that content up to users without the users needing to go in search of the right materials. In particular, curators of online communities have to know their members, the community’s brand and purpose, and the content available in the community at any given time." The article highlights three different approaches for curating content when you have an online community alongside a set of useful recommendations for bringing the good theories in immediate action. Valuable. Inspiring. 7/10 Full article: http://www.nten.org/articles/2013/serve-it-up-frameworks-for-curating-content-in-communities
Tom George's comment,
March 15, 2013 7:44 AM
Robin I just watched Harlan Kilstein Interviews Robin Good on Curation. I want to say thank you. Thank you for your love of curation, your honesty and integrity. I imagined some of your references to parks and street people and I am someome who like you sees the much larger picture, but first we must set the stage. You are one of the best. If I could bestow the distinction of Master Curator on someone, you come to mind. Also looking forward to your university in the states, or in English I should say as I do not speak Italian.
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Uberflip is a new web publishing tool that allows a company to easily create a social hub populated with the most relevant content coming from their main media properties, including blogs, RSS feeds, social media channels, images and videos, presentations and PDF documents.
Uberflip publishing metaphor is the "hub" in which, similarly to Rebelmouse and Pressly you can create multiple channels where you either aggregate or curate theme-specific content.
Among Uberflip unique features there is the ability to import and convert PDF documents into editable flipbooks, an array of widgets that can be added to integrate more functionalities (e.g.: Disqus comments) and a call-to-action feature allowing you to integrate customizable and elegant subscription boxes that directly connect to your newsletter provider (e.g.: Malchimp).
Check my test site to get an idea of what you can do with it: http://robingood.uberflip.com/h/
My comment: Compared to Rebelmouse, Pressly, Uberflip is a tough contender. Its key strengths are the elegant and clean output design, which displays excellently also on tablets and smartphones and the breadth of features for curating and collecting content (e.g.: custom collections). Uberflip is also the only tool of this kind that integrates a PDF to flipbook conversion engine, allowing you to integrate any company PDF into one or more collections in a beautiful format to view.
The Basic version, which allows for one hub with multiple channels, one custom collection and one CTA costs $49.95/month. Higher priced versions at 199 and 499/mo allow for using your custom domain, more collections, CTAs and additional features including analytics and other features.
Pricing info: http://www.uberflip.com/pricing
Free 14-day trial.
Ty it out now: http://www.uberflip.com/
My test site: http://robigood.uberflip.com
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