Social Media Examiner | Curation Strategies | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/feed/ Curation Strategies - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:59:24 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post-<![CDATA[Kimon Skarlatos replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post- Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:33:49 +0000 Kimon Skarlatos replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging When starting my blogging "career" a few months back I got into a panic about getting enough good quality content and tried quite a number of tools that were in my price-range (free). I tested an earlier version […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-21596<![CDATA[Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-21596 Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:57:45 +0000 Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging @frankjohnsonHi Frank,Expression engine sounds fantastic, I actually looked at it a little. I am looking for a solution to allow anyone to curate content onto our platform eventually, which by the way we are […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20866<![CDATA[Frank Johnson replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20866 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:36:15 +0000 Frank Johnson replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging Hi Tom. Expression Engine is a very powerful platform - it's not free, but the cost is nominal given what you receive in terms of functionality. I'll warn you, though, it's not for the faint of heart (at least […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20851<![CDATA[Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20851 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:42:52 +0000 Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging @frankjohnsonHey Frank we should definitely talk more, but I know what you mean right now I am using scoop.it to have curators import there curation onto our platform. So they are creating a topic, curating and […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20613<![CDATA[Frank Johnson replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20613 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:13:39 +0000 Frank Johnson replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging I've tried Scoop.it, but it doesn't seem to work too well for me. I tried it out only as a tool to find content - I don't quite see the value in having an additional site where content is curated. So we've […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20592<![CDATA[Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20592 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:37:39 +0000 Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging @mspseudolusHey Kirsten,At Internet Billboards we use Scoop.it a little
differently. We are building a community of content curators. So as we
build our brand and platform and add more curators on Internet […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20586<![CDATA[Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20586 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:27:25 +0000 Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging Have any of you tried Scoop.it? It is a great platform, they do have a free version so the price is not an issue. You create your topic and build a following. Let me know? Yes curation is not merely aggregation, […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20463<![CDATA[Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20463 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:56:10 +0000 Dave Doolin replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging The opportunity in content curation which I am seeing is along the lines of a longer term play to actually do it right. While all of us here understand the importance of context and interpretation, apparently, […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20099<![CDATA[Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20099 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:13:47 +0000 Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging @mspseudolus
Happy to share my experience! 
I've not tried storify.  Just Curata and Paper.li so far.  It seems the more clients I meet the more I find myself playing with new software and services.  I'm sure it […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20066<![CDATA[Kirsten Lambertsen replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-20066 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:37:48 +0000 Kirsten Lambertsen replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging @iamconsulting thank you so much for the report :)  Wow that price for Curata has got to be out of reach for the average blogger. 
Have you used Storify at all? Does it serve the same purpose for you?  I think they […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post-<![CDATA[Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post- Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:23:34 +0000 Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging @iamconsulting  @mspseudolus I am glad to see you guys are interested in curation because it is fun, and really going to be an exciting part of the future of the web, with our social graph, really even Google […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19771<![CDATA[Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19771 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:17:22 +0000 Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging @mspseudolus @netbillboards
Content curation is really an interesting concept that I didn't know much about until a few months ago when I found someone that had a Paper.li account and were posting links to my […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19765<![CDATA[Kirsten Lambertsen replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19765 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:21:19 +0000 Kirsten Lambertsen replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging @iamconsulting I, too, would be interested to hear your review of Curata :)  
What do you all think of Paper.li? It's sort of an automated curation engine based upon your social graph (who you follow on Twitter, […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post-<![CDATA[Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post- Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:28:46 +0000 Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging Hi Frank,Thank you very much for a fantastic explanation on what content curation is. And also thinking to explain what it isn't. You know curation is not aggregation, like you said, and building links around a […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post-<![CDATA[Frank Johnson replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic//#post- Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:34:01 +0000 Frank Johnson replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging Tom - thanks for this question about a great topic.
Hi Trudy - I wrote the answer below and posted it, and then realized that Tom had already replied (I had left this thread open in my browser for a couple of hours […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19614<![CDATA[Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19614 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:16:15 +0000 Nichole Schlecht replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging I've tried Curata.  It's pretty simple and intuitive.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19586<![CDATA[Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19586 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:15:46 +0000 Tom George replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging Hi Trudy,Curation is really explained easily enough. Content curators find, organize, share and give special context to the content they find. We act as like human filters and make content recommendations. People […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19582<![CDATA[Trudy Phillips replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/curation-strategies/#post-19582 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:32:06 +0000 Trudy Phillips replied to the forum topic Curation Strategies in the club Blogging Well, I am not afraid to post my ignorance. What exactly is content curation?  I have no clue. @netbillboards

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