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02-02-2012, 08:41 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-02-2012 09:00 PM by quasso.)
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40 Social Media Curation Sites and Tools
Last month I shared 40+ networks that you could consider depending on your niche or interests. As part of my commitment to this community, I shared that I will expand on this list throughout 2012. So here is the first addition to that build! The topic- Curation! I thought I would focus on curation because a) I have a favorite site and b) there has been a lot of “press” on Pinterest as a curation tool and as a result I thought the timing was right. However before I list the sites let’s talk curation.
What is social media curation? Today, with the exponential growth of social networks and blogs, it can be overwhelming searching for information on the internet. As a result, the act of filtering, selecting, reviewing and providing commentary with a perspective on an article, or collection of articles, have become increasingly important. This is known as social media curation. Recently, I had posed the question : What is a social media curator” on Linkedin. I was intrigued on the variety of responses I received. There is definitely different interpretations on what it really is. The response that I agreed with read: ”A good media curator is someone who reads extensively, then can pull content and organize it in a logical way for the benefit of others. Web 2.0+ has an immense amount of information. Curators sort through it, find the wheat in the chaff, and present it in a friendly manner” . I would agree with this definition however would also add that a curator would also share their perspective and perhaps alternative ( or supporting) viewpoint using the posts that they have selected. Why curate? Curation provides another offering for your on-line audience. It also helps reduce the noise of the plethora of information on the internet. Curation also provides a stream of fresh posts for your site or blog. Curation sites The number of curation sites and tools have grown dramatically. Furthermore, more recently the profile of curation has been elevated as more organizations and entrepreneurs are looking at ways to augment their blogs or content. I personally use Scoop.it. I really enjoy the tool because 1) it has an automatic component of crawling the web to make suggestions to supplement your topic and 2) you have the option of selection and providing that commentary to add value to your audience and 3) Scoop.it then bundles it in a very attractive on-line magazine. I would like to share 3 Master Curators on Scoop.it namely Robin Good and Giuseppe Mauriello. For the third, I would also like to mention Martin Gysler who introduced me to the field and tool. I must admit in addition to curating, I have used the tool as a depository (Scoop.it SocialMediaPearls) for key articles for my blog that you can reference at any given time. So not strictly curating- however one can say my blog posts are a result of personal experience and research whereyou can find the associated posts on my Social Media Pearls Scoop.it magazine. In addition to Scoop.it, I have used Paper.il, Pinterest and Themeefy. Changing gears a little bit, I would like to share that I am intrigued by Bookriff which is very new site and start-up. I learned about this site at a recent conference in Canada. Very exciting site that brings curation to another level. Bookriff allows you to select chapters from an assortment of books, add your own commentary and then publish it as a commercial book. Each time a Riff is distributed, all content owners get paid. BookRiff’s technology manages the authoring, bundling, licensing, attribution, and payment details for each of these custom compilations. Brilliant! How exciting. Love it! Potentially turning the publishing sector upside down.The mastermind and CEO behind Bookriff is Rochelle Grayson. It was a total pleasure to hear her speak on this innovation. Now it is time to share that list. Below, I have listed 40 curation sites for your perusal. Enjoy!
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10-05-2013, 11:36 AM
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thank you for sharing 2 links in and i am already pleased
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10-06-2013, 07:34 AM
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fascinating stuff thanks
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10-21-2013, 10:03 AM
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This is a great post! Thanks a million I was looking for stuff like this.
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11-04-2013, 12:16 PM
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01-15-2014, 09:42 PM
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This is sterling work. You deserve more than the rep I gave. Thank you!
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03-01-2014, 03:34 AM
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Awesome list; thanks for posting this. I curate presently just using Google and 'past 24 hours' filter on the keyword of my choice. I'll explore these other options now.
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03-02-2014, 05:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2014 05:25 AM by zynet.)
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rep to you for the info, contentgems is also a curation service.
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03-02-2014, 11:45 AM
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I just saw this post today and thought it was a great read and have some useful links and info on curation. Thanks for the post and I added +rep to you. I wanted to subscribe to this thread and couldn't so i posted a thanks reply instead. :)
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03-17-2014, 10:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-17-2014 10:14 AM by Krusher.)
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