What is Content Curation? Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. A content curator cherry picks the best content that is important and relevant to share with their community. Content curators have integrated this skill into their daily routine. Why is Content Curation Valuable? ContentPhoto by Stuck in Customs. MORE >>

Home About Archives How To Pitch SME Newsletter SME-TV Speaking Work With Me Five Social Media Trends for 2011 November 16, 2010 · View Comments Share Where is social media headed? Although everyone and their uncle is doing or will be doing 2011 prognostication pieces , I’m jumping into the fray and offering my own predictions and a bit of analysis on where we’re headed as we close out the final six weeks of 2010. MORE >>

As with other business-to-business content creators these days, there are few trade press editors who don’t have—and at least occasionally use—a Twitter account. Tweets or retweets that link to the editor’s own articles or other content from the publisher’s brands. Tweets or retweets that link to or contain content from sources other than the editor’s company. MORE >>

Duplicate Content. Don’t syndicate content all over the web it won’t help you. Create new and original content. Duplicate content is not a penalty, it is a “filter” They choose not to show you. if someone comes to your site and doesn’t find the content respective to the SERP display, there is only a 12% chance they will ever come back to your site. -A A sound IA reduces the chance for duplicate content. UGC (User Generated Content) SEO. MORE >>

The Bookshelf Analogy My bookshelf at home lacks organization, but it works for me because it’s small, and I am intimately familiar with its contents. As I skim a bookshelf, I receive visual clues that tell me something about the contents of the books (genre, price, credibility). Most searches return vast results full of outdated, duplicated and dubious content. Instead the “best” contents of the web bubble up to the user via news feeds and trend lists. MORE >>