Conversation Agent HOME BOOK ME TO SPEAK ABOUT MARKETING GUIDES MULTIMEDIA PODCASTS CONTENT ARCHIVES HOW I USE SOCIAL NETWORKS CONTACT « Customer Conversation in a Service Economy | Main | Should You Shift all Your Spending Online? » Power Tools for Content Aggregation and Curation Maybe you don't have the resources to develop a lot of content, or maybe you're a professional association that wants to serve its members better by being super helpful. MORE >>

Let’s face it, Google definitely has its shortcomings when it comes to content curation and the more it tries to cater to all audiences, the less useful it becomes. The demand for timely, relevant content that is specific to our unique interests and perspectives has given rise to a new generation of tools that aim to help individuals and companies curate content from the web and deliver it in a meaningful way. Note: Tools not listed in any particular order!) MORE >>

I ran across an interesting post by Karan Bavandi: “Link Management System&# vs. “Content Management Systems&# – In search of tools for curators. He talks about the differences between Content Management Systems and Link Management Systems for curation. First I have to admit that they have done a very good job of building a comprehensive taxonomy (classification) system to organize all the content they serve. MORE >>

That’s never more true than when he writes about content marketing, as he did last Monday. DVorkin describes AdVoice as an outlet for content marketing, which he defines as “brands using the tools of digital media and social sharing to behave like original-content publishers.” But content marketing itself doesn’t worry me. As long-time readers of this blog know, I generally like the idea of content marketing. An Editorial Wall for Content Marketing? MORE >>

26 Content Marketing Tools to Use in 2013. On 01.09.13, In Content Marketing , by Kari Rippetoe. Content marketing is so hot right now. According to Content Marketing Institute’s recent B2B Content Marketing report , 9 out of 10 B2B marketers are using content marketing, and 45% plan to increase their spending on content marketing over the next 12 months. Content Curation. Storify – I love this tool. Content Planning. MORE >>