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Good Advice On How To Become A Content Curator (especially if you are a librarian) | Backtalk
Robin Good : If you are a librarian, an information scientist or someone who has been trained to sift through lots of information and to extract valuable insight, you will enjoy reading this article by John Warrier published today on Library Journal.? Mr. Warrier, who is information librarian, has two jobs. The first is as a librarian at a community college. The second as a content curator at Neatorama.com where he “highlights” neat, odd, and fascinating bites of amusement, from the latest breakthroughs across hundreds of topics. In the article he shares his insight and advice about content curation and on what it may take for newbies to break into this field. “… content curators focus on the news needs of particular professions and industries. Professional News Curation Examples 1) The staff of PRDaily.com, for example, provides public relations professionals with the latest and the best news about that industry. 2) DesignBoom.com keeps track of the newest and hottest trends in art and industrial design. 3) BusinessInsider.com highlights news about world markets. … Getting Started You can get started in content curation quite quickly. a) All you need is a social media platform , such as a blog, Twitter feed, open-access Facebook page, or Google+ profile. b) Find the best content and add new items daily. c) Focus not on your own interests , but those of your readership. d) Prove that you can draw readers as a trusted source and keep them coming back for more. e) Then you should try to secure an internship . Many content curation firms, such as Mediaite, Gawker and Flavorwire, offer internships that will give you hands-on training in the field. They’ll train you to examine your audience, compile potential sources and pitch your content to the audience in an attention-grabbing way. ” Useful. 7/10 Full article:? http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/02/opinion/backtalk/digital-content-curation-is-a-perfect-career-fit-for-librarians-backtalk/ ? See it on Scoop.it , via Content Curation World
Tablet Publishing: Make Your Blog Into a Gorgeous iPad Magazine (free)
Robin Good : OnSwipe is a brand new service which allows any web publisher to instantly create a beautiful-looking iPad magazine by simply providing the references to RSS feeds, Twitter, YouTube/Flickr channels and more. OnSwipe does the rest. The service is extremely simple to use. Just go to OnSwipe.com, click Get Started, and one registered you only need to provide the URL or name of your different content or social media channels.? OnSwipe also helps you select an appropriate design layout theme, that will be used to display your content on your iPad output. ? Once you have setup all of your content sources, OnSwipe provides you with a snippet of JavaScript code to place in the head tag of your web site. iPad-based web site visitors visiting it will automatically “see” the “optimized” OnSwipe view. You can also setup a custom domain such as robingood.onswipe.com for your iPad aficionados. Very promising. 9/10 N.B.: The service looks like it has been freshly baked and there are a few things that may not work yet as expected. I am myself testing it and trying to understand how to make it work. Read more about Swipe and the philosophy behind it:? http://blog.onswipe.com/news/the-road-ahead ? Find out more:? http://www.onswipe.com/ ? See it on Scoop.it , via Web Publishing Tools
How To Get To The Top of a Social Media Search Page: Keywords | KISSmetrics
From the article: ” Many consumers have now discovered that they can use social networks to actually find a company that deals with the product or service they need.? ? So how can your company get to the top of a social media search page? ? By using keywords.? ? Here are some of the places and different ways you can use keywords on your social media pages. ? #1: Find the right keywords for your social media accounts: it’s important to realize that the keywords you decide to use will be different for different social media accounts. It is not a “one keyword fits all” operation.? ? #2: Use the keyword in photo captions : The goal is to use keywords on your social media site whenever possible. One of the first things you can do is use these keywords to describe your company photos. ? #3: Use your keyword when linking and tagging webpages: Social media keywords generally work best with sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook, but this ideas works just as well when it comes to Twitter. ? #4: Include the keyword in your headline … ? #5: Include your keyword in your summary and “about” section… ” ? Read the full article http://j.mp/w97lmm ? (Curated by Giuseppe Mauriello) See it on Scoop.it , via Internet Marketing Strategy 2.0
How To Get To The Top of a Social Media Search Page: Keywords | KISSmetrics
From the article: ” Many consumers have now discovered that they can use social networks to actually find a company that deals with the product or service they need.? ? So how can your company get to the top of a social media search page? ? By using keywords.? ? Here are some of the places and different ways you can use keywords on your social media pages. ? #1: Find the right keywords for your social media accounts: it’s important to realize that the keywords you decide to use will be different for different social media accounts. It is not a “one keyword fits all” operation.? ? #2: Use the keyword in photo captions : The goal is to use keywords on your social media site whenever possible. One of the first things you can do is use these keywords to describe your company photos. ? #3: Use your keyword when linking and tagging webpages: Social media keywords generally work best with sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook, but this ideas works just as well when it comes to Twitter. ? #4: Include the keyword in your headline … ? #5: Include your keyword in your summary and “about” section… ” ? Read the full article http://j.mp/w97lmm ? (Curated by Giuseppe Mauriello) See it on Scoop.it , via Internet Marketing Strategy 2.0
How To Get To The Top of a Social Media Search Page: Keywords | KISSmetrics
From the article: ” Many consumers have now discovered that they can use social networks to actually find a company that deals with the product or service they need.? ? So how can your company get to the top of a social media search page? ? By using keywords.? ? Here are some of the places and different ways you can use keywords on your social media pages. ? #1: Find the right keywords for your social media accounts: it’s important to realize that the keywords you decide to use will be different for different social media accounts. It is not a “one keyword fits all” operation.? ? #2: Use the keyword in photo captions : The goal is to use keywords on your social media site whenever possible. One of the first things you can do is use these keywords to describe your company photos. ? #3: Use your keyword when linking and tagging webpages: Social media keywords generally work best with sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook, but this ideas works just as well when it comes to Twitter. ? #4: Include the keyword in your headline … ? #5: Include your keyword in your summary and “about” section… ” ? Read the full article http://j.mp/w97lmm ? (Curated by Giuseppe Mauriello) See it on Scoop.it , via Internet Marketing Strategy 2.0