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Shirley Williams (XeeMe.com/ShirleyWilliams)'s insight:

 

This article succintly summarizes the value of curation for Not for Profit organizations. I believe the key messages in the article are transferable to all sectors.

 

Its opening shares thaa a  curator needs to have superb social media monitoring and listening skills. 

 

The author then share the three key benefit of curation within an organization:

 

 

1. Improve staff expertise.

2. Improve thought leadership

3. New sources of content. "It’s about curation, creativity and coordination across channels. Your content strategy is essential to the success of an integrated social media strategy. And content curation can help increase the shelf-life of your content you’re already producing."

 

The author goes on to suggest the importance of managng one's time. The following techiques should be considered: 

 

1.Manage your attention

2.Visulize on paper

3.Establish rituals/ habits

4.Reflection

5.Manage email and other disctrtions

6.Make your phyiscial space

7.Take a break

 

Curation is an investment of time and effort as on seek the key points and value of what the social web has to offer: 

 

7/10

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Shirley Williams

 

 

Gerrit Bes's curator insight, January 9, 4:10 AM

 

This article succintly summarizes the value of curation for Not for Profit organizations. I believe the key messages in the article are transferable to all sectors.

 

Its opening shares thaa a  curator needs to have superb social media monitoring and listening skills. 

 

The author then share the three key benefit of curation within an organization:

 

 

1. Improve staff expertise.

2. Improve thought leadership

3. New sources of content. "It’s about curation, creativity and coordination across channels. Your content strategy is essential to the success of an integrated social media strategy. And content curation can help increase the shelf-life of your content you’re already producing."

 

The author goes on to suggest the importance of managng one's time. The following techiques should be considered: 

 

Manage your attentionVisulize on paperEstablish rituals/ habitsReflectionManage email and other disctrtionsMane your phyiscial spaceTake a breakCuration is an investment of time and effort as on seek the key points and value of what the social web has to offer: 7/10Curated by Shirley Williams

 

 

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Content Marketing Beginners Suggestions for Businesses: Where to Start

Content Marketing Beginners Suggestions for Businesses: Where to Start | All Things Curation | Scoop.it

Did you know there is a lot of work that has to happen before one begins creating a content marketing strategy? There is and I am going to give you some strategies that will help you begin and also explain some important “non-negotiables”, as I call them.


First, Create a Team

 

Your business will need at the least a team of two people. This is especially true when your are writing/rewriting the content for the main pages of a website. They need to work together to create the content you need. There should be brainstorming and as they say, two brains are better than one. Seriously, this task is a two person job at a minimum.

 

There is Work to Be Done Before Your Team Begins:

 

There are no short cuts for effective and organized content marketing. The non-negotiables below have to be completed before writing begins. They apply to the writing of main content pages of a website and all other forms of content marketing.

 

Read more: http://bit.ly/M0gEc7


Via Martin Gysler
John van den Brink's comment, June 14, 2012 9:52 AM
Great posts Martin, thanks!
Martin Gysler's comment, June 14, 2012 3:43 PM
You're welcome John, great you like it!