All of us have areas of interest and expertise that we wish to continue developing. We want to know everything that is going on in relation to that topic. More importantly, we want to be sure we are not missing anything important.
What differentiates successful professionals is their ability to take action before competitors so as to mitigate a risk or act upon an opportunity.
This post explores 7 roadblocks that difficult content curation.
1. Shooting Stars: The widespread adoption of real-time platforms has led to a huge increase of content publication. Identifying strategically important information has become much like spotting a shooting star.
2. Popularity Icebergs: The massive utilization of popularity to deliver information is making content curation difficult for users with highly personalized information needs. The information that is not considered popular remains under the sea of information and is very hard to find.
3. Assumption Bubbles: Algorithms are gaining importance to filter Web content and tackle information overload. The resulting bubbles are difficult to escape and limit the discovery of unexpected information.
4. Expert Gatekeepers: Relying on experts is a good way to obtain relevant information with a reduced level of effort. However, those experts can easily become gatekeepers if they are not able to deliver information that is relevant to the dynamic interests and information needs of each user.
5. Circles of Trust: It is easy to forget that critical information might come from outside those circles of trust.
6. Bingo Cards: To build expertise, users are required to know everything that’s going on in relation to a specific topic. Users can feel overloaded because they decide to deal with more content than they can curate.
7. Distraction Mazes...
Conclusion: Finding timely and relevant information on an ongoing basis about a specific subject is very challenging. Most users are finding it extremely difficult not to be distracted by information that is not relevant to their information needs.
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Curated by Giuseppe Mauriello Via Giuseppe Mauriello "TwitChimp.com is a new capability designed to help make Twitter better serve several niches of the community. TwitChimp makes it easy for experts on any topic to create curated lists of Twitter accounts to follow. These lists are then made easy to discover, which helps those seeking producers of relevant content. Although Twitchimp is still in beta, its most recent delivery of features has made it a very powerful capability that can help you make the most of Twitter right now." 
With the skyrocketing popularity and billion-dollar sale of Instagram, there's an ongoing race to apply Instagram's wildly successful photo sharing model to mobile video. 
Interesting read...now you know why we've embraced technology and continue to be the most progressive real estate brokerage in the area at Savvy + Company Real Estate. 
Take a look at your Facebook timeline, Twitter stream and blog. How many of your last 20 posts were 100 percent original content? What percentage was repurposed from somewhere else online? How many Spotify lists have you created? And, what about all that pinning? 
Google will level the playing field between sites with quality content and those that are overly optimized. How can you avoid this penalty? 
Detailed TUTORIAL to create a clever & creative Facebook Timeline Page Cover Photo with integrated Profile Picture using our FREE downloadable Photosh... Via Genevieve Lachance, Cyndee Haydon www.SandbarsToSunsets.com 
Google's head of search spam, Matt Cutts, announced as a side note during his panel at SXSW that Google is releasing an algorithm update specifically to target sites over doing their SEO. Via Linda Buquet :: Catalyst eMarketing 
Thanks to our fabulous sponsors for our 4th Annual REbarCamp Charlotte! The Motley Fool - Will newest iPad propel Apple to further gains? 
Every business should be on Google Places. This article provides the why and how! If you have never set up Google Places for your business or are wanting to ensure you did it properly this is a great article for that. - Chris Via Chris Smith 
“Twitter is the drug of Davos” said Kate Roberts, (@KateRobertsPSI), a self-proclaimed ‘Twitter virgin’. A quarter of the 2600 participants – 648 to be precise – have subscribed to the micro-blogging service up from 408 a year ago. Over the course of the meeting these Davos tweeps posted over 17.000 messages that were re-tweeted 113.000 times and elicited 37.000 replies according to weflive.com, a website set up by KPMG based on the Forum’s Twitter lists. Via Morten Myrstad |
If you are planning to build up your brand, there are lot of ways to do that, but recently Pinterest has come up with great idea of building brand instantly. If you are not listed on Pinterest then you are missing something along with the growing potential customers and clients out there. Building Brands through Pinterest has been made very easy these days and you must try it out. 
PinView, a new Facebook app, displays items from your News Feed, Timeline, friends list and pages as small panels, just like Pinterest. 
Simply put, Pinterest is an image-based social network where users create virtual bulletin boards for a variety of topics. Here's how to use it in business. 
Picnik.com closes today.The NEW Ribbet.com will be opening very soon and the only difference between the two is the name. Ribbet .com looks EXACTLY like Picnik and will offer the same exact style a... 
Curation is taking over the digital content scene. With related applications and platforms multiplying, the act of collecting and sharing content has become second nature for most of us. Applications used for curation of content (often dubbed "productivity" apps) are quickly multiplying in the iTunes store.
As part of Pinterest week at Firebelly, here are some of the key findings from RJ Metrics: The all-time most popular pinboard categories are Home (17.2... 
A great lesson in humility... I think this article touches the major problem of social media, too much blah blah and personal promotion and not enough real useful information for all. It's to each of us to finding the right ratio between the two... I have an idea about that, and you? [note mg]
Why brands have this endless fascination with social media is one of the more fascinating phenomena in business today--especially since many are missing the one key ingredient that, if ignored, will turn their most choreographed efforts into social media hell.
When it comes to branding and the ever-changing social media phenomenon, you’re not a mushroom. In other words, you shouldn’t be kept in the dark and fed a pile of...well, you get the idea.
Every once in while, a certain business mania surfaces. As you saw in the video above, history is filled with these blips: The telephone. Radio. TV. The fax machine. The Internet. And now social media. Within social media, it splinters further--it seems like there’s always a shiny new network. Before Pinterest, there was Google Plus. Before Google Plus, well, you know the drill. And on and on.
Read more: http://bit.ly/xJdwb5 Via Martin Gysler Robin Good: Vibop is a new YouTube app that allows you to create personalized video clips that can be "embellished" with preset themes, decorative graphics, introductory captions and visual effects.
You can also add your own photos, use existing clips or record a live video in front of your webcam. Video features include the ability to add many different filters, to auto-adjust bad quality-video, brighten dark images and fix shaky camera footage.
At the end of the process your video is automatically uploaded to your own video channel.
"Add an animated intro, a vintage filter, a cartoon look, a silent movie theme, and dozens of other effects. Brighten dark images and fix a shaky camera. Fun, fast, and easy, Vibop will take your memories to the next level!"
Supported video formats: mpeg, mp4, mov, avi, wmv, flv, 3gp/3g2. (Max video size 200MB)
Free to use.
Video intro: http://youtu.be/tYvmX_bFKqk ;
Go try it out now: http://www.youtube.com/create/Vibop ; Via Robin Good, ABroaderView, Nicko Gibson This renovated stunner is just what you're looking for in Providence Springs! Fantastic backyard, gleaming hardwoods, gourmet kitchen, 5-bedrooms, 4-baths and so much more... 
Google argues that, despite its reputation, Google+ is anything but a ghost town. But its stats include YouTube and search users. 
The REbarCamp movement has grown to international success and is a great way to connect with like minded people in the Real Estate Industry. Be prepared to engage with great ideas, innovative tools, and cool people while learning and sharing what is working for you. 
"The Answer Network...Most women using social media are just as willing to reveal personal information about their relationships, jobs, brand preferences and political and religious affiliations as men — but when it comes to details like phone numbers, location, and email or physical address that might put their personal security at risk, women are significantly more wary than men.
These are among the findings of the “Social Media Habits and Privacy Concerns Survey,” a new nationwide study conducted by uSamp, a leader in providing targeted audiences for global consumer insights and innovative SaaS technologies for audience engagement and business intelligence." 
News curation startup Scoop.it has arrived on the iPhone today, allowing you to create your own digital magazine while on the go. The app, which works alongside the Scoop.it web service, essentially lets anyone be a publisher for any topic. |
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