One of the difficulties that companies face in adopting new ways of doing things is that it takes an effort to forget how to do things, often as much as it takes to learn new ones. I think this is ...
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A big hat tip to Robin Good for selecting and curating this useful piece. I've been looking for basic advice on content curation - the discovery part and adding your view for Networked Nonprofit/Social Media workshops. I have been teaching brand monitoring 101, but content curation is similar in the discovery phase. I like his broad categories.
Beth Kanter
-------------- Robin Good: If you are new to news curation and are looking for some basic advice on how you can start finding good content out there and where/how to promote it, you will find this introductory guide by Jay Palter quite useful.
In it there is some good basic advice on what kind of free tools and approaches you can start using to monitor specific topics as well as proper suggestions on how to characterize and add value to your curation work.
Good for getting your feet wet. 7/10
Full article: http://jaypalter.ca/2012/05/19-ways-to-curate-great-financial-content/ Via Robin Good, Beth Kanter 
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June 2, 2012 12:46 PM
Thanks for this - been looking for a beginner guide for some NGOs I'm working with in India are just getting started with social media/content strategy. This a useful article for them to read.
Jay Palter's comment,
June 2, 2012 2:35 PM
Thanks for the feedback and sharing, Robin. Appreciate your inspiration and support.
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Breaking news that Pinterest is changing user submitted pins to make money. Are they now one of the biggest affiliates on the Internet?... That's the question [note MG]
I swore I wasn’t going to write about Pinterest again for a while after finishing a six part series of blog posts, but major developments keeping coming and no major news organizations seems to be covering them.
If you post a pin to Pinterest, and it links to an ecommerce site that happens to have an affiliate program, Pinterest modifies the link to add their own affiliate tracking code. If someone clicks through the picture from Pinterest and makes a purchase, Pinterest gets paid. They don’t have any disclosure of this link modification on their site, and so far, while it has been written about, no major news outlet has picked up on the practice or its implications.
Pinterest doing this is big news in my opinion for two reasons:
Read more: http://llsocial.com/2012/02/pinterest-modifying-user-submitted-pins/ Via Martin Gysler 
Martin Gysler's comment,
February 18, 2012 5:48 AM
Thank you Carey. I'm glad you like this post! Yes, maybe you should know it :) Of course, I'll do my best!
Martin Gysler's comment,
March 4, 2012 7:37 AM
I think you're not alone in this situation Sebastian!
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What do you use as your daily Social Media dashboard every day?
Yet, in recent months, there were a great number of browser extensions released, specifically for Twitter.com. They help you create a much greater experience right inside Twitter.com. What I like best about this is that you are in charge regarding how many bells and whistles you are adding. You can basically fully customize your own Social Media dashboard. So here are my top 5 finds you can use to make Twitter.com a truly powerful Social Media tool for you:... Read more: http://bit.ly/IjmxO3 Via Martin Gysler Delete the scoop?
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