Content Is No Longer King: Curation Is King Steve Rosenbaum , Magnify.net | Jun. See Also: THE MICROSOFT INVESTOR: Even With Impressive ROIC, Stock Might Reach New Lows Watch Out Data Hogs: Verizon To Join AT&T With Its Own Tiered Data Plans Foursquare Is Going To Tell You Where To Eat Pretty Soon "Content is King" -- no longer. Ok, I hear all the content-makers sharpening their knives to take me on. First, why content is dead: Content used to be the high quality media that came out of the very pointed end of the funnel. Bloggers make content. MORE >>

But after Google’s Panda update, there seems to be a talk of a “new” type of marketing which focuses on content. Content marketing has boomed since Panda rolled out. Website owners looked for ways to build links, to promote their business, and to gain traction and traffic by having great content. However, the belief that it’s a “new” system is ingrained in their heads only because, I believe, a lot of site owners haven’t really paid attention to their content until now. How do you see content marketing as the new face of online marketing? My question? Bonus! MORE >>

And for the most part, we ignore most of the content we see. And the best content does. The New York Times recently commissioned a survey that found that 85% of people say the response they get from posting content to a social media site provokes more thought than the original piece itself. Started in 2005 as a site dedicated to “… getting things done,&# it has consistently been popular by providing readers with unconventional solutions to problems they faced on a daily basis. With content, success is found by being useful or being entertaining. MORE >>

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This list also includes policies called; Staff blogging policies, enterprise social network guidelines, Employee Blogging Policies, Staff engagement in online communities, and so on. Sun Guidelines on Public Discourse  [link] (original from 2005 elsewhere) Also  [link]  . LiveWorld Social Media Content Guidelines  [link]   . For example, if I trashtalk Widget company, a community member might point out I am a competitor and then send me to my own companies public guidelines. Managing staff who participate in social networks. Opera  [link]. Enemy Media? ^.^. Thanks. MORE >>