I’ve been talking a lot lately about content curation lately, and our contributor, Erik Deckers, is all about content creation, which has led to some “Tastes great! Someone else curated the collection. It’s falling to the curators to make sure the best stuff is shared, while the bad stuff is ignored. That’s why publishing carries some pretty important expectations that everyone should know, whether they’re creators, curators, or just want to have conversations about these bigger ideas. Less filling!” ” types of discussions. MORE >>

He’s curating content we can use to make better use of Google+. He’s curating content and making it easier for busy professionals to grasp [.]. News #EvanG+ Content Curation Google TweetGuy Kawasaki is doing a pretty cool thing with Google+. I, personally, have enjoyed reading what he’s sending me. Besides learning a great deal about Google+, there’s a larger lesson to learn. MORE >>

Know your niche Focus on relationships Use content curation tools Optimize your content Conclusion Content curation is one of the most effective branding tools in social media. With that said, how does one become a great content curator? Great Resources Tips content curation content curation services Curated.by tips to become a great content curatorIt gives people the opportunity to demonstrate their expertise and position themselves as influencers in their fields. Paper.li Scoop.it MORE >>

Content curation is the hot ticket item in social media and business these days. Content curators — or editors — find, sort, categorize, and distill the big data and vast amount of content that’s available. While G oogle alerts  will locate and list stories and articles, and platforms such as  Paper.li  may work for amateurs,  good content curation requires the human factor — someone with a pulse — to make sense of the collective information chaos. Author Steven Rosenbaum writes in Curation Nation. Good curators: Know their audience, readers, and brands. MORE >>

Curation. There’s even an entry in Wikipedia for digital curation: Digital curation is the selection, preservation, maintenance, collection and archiving of digital assets. Is there a such thing as “social curation?”. In a recently article on ReadWriteWeb , Jon Mitchell writes about Storify, and how during recent #OccupyWallStreet events, startup Storify became the go-to site for news, because of it’s unique ability to curate social news in one place. Five Types Of Social Curation. This is what we will call “engagement curation.” MORE >>