article thumbnail

Curation is Not Aggregation

Firebelly

Curation is the big new buzzword this year in social media circles — collecting information in a strategic amassing of selected information that’s presented in a new way to draw out the subtleties and patterns that might not otherwise be noticed when looking at the group in toto. Curation is an art form into itself.

article thumbnail

Content Creation? Curation? Focus on Publishing Instead

Firebelly

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.

Curation 194
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Are LinkedIn Groups Are Out Of Control?

Myrland Marketing

Many LinkedIn groups are out of control. Group members have discovered they can spam the group and get away with it. Many group admins are not doing a good job managing their groups. Related but directly selling something the poster benefits from without alerting group members. WHY DOES THIS MATTER?

Groups 90
article thumbnail

13 Sites to Find Free Creative Commons Music for Videos

Hootsuite

Fortunately, you can score (no pun intended) the perfect soundtrack for your next video for free by using free creative commons music. As with free stock photos and free stock videos , you can peruse creative commons music libraries to find exactly what you need. What is creative commons music?

article thumbnail

Talking The Social Media Walk

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. Image: Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr, Creative Commons It’s why I wrote about networking with a twist a while back.

article thumbnail

Coca-Cola's Happiness Machine | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

Think that would cause a group of people to gather ’round the vending machine? JustinRLevy.com by Justin Levy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Possibly the computer on the fritz but kinda cool, huh? Of course it would. High chance of going viral? Happiness is contagious!

Flash Mob 246
article thumbnail

Affiliate Marketing: Cult or Cash Cow?

ProBlogger

I was a student of religious studies at the time and believed I was merely observing, until one morning, when I found myself at 5am, chanting to a giant image of the guru in a group. Apart from my brief cult phrase, I struggle to fit in with a sports team or mother’s group, a church group or political affiliation.