They are happy to launch SalesProCentral as an industry resource for their members and for non-members alike.  The site features content from over 50 of the sales industry’s key thought leaders including Nancy Nardin , Jill Konrath , Lori Richardson , Julie Hansen , Colleen Francis , Brian Vellmure , Miles Austin , Rick Schwartz , Dave Kurlan , and many others. CurationThe Sales Association has unveiled SalesProCentral generously sponsored by Leads360.  The Sales Association is the premier professional society dedicated to sales and business development professionals.   MORE >>

An interesting report published by LinkedIn that calculated the growth rates in industry size between 2007 and 2011. CurationHere’s what they found: Look at what’s at the bottom: Newspapers. Look at what’s at the top: Internet. Online Publishing. What’s fascinating about this is that most Newspapers and traditional publications are having such a hard time moving their business to online models. It’s a classic innovator’s dilemma. Their successful, larger business makes it hard to innovate to smaller, new businesses. MORE >>

Eric Lanke is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Fluid Power Association, a trade association of more than 300 companies serving the hydraulic and pneumatic industries. He works with the NFPA board of directors to set the strategic direction of the industry, and oversees all association programs and communications to best achieve identified goals and objectives. They are in the business of putting their purpose and mission into action items in such an exciting and effective way, everyone in their industry would want to be a member.  CurationPeggy M. MORE >>

But what’s interesting me at the moment is the rise in curation – not necessarily on a professional level (for example NPR’s Andy Carvin curating Middle East tweets to an audience of almost 60,000 followers, or the increased use of tools such as Ushahidi and Storify by journalists and news organisations), but the effect it has on ‘ad hoc’ content curation – note how I’m trying to avoid that increasingly ridiculous line between amateur/citizen and professional/establishment content production! All totally normal. MORE >>

This act of finding good content and sharing it is known as content curation. This creation-vs-curation paradox inspired me to look for some answers in the data. Our customers are typically professional marketers representing a range of company sizes across most major industries. In short, 30% of the companies in our sample are curation-focused : 75% or more of their posts link to third-party websites. Which Works Best, Curation or Creation? What is the optimal content strategy, creating or curating? When looking at clicks, curation clearly dominates. MORE >>