A step-by-step method to content curation, including real world examples of companies using curation - Presentation given by Pawan Deshpande, CEO Of Curata at Content Marketing World 2013
How to Fuel Your Content Marketing Engine with Curation - Content Marketing World 2013
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How to Fuel Your Content
Marketing Engine with
Curation
A Step-by-Step Method with Real World Examples
Pawan Deshpande
CEO, Curata
@GetCurata
#CurationRockstar
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Created
Content
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Curated
ContentHigh effort
High cost
Time consuming
Requires great talent
Highly valued by audience
Medium Effort
Low Cost
Easy Execution
Market insight &
3rd party perspective
valued by audience
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“The combination of curated and original content appears to appeal
to readers, which I believe is the reason we increased traffic on the
site 100% during the past year.” – Tim Moran, Editor In Chief, CMO.com, Adobe
Systems
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Source: Curata’s 2012 Content Curation Adoption Survey http://bit.ly/CurataAdoption2012
What are your content marketing challenges?
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“ Content curation is when an individual (or team) consistently
finds, curates and shares the most relevant and highest quality
digital content on a specific topic for their target market.”
-Curata
Content Curation Defined
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Content Curation Defined
A person, not simply a computer algorithm.
“ Content curation is when an individual (or team) consistently
finds, curates and shares the most relevant and highest quality
digital content on a specific topic for their target market.”
-Curata
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“ Content curation is when an individual (or team) consistently
finds, curates and shares the most relevant and highest quality
digital content on a specific topic for their target market.”
-Curata
Content Curation Defined
Not a one time event or activity.
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Content Curation Defined
“ Content curation is when an individual (or team) consistently
finds, curates and shares the most relevant and highest quality
digital content on a specific topic for their target market.”
-Curata
Add value. . . perspective, insight, guidance.
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Content Curation Defined
“ Content curation is when an individual (or team) consistently
finds, curates and shares the most relevant and highest quality
digital content on a specific topic for their target market.”
-Curata
Be discerning, discriminative and selective.
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Content Curation Defined
“ Content curation is when an individual (or team) consistently
finds, curates and shares the most relevant and highest quality
digital content on a specific topic for their target market.”
-Curata
A laser focus on your audience.
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What are your main
objectives of content curation?
Source: Curata’s 2012 Content Curation Adoption Survey http://bit.ly/CurataAdoption2012
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3. Curate: Organize
• Categorize
• Tag
• Group
• Index
• Archive
• Recommend
Think like a librarian when organizing
content.
– Use categories & tags in
blog software
– Make your CTA point to
another piece of content
– Create digests & roll-up
summaries
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3. Curate: Add Value
• Abstract
• Retitle
• Quote
• Parallelize
• Storyboard
• Summarize
Comment like an analyst.
“Create value for your audience”
More at http://bit.ly/CurateAnnotate
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4. Share
• Website / Microsite
• Blog
• Mobile devices
• Email Newsletter
• Embeddable Widgets
• Feeds
• Social Media
Share content everywhere your audience is.
For more sharing tips:
http://bit.ly/CurationShare
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Think beyond your own brand
• Include competitor
content
• Include content that may
not agree with your
position
• Become a trusted and
reliable authority
You may need to curate competitor
content to become a thought leader.
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Content Curation & Fair
Use• Share only a portion of the original
content
• Always attribute sources
• Drive visitors to the original publication
• Follow the Google “Rule of Thumb”
Create, curate, but never pirate content.
For more ethics tips: http://bit.ly/CurationEthicsPost
There’s no question. . . Content marketing has taken hold in marketing organizations across the world
Buyers know this, and that’s why they will seek out other opinions and perspective in addition to that which you offer through your own created content strategySeth’s Marketing success elements: Coordination, Trust, Permission, Generosity, Art