Why content curation is a new form of communication

Why content curation is a new form of communication Talk at the University of San Francisco 9/17/13 @gdecugis Guillaume Decugis Co-Founder & CEO, Scoop.it

Communication back then The Famous The Storytellers The Rest of Us @gdecugis “One to Many”

Brand, content & media creation Brand Media @gdecugis Content

Media creation & distribution 1000 BC 1200 AD 1848 AD Distribution @gdecugis

Mass Media. Mass distribution, narrow creation. 1923 1940 1969 Distribution @gdecugis

Communication pre-Internet The Famous The Storytellers The Rest of Us @gdecugis “One to Many” Faster, broader

Internet > Mass Media Mass Distribution Mass Creation @gdecugis

Information overload I’m talking to you! I’mlooking for you! @gdecugis

Attention scarcity transformed content strategies “Content is king” Bill Gates Microsoft “Brands must become media to earn relevance” Brian Solis Altimeter Group @gdecugis

A race to great content @gdecugis

Where not even sky is the limit @gdecugis

Communication post Web 2.0 The Famous All of Us The Storytellers Content Curators Opportunity The Rest of Us @gdecugis All of Us

ContentCurator ? “Someone who finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on a specific issue” RohitBhargava Influencial Marketing Group “A Web Super Hero” Steve Rosenbaum Curation Nation @gdecugis

The Interest Graph: where Social Discovery meets Search Relevancy discover Social Graph Interest Graph noisy relevant Search find @gdecugis

The opportunity for individuals, organizations and businesses Interest-based publishing-by-curation @gdecugis

1 Discover @gdecugis

2 Enrich 1 Discover @gdecugis

3 Share 2 Enrich 1 Discover @gdecugis

Scoop.it today 650k Community of Curators 7MM+ 50MM+ Monthly unique visitors Curated content items Weekly Traffic @gdecugis

Who are these new super heroes? @gdecugis

Independent professionals - Show professional expertise Research a topic Generate business leads Save time Some have audiences > 1MM views "Content curation will help to establish oneself as a knowledgeable resource who adds value to a topic or community." Lauren Moss, Architect (http://www.scoop.it/u/myd-studio) "Over the past years I've tested different content curation sites and found Scoop.it to be the leader in both innovation and traffic building potential.” Brian Yanish, Marketing Consultant (http://www.scoop.it/u/brian-yanish) @gdecugis

Startups & SMB’s - Show thought leadership Share a vision Educate a nascent market Improve SEO Show press traction Leverage Web site integration Some have indexed 50,000 more pages in search engines and reached audiences in 100,000’s HealthCare Mobile, mobile app developer (http://blog.healthcaremobile.com/) Ecovadis, supply chain software (http://market-news.ecovadis.com) IS Decisions, IT software (http://www.scoop.it/u/IS_Decisions)) Open Garden, wireless technology (http://mesh.opengarden.com) @gdecugis

Non-Profits CancerCommons, Cancer Research Accelerate the learning cycle on cancer treatments: - Educate patients on latest research - Provide research digests to clinicians Ashoka, Social Entrepreneurship Promote change through social entrepreneurship initiatives: - Find quality content for their newsletters - Keep their community engaged @gdecugis

Entreprise - Increase social media, web site or newsletter engagement Team curation Internal communication Community contributions SEO Orange, European mobile operator PepsiCo HR, Food & Beverage Ring Central, Cloud-based phone system Reed Exhibitions, Largest event producer Havas Worldwide, Global advertising @gdecugis

Educators - “Text book in the cloud” Develop students’ critical thinking Develop personal brand "Seriously, more people know me from Scoop.it than all my research published in academic journals.” Seth Dixon, Rhode Island College Professor “[Using Scoop.it]gave my kids the opportunity to make several decisions about the quality of the content that they were finding on a controversial topic.” Bill Ferriter, 6th grade teacher, North Carolina @gdecugis

Are you ready to become a gatekeeper in your field ? Get Started Guillaume Decugis Co-Founder & CEO http://scoop.it Come say hi! 48 2nd St, San Francisco @gdecugis