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    1. Pinterest's Next Round Would Value it at $1 Billion

      Explore The Next Web (May 16 2012)

      Pinterest's Next Round Would Value it at $1 Billion

      Pinterest is preparing to raise a third round that will value it at more than $1 billion. 

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      Comment Mentions:   Amazon

    2. When Brands Become Publishers, They Have to Act Like Publishers

      Explore Advertising Newspaper (May 16 2012)

      When Brands Become Publishers, They Have to Act Like Publishers

      IBM social strategist Jack Mason noted that brands have to "take the steps to actually care about what users want to know" rather than hurling a disconnected, unengaging banner ad at a user and expecting results. You might say the same about content efforts as well.

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      Comment Mentions:   IBM

    3. New NetShelter Product Lets Brands Become Content Curators

      Explore Advertising Newspaper (May 16 2012)

      Tech-centric blog network NetShelter has brands recommend other articles that might be of interest to the reader. 

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      Comment Mentions:   Blog

    4. What is a Core Messaging Document and Why Do You Need It?

      Explore Marketing Trenches (May 16 2012)

      What is a Core Messaging Document and Why Do You Need It?

      A core messaging document should guide everything you do from a marketing perspective, and serve as the platform for all of your messaging.

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      Comment Mentions:   CMO   Marketing Strategy

    5. Why Your Messaging Guide is More Important Than Ever

      Explore Marketing Trenches (May 16 2012)

      Why Your Messaging Guide is More Important Than Ever

      Your "messaging guide" should drive your content marketing, whether it’s website copy, blog posts, eBooks, white papers, webinars, videos and a host of other formats. 

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      Comment Mentions:   PowerPoint   Content Marketing   Blog

    6. Is Content Marketing Invading Traditional Journalism’s Turf?

      Explore Custom Content Council (May 15 2012)

      Is Content Marketing Invading Traditional Journalism’s Turf?

      “We can’t go back in time, and one of the realities of today is that everyone is a publisher,” says Jane Ottenberg, president of TMG in Washington, D.C. As content marketers have taken advantage of that reality, she says, the line between journalism and content marketing isn’t so much blurring as moving. That is, while branded content talks directly to consumers or customers, it is not talking to them about hard news. It is only addressing part of the traditional journalist’s domain, she says, and it’s important to understand that distinction. “I am passionate about ...

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      Comment Mentions:   Washington   Austin   Content Marketing

    7. Branded Storytelling by Nike

      Explore Custom Content Council (May 15 2012)

      Directed by David Fincher (The Social Network), this 1:06 spot tells the story of two newborns who grow up to be NFL superstars.  The first time you catch a glimpse of a Nike product is 44 seconds in, on a pair of gloves (you actually see a Reebok logo before you see a Nike logo).  Just seven seconds before the video ends, a Nike logo flashes onto the screen under the words “Leave Nothing.”

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    8. "How To" Videos a Big Emphasis for Lowe's

      Explore Custom Content Council (May 15 2012)

      The heart of Lowe’s custom content program is their helpful how-to video’s. Lowe’s YouTube channel contains well over 700 videos, covering everything from “knot tying for a rope tree swing” to “how to build a coffee table.”

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    9. Twitter Bolstering Both its Curation and Creation Capabilities

      Explore GigaOM (May 15 2012)

      Twitter illustrates the blended use by a content source of content curation and content creation. And Twitter is making moves to bolster both its curation features and its "content creation" features. Twitter now will provide users who want it a weekly curated email designed to show users content they might be interested in from elsewhere in their social graph. The email is clearly an extension of the move towards curation that Twitter made when it acquired Summify earlier in 2012. Also, Twitter appears to be hiring editors and producers to curate content on an active basis.  Twitter apparently is looking ...

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      Comment Mentions:   Content Curation   Curation

    10. Amazon Launching its Own Content Sites

      Explore The Daily (May 14 2012)

      Amazon is poised to launch a trio of blogs, according to The Daily. One will be designed to compete in the tech news space with websites like Gizmodo and The Verge, while the others will cover geek culture and digital photography apps.

      That shows how Amazon plans to use content marketing as a key part of its commerce model. In principle, that is the same reason business-to-business brands use content curation. 

      Amazon wants to test a website similar to Engadget and Gizmodo, populated with unbiased reviews that would link back to Amazon’s retail site. It should be noted that ...

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      Comment Mentions:   Amazon   Content Curation   Content Marketing

    11. Fashion Startups Rely on Curation

      Explore The Next Web (May 14 2012)

      Granted, few, if any, business-to-business marketers can use content curation as effectively and centrally as a business-to-consumer business. Fashion-related businesses and "active lifestyle" brands arguably have even more advantages where it comes to using content curation as a major tool.

      We often talk about the art of curation in terms of the process of selection, narrowing down and choosing objects fit for presentation. When we think of curators we think of gallery owners, DJs, Michelin starred chefs and boutique clothing stores. For good reason.

      In a B2B setting, it matters more how well a particular set of products can be ...

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      Comment Mentions:   Los Angeles   London   Hollywood

    12. Magazines Often Have Used a Curation Approach, Something We Can Learn From

      Explore Alberta Magazines (May 12 2012)

      Content marketers using curation can learn quite a lot from the art form known as the magazine. Unlike "newspapers," magazines frequently have used a curated approach to building "issues." Instead of creating all or most of the content in a particular issue, magazine editors (content curators) have mixed their own original content with "contributed" works. Though in most cases that contributed material also is "original," the concept of mixing internally-created and externally sourced material is at the heart of many content marketing efforts, as well as for most good content curation implementations. 

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      Comment Mentions:   Content Curation   Content Marketing   Curation

    13. "Discoverability" of Your Content is Why Either Social Media or SEO Matter

      Explore OpenView Venture Partners (May 11 2012)

      "Discoverability" of Your Content is Why Either Social Media or SEO Matter

      Some would argue that social media makes search engine optimization less valuable. That might be beside the point, which is to use both to improve your content’s discoverability. They’re both simply means to an end.

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      Comment Mentions:   Mashable   SEO

    14. Content Marketers: Strategy First, Content Second

      Explore Website Content Made Simple (May 11 2012)

      Content Marketers: Strategy First, Content Second

      Only 49 percent of content marketers have developed a strategy around their content, which means they're posting content with no clear reason for doing so. But a strategy is necessary if your content is going to grow your business.  Not only does it create parameters around the kind of content you produce, but your content ultimately has a more direct impact on the future of your business. So stop posting content for content's sake and start developing your content strategy in three steps.  

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      Comment Mentions:   Content Marketing   Marketing Strategy

    15. Is social media the future of content curation and distribution ?

      Explore Algorithmic Publishing Blog (May 10 2012)

      Is social media the future of content curation and distribution ?

      It still amazes us that there are people out there who question the importance of social media in terms of audience share but also the impact it is having on content curation and distribution. If you meet some of these people we urge you to point them in the direction of the video bleow - the facts speak for themsleves. To say social media is the future of content curation and distribution is overstating it's influence and potential but surely no one can really question it's importance.

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      Comment Mentions:   Content Curation   Curation

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