Content curation is all the rage these days! So what exactly is “content curation?” Below are a few excellent posts I’ve found on the subject. They’ve done such a good job at explaining it, that it really makes no sense in trying to explain it to you myself 
- Content Curation Primer | Beth’s Blog
What is Content Curation? Content curation is the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme. The work involves sifting, sorting, arranging, …
- Content Curation – Tips, Tools and Models – Smart Insights
An introduction to content curation … The definition of the art of content curation is where the publisher (in our case a business looking to use content curation as part of content marketing) researches and gathers the best content on a niche topic that is aimed at a certain audience, … To manage content curation, there are many free tools available. …
- Excellent Examples of Content Curation by Vertical Measures
… creating original content isn’t always needed; sometimes finding existing content and using it in an organized and informative fashion can also be an effective strategy. The practice is called “Content Curation …
- 5 Tips for Great Content Curation – Mashable
In reality, good content curation isn’t as simple as pushing a share button. It’s actually a combination of finding great content and following some simple best practices on how to successfully share that content …
- 12 Attributes of a Successful Content Curation Strategy | Heidi Cohen
At its core, content curation is like a great editor or blogger who brings his unique taste and understanding of his target audience to his selection of the best content for his readers. He provides context for the content so that it’s …
- 7 top tools for content curation | Socialbrite
By now you’ve likely heard of content curation, the process of collecting and cataloging the most useful or interesting things about a topic in order to… … Here, then, are Socialbrite’s six top tools for content curation. They are free except where noted …
- The Best Content Curation Infographics on the Web
Who likes infographics? We do, we do! Especially when they illustrate the hottest buzz in marketing. We compiled the best infographics on content curation, exploring what content curation is, identifying the challenges, and …
There you have it! Seven excellent posts about content curation and various tips to be successful with it. Do you use content curation in your online business?
Awesome content curation roundup, Kevin! I definitely agree, content curation is certainly becoming a BIG deal in online. Not to mention it’s one of the very best ways to drive a ton of traffic. I’ve been utilizing content curation sites like Scoop.it, Paper.li, and community content curation sites like BizSugar.com (where I discovered your post) to drive massive amounts of traffic to my blog.
What you’ve just done here in this post is content curation.
I even do my own content curation through weekly link roundups on my blog as well. It’s a fantastic way to send and receive traffic, build relationships with influencers and fellow bloggers, leverage other people’s content while lightening my content creation load, and diversify the content my readers receive, all in one fell swoop!
Thanks for sharing this awesome post with our BizSugar community. We’re glad to have you!
Ti
Glad you liked my curated post Ti
I’m definitely going to start using curated content more in my business along with the two sites you mentioned (Scoop.it and Paper.li). As you say, using curated content has a lot of benefits for both bloggers and their readers. Thank you for the comment Ti and for the welcome to the BizSugar community 
Hey
This is an example of curated content
I just recently decided to work on such and hope to publish them on my blog from 2013.
Thank for putting these resources together. It’s going to help me grab more knowledge on curating content
Hope you have a wonderful season
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You’re very welcome Enstine, glad you found my post useful! I love curated content because not only does it provide valuable resources for our readers, it also makes it a bit easier for us bloggers to come up with content to post on our blogs. It’s a win-win for everyone
Happy Holidays to you my friend!
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Thanks for picking this good selection of articles explaining what content curation is. If you are interested in definitions for content curation I am trying to keep an updated collection of the best of these right here: http://bundlr.com/b/content-curation-definition and anyone is welcome to make new suggestions or contributions.
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Glad you like the post Robin! Appreciate you sharing your content curation resource. Thank you for taking the time to comment. Happy Holidays to you
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great great post Kevin! Thank you for sharing – I wanted to add one more resource (actually 1 resource and 1 infographic) to your comments – I run a site and a linkedin group http://www.contentcurationmarketing.com where we curate all kinds of usefully information from curation 101 to trends in curation to what’s next in curation. We are planning a site-redesign in the next month or so but the content is going to be consistent, just the look and feel will update. Also, the LinkedIn group has almost 1000 active members – it’s called Content Curators. Lastly, the infographic on the trend that shows content marketing is on the rise! Check this out http://www.curata.com/resources/surveys/b2b-marketing-trends-survey-report-2012/infographic/ Thanks!
Hi Jessie, glad you liked my post! I just joined your LinkedIn group. Thanks for taking the time to comment and for sharing your group and interesting infographic. Happy New Year to you
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When it comes to content curation my weapon of choice is Scoop.it.
In the past I used Diigo but the interface is somewhat boring compared to Scoop.it. Thanks for posting all of those descriptions. I like Beth’s and Hiedi’s the most.
Hi Ileane, I plan on using Scoop.it along with trying out Paper.li in the upcoming year. Thank you for taking the time to comment and have a Happy and safe New Year
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Hi Kevin,
Nice meta level approach. I did spend a couple of hours reading your curated content and playing with the Storify tool. It is nice to see this extra layer of content is emerging on the web.
Thanks for making me aware.
Greetings Rene
You’re very welcome Rene and thank you for taking the time to comment
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I am new to content curation but I can see the great potential. I first got to know about this thing from Ileane’s. Thanks for the list of posts that are dealing with this. I need to go through them.
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You’re very welcome Shalu… so glad you found my post useful! Content curation is great because you get to share great content with your readers from around the internet and it’s honestly a lot quicker to create a curated post than writing a regular article. So it’s a win-win situation for both you and your readers
Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting Shalu
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