digital curation: what it means to affiliates
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As consumers of content online, we know that there is simply too much of it. How do we know we’re reading the best information? That’s the role of a curator, and many of us are curators already.Experience level: BeginnerTarget audience: Affiliates/PublishersNiche/vertical: ContentScott Jangro, President, MechMedia, Inc. (Twitter @jangro)TRANSCRIPT
Digital Curationwhat it means to
affiliatesScott Jangro
Affiliate Summit West 2012
Why are you here?
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What is Digital
Curation?
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Why is CurationImportantNecessaryCritical?
Random Specific
Curation
Information Discovery Spectrum
Aggregation is not Curation
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Choose a Topic
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Create a Profile of Your Ideal
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Discover Great Content and Organize
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Publish and
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Engage With Your Audience
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What audience can you build?