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7 + 17 Top Tools for Content Curation

Scoop.it: Become an authority in your vertical
1Scoop.it (tagline: “share ideas that matter”) ranks as one of the top content curation tools right now. The service, which has both free and premium versions, styles itself as a series of online magazines centered on niche topics. Pick a topic you feel knowledgeable or passionate about and start adding to your collection: articles, blog posts, Twitter lists, videos and so on. Socialbrite’s Debra Askanse, for example, has Scoop.it pages on Facebook and Twitter best practices.
Gabriella Sannino put it well: “Scoop.it is like being your own newspaper editor.” The quality of the curators on Scoop.it is high, though you’ll need to root around a bit to find the subjects and authorities that interest you the most. Note: While you can embed it on your own site, it works better by viewing the topics on the main Scoop.it site.

Storify: Curate your next event
2Next time you’re covering a nonprofit conference or putting on an event, consider firing up a Storify account and then pick and choose the best images, tweets, blog posts, videos, etc., that others publish and tie them up with a nice ribbon — your overall take on the proceedings, of course. Storify is becoming a favorite of bloggers, journalists and Tweeps who like its curated take on current events. You can pull from blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram and many other sources and then export it to your WordPress, Tumblr or Posterous blog or share it on Twitter, Facebook or Google Plus via social buttons. (Side note: I know the founder, Burt Herman, who’s a nice guy, and I always root for former-journalists-turned-entrepreneurs.)

Pearltrees: Cultivate your interests
3My vow for the fall is to spend more time with Pearltrees, which recently did a reboot and looks to be one of the most advanced tools you can add to your curation toolkit. There’s a bit of a learning curve, but here’s how it works: Your browser app lets you “pearl” the page you’re visiting. Connect your Twitter and Facebook accounts, then start organizing interests into topic folders (“pearltrees”). Any other curator expert in your topic area might ask to team up with you (and vice versa) to make your tree branches richer. You can share your pearls through Twitter, Facebook, email or embed them in your own site. You can also share pearls with colleagues or your own team. Curators, behold the potential of the pearl.

Pinterest: Share your favorite visuals
4Pinterest entreats you to “organize and share the things you love,” but it’s really all about compelling visuals. (And, by the way, here’s a Pinterest board on curation tools.) This year Pinterest has become the third most popular social network in the world, trailing only Facebook and Twitter, by making it drop-dead simple to “pin” images that you think are cool. The more serious Pinterest curators create boards around topics, like nonprofit marketing strategist Noland Hoshino. You can, too.

Delicious: Find & bookmark cool stuff
5Delicious, the first social bookmarking site, is arguably the granddaddy of the curation movement. Now that Yahoo! sold the service to YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, there’s wind in its sails again. It’s pretty simple: Find a valuable story or post, bookmark it and share it with the community. Your tags can be used by you or anyone (if you select public rather than private). The collective body of knowledge on any topic — such as wildlife, bears or HIV prevention — is simply staggering.

Bundlr: Bundle your multimedia
6With Bundlr you can create topic pages with photos, videos, tweets and documents and then share them with everyone. I haven’t used the service but it looks to be influenced by the Pinterest craze.

BagTheWeb: Add to a knowledge network
7OK, now we’re getting a bit repetitive. BagTheWeb helps users curate Web content through a different metaphor: Create a “bag” to collect, publish and share any content from the Web. One interesting twist is that BagTheWeb enables users to build networks of bags so that topic areas can be linked together to provide rich datasets about any subject.

Other curation services worth checking

Other social curation services worth a look include:
• Chill is a video-centric curation service that lets you vote up stories (mostly locally produced video), Digg style.
• Diigo is the social bookmarking site, research tool and knowledge-sharing community I’ve been using for the past two years.
• Paper.li, Flockler, LOUD3R and Searcheeze are among the new breed of DIY instant news publications on niche topics.
• Qrait is “a real-time curation platform designed to fulfill the needs of content curators and reduce information overload for the rest of us.”
• Curation Station, a paid service, can be used to help you create streams of curated content for your community through websites, social channels, email digests, widgets and more.
• Locker Project provides users a locker, “a container for personal data, which gives the owner the ability to control how it’s protected and shared.”

• Curation tools to help you cope with info-overload (Socialbrite)
• Top tools to help you curate business content (Socialmedia.biz)
• Content Curation Tools For Brands (Return on Clicks)
• 5 tools to help you master Pinterest (Socialbrite)
• My review of “Curation Nation” (jdlasica.com)
• Scoop This: A Comprehensive Guide to Scoop.it for Content Curation (Search Engine Journal)

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The Top 17 Awesome Content Curation Tools to Use

Trap.It. This particular content curation tool is really neat. It is an “intelligent” tool, which means the more content you curate the smarter Trap.It gets. This helps you find excellent content by “trapping” it in folders for you to peruse and gain great inspiration.

Feedly. Feedly helps you to curate blog content that can be used as resources for future posts or give you great ideas for upcoming content. It doesn’t pull images, but the lack of visuals doesn’t diminish the importance of this tool.

Pinterest. Wait, a social network can be a content curation tool? Why yes it can! Follow people in your industry, as well as pop culture icons to get access to tons of great content ideas. Save these ideas to boards on your account, and work with them to curate excellent content for you and your clients.

Quora. Quroa is a content curation tool that I really enjoy. You can set up an account, and then search your keywords to find excellent content to store away for future use. You can also set up your account to be notified about articles that pertain to your field so that you can get more articles and interesting ideas in your inbox.

Scoop.It. This tool is incredible because you not only get to curate content but you are also put in connection with other content curators. This helps you gain insight from leaders in various fields, and those within yours. It also gives you the chance to share your information with others to help another curate their own content.

iFlow. This platform allows you to make specific filters and ideas that fit with your niche market. This can help you find adequate content that pertains to your industry, and the flow will give you constant streaming content ideas that you can look through and sort as you see fit.

MyCurator for WordPress. This tool is perfect for those who utilize WordPress for their website and blog. It gives you the chance to curate content regularly by installing a plugin. It will bring in articles from all over the web that pertain to you, helping you curate content that can be very beneficial.

Spundge. Spundge is similar to Pinterest in that you can set up keywords and find great content that is relevant to you, saving it for later. However, Spundge does something different from Pinterest in that, over time, it learns what you are interested in, tailoring your results to meet your needs. You can also send out your curated content in RSS form to help provide people with the chance to find your content and receive help.

Learnist. This tool is great because it helps people learn from industry leaders. You will be able to curate expert content, and even learn new information about your industry. Constantly learning is great for content curation and creation, and Learnist provides you with this opportunity.

Slideshare. While this doesn’t act like most of the other content curation tools I’ve mentioned, it does provide you with the chance to learn from others and share your knowledge. You can look through various Slideshares of those in your industry to gain new information and curate content, and you can always share what you’ve learned to help someone else who may be looking.

Storify. This is an awesome visual tool that can help users create storyboards for their content campaigns by utilizing content curation. You can either be the one doing the creating, offering people content to curate, or you can look through the storyboards and curate content from others. In addition, you can also get a WordPress plugin for Storify.

List.ly. Whether it is in a blog, a grocery list, or a simple to-do list, everyone has some sort of love for lists. They are great at helping you keep track of things, and they are perfect when it comes to content curation. On List.ly, you can gather your information together in a great list, and then users can up-vote or down-vote each part. This can help you find content that will be more impactful, and which content you might want to stay away from. Again, just like with Storify, there is a handy WordPress plugin for List.ly.

ContentGems. This program gives you access to over 200,000 RSS feeds, which makes it very likely that you will be able to curate content that will be applicable to your needs. All you have to do is search your chosen keywords, and you can skim through several different resources, curating content along the way.

Bundlr. Bundlr takes what you’ve found across the Internet and bundles it into easy to manage groups. As you scour through the Internet, you can clip articles or social posts you’ve found to save for later. Once you’ve created an entire bundle, you can add meta data and publish it for others to find great content. You can also add it to your website or share on social media if you feel so inclined.

Triberr. Triberr is a great way to help connect with industry leaders and curate their content. This program provides groups called tribes, which are basically areas of interest. You can find your area(s) and join the tribe to begin curating great content, and you can share that content when you find something useful.

Post Planner. This tool helps you to share your curated content on Facebook at some of the best times. It promises that it can help you get viral content by just spending ten minutes each day on the program. It looks at your Facebook and decides what dates, times, and content pieces will work best for you, giving you the maximum reach with your content and blogs. This can help boost Facebook engagement, and get those curated pieces out to your audience.

Curata. Curata is another intelligent content curation tool because it makes sure to find articles and content that meets your interests. It goes throughout blogs around the Internet and tailor makes content lists for you to look through. It gives you the chance to look over the curated content, annotate the pieces, and curate the best content for your industry needs. This is an especially great tool if you happen to be very busy, as well!

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* this post 17 of the Best Content Curation Tools to Use in 2015 appeared first on Express Writers.

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