3 Rules for Great Content Curation

great find from @nolandhoshino

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1. Find the Best Content - Curation only works for a business if the person who creates the content also understands the industry extremely well. Industry knowledge enables content marketers to become reliable filters for the best content and information. The more content you discard, the more relevant the final curated content will be.

2. Add Value - It is often not enough to simply curate content for use on a business blog or for sharing through a social media channel. Be sure to add commentary and insights that help to add more value to the curated content. This added insight will make the content even more interesting and relevant to the reader.

3. Attribute - Just like writing a blog post or creating other forms of online content, it is critical that you properly attribute the original source of the curated content. This attribution is typically done by providing clear links to the original content on the creator's website.
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Creative Business Cards

From Noland::

I came across this article on Noupe and thought I would share it with everyone.

One of my favorite things to do when meeting people at meetups or other places of interest is getting their business cards. Those that work for a company may not have a choice in the design ( like my business cards) of their cards but for those that do. It can tell a lot about a person. For those that have the standard themes from sites such as Vista Print (don't get me wrong, they are nice cards and are good for start up companies trying to save money) than those that design their own or have a designer create one for them.

I am not business card designer, but I want to give it a crack and am working on a couple of design ideas that will hopefully work out. It's just hard trying to figure what info is needed and what is not...

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Your business card is the slogan of your business. The more creative, unique and appealing your business card is, the more it will help you to move forward and give your business a great enhancement.

A few months ago, we had published a post about some quite unusual business card ideas and designs. This is yet another post on more bizarre and creative business cards — a collection of more than 70 business cards designs to enhance your inspiration!

Creative Business Cards

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Groupon too big for small businesses ?

While Groupon is obviously the biggest player at the moment. There are possibly smaller regional offerings he could probably look into.
Also, the decision to base an entire marketing schedule on a single Groupon, while attractive, is probably not the best choice.

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Yonke believes he was overlooked because of the small stature of his business. He points to the fact that the featured deal running in Phoenix today is for Coldwater Creek, a national retailer with a much more prominent brand name. He says, “I get it … they [Groupon] can do a featured deal for the Gap and make $11 million in one day.”

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