You don’t need to be a Doctor Who fan or even know what a Tardis is to get the gold from this post: “How Doctor Who Can Help You Craft a Timelessly Engaging Marketing Message” In her inimitable style, Tea explains the power of story-telling for business owners, She also illustrates why you should be […]
Content creation and leverage. Operation Cleanup, Stage 1
I’m a little envious of you, if you’re a blogger who is just about to embark on the journey. You might do it right from day one and never face the monumental task of re-organising and leveraging massive quantities of great but forgotten content. While Google may have smiled on some of it, even the […]
Content curation is cool!
Content curation has been around for a while, as this extract from a post by Tom Treanor identifies: “My first experience with content curation was the creation of an “ultimate mixed tape,” that I created to play for my friends. In the late 70′s and early 80′s, creating the best combination of great songs from […]
Why! Curating content is just like collecting pearls . . .
Who doesn’t like a good collection? Surely everyone has just a little bit of the compulsive collector within them? For my husband it’s hardback books, preferably folio editions. My first passion is pebbles. Yes, I know it’s odd. It started several decades ago in Greece on a back packing holiday. We found ourselves, one idyllic […]
The right brain, left brain thing and content curation
A Why You Must Blog contribution to the monthly Word Carnival hosted by Tea Silvestre, The Word Chef The left brain, we are told, exists to compute, criticise and assess. Logic, order, numbers, punctuality. None of these words really split the atom for the creative. The right brain, while resident in the same general location […]
8 ways to find great social media content
There are two good reasons you should consider content curation for great social media content, says Mari Smith, renowned social media commentator,on the Social Media Examiner. So that: 1. As an industry expert you can continue to stay informed and ahead of the curve 2. You can establish yourself as a thought leader in your […]
What is blog curation and why you should be excited about it
Remember those rabbit holes we talk about so often online? The ones where you disappear into a warren of links and clicks and then wonder where the last two hours went? Sometimes it’s worth it and you stumble upon a little gem, or a spectacular multi-carat diamond, in this case. And so it was that […]
The new year is decidedly odd
What determines by a mere, say, 14 days, that on Day 1, (just before Christmas), we are exhausted, fresh out of ideas and in need of a rest and, that by Day 14, (just after New Year’s Day), we are full of energy, stack full of resolutions and ideas to improve our lives (and hopefully […]