Digital Curation: What it Means to Affiliates

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Digital Curation what it means to affiliates Scott Jangro Affiliate Summit West 2012

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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)

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Digital Curationwhat it means to

affiliatesScott Jangro

Affiliate Summit West 2012

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Why are you here?

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What is Digital

Curation?

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Why is CurationImportantNecessaryCritical?

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Random Specific

Curation

Information Discovery Spectrum

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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?