Let’s face it, we’re drowning in data. Our inboxes are flooded with spam, we have
too many “friends” on Facebook, and our Twitter accounts have become downright
unmanageable. Creating content is easy; finding what matters is hard.
Fortunately, there is a new magic that makes the Web work. It’s called curation, and
it enables people to sort through the digital excess and find what’s relevant.
In Curation Nation, Steven Rosenbaum reveals why brands, publishers, and
content entrepreneurs must embrace aggregation and curation to grow an existing business
or launch a new one. In fact, he asserts that curation is the only way to be competitive
in the future.
Overwhelmed by too much content, people are hungry for an experience that both takes
advantage of the Web’s breadth and depth and provides a measure of human sorting and
filtering that search engines simply can’t achieve. In these shifting sands lies an
extraordinary business opportunity: you can become a trusted source of value in an
otherwise meaningless chaos of digital noise.
In Curation Nation, Rosenbaum “curates the curators” by gathering together
priceless insight and advice from the top thinkers in media, advertising, publishing,
commerce, and Web technologies. This groundbreaking book levels the playing field, giving
your business equal access to the content abundance presently driving consumer adoption of
the Web.
As the sheer volume of digital information in the world increases, the demand
for quality and context becomes more urgent. Curation will soon be a part of your business
and your digital world.
Understand it now, join in early, and reap the many benefits Curation Nation
has to offer.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Emergency of "Everyone Editorial";
Chapter 1: What is Curation?;
Chapter 2: Big Time Curators - future content tools, and the world they're
building;
Chapter 3: The Pro-sumer;
Chapter 4: Consumer Conversations and Curation;
Chapter 5: Curation and Finance;
Chapter 6: Web Platforms embrace curation;
Chapter 7: Magazines and Curation;
Chapter 8: Brands-Curating your consumer;
Chapter 9: Content Entrepreneurs - The New Curation Class;
Chapter 10: Tools and Techniques - YouTube, Ning, etc. Is free best?;
Chapter 11: Advertising - Can Curation Make Money?;
Chapter 12: Curated (and gated) communities - Will people pay to play?;
Chapter 13: Privacy - Can Curation and privacy live in harmony?;
Chapter 14: Winner and Losers - A crystal ball;
304 pages,Hardcover