The Future of Content - Part 2 - Aggregation and Curation | Defining New Media. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:24 — 19.6MB) In part 2 of the future of content we cover why content is not king, aggregation, and curation. In part 1 we covered what is content, why we need to rethink the definition of media, and the publishing world we live in today. So why is content not king? Content is not king because it is not scarce. There are only 24 hours in a day. We also talk about the aggregation economy. We then move onto curation. Then we compare aggregation to curation. Aggregation - Just brings stuff together. That’s alot to cover for one show and we could have easily made this a whole week of shows. The Future of Content - Part 1 | Defining New Media. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:08 — 13.9MB) What is the future of content?
What is the future of media? To market and connect with your audience today but in the future I believe understanding content/media will enable you to successfully transition in this new era we find ourselves in. Today we start a multi-part series on The Future of Content. In a way we could also name this The Future of Media as the first things we tackle are information, the definition of media, and the definition of content. Information. We create tons of information and this will speed up tremendously. Media. Content. A blog post? We have to rethink and redefine in our minds what we consider media and content. Your customer lives in a multi-tethered asynchronous relationship with media. Which means… they do other stuff while they watch TV. 9 Proven Headline Formulas That Sell Like Crazy.
Blogging by Numbers: How to Create Headlines That Get Retweeted. There is an art and science to getting blog posts to travel like wildfire. This post will look at both, based on number crunching with 281 posts, 39,000+ comments, and almost 2,000,000 click-throughs via my Twitter profile and Facebook fan page in the last six months. Here’s what I’ve found to work well… The Art In this context, more than anything else, the “art” is coming up with good headlines. I presented the above slide to a Fortune 100 company that wanted to encourage employees to blog. Just invite a few friends to dinner, look at the graphic, and follow the instructions. Into trapeze or German techno? “How German Techno Can Make You a Better Agile Programmer” “5 Principles of Flying Trapeze for Better Hiring Decisions” See how that works? Once you’ve had a bit of practice, it’s oftentimes easier — and more scalable — to imitate what works elsewhere.
The Science The “science” is borrowing headlines or testing them. How do you know if you have a good headline? How do you learn what works? 10 Simple Strategies for Business Blog Content. Are you sick of business blogging ? Do you feel like your brain is empty and out of ideas for blog posts? This is a common feeling. (I know I, personally, have often felt this way.) The reality is that the web is full of too many great ideas and different types of content , that you should never run out of things to blog about, regardless of your industry.
When it comes to blogging well and often, it usually comes down to how you see ideas and how well you explain them in a way that matters to your audience. It doesn't matter if you are blogging about manufacturing or swimming pools or any other industry for that matter, the basic process for coming up with great blog content can be applied to any business. 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. Example: 7. 8. 9. Photo Credit: qisur. How to Build a Superblog: Insights from the Technorati Top 10. It’s no secret that one-man blogs can make a lot of money. Steve Pavlina makes over $100,000 per month with his; Darren Rowse had an estimated $300,000+ month when he launched his last eBook and my friend Al’s site, Coolest Gadgets , was having $60,000 months way back in 2007. In a sea of over 100 million blogs, these guys are the exception. It’s certainly not easy or quick to build a blog to reach these income levels.
If it were, they wouldn’t be called the exceptions. Many bloggers will tell you that there’s no “one size fits all” strategy when it comes to building a huge blog. I will first state that these are not the 10 biggest blogs in the world. Authority is calculated based on a site’s linking behaviour, categorization and other associated data over a short, finite period of time.
In basic terms, the rankings are based on how many links a site has from other blogs and how many of their posts are receiving links. The age of the blogs How many posts they make per day : Mashable – 21. WebCollage - Home. Content Strategy: Content is King!