How To Create Curated Content

How to create curated content?

 **Step 1:** Come up with a topic that can be covered via snippets of a variety of sources.  You probably want to make sure there’s some interest in the main keyword or search phrase.

 **Step 2:** Research dozens or hundreds of sources (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, other websites, etc.).

 **Step 3:** Collect the curated snippets you want to use (it’s a good idea to get permission if using copyright images and/or unique copy – most will be good with it as long as you provide an attribution link).

 **Step 4:** Organize all the snippets of content to form your curated content.  Don’t forget attribution links.

 **Step 5:** Add your editorial comments – introduction and perhaps editorial comments throughout the piece.

 **Step 6:** Set up proper formatting with heading tags, title, image tags, etc.

 **Step 7:** Publish.

 ## Examples of topics that are good for curated content

 * **Meta reviews:**  You create an article that briefly sets out reviews and findings from multiple reviewers of a particular product.  These can be really helpful articles.
 * **Product galleries:**  Showcase 10 to 30 particular products from a variety of online merchants.  Usually the collection should form theme such as “best basketball shoes”.
 * **Recipe collections:**  I already mention this, but recipe collections are a popular topic for curation.
 * **Stock tips:** You can curate a collection of stock investment tips for the week or month.
 * **DIY projects:**  Curation is big in the DIY niche.  You showcase a collection of cool DIY projects – like most curated pieces, the projects you choose should be related in some fashion.
 * **Best articles for X:**  [Human Proof Designs](https://www.humanproofdesigns.com/best-of-im-august-2017/) does this really well.  Each week they feature a collection of the best internet marketing articles.  I read their list almost every week.
 * **News:**  I’m not a news publisher, but if you are, you’re probably no stranger to curation.  You thoroughly cover a news story from a variety of sources.
 * **Twitter feeds:**  I’ve read successful articles that simply embed a series of Tweets discussing a particular issue.  These are great because it saves readers from parsing Twitter for the pertinent messages.  One angle is to include funny Tweets pertaining to a discussion or issue.
 * **X Tips:** A massive list of tips on any topic – each tip sourced from somewhere else.
 * **X Ideas:**  Same as the tips concept.