The Content Curator's Toolkit
Best apps to collect, clip, organize and share resources
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Robin Good

The Content Curator's Toolkit

  • Content Discovery Tools
  • News Curation Tools
  • Visual Galleries
  • Video Compilations
  • Links & Bookmarks
  • Capture Full Page Screenshots
  • Archive & Preserve
  • Create RSS Feeds
  • RSS Feed Readers
  • Share & Distribute
  • Curate Newsletters
  • Monitor Webpages
  • Curate Timelines
Content Discovery Tools
Discover, search and find content on the topic of your interest
  1. BuzzSumo: great to find upcoming scoops and what's trending on social media
  2. AndersPink: perfect to create your own custom newsradar scouring the web on your topic
  3. Google Alerts: real-time notifications on any topic across media types
  4. Feedly: the must-have tool to monitor topics and websites
*all provide a free version.
Feedly
anderspink
News Curation Tools
Find, curate and publish your topic-specific news magazine
  1. Scoop.it - The best all-around tool to curate news content. From amateur to enterprise.
  2. Flipboard - A supersimple discovery + curation combo. (100% free)

Visual Galleries
Collect and organize images / photos into visual collections
  1. Pinterest.com - The most popular destination online for visual collections.
  2. Behance - Quality. More specific focus on design.
  3. Dribbble - For designers. Focus on graphic design and illustration.
  4. Piccsy.com - Focus: Artistic images.
behance
Pinterest
Video Compilations
Collect and organize video clips into playlists
  1. OrganizeTube - Makes it easy to create video compilations with video from multiple sources.
  2. Microsoft Stream - Allows to collect and organize your favorite clips into collections.
  3. Huzzaz - Facilitates creation of embeddable playlists of YouTube and Vi videos.
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stream.microsoft
huzzaz
Links & Bookmarks
Collect, organize and share link collections
  1. ZEEF - Tech resources organizer. Directory maker. Organize tools, apps, software.
  2. Start.me - Create start pages with selection of your favorite links organized into groups.
  3. Netvibes.com - Organize custom pages with links, feeds and other infowidgets.
  4. Google Bookmark Manager - Manage your favorites/bookmarks visually (private use only)
Capture Full Page Screenshots
Photograph entire web pages from top to bottom
hypershoot
Create RSS Feeds
Generate a custom RSS feed for any webpage
Curate Newsletters
Collect and organize relevant news for your email newsletter
Monitor Webpages
Check content on websites for specific changes and updates
Curate Timelines
Provide insight into how an event / story / issue developed over time

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timerime
Timetoast
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