help with curationIn a recent article, we asked if finding QUALITY content for your email newsletter was a constant struggle. Based on the response we receieved (300+ tweets, 700+ reads), we decided a follow-up was in order.

Last time, we mentioned Scoop.it, Storify, PearlTrees, AllTop, Tumblr, Pinterest, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook but here are some other amazing resources that will help solve your newsletter content conundrum.

All of these resources are great for collecting content but if you want to send that curated content out in a newsletter, head over and free curated email tool.

We’re going to separate them in to a few categories:

Bucket #1 – Content Curation Sites

These are sites that allow you to add keywords or specific sites that you would like to follow and then create a channel to bring them all together.

Bundlr
Storify
PearlTrees
Paper.li
Scoop.it
Bagtheweb
Redux

Bucket #2 – Keyword Alerts

A great way to find content around your area of interest is to set-up keyword alerts.  There are a couple of great services that let you add your terms to their program and then they automatically send you any content that matches.

Google Alerts
Twilert
Yotify

Bucket #3 – Aggregation Sites 

There are tons of aggregation sites out there but the quality is mixed.  Here are our favorites:

AllTop
Google Reader
Digg

Bucket #4 – Hybrids

These are services that will help you find content for your newsletter and also deliver it.

FlashIssue – free, not just for big corporations
Curata – pretty expensive, built for corporate marketers
CurationSoft – less expensive
Curation Station – similar to Curata, built for corporations

Now that you have your list of content, give the new edition of FlashIssue a go to build your newsletter.

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If we’ve missed a gem, please send it to us@FlashIssue.

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