How to Create Killer Content Quickly
Today, I'd like to share one of my best content creation strategies. I'm going to discuss how to create killer content quickly.
I learned about this idea by accident. After studying hundreds of successful blogs, I noticed something a few of them were doing consistently.
It's known as content curation. According to Wikipedia, "Content curation is the process of gathering information relevant to a particular topic or area of interest, usually with the intention of adding value. Services or people that implement content curation are called curators. Curation services can be used by businesses as well as end users."
Basically, you write an 800 to 1,200 word post about a specific topic. Then what you do is find 5-10 blogs or authors you can cite. By doing so, you will easily add another 1,000 to 2,000 words to your own article. Plus, it will make your content more interesting.
To clarify, I am not saying steal their content and call it your own. Instead, I am saying to cite the author and link back to their website.
Here's a couple examples of how I recently did this on my own blog.
This article literally took me less than 90-minutes to do. What I did was cite 10 experts on Instagram lead generation, quoted a paragraph or two from each person, and added it to my blog.
How to Get Leads with Pinterest
I know very little if anything at all about Pinterest, but I do know that it is a popular way for some companies and marketers to find leads. So what did I do? I spent about 45-minutes online by searching for "How to Get Leads with Pinterest" and I found 10 different experts who each shared multiple tips. I then compiled that information into my own post and added a few of my own words.
Curating content is so easy to do. You can easily create epic blog posts in 1-3 hours.
Plus, there is another value added benefit. When you link back to another website, they will typically get a "trackback" notification. As a result, they will more than likely reciprocate the link to your website. In either case, it's a win-win.
Hopefully, my content curation strategy will help you with your own blog. What are your thoughts about this subject?
Recent Comments
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I like this idea ... Just a couple questions:
What is a ‘safe amount of content to .. grab from another site (It looks like you don’t take a whole lot of content from any one ‘source’) ??
What do you use, for the
I am initially thinking something like this:
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... but I just started poking at this idea
Thnx
Joe
I don't quote more than a paragraph, sometimes two. That's it. Sometimes it's just one sentence. I only add it if it adds value to my post.
I don't use any coding to make the vertical line. I just select the block quote, which is ". That's it. It does it automatically.
Thanx..
As to the blockquote. Thing .. it doesn't work like that for me .. guess different themes might do it differently. (Maybe I will poke around in the CSS, and make it default to that offset presentation)
Again .. thank you for this "scheme" .. I am going to give it a go :-)
Regards
Joe
The block quote is a WordPress 5 thing. If you are not using 5 give it a go because it is far better.
Peter H
Thanks, Chuck! This is a great idea!
It's sort of like writing a research paper in college. As long as you give some sort of citation with it then it won't be flagged as a duplicate content. Because you are giving credit where it is due and it builds your own credibility as an authority.
Awesome stuff!
I wish you the best!
Bob
Yes. Almost every good blog post I read on popular blogs has quotes to other blogs, from different authors. It works.
Hi. Great article, my worry is the same as Julia below, you are literally cooy and pasting large chunks of someones work.. Yes the credit is given to the original author but does Google see it that way.
Great way of creating content fast.. Love it, if google does too lol
I really like your content curation strategy, because it helps with learning how to create value, in our blogs. I like how you referenced experts on the topics that you wanted to feature in your posts. That is good for gaining recognition and have a great resource to tap into whenever you need more ideas for content, Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks Chuck.
I regularly throw some quotes around but have not been linking them, although I acknowledge the source>
I shall change this now.
I notice a couple of replies wondering about a quote block and this is a product of WordPress 5. ( A great product in my view)
Peter H
I just know my theme or Wordpress itself makes it a block quote.