Personal Viewpoint - CM #2

Insights, resources and real-world examples of how to create profitable online projects by organizing existing information.

Dec 22, 2022

Welcome to issue #2 of Curation Monetized newsletter.
I am Robin Good, a passionate researcher of content curation since 2004.
I am writing you from the sunny island of Holbox in Messico.

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The goal I have set out to achieve is to provide a showcase of real-world examples of apps, resources and digital products that generate revenue by collecting and organizing existing (already published) information.

Curation Monetized also provides insights, resources, tools and trends relating to how to create high-value monetizable resources by organizing existing information around specific problems for specific audiences.

This newsletter is written for:

indie entrepreneurs
journalists
subject-matter experts
consultants, advisors
trainers, teachers, coaches

The free edition of this newsletter provides general updates, news, resources and relevant tools relating to content curation, organizing information and related monetization and business models.

The Premium edition offers trends, insights and showcases real-world examples with detailed info (niche, business model, platforms, authors) along with useful insights about the curator’s job and connected business opportunities.

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Key Insights

Get Points for Your Viewpoint

If you just share content, people interacting with it will not associate it as coming from you.

But when you share other people's content while adding your personal point of view – making it more valuable – you are the one who gets credit for the content others have created.

Source: Q&A with “Digital You” author William Arruda

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Recommended Curation Tools & Resources

Glasp.co
This is my favorite new highlighter and curation platform. I see it growing on a good solid foundation. It integrates the ability to discover and learn from others on the platform and it has a clean and highly usable interface.

Atlas.fm
Helps you collect, summarize and share knowledge rich content from around the web.

Upcarta
Curated content from your favorite people, not from a secret algorithm. Find curated books, articles, videos, podcasts, tweetstorms created by the people you care about.

Start.me
If you are looking to build app directories, toolkits of personal information dashboards on niche topics, Start.me offers everything that was available in ZEEF (inactive) and a lot more.

Index.as
Upcoming. To curate in-depth multi-media content collections, to create searchable indexes and to monetize them independently.

Directory Builders
An interesting new project for indie entrepreneurs interested in building profitable directories online. Spearheaded by Chris Osborne of Kintu Labs it’s for now a Telegram channel for indie entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and experiences while building monetizable directories online. To get access to this channel send a direct message to Chris Osborne saying that I have sent you and that you’re interested in Directory Builders.

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Real World Examples

Profitable curation projects available in the December Premium Edition:

Searchable catalog of 160+ successful brands and their business models
Toolkit of 100+ hand-picked resources to build and grow online
Directory of companies offering high-paying affiliate programs
App to create website design mockups by drawing on published components
Catalog of high-quality courses and (e)books from world-class entrepreneurs
Collection of best cookbooks and recipes.

These are all online projects that monetize by organizing existing information. Subscribe to Curation Monetized Premium to get new ideas and real examples of such projects or look at the first issue of CM to see how I report on these projects.

Also available in the December Premium Edition:
- Key Trends relating to monetizing curation by Zoe Chew of Venturescale.

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Feedback and comments are always welcome, as well as requests for specific solutions. Just reply to this newsletter email or write me at robingood.substack.com

from sunny Holbox island (MX)
Robin Good