C for Curate – My Best Blogging Tips A to Z Series

Creation isn’t the only way to blogging.

Compiling others’ best creations with appropriate credit does 5 things

Helps the original creators with recognition and more traffic
Helps you get traffic without doing a lot of work
Helps you network with fellow bloggers and creators at ease when you use and promote their content and name
Helps your audience receive massive value while the content breaks the monotony
Helps you make money (about to share in a moment)

How to Curate Posts That Make Money

Interestingly, every post I have curated is making money for me. Here are some examples –

How?

You can curate opinions. Pick a great subject or question. Invite the most trusted and well known people to share their opinion for that question. make sure you invite them with a personalized message. This helps you and them with great recognition.
2. You can curate tools, books & products around a specific solution. We often call it list post. These posts attract prospective buyers to list their tools and products for a fee.

Remember to give appropriate credit to the original creator or owner with a backlink. Inform them with an email that you have included them and tag them in your social media promotions with a note. Watch your posts get unexpected visibility.

Your Action plan for today:

Think of a few strong curation subjects and start the research.
Review the existing curated posts if you already have, double-check the credits of original creators and promote the posts again.

Still clueless? Share your blog in the comments. I would love to share some suitable ideas for curation on your blog.