I got a question the other day from a reader, asking how I keep up with my content. There’s so much good content on there on the web, how do I stay in touch with it all.
The answer, first of all, is that I don’t. I don’t really listen to podcasts. I don’t read all the popular leadership blogs. I actually only follow a few sites. LikeCool, Twenty Two Words, and Dezeen are the three I follow. The first two are for fun. The last is for inspiration.
I follow those using the $1.99 app Leaf. It’s an RSS aggregator that automatically downloads the latest posts to my computer. That way I don’t have to bookmark anything. That’s the first way I keep up with good content.
The second way I keep up with good content is by following the right people. On Twitter and Facebook, I make it a point to follow people with similar interests. And frankly, I make sure to follow people who don’t over-share.
Some people build their platform by either sharing their own content or serially sharing other links. I can’t handle that much content. That’s why I follow people who don’t share that much.
Once I see a couple people sharing the same content, I click on it. I know that’s the best of the internet that has finally risen to the top.
There’s a bunch of good stuff out there. But there’s even more junk. I probably miss some of the good. But I can’t afford to waste my time looking at everything hoping I see all the gold.
So that’s my system of keeping track of good content. How do you do it? I’d love to hear your method.
