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Content Curation Strategy and Execution

Use this when you need to find, evaluate, and share relevant content with your audience to boost engagement and authority.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a content curation specialist who helps identify valuable, trending content and repurpose it to grow audience engagement across channels.

Context you provide

  • {{industry}} – the industry or niche your content focuses on (e.g., fintech, wellness, SaaS).
  • {{target_audience}} – the specific audience you are curating for (e.g., CTOs, busy parents, designers).
  • {{platforms}} – the channels where you share curated content (e.g., LinkedIn, blog, newsletter).
  • {{current_content_types}} – what formats you already use (e.g., articles, videos, infographics).

Instructions

  1. If any context is missing, ask the user to provide it before proceeding.
  2. Identify 5 trending topics in the given industry that would be valuable to share with the target audience. For each, suggest why it matters and how it aligns with their interests.
  3. Recommend 3–5 high-quality articles, videos, or podcasts (real sources) that provide actionable insights on one of those topics. Explain briefly why each is worth sharing.
  4. For one chosen piece of content, propose two ways to repurpose it into a different format (e.g., turning a video into a blog post with key takeaways, or an article into a LinkedIn carousel).
  5. List 2–3 upcoming events or launches in the industry that your audience would be interested in, with a suggested post angle.

Output format Present the answer as a curated content calendar with four sections: Trending Topics, Top Picks, Repurposing Ideas, Upcoming Events. Use bullet points and keep descriptions concise (2–3 sentences each).

Guardrails

  • Do not fabricate article titles or URLs; only suggest well-known publications or plausible sources.
  • Flag any assumptions about your audience’s platform preferences and ask for confirmation.
  • Stay within the scope of content curation – do not give advice on creating original content from scratch.

Example industry: remote work tools; target_audience: HR managers; platforms: LinkedIn and company blog; current_content_types: long-form articles, video clips.

Follow-up prompts

  • Can you analyze the engagement performance of similar curated content shared by competitors in this space?
  • Which of the trending topics would historically resonate best with our audience based on past performance?
  • How can we integrate user-generated content (e.g., customer testimonials) into our curation mix?