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#measurePR Aug. 21, ’12: How Much #kred Does #klout Have?

Waxing UnLyrical

The August 21 #MeasurePR chat was a fun and lively discussion about a few topics of interest to measurement geeks—including the notorious topic we love to pick apart: Klout. Here are some highlights: Klout has recently made changes to its algorithm, many of which appear to be in response to (heavy) criticism of the “influence” tool.

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What the #measurePR Community Thinks of 2012

Waxing UnLyrical

The discussion kicked off with a great question from Deanna Boss , who wanted to know: “What does 2012 look like for #measurepr? Holding true to form, we did beat up on Klout a bit – not many fans in the measurement crowd. What the #measurePR Community Thinks of 2012. New trends? Saying goodbye to bad habits? Any goals?”.

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2011 Round-Up Of My Social Media Cartoons And Comics

SocMed Sean

2011 was a great year for my blog and I appreciate everyone who stopped by to check it out. Some readers have asked for permission to use them in blog posts and presentations and the answer is “Yes” as long as you keep the attribution and the URL to my blog. You Want Me To Turn Off Twitter? What’s The Point?

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What Will Become Of Blogs And Blogging?

Twist Image

Schaefer over at Grow Blog recently published his second book, Return On Influence - The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing , which dissects the fascinating world of social scoring an individual consumer's true influence in the online channels. No (I even responded over here: What's Next? It's You ).

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Top #Sales and #Marketing Influencers of 2012

Koka Sexton

.” The criteria used to benchmark each individual’s impact within the sales space was: Social media presence – Twitter/ Facebook/ Klout score/LinkedIn authority. Quality, regularity and popularity of written work – books, blog posts, articles, EBooks etc. Active engagement with recognized resource sites.

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Why (and How) I Forced 912 People to Unfollow Me on Twitter

Ari Herzog

But moreover, in the age of social influence ranking systems such as Klout and Peer Index , I want to be current. The “force unfollow” function debuted in 2012. I always blog about my social media actions as a way of 1) charting my own evolution; and 2) helping you discover something new. They inflated me.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & How to Generate Good Ideas

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Blogging / Content. Want suggestions to help improve your blog? Over at the Social Media Examiner Blogging Club, I’m offering free blog reviews.

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