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Why You Should Care About Klout

Ari Herzog

The recent addition of LinkedIn to the mix of social media considered when calculating a Klout score has left many wondering about Klout, how to raise your score, and whether it matters after all. Have you heard of Klout ? What is Klout? Klout’s algorithm strives to measure a user’s online influence.

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What’s Your Score? How Klout and PeerIndex Affect Social Engagement

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Klout and PeerIndex, the two major players in measuring social influence, have only been around for a few years but have already made a mark on digital engagement. Klout measures people’s social media influence by analyzing how the content they create drives online trends and user action. What Does All of This Mean?

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The Case for Active Users as Social Media Community Managers

Akamai Marketing

The Case For Active Users as Social Media Community Managers. Your social media community manager isn’t at work or its after-hours. If they are already a social media user, chances ar they are personally active in the social media scene already. I’ve really been thinking about this lately. Why was this?

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Top Five: Tidal Wave of New Social Media Features

Sherrilynne Starkie

Plus end of the road for Klout. Facebook has introduced new tools to its app, Messenger, that make it easier for users to report conversations that violate the network’s community standards. End of the road for Klout. Klout, once known as the arbiter of social media influence is shutting down. Follow List. Embed List.

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Start Your Community With Role Models, Not Influencers

Social Media Strategery

They were role models who would care for the community as if it were their own. "In "In Pinterest’s early days, Silbermann gave out his cell-phone number, attended blogger meet-ups, and personally composed weekly emails that were sent out to Pinterest’s tiny, but growing, community. "It’s

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While I Was Out: Reflections On a Social Media Hiatus

Waxing UnLyrical

If you’re concerned about your “standing” or social scores (cough, Klout, cough) in social media, then you have a panic attack. For the last couple of months, I was basically off Twitter, which I always thought was Klout’s platform du jour. If you have a strong community , they will be there when you come back.

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Reuters, Rogers and social dashboards

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Klout 50 ranks the most social CEOs in the USA by influence. Show host Shel Holtz wondered aloud if the creation of such social media dashboards will become common place among organizations active on the social Internet. Social media podcast For Immediate Release covered the launch this week.

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