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Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

Convince & Convert

Other than signing book deals, the favorite sport of the social media punditry these days seems to be bashing Klout. The most recent example was from B2B social media thinker Paul Gillin who wrote a post unveiling the flaws in Klout’s ranking scheme. Instead, they object to the very notion and existence of Klout.

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

Ari Herzog

This screenshot, courtesy of TwitterCounter , shows a 3-month tally of my Twitter followers. Most notable was Midwest Airlines. They stopped tweeting three years ago when they were bought by Frontier Airlines. Next is an account for Formulists, a Twitter application that went out of business two years ago. How I did it.

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This Week in Social Media – 5/8/2013

Social Media Marketing

American Airlines has introduced a Klout perks program , giving a one-day pass to their Admirals Club to anyone with a Klout score of 55 or higher. Warren Buffett started a Twitter account last week. The video series was created by Tyler, the Creator , whose Twitter handle is so offensive, I won''t name it here.

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The New Media Pecking Order

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This past Sunday, the New York Times ' Sunday Review ran an opinion piece called, Got Twitter, You've Been Scored , by Stephanie Rosenbloom that looked at the emerging trend of brands using social media analytics platforms like Klout , PeerIndex and Twitter Grader to see how "influential" individuals are. C'est la vie.

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10 Travel Influencers Your Brand Should Partner With

Pixlee

Blog aside, he’s got an audience of 213K Facebook followers, 115K Twitter followers, and 82K Instagram followers. An expert on how to do luxury travel using airline miles, he has partnered with many credit card companies and airlines to highlight this. on Facebook and 2K on Twitter. Adventure Bloggers. Luxury Blog.

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The bus to Hawaii: Marriott boosts Hawaii Bookings 40% with event.

Akamai Marketing

The cost of the campaign was approximately $350,000 with Marriott covering hotel expenses and partner Hawaiian airlines covering flights. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Subscribe via Email Meet Tara Coomans Recent Posts Klout – What’s it all About? What’s your social currency?

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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.

Convince & Convert

Joe Fernandez is CEO of Klout , a provider of influence metrics that is being incorporated into a variety of social media tools (including CoTweet , a client of mine) Jay Baer : What’s changed in the last two years or so with regard to access to influencer information? I did not work on the Klout campaign. It’s in our DNA.