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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 pugilists are plentiful, and appear to be trying to win a merit badge for dismissiveness. In fairness, Klout sees that challenge too, and has in my estimation always been very open to discussing it.

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Know What’s Working on Social Media: 26 Free Social Media Analytics Tools

Buffer Social

We’ve refreshed this post for 2017, check out the latest and greatest social media analytics tools below. Where do you turn for meaningful stats on your social media marketing ? I’m grateful for the insight from some truly incredible tools that help make sense of the actions I take on social media.

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4 Free Tools for Researching Guest Blogging and Advertising Opportunities

Kikolani

When you hover a post’s engagement score, you will see the number of comments, social shares, and social bookmarking for that individual post. They even offer a badge you can add to your site that will link advertisers to your Google Ad Planner data. Social Engagement Measurement with Klout. All for free!

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The Baconator on Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

We bloggers like badges. Right here on WUL, there are a few that I’m proud of (you’ll remember how thrilled I was when we finally got the Alltop badge ). But today I’m exceptionally proud to unveil my newest badge and, perhaps, my favorite of all: the Baconator. So what’s the big deal about a bacon badge?

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Breaking Out of Social Disclosure Jail With CMP.LY

Convince & Convert

Since then, we’ve been expecting a steady procession of corporate marketers being led to the virtual stockade, given that actual disclosure of business relationships in day-to-day social media reality is spotty at best. (In Enter CMP.LY. seeks to become the standard for online disclosure. There’s even a custom CMP.LY

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Social Pros 17 – Maria Ogneva, Yammer

Convince & Convert

This is Episode 17 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Maria, and our Social Media Stat of the Week ( this week : are Facebook and Twitter like the Tortoise and the Hare?). Yes, I do social media for a very social company.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s how I do it : I read and review hundreds — thousands — of articles yearly, on all Internet Marketing topics from SEO to social media to general entrepreneurship (new for 2010!), also gathering intelligence via their rankings on top social sites and by stumbling upon new items in my feed reader.

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