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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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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Adds Photo Tagging, Facebook Acquires Oculus VR

The Realtime Report

Twitter adds people tagging and multiple photo sharing to tweets – last week Twitter added the ability to tag up to ten people in a photo – without using up any characters – and also to attach up to four photos to a tweet, which Twitter turns into a collage; several brands are already experimenting with this feature (TechCrunch).

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How does your brand look on social media?

Janet Fouts

A potential employer can use a variety of tools to see how well you manage your personal brand online. After all, if you can’t make your own brand stand out how are you going to help them with theirs? This is a brand new tool to see how engaged your Facebook page is with your fans. Looking for a job in marketing?

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Does it matter who follows you on Twitter or Facebook?

Akamai Marketing

So unless the follower truly warrants ignoring, ignore their comments and mentions of you at your own peril. Yes, if you are trying to create a specific audience: Particularly if you are a brand or a company, you’ll want to keep an eye on who your follower are. Many high-Klout folks auto-follow.

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The Best Free (or Cheap) Tools for Blogger and Influencer Outreach

Adam Sherk

For publishers it typically involves identifying users that are sharing, discussing and linking to content from your brands and their competitors, and about specific topics. You can also sort and analyze your own followers to get a better understanding of the potential contact points you already have, or take a look at competing brands.

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Monitoring Your Company’s Brand Online with MutualMind

Bill Hartzer

Have you ever wondered what people are REALLY saying about your brand ? Imagine being able to look through the different twitter feeds and finding out what good (or bad) is being said about your brand. In layman’s terms, MutualMind helps you make money by helping you guide the public perception of your brand.

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6 Critically Undervalued Social Media Success Metrics

Convince & Convert

Instead of just counting the number of Facebook “likes” you accrue – which signifies nothing more than digital bumper stickering, instead track how often your fans click “like” and comment upon the status updates you post. Rather than paying rapt attention to the number of Twitter followers you’ve corralled, instead look at your Klout score.

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