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

The Realtime Report

Facebook to buy Oculus VR, maker of the Rift headset, for around $2B in cash and stock – last week Facebook announced the acquisition of Oculus VR, “the leader in virtual reality technology;” initial efforts will focus on gaming, but will expand to other experiences as well (TechCrunch). Let us know in the comments below.

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2011 Round-Up Of My Social Media Cartoons And Comics

SocMed Sean

The fan favorite, based on traffic was definitely the Do You Pout About Klout comic. You Want Me To Turn Off Twitter? What’s The Point? Think Twice About Automating Your Social Media Efforts Your Customers Are Not The Enemy!

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Social Media Isn’t About The Numbers! Or Is It?

SocMed Sean

If you ask me what my Klout score is …I’ll likely vomit. They use numbers like “friends”, “followers” and…ewww…”Klout” to determine whether they are doing social right. Too many folks get caught up in the numbers game when it comes to social media.

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The 3 Keys to Social Influence

Convince & Convert

This is an interview I did with Klout for their Klout Stars series , where they ask “influencers&# about their background in social media. You earn the right to promote in social, you can’t buy it. People invariably try to game the system, to increase their Klout score by doing this or doing that.

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How To Monitor Your Three Essential Internet Marketing Strategies

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A great tool to collect this kind of data is a site called Klout. Klout allows you to sign in and link up a variety of social media platforms. Klout is a great way of measuring overall influence in your niche and on your social media sites as a whole, but overviews still aren’t quite as valuable as the actual facts.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Imagine the World

Kikolani

Klout for Business Aims to Help Brands Reach Social Influencers – At long last, Klout has rolled out its social-scoring service to businesses, allowing companies to better understand who their top influencers are online. Through the editorial process, it adds original content and provides an opportunity to showcase relevant gems.

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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. until recently. publishing.

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