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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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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. Previously, users could report Messenger conversations only through Facebook reporting tools or Messenger web. Follow List.

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Klout for Enterprise 2.0 Networks is a Bad Idea

Social Media Strategery

as a side note, I need one in real-life too – little did I know that my best friend’s reach and influence are really low and I should stop hanging out with him and instead make new friends who can optimize my conversations better). Communities don’t work like that. Bringing Klout to the Enterprise?

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“Community Manager” Confusion

Waxing UnLyrical

about what the difference is between “community manager&# and “social media manager?&# I know I am – and I am both a community manager and a social media manager! Likewise, a lot of job seekers who want to “do&# social media for a company are thinking that they want to go into community management.

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Klout, the Super Bowl, and Our Addiction to Shooting the Messenger

Convince & Convert

Two weeks ago, I received a Klout Perk to be part of the Social 46, a gathering of Indiana’s top social media influencers. According to the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee , Klout was used to help identify the participants, and the list was augmented manually with known local bloggers, gadflies, and connectors.

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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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How to Increase Twitter Engagement with Nestivity

Kikolani

Nestivity (currently in beta) takes your Twitter engagement to a whole new level by encouraging people to engage in conversations and making those conversations easy to follow by placing them in a threaded discussion form. Use this tool to really start talking to your Twitter community vs. broadcasting at them. Anything goes.