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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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What’s Your Score? How Klout and PeerIndex Affect Social Engagement

Idaconcpts

Klout and PeerIndex, the two major players in measuring social influence, have only been around for a few years but have already made a mark on digital engagement. Klout measures people’s social media influence by analyzing how the content they create drives online trends and user action. What Does All of This Mean?

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Top Five: Tidal Wave of New Social Media Features

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week's must-know news from the world of social media includes new features and functions from Instagram, Facebook Messenger, LinkedIn and Twitter. Plus end of the road for Klout. New reporting tools for Facebook Messenger. End of the road for Klout. Listly by Sherrilynne Starkie. Follow List. Embed List.

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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 for Enterprise 2.0 Networks is a Bad Idea

Social Media Strategery

Communities don’t work like that. Bringing Klout to the Enterprise? Posts that lower the barrier to entry that actually create the sense of community disappear because they don't positively impact influencer ratings, meaning fewer and fewer people feel comfortable sharing anything. People don’t work like that.

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Start Your Community With Role Models, Not Influencers

Social Media Strategery

They were role models who would care for the community as if it were their own. "In "In Pinterest’s early days, Silbermann gave out his cell-phone number, attended blogger meet-ups, and personally composed weekly emails that were sent out to Pinterest’s tiny, but growing, community. "It’s

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25 Social Media Pet Peeves – How Many Are You Doing?

SocMed Sean

A while back, I asked a fairly straight-forward question on my Facebook page : What is your social media pet peeve? Also, if you have a pet peeve to add, feel free to add it to the Facebook post or leave it in a comment on the blog post. Mine is people who just post quotes all day long, thinking they are being inspirational.