Laurel Papworth

JUNE 17, 2012

Klout is the social media measurement tool that measures influence – how many followers, how much interaction and the style of interaction that a person has in their personal or business social network. As Klout takes over the world, it’s interesting to see their API (the button that updates all over the internet) showing up.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 26, 2012

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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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 11, 2011

Several services have popped up to help companies cut through the. Over the last year most of the social mediari have been obsessed with finding influencers for their clients (you).

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 27, 2011

You would literally think it was a zombie outbreak the way people are responding to the latest Klout score changes. I work in social media, and my Klout score has absolutely ZERO influence on the clients I work with, obtain, or my career path quite frankly. In fact 90% of those I work with don’t even know what a Klout score is.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 27, 2011

You would literally think it was a zombie outbreak the way people are responding to the latest Klout score changes. I work in social media, and my Klout score has absolutely ZERO influence on the clients I work with, obtain, or my career path quite frankly. In fact 90% of those I work with don’t even know what a Klout score is.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 23, 2011

By encouraging businesses to start out with their focus and strategy and then move through to the other elements, the authors Dover and Moffit support what so many marketers know, but what so many companies ignore in their rush to create a program. What’s your social currency?

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 9, 2012

A Klout score, while controversial to many, is becoming more mainstream and carrying more weight in the real world. Get the latest scoop in today’s must-reads: Klout in the Classroom: Grading Students on Social Media Use. Klout Would Like Potential Employers To Consider Your Score Before Hiring You. Why Klout is doomed.

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Jeff Esposito

JUNE 6, 2012

I am not ashamed and in all honesty it is one of the few reasons why I keep my account with Klout. When I checked my cart and began to create an account, I had a nice little error message pop up that the company could not ship to me because I live in Massachusetts. I like getting free stuff. Total buzzkill.

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The Realtime Report

MARCH 31, 2014

Lithium Technologies acquires Klout–ties social media influence to brand sentiment – social influence measurement company Klout has been acquired by Lithium Technologies (WSJ). Any social media updates that we missed? Let us know in the comments below.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 6, 2012

It’s undeniable that a large part of the global focus amongst companies right now is on data and ROI when it comes to social media. Klout has probably been in the centre of this discussion, the service trying to determine a person’s influence by scoring different attributes around a person’s profile. Influence Measurement Tools.

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Akamai Marketing

JULY 6, 2011

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. So, if you are looking to increase your Klout score, find others who have high scores. So, does it matter who follows you?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 29, 2013

Matt Thomson, Klout @daddymention. Matt Thomson , VP of Business Development at Klout , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss the “Warren Buffett problem” his company faces, those fancy analytics at work behind the Klout algorithms, and expanding to offer brands a whole new product.

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The Way of the Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Like a lot of people, I’m registered on both Klout and Peerindex , which both attempt to track my online influence in slightly different ways to give one overall score which can be compared to others in my areas of interest. So are you on Klout, Peerindex and Empire Avenue? Measuring influence or just tracking loyalty?

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Sherrilynne Starkie

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Reuters has launched Social Pulse , a social media hub on Reuters.com which highlights social media’s most shared news, companies and influencers. The chart is populated by share-of-voice readings, so depending on which companies are being talked about most that day, it will adapt.

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Direct Marketing Observations

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

A good friend who is the SVP of marketing for a very large Fortune 500 company recently asked me via email the following question(s). Do you believe in the Klout score? Another company called Vitrue , figures that bringing a customer on as a fan was worth between 44 cents and $3.60 and if not, what would you recommend?

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SocMed Sean

JULY 8, 2012

–Sean Posting a lot of meaningless content (pins, check-ins, etc…) just to artificially inflate your Empire Avenue, Klout, or Kred score. Silly social media algorithms that don’t make any sense (yes…we’re talking about you Klout, Kred, etc…). People who tweet ALL THE TIME!

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Firebelly

APRIL 2, 2012

By Francis Bea It’s April Fools Day, and tech companies this year are out in full force to put a smile on your face. By Christine Erickson People love a good trolling, whether it’s online or not, and there’s nothing like a company having a bit of harmless fun at the expense of a few thousand customers. April Fool’s!

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Socialized

MARCH 10, 2011

Like me, maybe you've been reading about clout, Klout or KLOWT. It now refers to a complex measurement of a person's or company's social media influence. Traditionally the word means influence or power. It has been said that one of the nicest things about industry standards is there are so many.

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Jeff Esposito

JULY 13, 2011

Last night I attended a screening of the new Winnie the Pooh movie , courtesy of the folks over at Disney and Klout. Now, I have received a bunch of Klout Perks in the past, but none have really stood out to me as much as this one. Below is a list of the positives and negatives from the event: Pros. Extremely kid friendly.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 25, 2011

Danny Brown presents a solid argument that Klout , a social influence website, should never have created a profile for my friend Naomi without Naomi authorizing its creation. Yet, because she has a Twitter account, Klout assumed she would want a Klout profile — and here it is. Klout is not alone in this backward thinking.

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agora pulse

JUNE 20, 2017

On the pro accounts, you have the ability to load the Klout scores of your followers. The Klout Score is a number between 1-100 that represents your influence. The more influential you are, the higher your Klout Score, Barack Obama scores a 99 for example. image source. The Verdict. The Verdict.

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Jason Yormark

MAY 1, 2012

The anxiety of a shrinking Klout score and Alexa rating always seems to reel me back in. It’s been an interesting change of pace to implement social media strategies for companies and organizations not selling a “product” We continue to be very successful at doing so. I’m so vain.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2011

This is an interview I did with Klout for their Klout Stars series , where they ask “influencers&# about their background in social media. Since then, I’ve owned several companies in the online marketing world, including an award-winning agency that I sold in 2005. How did you get started in social media?

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The Realtime Report

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The company then had time to respond to feedback from potential buyers, about anything from liking the European colors better to wanting a cupholder “sized to their Red Bull.” ” What do you think of this campaign – particularly in comparison to Chevy’s Klout-based campaign for the Chevrolet Sonic ?

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2011

Rather than paying rapt attention to the number of Twitter followers you’ve corralled, instead look at your Klout score. Klout is an online influence gauge that combines several data points (followers, retweets, clicks on links, etc.) and then applies some fancy algorithmic voo doo to arrive at a unified metric. Share of Voice.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 7, 2011

.&# Derek Skaletsky , who works with the company (and who is also, coincidentally, the creator of Propz ), made this very clear in a recent blog post. Yes, it will give you a list of people who use those keywords most frequently, and they will be ranked on your list based on that frequency, but it’s nothing like a Klout score.

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Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Reddit AMA, Ripoff Report, Klout, and Duane Forrester Leaves Bing. I did a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), Ripoff Report’s home page was removed from Google, I don’t trust Klout, and Duane Forrester has left Bing as their Webmaster Liaiason. I Can’t Trust Klout. I have a few interesting updates this week.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 20, 2011

company website, newsletters, syndication sites). Klout and Kred scores). Number of company followers. Page views (of LinkedIn company overview). Followers by industry, function and company. . Followers by industry, function and company. Number of subscribers to the company channel. Search traffic.

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Akamai Marketing

OCTOBER 21, 2011

I feel it takes into account the different areas in which social media can impact (PR, Digital Marketing, Product Development, Customer Service) and even more importantly, it gives the client some flexibility to weight certain elements so they reflect the business goals of their company. I’ve added the slide show here for your review.

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Jeff Esposito

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

When Sites Drag the Unwitting Across the Web – Last week there was a buzz on the social Web about Klout and assigning accounts to users’ profiles even if they didn’t sign up for the service. Would also love to know what links I may have missed this week in the comments below. This is an interesting story of connecting via messages in bottles.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

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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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Or, use the free version of Cotweet or Hootsuite to scan or filter your public Twitter stream by Klout score. (A Tweets about your company? Tweets about other companies, or even non-business content? Not all Twitter followers have equal ability to amplify. A score over 30 is fairly influential). Links at the end? (

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Whose fault is it that Klout is widely misused? Klout’s or the companies that use it? Whose fault is it that most companies utilize about 10% of Google Analytics’ capabilities? Google’s or the companies that don’t have time to learn how to use it better? No new Facebook features.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 6, 2014

It’s not like your Klout score has to be through the roof or no one is going to believe you really know your stuff. Social proof is the accumulation of positive and negative talk your company or brand receives online. When customers tell their Facebook friends about their experience with your company, that’s social proof.

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

Now hear this: No one ever joined Facebook or Twitter so they could follow a brand or a company. What I AM suggesting is that you brands and companies give serious consideration to what they have to OFFER the community and what motivates their community to be part of social media at all. What makes your company interesting to them?

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 8, 2013

Salesforce has unveiled a Communities solution for the enterprise , which leverages its Chatter platform and other products to create portals that will allow external conversations to be brought into the company more seamlessly. Facebook has published a guide for journalists and media companies to better engage readers.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2011

You need to focus on how to “be&# social as a company, and worry less about how to “do&# social. I’ve seen a LOT of teeth gnashing lately about online influence , and Klout , and the paucity of clicks that most social updates generate. Social media success is a byproduct of being a good company.

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