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When #measurePR met Klout

Waxing UnLyrical

Last week, the special guest on #measurePR was Megan Berry of Klout. Given how vocal I’ve been about how problematic I find many elements of Klout , it was pretty decent of her to be willing to participate. Why should we take Klout seriously? Here are a few of the questions and Megan’s answers: 1. and much more.

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Social Media Success is About the Wizard, Not the Wand

Convince & Convert

His example was his local watering hole, where he figures by the time he’s checked in 10 times, the offer they make on Foursquare should encourage his evangelism, not just offer a discount on an item he doesn’t order. Whose fault is it that Klout is widely misused? Klout’s or the companies that use it?

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What's your social currency?

Akamai Marketing

Lots of businesses think that the only thing interesting to their “fans&# are discounts or promotions. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Subscribe via Email Meet Tara Coomans Recent Posts Klout – What’s it all About? Now, we get to the nitty gritty. What makes your company interesting to them? This is all about content.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Blog World Preview

Kikolani

Is Klout Using Our Family to Violate Our Privacy – More than you should care about your recent Klout score drop is the violation of privacy that is happening in relation to Klout & Facebook. Social Media / Social Networking. It’s finally here! Blog World officially kicks off in six days!

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Post Case Study: Triberr Visits vs. Google Analytics

Kikolani

Here’s what you are looking at: User Stats – The user stats (mostly in there for my own interest) is the followers and Klout rating for each Triberr member that shared my post. How follower count and Klout relate to the rate of retweets and better quality visitors. shortened URLs from each Triberr member’s tweets.

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Empire Avenue is a Catalyst for the New Economy

Stay N' Alive

It's actually more so a influence network or competitor with sites like Klout than it is an actual game, and if you're not currently paying attention you probably should. As people that you invest in gain more money and influence, you or your brand gain more money (and arguably influence) as well.

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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.

Convince & Convert

Joe Fernandez is CEO of Klout , a provider of influence metrics that is being incorporated into a variety of social media tools (including CoTweet , a client of mine) Jay Baer : What’s changed in the last two years or so with regard to access to influencer information? I did not work on the Klout campaign.