Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The August 21 #MeasurePR chat was a fun and lively discussion about a few topics of interest to measurement geeks—including the notorious topic we love to pick apart: Klout. Here are some highlights: Klout has recently made changes to its algorithm, many of which appear to be in response to (heavy) criticism of the “influence” tool.

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The Realtime Report

MARCH 31, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook and Twitter: Twitter rolls out photo tagging. Any social media updates that we missed? Let us know in the comments below.

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Idaconcpts

JULY 10, 2012

Social media is the driving force behind much of the World Wide Web. A recent Pew Internet report found that two-thirds of adult Internet users are using a social networking site; other studies have noted the growing use of social media for marketing purposes. What Does All of This Mean?

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Klout bills itself as a social media influence metric, but until now it was largely limited in how it measured influence. Moments is something like the Facebook Timeline, but it takes “your most important content” from all of the networks Klout measures and adds it to your profile. More are to come.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Other than signing book deals, the favorite sport of the social media punditry these days seems to be bashing Klout. The most recent example was from B2B social media thinker Paul Gillin who wrote a post unveiling the flaws in Klout’s ranking scheme. they shout. “It’s a bastardization!

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SocMed Sean

JULY 8, 2012

A while back, I asked a fairly straight-forward question on my Facebook page : What is your social media pet peeve? The value, here, is to help each of us understand what irritates other people in the realm of social media. 25 social media pet peeves. What’s yours? So…here they are.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 17, 2012

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

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 31, 2013

What were the biggest stories in social media statistics this year? Here’s a look at our top ten stats posts (ranked by traffic) from 2013, including Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, Vine and plenty of influence marketing. Teens Prefer Tumblr Over Facebook (Jan 15).

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Adam Sherk

MAY 3, 2011

Since I like looking at the social media presence of NBA teams I thought I’d run the 2011 playoff teams through the beta version of the new Klout to see how the fare against each other. Atlanta had the worst Klout score in the conference so that doesn’t sync with their surprising performance thus far in the playoffs.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 8, 2012

The biggest category of content that attracted visitors to SocMedSean.com in 2011 was definitely my social media comic strips. In case you missed them, here are links to all my 2011 social media comics in one post. In case you were wondering, my favorite comic that I created this year was The Social Media Kneejerk.

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 18, 2012

I then read " Enterprise Social Networks, Performance Reviews, and Company Culture ," on the Social Media Club DC blog that rightfully (and thankfully!) Bringing Klout to the Enterprise? takes issue with this idea of ranking people's influence on these internal networks.

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Small Business Mavericks

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Bing seems to think searchers want to know the Klout scores of topical experts featured alongside your search results. If you’re logged in through Facebook, the top of the bar are people you follow who “might” know something about what you’re looking for. That’s where you’ll find the Klout score if it’s available. Maybe they do.

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Buffer Social

MARCH 6, 2017

We’ve refreshed this post for 2017, check out the latest and greatest social media analytics tools below. Where do you turn for meaningful stats on your social media marketing ? I’m grateful for the insight from some truly incredible tools that help make sense of the actions I take on social media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2013

So I figured I’d just share some of what I experienced the last several months… consider them reflections on a social media hiatus from a business point of view. If you’re concerned about your “standing” or social scores (cough, Klout, cough) in social media, then you have a panic attack.

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Direct Marketing Observations

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Do you believe in the Klout score? If you were to set a KPI for success in social, would it be FB likes? Lots of marketers have tried to peg the value of a Facebook fan/like in fact I recently read that when a Ticketmaster user posts a specific event they are attending, or may want to attend, to Facebook, it generates $5.30

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Ultimately, as Olivier Blanchard has pointed out repeatedly , social media marketing has to demonstrate an ROI (though he acknowledges the questions have to be made more specific). But it’s crucial to the social media ROI debate to recognize that “R” is an end-of-the-process measure. Social media/network-referred traffic.

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Firebelly

APRIL 2, 2012

Here are 5 must-reads on April Fools’ Day and social media that we don’t want you to miss. Facebook + Twitter + Klout + Pinterest = No-Strings-Attached Dates? The Internet Has Killed April Fools’. By Alexia Tsotsis The Internet has killed April Fools’. April Fool’s!

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Round up as many Facebook friends and Twitter followers that you can! You would literally think it was a zombie outbreak the way people are responding to the latest Klout score changes. to “I work in social media and this directly effects my career!!” And that’s where Klout scores get tricky. Re-tweet dammitt!

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2011

People who say social media isn’t measurable aren’t looking very hard. The truth is that there are at least 25 viable metrics you can use to evaluate the success of your social media efforts. Here are the 6 critically undervalued social media success metrics. Are tweets more important than Facebook shares?

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Direct Marketing Observations

JUNE 7, 2011

My graph is not totally untrue for those of you that play in the space, but I was reading a post by Tom Webster today titled, The Uneasy Relationship between Twitter and Social Media Measurement and I knew exactly where he was going with it. If the answer is yes, this troubles me.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 8, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Twist Image

JUNE 3, 2012

Schaefer over at Grow Blog recently published his second book, Return On Influence - The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing , which dissects the fascinating world of social scoring an individual consumer's true influence in the online channels. online social network. social media.

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Jason Yormark

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Round up as many Facebook friends and Twitter followers that you can! You would literally think it was a zombie outbreak the way people are responding to the latest Klout score changes. to “I work in social media and this directly effects my career!!” In fact 90% of those I work with don’t even know what a Klout score is.

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Akamai Marketing

JULY 6, 2011

And its easy for people to feel turned off when people or THEY support ignore them , that’s when your social media presence can become a liability. Many high-Klout folks auto-follow. So, if you are looking to increase your Klout score, find others who have high scores. Share and Enjoy: Share this on.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

The quicker the response, the happier the complainer and the more impressed the social media listeners are. Give them a private way to stay in touch (so they can voice their concerns to their new friend on the inside as opposed to using social media). What’s your social currency? But not really.

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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.

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SocMed Sean

JULY 25, 2015

I have been publishing my social media cartoons and comics for a while now and I often get emails or tweets asking whether someone can use one of my comics in their book or presentation. So, with that clarified, here are 25 of my social media comics all in one spot. I hope they make you laugh just a little.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Search for a brand name or keyword across all of the most popular social networks at once? Monitor social media discussions of your company or product in real time? Promote events through social media? Cool Social Media Tools. Social and Alternative Search Engines. Create animations?

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

This is a brand new tool to see how engaged your Facebook page is with your fans. Does it give you more info than Facebook’s insights reports? My Web Career scores you based on your Facebook and/or Linkedin profiles. disclosure: I’m listed as a Klout influencer and have received Klout perks.)

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Razor Social

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Are you using the right social media analytics tools to monitor, assess and improve your social media performance? What analytics are you measuring and what should you be measuring in your social media tracking ? The Social Media Analytics Compass. No time to read this article now?

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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. It displays the news that is most popular in Reuters social network. The Klout 50 ranks the most social CEOs in the USA by influence.

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Laurel Papworth

JUNE 24, 2014

When monitoring social media, don’t forget to monitor social media platforms (changes at Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn etc) as well as stuff specific to YOUR industry. The Guardian Social Media section [link] OR [link]. Social Media COMPANIES (Press Room/Blog).

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 21, 2013

For the last few months, I think I’ve spent more time talking people out of using social media than talking them into it. Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter Facebook, Vine, Foursquare, Klout – you name it, they want it. Brands seem to be at war in some sort of social media arms race and there’s no end in sight.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 5, 2013

I have news for you: you’re not using your online social media influence as you should be. Make money on the internet by building up your social media influence. Build your own private social network by networking online with others. Let me tell you exactly how to make money from your social media influence.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 12, 2012

This is the problem that Salorix is trying to solve with a new social media management platform called Amplfy 2.0, Amplfy goes way beyond using a one-dimensional Klout score to rank influencers. Step one is obviously to monitor the conversations–Amplfy monitors Twitter (via Gnip), Facebook (public posts) and blogs.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Businesses could – and should – be doing so much more with location-based services like Foursquare, unified social log-ins like Janrain , custom landing tabs on Facebook, video, Google Analytics, mobile, ad retargeting with Fetchback , multi-variate testing, and about 100 other things. No new Facebook features.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

MAY 18, 2013

Hadfield boasts more than 751,000 Twitter followers, more than half million YouTube views and has a Klout score of 86. He uses social media to share photographs from space and shares his experiences of life on the space station as they happen. Thank you reminding us of the magic of social media. Related articles.

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