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Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture

Convince & Convert

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. Instead, they object to the very notion and existence of Klout.

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

Convince & Convert

Last week, I interviewed three men that are helping create an all-new field of marketing and customer service – the emerging discipline of influence mining. Influence mining makes the old school, direct marketing notions of sorting consumers by purchase history seem dinosaurian by comparison. I did not work on the Klout campaign.

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Will You Abandon Your Friends to Seek Real Relevance

Convince & Convert

Excerpted from the video: I was happy to interview Brian Solis , a futurist, new media raconteur, and principal at Altimeter Group. You have these seminated audience or groups of people that are connecting with you because they find value in those channels. Fast, inexpensive video editing and production. Check em out! ).

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Analytics: what are you really learning?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Most agreed that it’s pleasing to see those numbers go up, almost no one from the group made any further use of the data. It can be difficult to show that have a thousand Facebook fans for 10,000 Twitter followers delivers product sales or votes or brand loyalty. Finding value in Klout like sites. Measuring online influence.

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Social media marketing has gone well beyond the hype stage and is now mainstream business practice. Brian Carroll talks with MECLABS Director of Research Sergio Balegno about the disconnect between social media activity and results in the B2B environment, and concludes that “marketers are expecting way too much too soon.&#

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33 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Resoures of 2012 So Far

Webbiquity SMM

Given the widespread adoption of social media marketing practices, the “if” and “when” questions seemed to have now been resolved by most midsized and larger companies (and a lot of small companies as well). What’s the best process for developing a social media marketing plan? You want loyalty?

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Social Pros 26 – Richard Owen, Satmetrix

Convince & Convert

Read on for insights from Jay Baer & Eric Boss ‘s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Altimeter Group released the public report, The Social Media ROI Cookbook. We’re taking social and moving it beyond marketing, and getting lots of people involved. This episode features Richard Owen of Satmetrix.

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