Social Influence Platform Klout Will Shut Down at the End of the Month
Social Media Today
MAY 11, 2018
The online world is about to lose one its most prominent influence measures, with Klout to shut down later this month.
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Social Media Today
MAY 11, 2018
The online world is about to lose one its most prominent influence measures, with Klout to shut down later this month.
Waxing UnLyrical
JUNE 28, 2011
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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Waxing UnLyrical
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
The tool that’s making the most rounds these days, it seems to me, is Klout. There have been blog posts ad nauseam by online influencers (and I don’t mean to use that term in a belittling way, so please don’t anyone take it that way) on online tools such as Klout. Now, I have no axe to grind with Klout.
Waxing UnLyrical
JULY 26, 2011
Our guest last week was Klout’s Megan Berry , who returned for an encore performance to #measurepr since, you know, everyone’s krazy about Klout. And given how kontroversial Klout is, what better guest to address their questions? How do you decide who gets Klout perks? Here’s a sample of the chat: 1.
Jason Yormark
OCTOBER 3, 2011
A few weeks ago I noticed that Klout had added the WordPress button to the available channels to connect to which was encouraging. This is not a knock on those that do on hosted platforms like WordPress.com, Blogger or Tumblr, they do exist. But to not include and factor self hosted blogs is a serious miss on Klout’s part.
Ari Herzog
JUNE 23, 2011
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.
Small Business Mavericks
AUGUST 11, 2011
Klout just keeps getting better. Among the services that Klout now tracks are: Tumblr – A blogging platform somewhat like a cross between Twitter and Blogger. Flickr – The photo sharing platform. In all, Klout is now measuring your influence across ten different social networks. What about you?
Social Media Strategery
JULY 18, 2012
Bringing Klout to the Enterprise? Unfortunately, despite all the criticism of tools like Klout on the open Internet, there seems to be a demand somewhere for tools that reduce actual people and relationship to numbers. Get ready for the interns to become more influential than your C-suite. TeamFollowBack appears on internal networks.
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. Bhattacharya says that this predictive behavior begins to kick in after about 3 months of using the platform for a given brand.
Waxing UnLyrical
NOVEMBER 21, 2011
I’m being challenged to a battle of egos by a stranger on Twitter: “@pierreloic your Klout Score is 33 (I’m a 51). Check out your @klout profile today.”. She’s after all “a 63″ and the Klout resident expert on all things bacon and Kim Kardashian. Guest post by Pierre-Loic Assayag. I’m glad we didn’t let it.
The Realtime Report
OCTOBER 17, 2012
Klout and Kred now both offer brand pages, and have recently introduced new consumer-facing make-overs. PeerIndex has completely redesigned its platform, and continues to refine its topic-based methodology. What are the best practices for using tools like Klout to run Perks marketing programs—and are these programs effective?
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.
SocMed Sean
APRIL 17, 2012
If you ask me what my Klout score is …I’ll likely vomit. They use numbers like “friends”, “followers” and…ewww…”Klout” to determine whether they are doing social right. So my number of connections and the interactions I have with them is the key number on this platform.
agora pulse
JUNE 20, 2017
This platform offers you much more than multiple account management; it also offers you access to some of the meatier analytics that are available. 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. ManageFlitter.
Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg
NOVEMBER 22, 2011
When it comes to marketing any organization, product, or service on the web, there tends to be three essential ways of doing so: Dominating social media platforms. 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.
Small Business Mavericks
JULY 21, 2011
Klout users will recognize the metric known as “true reach. Even if you don’t use Klout but are active in social media, you might have heard the term. But what does it mean? True reach is a measure of your target audience’s real strength.
Waxing UnLyrical
MAY 31, 2011
Klout has been having some issues over the past couple of days, leading C.C. Chapman to blog about the Great Klout Plunge of 2011. The discussion also touched on the “splinternet” and measuring proprietary platforms, as well as asking if perhaps clients are less interested in measurement than we are.
Waxing UnLyrical
DECEMBER 6, 2013
If you’re concerned about your “standing” or social scores (cough, Klout, cough) in social media, then you have a panic attack. However, you might be surprised at which platforms make a difference. For the last couple of months, I was basically off Twitter, which I always thought was Klout’s platform du jour.
Janet Fouts
JANUARY 27, 2011
Want to look at your performance across multiple platforms? Klout is all about identifying influencers on particular topics through their social media presence.Want to know the most influential colleges on Twitter? disclosure: I’m listed as a Klout influencer and have received Klout perks.) My WebCareer.
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. Here are 7 ways to improve your social media engagement. Guess what? But is there a downside to it? Here''s how.
Twist Image
JUNE 28, 2011
This past Sunday, the New York Times ' Sunday Review ran an opinion piece called, Got Twitter, You've Been Scored , by Stephanie Rosenbloom that looked at the emerging trend of brands using social media analytics platforms like Klout , PeerIndex and Twitter Grader to see how "influential" individuals are. C'est la vie.
Twist Image
MAY 8, 2012
The Klout effect. Klout is an online platform designed to allocate an actual ranking to individuals as a kind of social scoring system. Klout scores are becoming a powerful tool for marketers to both identify and connect with evangelists as a form of influencer marketing. online platform. For all to see.
Buffer Social
MARCH 6, 2017
Working with your profiles and pages across the major social channels, Klout puts together a score from 0 to 100 on your influence on social media. Klout also suggests content, which you can schedule and share through its app to improve your Klout score. You can connect up to three accounts for the major social media platforms.
Webbiquity SMM
JANUARY 24, 2011
For those accustomed to getting stratospheric scores on standardized tests, Klout can seem a bit harsh. Searches can also be filtered by platform. Runaware’s Cloud Platform offerings enable clients to experiment and evaluate SaaS and PaaS using their own application without requiring any modifications. Wondershare.
Buzzlogix
MAY 15, 2017
Hootsuite is a very popular free social media monitoring software that can track activity across a number of social networks and platforms. Those networks and platforms include LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Foursquare, and WordPress. You can also manage social media accounts by scheduling posts across multiple platforms.
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. Google Plus Developers Platform [link] OR [link]. Klout: [link] and [link]. name=developer etc. LinkedIn Blog [link] Or [link].
Akamai Marketing
APRIL 4, 2011
The reason millions of people use these platforms is because they want to engage with PEOPLE. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Subscribe via Email Meet Tara Coomans Recent Posts Klout – What’s it all About? Before you answer – let me give you a hint: its a trick question. Here’s the answer.
Twist Image
AUGUST 19, 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. Enjoy the conversation.
Hootsuite
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
You can use metrics like retweet ratio, engagement ratio, klout score, and social platform presence. Discover the age, gender, and language of your biggest fans. Riffle Twitter Insights : Understand the influence of people who engage with your Tweets. Ready to develop your influencer marketing strategy?
Convince & Convert
MAY 20, 2012
” Consequently, I’ve organized 5 categories of social media software not based on company size, or pricing, or platform, or niftiness of logo, but based on your needs. “I need to know how effective my social media efforts are, both on specific platforms and (ideally) overall, and whether all of this is worth the effort.”
Akamai Marketing
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Yes, your customers are PROBABLY using social media platforms everyday, but before you follow them into the rabbit hole, find out which platforms they are using and how. Once you know WHO, then you can decide HOW (platform) and WHY (content) you’ll be conversing with them. What’s your social currency?
Convince & Convert
AUGUST 10, 2010
Raj Kadam is CEO of Viralheat , a social media listening platform (disclosure: I am a paid customer of Viralheat). JF : We’ve recently completed projects with Virgin America , Starbucks and CoverGirl where we emailed offers to customers based on their influence and Klout score within a particular topic.
Stay N' Alive
APRIL 26, 2011
There are 2 ways to do well on the platform: already be influential (influence == money to invest in more people on Empire Avenue), or invest in the right people that are. 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.
Razor Social
NOVEMBER 29, 0002
With a bit of smart thinking you can do this analysis across other platforms. What changes have happened on the platforms that means you need to change? Platform analytics. There are some great analytics tools provided by each of the platforms. For example, add an interest and see how many of your fans has that interest.
Akamai Marketing
MARCH 24, 2011
2) For all the social media platforms you created an account for, find 1 interesting person or business a day to follow. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Subscribe via Email Meet Tara Coomans Recent Posts Klout – What’s it all About? Could be a competitor. Could be a famous person you are interested in. Indulge your curiosity.
Akamai Marketing
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
The information about each platform is basic. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Subscribe via Email Meet Tara Coomans Recent Posts Klout – What’s it all About? What I wish they would improve Influencers aren’t listed in order of number of engagement events. Wish that originating account could be removed from influencers.
Proactive Report
AUGUST 20, 2012
He has 2500 Twitter followers and his Klout score prior to this storm of comment was 45. He has a platform and a following. Kaitlynn has a brother who is comedian in New York City – Matt Fisher. He has a blog and a following online. Not the biggest following, but a following nonetheless. That’s enough to take notice.
Pixlee
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Using top social media influencers, such as bloggers, vloggers and those with large followings on Instagram, Snapchat and other platforms has grown exponentially with the greater adoption of those platforms. Searching directly on those platforms or through platform-specific third party tools can be more efficient.
Convince & Convert
JANUARY 28, 2014
They set target goals such as Klout score and traffic. Kristen Matthews is the marketing and community manager at GroupHigh , a blogger identification and analysis platform. Mary explained that when Char-Broil initially began looking for bloggers for their All-Star program they had big plans to be very methodical about the process.
Convince & Convert
SEPTEMBER 2, 2015
What they talk about, their Klout score, community, followers, engagement, and endless other identifiers come into play here. If the manual process seems overwhelming, you might consider automating the process with a social intelligence platform like Insightpool. Fix It: How to Get Organized.
Jeff Esposito
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
While I believe that social media is a great platform for customer support, I think our current views of what is acceptable in terms of response time or expected quality of service for social Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is destined to fail. My Klout or Kred score does not matter. Image: loop_oh.
Convince & Convert
JUNE 15, 2012
Over the past 18 months there has been increased speculation that the concept of “author rank” will play a more important role in determining the value of content (including links) that gets shared, especially on social media platforms. For the first time, Google has the capacity to value content you create on other platforms.
Convince & Convert
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
If an agency attempts to counsel a company on how to do this, or if an agency begins to work in this manner without understanding the company’s true brand in addition to the best ways to repurpose and alter content for different platforms, the entire effort will once again backfire. This is only the tip of the iceberg, too.
Hootsuite
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
You can use metrics like retweet ratio, engagement ratio, klout score, and social platform presence. Discover the age, gender, and language of your biggest fans. Riffle Twitter Insights : Understand the influence of people who engage with your Tweets. Ready to develop your influencer marketing strategy?
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