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Why Klout Should Not Be A Synonym For Influence

Waxing UnLyrical

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.

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How To Monitor Your Three Essential Internet Marketing Strategies

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Internet marketing strategies vary depending on the nature of the blog, brand, or business and alter with accordance to their physical and digital size and their particular niche. Let’s imagine your blog, brand, or business operates a wide variety of social media from the likes of Facebook and Twitter to StumbleUpon and Instagram.

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Sitting in a tin can: Chris Hadfield returns

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week we saw the return from space of Astronaut Chris Hadfield who is now arguably one of the most famous Canadians the world has ever known, thanks to Twitter. Hadfield boasts more than 751,000 Twitter followers, more than half million YouTube views and has a Klout score of 86. Astronaut Chris A.

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25 Social Media Pet Peeves – How Many Are You Doing?

SocMed Sean

Not that we have to please everyone, but if there are a lot of folks who are irritated by a specific behavior (ahem…auto-direct messages on Twitter), we might think twice about engaging in that behavior via our personal or business social media channels. Auto-DMs on Twitter. So…here they are. 25 social media pet peeves.

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2011 Round-Up Of My Social Media Cartoons And Comics

SocMed Sean

You Want Me To Turn Off Twitter? The fan favorite, based on traffic was definitely the Do You Pout About Klout comic. In case you were wondering, my favorite comic that I created this year was The Social Media Kneejerk. What’s The Point? Think Twice About Automating Your Social Media Efforts Your Customers Are Not The Enemy!

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Why (and How) I Forced 912 People to Unfollow Me on Twitter

Ari Herzog

This screenshot, courtesy of TwitterCounter , shows a 3-month tally of my Twitter followers. Next is an account for Formulists, a Twitter application that went out of business two years ago. Not on Twitter, anyway. But classes have been in full swing since and their Twitter account just sits vacant. That is no accident.

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The Nifty 50 Top Women of Twitter for 2011

Webbiquity SMM

Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project—and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. Director of Sales for @ klout. Though fairly new to Twitter, Amber is active and highly engaging, and her following is likely to grow quickly.

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