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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? How do you stop people gaming the system? from Justin Goldsborough ).

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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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Why You Should Care About Klout

Ari Herzog

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.

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Klout for Enterprise 2.0 Networks is a Bad Idea

Social Media Strategery

Bringing Klout to the Enterprise? People will game the system and quickly figure out which types of posts result in the higher influencer scores. 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.

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Social Influence and the Impact of Klout API

Laurel Papworth

Klout is the social media measurement tool that measures influence – how many followers, how much interaction and the style of interaction that a person has in their personal or business social network. As Klout takes over the world, it’s interesting to see their API (the button that updates all over the internet) showing up.

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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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7 TweetDeck Alternatives You Should Start Thinking About

agora pulse

There is some very real talk about Twitter offering a paid subscription to power users which would be contained within TweetDeck. ManageFlitter is certainly a useful Twitter management tool for brands with multiple channels and those looking for better analytics, something TweetDeck never really provided. image source. The Verdict.

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