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Social media- it’s not about the ratings

Janet Fouts

Those are likely the people who put their Klout score and their Hubspot ranking on their home page and only talk to other people whose Klout score is higher than theirs. I’m not trashing Klout or Hubspot here, I like them, and I think the scores give an idea of how somebody is doing based on their systems.

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The Gamification of Social Media

Social Media Marketing

Essentially, it is a rewards system that makes what we already do on the web - create and share content - fun by making it a stock market-like atmosphere. The main way the system does this is by using what's known as gamification. We expect to add more content channels as we continue to explore the system. What is it?

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31+ of the Coolest Social Media, Search and Web Tools of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

For those accustomed to getting stratospheric scores on standardized tests, Klout can seem a bit harsh. 6 slick news aggregators you should try by iMedia Connection. Josh Rose reviews six “news aggregators (including Popurls , Netvibes and Alltop ) that…are moving beyond the simple RSS reader.

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How to Find Micro-Influencers for Your Brand

Pixlee

With regards to reach, you’ll want to gauge their klout, and how active they are – not just with their own followers, but other brands and influencers on the platform. If you’re not already utilizing a CRM system to help aggregate all this information, consider doing so.

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

Convince & Convert

Joe Fernandez is CEO of Klout , a provider of influence metrics that is being incorporated into a variety of social media tools (including CoTweet , a client of mine) Jay Baer : What’s changed in the last two years or so with regard to access to influencer information? I did not work on the Klout campaign.

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10 Vital Stats for Blog Health—and How to Track Them

ProBlogger

The best part of having a central system for the accounts is that you can aggregate all of the revenue streams in the once place, to give you a whole picture. You can also use Klout to give you an overall summary of figures from the major social networks (Likes, shares, +1′s etc). RSS subscribers.

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The Fight for the Future of Influencer Analytics

Convince & Convert

Big news last week as Klout announced a significant overhaul of its influencer identification platform. Several new features are being rolled out to improve accuracy and add transparency to the much-discussed and oft-maligned system. In my case, 49% of my total Klout is via Twitter, with Facebook at 40%, and Linkedin at 5%.

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