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

Ari Herzog

Most notable was Midwest Airlines. They stopped tweeting three years ago when they were bought by Frontier Airlines. They continue to follow 8,000 people; and if you’re one of those 8,000, you’re being followed by a nonexistent company. But those are companies, you might say. First, meet my former followers.

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This Week in Social Media – 5/8/2013

Social Media Marketing

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. Facebook has published a guide for journalists and media companies to better engage readers.

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10 Travel Influencers Your Brand Should Partner With

Pixlee

An expert on how to do luxury travel using airline miles, he has partnered with many credit card companies and airlines to highlight this. Ranking in the Top 30 of Rise’s top 1000 travel influencers based on Klout scores, Joao Leitao was born in Portugal and lives in Morocco where he owns a rida. Adventure Bloggers.

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7 Powerful Reasons Why Companies Will Pay for You to Blog

ProBlogger

Bloggers worldwide are proving to be fierce competition for mainstream media, as companies decide how to get the best return on investment for their marketing buck. If you have the following seven things, then your blog and social media networks will be highly valuable digital assets, sought after by major companies.

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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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Social Pros 14 – Jason Falls, Social Media Explorer

Convince & Convert

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. So, services like Klout and Kred that put a number to your social influence. I’m not saying Klout is good, bad, or indifferent. Eric : Yep.

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