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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 pugilists are plentiful, and appear to be trying to win a merit badge for dismissiveness. In fairness, Klout sees that challenge too, and has in my estimation always been very open to discussing it.

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Guess Who is Back on Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Despite the small percentage of internet users who are using location-based services on their smartphones and mobile devices based on that Forrester survey, there is no doubt that companies are paying attention and offering coupons to active patrons. To what extent do geography and demography play a part in Foursquare users and companies?

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Know What’s Working on Social Media: 26 Free Social Media Analytics Tools

Buffer Social

is the Top Tweet/Top Post badge that pops up when an update goes above and beyond the average performance. 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. My favorite feature—and one I’m always stoked to see!—is

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Here are 10 Utah Entrepreneurs You Need to Know

Stay N' Alive

Allan is now in his own startup, I believe as co-founder, this time starting a new, up-and-coming social commerce company called Piick. I admit I don't know Tyler personally, but I certainly know his company. They make beautiful iOS and mobile apps, and Tyler deserves a lot of credit for what his company has done in this area.

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Breaking Out of Social Disclosure Jail With CMP.LY

Convince & Convert

It’s been about 15 months since those crazy kids at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) passed their new disclosure guidelines to “protect the public&# from inappropriately cozy business relationships being companies and bloggers, tweeters, Facebookers and more. Enter CMP.LY. seeks to become the standard for online disclosure.

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Social Pros 17 – Maria Ogneva, Yammer

Convince & Convert

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. I’ll tell you why I bought, and to me I ignored the financial fundamentals of a company that’s still this early stage, as Facebook.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

How to Develop a Social Media Strategy: A Roadmap for Integration (Very Official Blog): Shannon Paul did an amazing job on this post that presents questions and answers that will help companies consider their goals for the creation of a social media strategy. Why not see how some companies are gaining from it right now?

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