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Influence is Not a Number

Waxing UnLyrical

But if Klout is going to bill itself as “the standard for online influence,&# it’s got to do more than score people based on how frenetically active they are on Twitter and Facebook. Far too many organizations are starting to reduce people to numbers in their quest to reach “influencers.&# Influence is not a number.

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How does your brand look on social media?

Janet Fouts

Momentus Media Community Health Score. Postrank Analytics. Looks at your blo, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter presences and rates you by your apparent influence, activity level and authority on topics you frequently discuss. disclosure: I’m listed as a Klout influencer and have received Klout perks.) Peer Index.

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Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses

Akamai Marketing

Blogs for business are an outstanding tool for business, they can build community, be the backbone of your social media program, and drive traffic to your website, just for starters. Are you trying to create community? Then measure it.You can use Google Analytics, PostRank or even (GASP!) But where do you start? Then live it.

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WOM: What's Really Behind The Buzz

Waxing UnLyrical

And they research and they monitor (sometimes for up to three months) just to find out: a) Who a brand’s target audiences are; and b) Who the key influencers within that community are. They go to, sometimes, incredible lengths to create experiential opportunities to get those influencers talking about brands. Then they plan.

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How People Made 2010 What It Was

Waxing UnLyrical

measurePR really took off ( the next chat’s on January 4 , btw, with Justin Goldsborough , where we’ll be talking influence). Thanks to Skype, I kept my phone bill down, and was able to talk regularly not just with my family but with friends all around the world as well. I traveled a lot. And loved it. Read All About It!

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Snapping at Synapses: Why Digital Death Sucks

Waxing UnLyrical

Second: if Keys et al wield the kind of online influence they apparently think they do, why on earth didn’t the campaign become an overnight phenomenon? Which brings me back to what this is all about, and what public relations, in its truest sense, tries to do: influence. And a lot of us are fatigued right now.

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MeasurePR: Paywalls, Pitches And Prognoses

Waxing UnLyrical

Justin’s been thinking and writing a lot about influence recently , so that’s what we’re going to talk about. You are already familiar with Justin, I’m sure, through his prolific activity online and the fantastic work he does both on- and offline. Have a question for him? Do leave it in the comments below.

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