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I noticed that anytime someone wrote a blog post about Klout there would be this foaming at the mouth. Of course, now everybody knows about Klout and talks about Klout, but a year and a half ago it was unknown. Does Klout Score Mean You Know What You’re Doing? MORE
But you need to claim your Klout profile. And then you need to link your Klout profile to your LinkedIn profile. Your Bing Snapshot will include your Klout-connected social profiles. Searchers will also see your Klout Score and influential topics. Of course, you can control how your Bing Snapshot appears by editing your LinkedIn profile and your Klout profile. Social Media bing Google Authorship Klout LinkedIn social networking MORE
Schaefer over at Grow Blog recently published his second book, Return On Influence - The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing , which dissects the fascinating world of social scoring an individual consumer's true influence in the online channels. At the same time, many marketers see Klout and the power to social score individuals as a great way to not only nurture our evangelists but uncover new ones. klout. MORE
Bringing Klout to the Enterprise? 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. MORE
Klout, the site that gave us our social media Klout scores, is shutting down on May 25, 2018. At the height of Klout’s reign in social media, social media influencers, with a high enough Klout score, could get rewarded by advertisers. MORE
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. MORE
I can’t stand Klout. I have wrote several articles on this angst, and even created one of my social media cartoons about those who “ Pout about Klout “ And up until today, I was pretty much over Klout. Featured Humor Social Media influence klout social media MORE
The online world is about to lose one its most prominent influence measures, with Klout to shut down later this month MORE
Klout is a service that claims to measure social media influence , but is it accurate? Klout tries to measure both, but it doesn’t end there. Klout tries to measure several social services including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, YouTube, and that’s just for starters. Klout is by no means a perfect service. A better question is, should you rely on it for accurately measuring your influence and make business decisions based on your Klout score? MORE
To “To Klout Them Up” As in “ to hit them up” or ask for something. Klout is the social media ranking tool – tells companies how influential a twitterer or blogger or Pinterester is in influencing others to find, filter and forward their stuff. Klout ). MORE
Klout is a site that measures your influence on the web, using social media sites. Essentially, the more influential you are on social media websites, the higher your Klout score is. The score goes from 1 to 100, and I would say that it’s pretty easy to get a Klout score of 30 or higher. Currently, my Klout score is 66 , which is really not that bad if you ask me. After, all, Duane Forrester’s Klout score is 74: It’s all good, right? MORE
I am not ashamed and in all honesty it is one of the few reasons why I keep my account with Klout. While it sucked the whole joy out of my Monday morning, the whole incident could have been avoided if either OneHopeWine.com or Klout used a few filters. On one hand OneHopeWine.com could have said to their rep at Klout, exclude users from these states because we cannot ship to them. I like getting free stuff. MORE
The August 21 #MeasurePR chat was a fun and lively discussion about a few topics of interest to measurement geeks—including the notorious topic we love to pick apart: Klout. Mark Schaefer addressed some of Klout’s changes at his {Grow} blog. MORE
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So I went on a blog hiatus for a few weeks, and it certainly made a significant impact on my Klout score. I certainly don’t lose any sleep over my Klout score. Many businesses are using Klout as a measuring stick for influence and not just for their perks program. MORE
A few weeks ago I noticed that Klout had added the WordPress button to the available channels to connect to which was encouraging. But to not include and factor self hosted blogs is a serious miss on Klout’s part. How 1 Blog Post Increased My Klout Score. MORE
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? MORE
Since I like looking at the social media presence of NBA teams I thought I’d run the 2011 playoff teams through the beta version of the new Klout to see how the fare against each other. Boston had a much tougher matchup against the Knicks on Klout than they did on the court. MORE
The first-ever online marketplace for buying and selling links in articles and blog posts based on Google Authorship and Klout score has been launched. AuthorLinks is a marketplace for buying and selling links based on a web site owner’s Google Authorship and overall Klout score. MORE
Klout bills itself as a social media influence metric, but until now it was largely limited in how it measured influence. Moments is something like the Facebook Timeline, but it takes “your most important content” from all of the networks Klout measures and adds it to your profile. Klout is careful to point out that not everyone has Moments yet. I like the addition of Wikipedia and +K to the mix, but Klout currently only monitors 11 networks. MORE
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. MORE
Klout recently announced the addition of Instagram interaction and Bing searches to their algorithm. I see that my Klout score did jump a bit when they made this change, though Bing is not showing up yet in my score. It’s about Klout’s new additions. MORE
How do these things affect your Twitter follower count and Klout? If all of those tweets do not include your username, not only are you losing the potential for new followers, but you are going to miss out on those precious mentions that weight highly in building your Klout, ie. MORE
I’ll admit that it’s fun to bash Klout. I have the belief that, despite what Klout says, it ties a large part of how “influential” you are directly to how much you tweet. That’s my Klout score over the past several weeks. MORE
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. Klout integrated into the Browser. Reuters uses Klout of CEOS on Social Media. MORE
Klout, the site that gave us our social media Klout scores, is shutting down on May 25, 2018. At the height of Klout’s reign in social media, social media influencers, with a high enough Klout score, could get rewarded by advertisers. MORE
Klout has been giving away free stuff for a while now, but it seems to have really amped up lately. TNT wants people who are very active online (which is how you get Klout), live, work, and network online to get excited and involved with an offline product. MORE
Here’s the write up from the #measurePR chat held on May 14: We kicked things off by discussing the new program from Klout, called Klout Experts. This evolution of Klout allows users to ask questions of experts. Guest Post by Jen Zingsheim. Hello folks! MORE
Bing seems to think searchers want to know the Klout scores of topical experts featured alongside your search results. That’s where you’ll find the Klout score if it’s available. But do you really care about their Klout scores? From what I’m reading, most people don’t care too much about Klout scores. For marketers, this new Bing Klout combo could be a new way to find influencers. Social Media bing Klout social influence MORE
” Currently, there are no other websites or places where someone can buy posts or articles based on the author’s Klout score or Google Authorship status. AuthorLinks , the first-ever marketplace to buy and sell Google Authorship, has rebranded as AuthPost. MORE
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? Why should you care about Klout? MORE
Klout just keeps getting better. Among the services that Klout now tracks are: Tumblr – A blogging platform somewhat like a cross between Twitter and Blogger. In all, Klout is now measuring your influence across ten different social networks. I’d say that Klout has realized that social media influence goes well beyond Facebook and Twitter, which means it is serious about being the premier metric platform for social media. MORE
Like a lot of people, I’m registered on both Klout and Peerindex , which both attempt to track my online influence in slightly different ways to give one overall score which can be compared to others in my areas of interest. So are you on Klout, Peerindex and Empire Avenue? MORE
I cannot believe how much drama there is around Klout’s most recent changes. You see, Klout had decided I was (am) influential on bacon. Mark Schaefer made an excellent point when he said things like Klout scores and follower numbers do matter from the point of social proof. MORE
Do you know he has a Klout influence score of 86? He has a Klout influence score of 88. According to their Klout scores, Robert Scoble would be considered more influential than President Obama because Scoble has a higher Klout score than President Obama. MORE
Influencers Social Media Club small business social media advice Hawaii influencers Klout TrendsOver the last year most of the social mediari have been obsessed with finding influencers for their clients (you). Several services have popped up to help companies cut through the. MORE
Plus end of the road for Klout. End of the road for Klout. Klout, once known as the arbiter of social media influence is shutting down. Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Social Media Twitter Facebook Messenger Instagram Mute Klout Linkedin tools Twitter apps REPORT. MORE
In particular, I’ve aimed my arrows at Klout. But within the last year, there is a new player, Kred, which hasn’t quite caught on the way Klout did. Recently, several high profile social media people have removed themselves from Klout all together. MORE
Matt Thomson, Klout @daddymention. Matt begins the podcast by addressing Klout’s so-called “Warren Buffett problem.” via Klout. Klout is not meant to be one more platform that users have to curate, and that is something Klout will always strive to avoid. MORE
Two weeks ago, I received a Klout Perk to be part of the Social 46, a gathering of Indiana’s top social media influencers. I do not know how many of the 46 were “found” by Klout versus already known by the committee, and it’s not particularly relevant. MORE
Our guest last week was Klout’s Megan Berry , who returned for an encore performance to #measurepr since, you know, everyone’s krazy about Klout. And given how kontroversial Klout is, what better guest to address their questions? MORE
Klout and PeerIndex, the two major players in measuring social influence, have only been around for a few years but have already made a mark on digital engagement. Klout. For instance, big companies may woo someone with a high Klout score in order to help extend their brand reach. MORE
A Klout score, while controversial to many, is becoming more mainstream and carrying more weight in the real world. Get the latest scoop in today’s must-reads: Klout in the Classroom: Grading Students on Social Media Use. Do Klout Perks carry any real-world weight? MORE
Klout Related Topics Bill Hartzer
MAY 10, 2018
Klout, the site that gave us our social media Klout scores, is shutting down on May 25, 2018. At the height of Klout’s reign in social media, social media influencers, with a high enough Klout score, could get rewarded by advertisers.
Waxing UnLyrical
JUNE 28, 2011
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?
Waxing UnLyrical
OCTOBER 28, 2011
I cannot believe how much drama there is around Klout’s most recent changes. You see, Klout had decided I was (am) influential on bacon. Mark Schaefer made an excellent point when he said things like Klout scores and follower numbers do matter from the point of social proof.
Bill Hartzer
MAY 10, 2018
Klout, the site that gave us our social media Klout scores, is shutting down on May 25, 2018. At the height of Klout’s reign in social media, social media influencers, with a high enough Klout score, could get rewarded by advertisers.
Waxing UnLyrical
JULY 26, 2011
Our guest last week was Klout’s Megan Berry , who returned for an encore performance to #measurepr since, you know, everyone’s krazy about Klout. And given how kontroversial Klout is, what better guest to address their questions?
Waxing UnLyrical
JULY 19, 2012
I’ll admit that it’s fun to bash Klout. I have the belief that, despite what Klout says, it ties a large part of how “influential” you are directly to how much you tweet. That’s my Klout score over the past several weeks.
Waxing UnLyrical
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
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.
Akamai Marketing
JULY 2, 2012
In particular, I’ve aimed my arrows at Klout. But within the last year, there is a new player, Kred, which hasn’t quite caught on the way Klout did. Recently, several high profile social media people have removed themselves from Klout all together.
Akamai Marketing
APRIL 11, 2011
Influencers Social Media Club small business social media advice Hawaii influencers Klout TrendsOver the last year most of the social mediari have been obsessed with finding influencers for their clients (you). Several services have popped up to help companies cut through the.
Social Media Today
MAY 11, 2018
The online world is about to lose one its most prominent influence measures, with Klout to shut down later this month
SocMed Sean
DECEMBER 11, 2011
Do you know he has a Klout influence score of 86? He has a Klout influence score of 88. According to their Klout scores, Robert Scoble would be considered more influential than President Obama because Scoble has a higher Klout score than President Obama.
Small Business Mavericks
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
Klout bills itself as a social media influence metric, but until now it was largely limited in how it measured influence. Moments is something like the Facebook Timeline, but it takes “your most important content” from all of the networks Klout measures and adds it to your profile. Klout is careful to point out that not everyone has Moments yet. I like the addition of Wikipedia and +K to the mix, but Klout currently only monitors 11 networks.
Bill Hartzer
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Klout is a site that measures your influence on the web, using social media sites. Essentially, the more influential you are on social media websites, the higher your Klout score is. The score goes from 1 to 100, and I would say that it’s pretty easy to get a Klout score of 30 or higher. Currently, my Klout score is 66 , which is really not that bad if you ask me. After, all, Duane Forrester’s Klout score is 74: It’s all good, right?
Idaconcpts
JULY 10, 2012
Klout and PeerIndex, the two major players in measuring social influence, have only been around for a few years but have already made a mark on digital engagement. Klout. For instance, big companies may woo someone with a high Klout score in order to help extend their brand reach.
Firebelly
OCTOBER 9, 2012
A Klout score, while controversial to many, is becoming more mainstream and carrying more weight in the real world. Get the latest scoop in today’s must-reads: Klout in the Classroom: Grading Students on Social Media Use. Do Klout Perks carry any real-world weight?
Convince & Convert
MARCH 29, 2013
Matt Thomson, Klout @daddymention. Matt begins the podcast by addressing Klout’s so-called “Warren Buffett problem.” via Klout. Klout is not meant to be one more platform that users have to curate, and that is something Klout will always strive to avoid.
The Social Media Incubator
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
Klout is a service that claims to measure social media influence , but is it accurate? Klout tries to measure both, but it doesn’t end there. Klout tries to measure several social services including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, YouTube, and that’s just for starters. Klout is by no means a perfect service. A better question is, should you rely on it for accurately measuring your influence and make business decisions based on your Klout score?
Small Business Mavericks
OCTOBER 21, 2013
But you need to claim your Klout profile. And then you need to link your Klout profile to your LinkedIn profile. Your Bing Snapshot will include your Klout-connected social profiles. Searchers will also see your Klout Score and influential topics. Of course, you can control how your Bing Snapshot appears by editing your LinkedIn profile and your Klout profile. Social Media bing Google Authorship Klout LinkedIn social networking
Convince & Convert
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
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.
Small Business Mavericks
AUGUST 11, 2011
Klout just keeps getting better. Among the services that Klout now tracks are: Tumblr – A blogging platform somewhat like a cross between Twitter and Blogger. In all, Klout is now measuring your influence across ten different social networks. I’d say that Klout has realized that social media influence goes well beyond Facebook and Twitter, which means it is serious about being the premier metric platform for social media.
SocMed Sean
MAY 19, 2012
I can’t stand Klout. I have wrote several articles on this angst, and even created one of my social media cartoons about those who “ Pout about Klout “ And up until today, I was pretty much over Klout. Featured Humor Social Media influence klout social media
Janet Fouts
MARCH 29, 2013
Klout recently announced the addition of Instagram interaction and Bing searches to their algorithm. I see that my Klout score did jump a bit when they made this change, though Bing is not showing up yet in my score. It’s about Klout’s new additions.
Convince & Convert
MARCH 6, 2012
I noticed that anytime someone wrote a blog post about Klout there would be this foaming at the mouth. Of course, now everybody knows about Klout and talks about Klout, but a year and a half ago it was unknown. Does Klout Score Mean You Know What You’re Doing?
Laurel Papworth
JUNE 17, 2012
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. Klout integrated into the Browser. Reuters uses Klout of CEOS on Social Media.
Ari Herzog
JUNE 23, 2011
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? Why should you care about Klout?
Social Media Strategery
JULY 18, 2012
Bringing Klout to the Enterprise? 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.
Small Business Mavericks
OCTOBER 1, 2012
Bing seems to think searchers want to know the Klout scores of topical experts featured alongside your search results. That’s where you’ll find the Klout score if it’s available. But do you really care about their Klout scores? From what I’m reading, most people don’t care too much about Klout scores. For marketers, this new Bing Klout combo could be a new way to find influencers. Social Media bing Klout social influence
Jason Yormark
OCTOBER 3, 2011
A few weeks ago I noticed that Klout had added the WordPress button to the available channels to connect to which was encouraging. But to not include and factor self hosted blogs is a serious miss on Klout’s part. How 1 Blog Post Increased My Klout Score.
Josh S Peters
JUNE 21, 2011
Klout has been giving away free stuff for a while now, but it seems to have really amped up lately. TNT wants people who are very active online (which is how you get Klout), live, work, and network online to get excited and involved with an offline product.
Convince & Convert
JANUARY 26, 2012
Two weeks ago, I received a Klout Perk to be part of the Social 46, a gathering of Indiana’s top social media influencers. I do not know how many of the 46 were “found” by Klout versus already known by the committee, and it’s not particularly relevant.
Jason Yormark
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
So I went on a blog hiatus for a few weeks, and it certainly made a significant impact on my Klout score. I certainly don’t lose any sleep over my Klout score. Many businesses are using Klout as a measuring stick for influence and not just for their perks program.
Laurel Papworth
OCTOBER 3, 2012
To “To Klout Them Up” As in “ to hit them up” or ask for something. Klout is the social media ranking tool – tells companies how influential a twitterer or blogger or Pinterester is in influencing others to find, filter and forward their stuff. Klout ).
Kikolani
MARCH 16, 2011
How do these things affect your Twitter follower count and Klout? If all of those tweets do not include your username, not only are you losing the potential for new followers, but you are going to miss out on those precious mentions that weight highly in building your Klout, ie.
Adam Sherk
MAY 3, 2011
Since I like looking at the social media presence of NBA teams I thought I’d run the 2011 playoff teams through the beta version of the new Klout to see how the fare against each other. Boston had a much tougher matchup against the Knicks on Klout than they did on the court.
Sherrilynne Starkie
MAY 23, 2018
Plus end of the road for Klout. End of the road for Klout. Klout, once known as the arbiter of social media influence is shutting down. Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Social Media Twitter Facebook Messenger Instagram Mute Klout Linkedin tools Twitter apps REPORT.
Bill Hartzer
MARCH 27, 2013
The first-ever online marketplace for buying and selling links in articles and blog posts based on Google Authorship and Klout score has been launched. AuthorLinks is a marketplace for buying and selling links based on a web site owner’s Google Authorship and overall Klout score.
The Way of the Web
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
Like a lot of people, I’m registered on both Klout and Peerindex , which both attempt to track my online influence in slightly different ways to give one overall score which can be compared to others in my areas of interest. So are you on Klout, Peerindex and Empire Avenue?
Bill Hartzer
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
” Currently, there are no other websites or places where someone can buy posts or articles based on the author’s Klout score or Google Authorship status. AuthorLinks , the first-ever marketplace to buy and sell Google Authorship, has rebranded as AuthPost.
Twist Image
JUNE 3, 2012
Schaefer over at Grow Blog recently published his second book, Return On Influence - The Revolutionary Power of Klout, Social Scoring, and Influence Marketing , which dissects the fascinating world of social scoring an individual consumer's true influence in the online channels. At the same time, many marketers see Klout and the power to social score individuals as a great way to not only nurture our evangelists but uncover new ones. klout.
Waxing UnLyrical
MAY 29, 2013
Here’s the write up from the #measurePR chat held on May 14: We kicked things off by discussing the new program from Klout, called Klout Experts. This evolution of Klout allows users to ask questions of experts. Guest Post by Jen Zingsheim. Hello folks!
Jeff Esposito
JUNE 6, 2012
I am not ashamed and in all honesty it is one of the few reasons why I keep my account with Klout. While it sucked the whole joy out of my Monday morning, the whole incident could have been avoided if either OneHopeWine.com or Klout used a few filters. On one hand OneHopeWine.com could have said to their rep at Klout, exclude users from these states because we cannot ship to them. I like getting free stuff.
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