NewsIn praise of Klout, now that it’s going awayIt never became a standard tool for measuring influence. But it was weirdly influential itself, if the jokes it inspired are any indication.
TechWe’re All Celebrities Now: Can Micro-Endorsements Become The New Klout Perk?A startup called SocialRank has a new idea about how brands can find and reward the social media users who are most important to them.
TechKlout Is Reportedly Being Acquired For At Least $100 MillionRe/code reports the offer from Lithium Technologies is “in the low nine figures.”
TechWith New Content-Sharing Platform, Klout Wants To Be More Than A ScoreThe social metrics company wants you back.
TechKlout’s New App Cinch Is Like Quora, But More SocialKlout tries to score your social media influence, but now it’s also trying to leverage its users’ expertise to answer questions. Like, er, Quora.
TechQuora Introduces A New Top Writers Program As A Hat Tip To Its Most Valuable ContributorsThe new feature lets users easily identify the Q&A site’s cream-of-the-crop contributors.
TechWould You Pay To Discover Social Influencers?A new breed of Klout-like startups are trying to make a business out of searching for people, not things.
TechMicrosoft’s Bing Gets KloutThe game of influence just got a boost. Bing users will now start seeing experts’ Klout scores, and Bing will give search data to the social influence measurer to help with accuracy.
Work LifeIf You’re Interested In Influence, Social Scoring Is Of Historic ImportanceWhile it’s easy, and maybe trendy, to hate on it, Klout and its peers are becoming legitimate channels for indexing and connecting with word-of-mouth influencers.
TechThe Rise And Rise Of InfluenceRemember when you looked to TV and newspaper ads to tell you what to buy? Me neither.
ImpactBusinesses Measure Profit, What Do Social Ventures Measure?It’s becoming more and more of a necessity to find a way to measure and compare the impact of social entrepreneurship. A few companies are making new headway.
Work LifeThe Rise Of Digital Influence In MarketingSocial network users are rethinking how they connect and communicate to improve their stature within each network; at the same time, brands are using services like Klout and PeerIndex to identify individuals who are connected and relevant, to expand their reach into new media and markets.
TechDeath To Banner Ads! Social Media Campaigns That Worked Without ThemWhat works in social media marketing? Klout, Wildfire, and Mr Youth reveal results from their most successful campaigns.
Work LifeHow AMEX And Foursquare, Involver And Klout Are Shaping The Conversation Marketing Revolution
Fast Company MagazineDoes Social Media Have A Return On Investment?Do “likes” and retweets add up to sales? Who knows? And who really cares? We’re in the I Love Lucy era of social-media marketing, a golden age of unaccountability.
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