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New Social Price App Gives Users Their Inherent Value To Their Friends And The World

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:30:59 -0400

Endorsements, LinkedIn’s Answer To Klout, Passes 1B Recommendations And Builds Up A New Data Set

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:00:08 -0500

Endorsements, a lightweight way for people on LinkedIn to recommend each other's skills, has picked up some significant traction in its first five months of life. Today, LinkedIn is announcing that Endorsements has passed the 1 billion milestone -- with 58 million members getting recognition on their profiles for different areas of expertise, according to a blog post from Peter Rusev. The marker is a sign that, were LinkedIn so inclined, it could likely give sites likes Klout, which measure influencer status, a run for their money.

Klout Updates iPhone App With Passbook Integration, Wants You To “Show Off” With Klout Card

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:11:37 -0400

Online social influence is something that can really rub people the wrong way. Klout obviously believes in it wholeheartedly; others, not so much. Now, in a move that's sure to generate its fair share of criticism, Klout has updated its iPhone app with Passbook support, allowing users to create their own "Klout Card," which lives in Passbook and can help users "show off [their] influence."

Really Want to Influence Politicians? Stop Donating to Campaigns

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:00:00 -0400

DailyFinance.com: Election season is coming, and politicians across the spectrum are already hunting for contributions. But with the vast majority of political donations coming from lobbies, corporations, and wealthy families, does it make sense for average taxpayers ... Read more

Should you care how high your Klout score is?

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:11:46 -0400

Users are outraged about changes that Klout has made to the way it calculates online influence, and some argue these scores are meaningless. But measuring "reputation rank" is clearly a huge potential market, and Klout is far from the only one interested in doing it.

PROskore’s New Business Network Aims To Be LinkedIn + Klout + Leads Generation

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:10:44 -0400

PROskore is a newly launched business network that ranks your social media activity and influence in combination with your professional experience in order to give you a score denoting your overall professional influence. At first glance, it sounds a lot like Klout, the popular service that measures online influence. But unlike Klout, PROskore takes into account your business connections and actual work experience in its scoring methodology. It's also built specifically for business networking purposes, allowing its users to focus on growing their companies. Meanwhile Klout, via its Klout Perks program, is more focused on help brands and advertisers grow their own businesses instead.

Can One Person Really Make a Difference?

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:05:29 -0400

Influence works like multiplying tree branches with a ripple effect over time. You've probably impacted far more people than you realize.

Does Klout Have Clout?

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:36:37 -0400

On Monday we dove into what Klout is. Now, I have a Klout score of 43 and while I am classified as a “Networker” I am in no position to battle Lady Gaga (Klout score of 93) or any Kardashian for that matter. That being said, I like to believe I have some social media [...]

Exactly How Valuable Are People With High Klout Scores?

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:19:59 -0400

If you’re anything like our office, you are in intense Klout competitions with your fellow coworkers. As the newest way to establish just how influential you are, your “Klout” is an increasingly valuable measurement to businesses looking to enhance their online marketing strategy. Apparently, it’s also vital to your friends at work who will undoubtedly [...]

How “Social Proof” Helps Smart Investors

Tue, 31 May 2011 09:43:47 -0400

By David Galland, The Casey Report

As a young man in a foreign land, my curiosity was piqued by the crowd standing five or six deep in a circle. On pushing my way forward, the focus of the crowd’s attention quickly became apparent – a fight, although for reasons I’ll explain momentarily, “fight” is not the right word.

The setting was the annual wine festival in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. I was just 18, a wet-behind-the-ears puppy from a small town in Hawaii. But even in the remote backwaters of my youth, the Swiss reputation for a certain decorum and circumspection had made its way into my consciousness. How then to explain the sight of several dozen Swiss citizens, a cross-cut . . . → Read More: How “Social Proof” Helps Smart Investors

The Weekly Compete Pulse

Sat, 14 May 2011 11:50:21 -0400

It’s been a busy week here at Compete, things are settling down from last week’s Digital CMO Summit, and we’re getting prepped to head to Net.Finance next week. In the meantime, check out these links to some of this week’s news articles that we read and found interesting for online marketers. The founders of YouTube [...]

The Race to Build a PageRank for the Social Web Continues

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:03:31 -0500

As the race to build the social version of Google's PageRank heats up, PeerIndex has added a new data source to its rankings: users can now connect their Quora profiles to the service, which will use their activity at the site as a measure of authority.

The Most Influential People on Twitter

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:48:24 -0500

Researchers at HP and Stanford have figured out what gives someone influence on twitter, and who the most influential twitterer is. Hint: You may never have heard of her.

Most Important People On Twitter (Nope, Not Ashton Kutcher)

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:48:24 -0500

Researchers at HP and Stanford studied what gives someone clout on twitter and identified the most influential Twitter users. The list will surprise you.

The Most Influential People on Twitter

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:48:24 -0500

Researchers at HP and Stanford have figured out what gives someone influence on twitter, and who the most influential twitterer is. Hint: You may never have heard of her.

Most Important People On Twitter (Nope, Not Ashton Kutcher)

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:48:24 -0500

Researchers at HP and Stanford studied what gives someone clout on twitter and identified the most influential Twitter users. The list will surprise you.

5 Ways Klout Should Impact Your Day

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:14:10 -0400

Time 26:42 The Point I dislike solutions headlines, but readers like them, so it’s a compromise. And they work to attract readers, which is what the new system of influence rewards. Klout scores are part of an individual’s twitter profile and used by more than 450 applications and services.

5 Ways Klout Should Impact Your Day

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:14:10 -0400

Don’t Worry, It Doesn’t Matter How Many Twitter Followers You Have

Mon, 10 May 2010 20:00:24 -0400

Though navel-gazers may have freaked out this morning after seeing their Twitter follower counts reset to zero, a new paper out of the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Germany finds that Twitter follower numbers are a poor indicator of influence.

The hunt for the elusive influencer

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:06:39 -0400

Maybe there is no such thing as an influencer. We keep hunting the elusive influencer because marketing people, especially, but also politicians (marketers in bad suits) and media people (marketers in denial) think that if they can find and convince or brainwash that one influencer, he or she will spread their word like Jesus and [...]

Neo-Tsarism

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:53:26 -0500

The UK press have a reputation for baiting Russia in the press somewhat - perhaps a reflection of less-than-healthy diplomatic relations in recent years. Today, the Telegraph has published a bizarre article by one James Corum, a speciali...

The BRICs Love Multipolarity, but What Are They Doing With It?

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:35:48 -0500

In light of RA's recent article on Brazil and Venezuela, I thought I would excerpt from this opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal by Susan Kaufman Purcell of the University of Miami, which adds to the discussion on global multilateralism a...

Attention + Influence do not equal Authority

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:19:15 -0500

In the dustup over whether it is a good idea to sort Twitter posts by authority - defined as the number of followers one has - John Naughton rises above the cloud to see a larger fallacy in the discussion: The number of followers one has does not equal authority. It stands for influence (or [...]