How's your Klout working for you?A couple of years ago, another Biznik tweeted me telling me I had Klout.
I noticed that he'd spelled the word incorrectly, but upon closer investigation, I discovered he was talking about KLOUT, not clout (LOL)
When I got a notification from Klout that I had broken 50, I was pretty excited.
I spent a couple of weeks afterwards monitoring it, but have subsequently stopped.
When I use it, it is more of a verification on what I presumed; like the person I am researching is or is not using social as a tool enough to rely on for whatever reason I am looking into.
I rarely engage with the site because of all the 'Perks popups' - they are never relevant to me.
That's a great way to use it, Matt, as a way to verify the extent to which someone is "social.
One of the ways I use it is to give +K to folks who have influenced me in a certain area. It's a fun way to acknowledge others and let them know you appreciate them and their work.
Klout has added new functionality to the giving of +K to another, the option to leave a note or testimonial explaining why/how the person has influenced or impacted you.
Check out this interesting article on one person's view about what Klout really measures:
Myself, I have mixed feelings about Klout and their method to their madness.
But when it comes to influencers, perks, etc, here is a great post from a colleague of mine....
http://dannybrown.me/2012/06/29/influential-mentions-arent-the-same-as-word-of-mouth-returns/
I just took a look at my rather small Klout score of '10'. Wow. An untended garden doesn't really grow that well, anyway.
I took a look at the higher scores. They had a tendancy to be the "stephen fry" or the "ashton's" of the world.
How does someone who is average and doesn't spend every second of every day on twitter, get a higher score?
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