Klout: The Standard for Online Influence
Have you been over to Klout.com yet? If you use Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, or LinkedIn, click here to find out your Klout score. Check it out and explore your score, and then come back to read the rest of this post (it will make a lot more sense to you if you know what Klout feels like). – What is a Klout score? Klout does a much better job of explaining it than I would, so read this quote from their site (emphasis added by me): The Klout Score is the measurement of your...
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Google Plus & What’s Next
Talk about press coverage, the release of Google+ seems to have reached every single media outlet on the planet. If you’ve just signed up but don’t know how to get started, skip the rest of this post and just read this simple 16-step guide. During the earnings call yesterday (July 14, 2011) Google’s CEO Larry Pageshared a few G+ numbers: 10 million users, 1 billion items shared. That’s right, in just two weeks the new social network has garnered 10 million users...
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Credibility and Social Media: Welcome to Grad School
Grad school is a lot like beef jerkey–it’s tough, it has a kick that’ll make you sweat, and too much will kill you. And yet, people still eat beef jerkey. Heck, I love beef jerkey. And I love grad school. Dr. Sweetser, my professor in research methodology, has assigned me quite possibly the most difficult project I’ve ever had to undertake for a class. Not only that, but she has attached a time limit that is next to impossible considering the fact that I have...
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