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What makes a good influencer? “Influence” is a concept difficult to evaluate since it refers to both subjective and objective values, resulting in a measurement of: Via Ken Morrison, Miloš Bajčetić, Rui Guimarães Lima 
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My friend Mark Bartikoski brought this article and infographic to my attention. It was posted on Business 2 Community..
Whether we like it or not, Klout is here to stay, brands use it to find influencers who will in turn become advocates, companies use it when they're interviewing perspective employees and many of our peers pay attention to it too.
Once scrutinized for its methods and criticized as being nothing more than an online zodiac, Klout has nevertheless secured its place in the social media...
Included in this piece is a tip sheet to help you raise your score.
How does Klout measure your score?
**The number of people you influence + how much you influence them + how influential they are = your Klout Score
What goes into your score?
**Retweets and mentions
**Comments, wall posts and likes
**Tips, to-do's, done
**Comments, shares, +1s
Each user gets 5 +K each day to distribute to other users they consider influential
Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
Read article and see infographic + tip shee
:Infographic by: RM Sorg WallStreetBranding
Read article and see infographic here: [http://bit.ly/NhrOaZ] Via janlgordon
janlgordon's comment,
July 11, 2012 3:45 PM
John van den Brink
Thank you for kind words, I really appreciate you and your wonderful support! |
This looks like a good model for future oriented teaching roles.
Influencers on social media are either passionate individuals who turn out to be specialists or professionals involved who use Web 2.0 tools as part of their work. They take advantage of their presence on social networks for personal gain or as representative (or ambassador) a brand, company or organization.