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Klout went to SxSW this year to touch base with friends and peers in the tech community. We had a great time connecting with people who influence us and learning who influences them.

We started off by inviting Klout family and friends to the #KloutKrib for a little afternoon delight. With good company all around, we feasted on Torchy’s Tacos and knocked back PBRs.

We then filmed a little documentary about influence. A big part of SxSW is saturating your brain sponge after all! We asked people a simple question: who influences you?

Music and Videography by Mark Likosky

With all the people connecting, ideas brewing and bottles popping, we knew that SxSWers would need to refuel. We brought in the big boys, Pecos Tacos, to the corner of W. 6th and Rio Grande to give out free tacos on Friday and Saturday nights! The taco truck, decked out in Klout colors, invited people to feed their influence.

To get a glimpse of our SxSW trip on the ground and on Twitter, check out our Pinterest and Storify.

Thank you everyone who came to hang out with us at #KloutKrib! It was great catching up with old friends and connecting with new people. To all of SxSW, we hope you enjoyed the #kloutacos and see you next year!

Photo Credits: @Likosky, @Katelin_Cruse, @AChenKPCB, @JennyDeVaughn, and @foxycar

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Nearly 300,000 people will descend on Austin over the next 10 days for SxSW, a massive three-in-one conference, to hear the latest developments in music, film and the Web. A notoriously fun event, SxSW is where parties abound. There’s plenty of opportunity to connect with friends and colleagues while meeting other talented young professionals.

At Klout, we believe everyone has influence, whether it’s in technology, shopping or parenting, and our mission is to help every user unlock their influence. We consider every SxSW attendee to be an influencer in technology, social media and the Internet, so we want to feed your influence with two free tacos from Pecos Tacos! On Friday and Saturday nights at 11pm, come find our Klout branded truck (you can’t miss it!) at W. 6th Street @ Rio Grande and use the password “Kloutlaw” to get your grub on. Hurry though, #Kloutacos are first come, first serve until we run out!

For those of you can’t make it to SXSW, we’ve got you covered! We’ll be tweeting from Austin and sharing what it’s like on the ground at SXSW through the eyes of our very own Klout team members! Tune into #KXKW on our Twitter and on our KXKW Tumblr!

Many of you have heard rumors that there will be a sweet Klout House for SxSW this March. For once, the rumor mill is right and the Klout Krib should definitely be on your Austin to-do list.

We want to invite you to our first Klout event at the Krib on Saturday, March 12th from 12PM – 3PM. We’ll have food and drinks (including Veev cocktails) poolside and 75 influencers will get special edition HeyDay Footwear (watch out for a Perk invite). Not to mention The UserVoice Challenge Cab will be shuttling as many people to the event as possible for free – AND giving out nifty prizes. If you can’t get in the challenge cab, we’ll also have a limo for additional transport.

UPDATE: We’re pleased to announce that AudioRunner will be playing for us! Self-defined “Rocktronic” group Audio Runner combines vocal, instrumental and electronic sounds that explore different genres for each new track. Audio Runner is perfect for the KloutUp since they came to existence through social media.

Nadia G. from Bitchin Kitchen will also be joining us and presenting one of our signature dishes. Yum!

Austin KloutUp

The Klout Krib (address to follow)

Saturday March 12th

12PM – 3PM

#Krib

RSVP on Plancast.

We’re hosting an invite-only party with @SimonRestaraunt and @PalmsLasVegas at CES and we wanted to save a few invites to give out here on our blog. The exclusive party will feature food from the delicious @SimonRestaurant, drinks (including Ty Ku sake), chair massages from @DriftSpa and a great chance to hang out away from the crowded conference.

So, why do you want to go to our CES Kloutup? Tweet your response using the hashtag #KCES and two winners (determined by retweets) will get to go with a guest. The event is Thursday, Jan 6th from 5-7PM.

Use this format: I want to go to #KCES because it’s going to rock my socks off! http://bit.ly/kloutces

Feel free to play around with the format as long as you include #KCES and the link http://bit.ly/kloutces

Vote for your favorites by retweeting them. The contest will run until 11:59PM PT tonight and we’ll announce the winners on Monday!

Let us know if you have any questions!

UPDATE: Congrats to @saltyseattle & @coberley, our winners of the contest! See you at #KCES!!

Thanks to everyone who participated!!