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The 4th of July holiday weekend is not only a celebration of US independence, it is also one of the biggest weekends for barbecues and, let’s be honest, beer. So when you’re choosing the beer for your get-together, we want to make sure you know who to ask for advice. We’re pleased to present the top 10 influencers on the topic of beer.

We found these influencers by looking at the action they’re driving specifically on beer and related topics. When these influencers share their opinions on beer their content get shared, responded to, and spread throughout many networks.

Without further ado…

So an extra congratulations to our top 10 and a happy holiday to everyone else!

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We’re excited to be working with Social: IRL to give away two tickets to a special boot camp event with Peter Shankman. The event is July 19th in Lawrence, KS and focus on relationships with customers in the age of social media. Peter Shankman is known for founding HARO (Help a Reporter Out) as well as an author and marketing expert.

We know students and job seekers may not be able to afford the ticket price so we’re offering two free tickets. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from a marketing rockstar.

To apply for one of the two complimentary registrations, applicants should describe in 500 words or less what they would hope to learn from Peter and how they feel using social media can impact their future career opportunities. Apply on Social: IRL’s online contact form. Make sure to include full name, email, contact phone number, and Twitter user name (if applicable).

Entries must be received by end of day Monday, July 11. Individuals selected to receive the complimentary registrations will be contacted Wednesday, July 13, and will need to be available to attend the Social: IRL event on Tuesday, July 19. Winners will each receive a complimentary event registration. They will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements and expenses. Registrations are nontransferable. No cash substitutions.

If you’re not a student or job seeker you can sill use discount code IRLKLOUT to receive a discount registration rate. Enjoy!

We’re excited to be a supporter of Social: IRL’s Explore and Engage boot camp taking place June 14 in Denver, Colorado.  We want to help students who couldn’t otherwise afford to attend, so we’re partnering with SocialIRL to send two students to the event for free. (If you’re not a student, look out for a discount code below)

Explore and Engage offers an opportunity for those in public relations, marketing, communications, or anyone using the social web to engage customers or community, to learn from two of the most respected social media professionals in the nation – Brian Solis and Jason Falls.

You really can’t go wrong with a program that opens with a talk called “Engage or die!” from Brian Solis.

Explore and Engage  is a great opportunity for students to learn more about this field. If you’re a full time student, enter to win a ticket as a “future influencer.” Students have until end of day Wednesday, June 8; visit Social: IRL for full details.

Even if you’re not a student, we want to help you out, so use code IRLKLOUT to get $50 off registration.

Where would you be if it weren’t for your influencers and supporters? Influence is inherently about relationships. Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a whole network to raise a Klout Score.

Twitter’s #FollowFriday tradition is a great chance to take a moment to thank the people who have made social media awesome for you. Why not tweet a #FF to those who you influence (your fans) as well as those who influence you?

All you have to do it go to your Klout profile and click the influencers tab. There you’ll see a list of people you influence and, below that, a list of people who influence you. Both lists have lovely tweet and share buttons. Furthermore, these lists update every Thursday, so you’ll have a new list every week for #FollowFriday.

Now just tweet away (add in #FF or #FollowFriday at the end)! Even @Souljaboy is doing it.

If you feel that your influencer lists don’t fit with your social profile, you can always mouse over the image of someone and remove them from your public profile. They also then won’t show up in your tweet. Let us know if you have any other questions. And, of course, happy Friday!

We believe you should own your Klout so we want you to feel a part of what we’re creating. We love seeing how much you all care about Klout and getting amazing feedback on our projects. We’ve had two amazing #kloutchat‘s thus far and hope you will join for our third, today at 3PM PT!

Subject: New Klout.com

Wednesday, May 4th. 3PM PT / 6PM EST

Join us on hashtag: #kloutchat

We’ll be asking what you think of our new site, what feedback you have, and any ideas for improvement. For more info about the new features check out our post announcing the new beta. Hope to see you then!

If you’re unfamiliar with Twitter chats, check out the article “What is a Twitter Tweet Chat?“