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Moms with Klout

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Here at Klout, we are big fans of moms especially those with Klout and so is Babble.com, a site for a new generation of parents. Babble is where moms and dads go for tips on products, recipes, and to catch up on blogs written by parents. One of those blogs is Strollerderby, who is hosting a contest called; Know a Mom with Clout? Win her an iPad 2 on Babble! The contest was inspired by our data and we want you to enter in your favorite mom or dad that has Klout!

For more details on the contest and how to enter go to StrollerDerby. You have until noon on Monday, March 14th, so get in while you can!

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53rd Annual Grammy Award Winners According to Klout

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Its award season and the Grammys are just around the corner! So here at Klout we thought it would be fun to predict the winners according to their Klout scores. It been a great year for the music industry, Eminem has made a big comeback and if you haven’t heard yet already, Justin Bieber is the most influential person on Twitter.

Slate magazine, a blog about all things music, film, TV, predicts that Lady Antebellum will take home the Record of the Year award. While Suite 101, thinks Eminem’s Love the Way You Lie, will receive the gold gramophone trophy. So check out our predictions based on each artists’ Klout score.

Record Of The Year
 The Grammy goes to:
Love The Way You Lie – Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Runner Ups:
Nothin’ On You – B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars

Need You Now - Lady Antebellum

F*** You - Cee Lo Green

Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z & Alicia Keys


Album Of The Year
The Grammy goes to:

The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga

Runner Ups:
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

Recovery – Eminem

Need You Now - Lady Antebellum

The Suburbs - Arcade Fire


Best New Artist
The Grammy goes to:
Justin Bieber

Runner Ups:
Drake
Florence & The Machine

Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:

The Grammy goes to: Lady Gaga @ladygaga (90.12)

Runner Ups: Katy Perry @katyperry (89.82), Sara Bareilles @sarabareilles (73), Beyonce @beyonce (51), Norah Jones @norahjones (44)

Best Males Pop Vocal Performance:

The Grammy goes to: Bruno Mars @brunomars (83)

Runner Ups: Adam Lambert @adamlambert (80), Michael Buble @michaelbuble (65), Michael Jackson @michaeljackson (62), John Mayer (does not have a Twitter account anymore)

Best Metal Performance:

The Grammy goes to: Iron Maiden @ironmaidenfc (65.9)

Runner Ups: Korn @korn (65.99), Slayer @slayerband (62), Lamb of God @lambofgodband (60)

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:

The Grammy goes to: Monica @monica (80)

Runner Ups: Kelly Price @kellyprice4real (56.2), Fantasia @tasiasword (55.65), Faith Evans @missdunaway (55.65), Jazmine Sullivan @jsullivanmusic (53)

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:

The Grammy goes to: Usher @usherraymondiv (83)

Runner Ups: Kirk Whalum @kirkwhalum (60.48), El DeBarge @eldebarge (58), Jaheim @officialjaheim (42)

Best Rap Solo Performance:

The Grammy goes to: Kanye West @kanyawest (92)

Runner Ups: Drake @drakkardnoir (87), Ludacris @ludacris (83), Eminem @eminem (80), T.I. @tip (68)

Best Rap Album:

The Grammy goes to: Drake @drakkardnoir (87)

Runner Ups: The Roots @questlove (82), Eminem @eminem (80), B.o.B. @bobatl (75), Jay-Z @JayZ (58)

There’s our predictions, who do you think will take home the gold? Feel free to look up their account on klout.com

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What Does Influence Mean To You?

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Influence and social currency – how many times have you come across these buzzwords in your daily digest of blog posts, articles, and tweets? What do these terms mean?

At Klout, we define influence as the ability to drive people to action. On Twitter, “action” might be defined as a reply, retweet, or clicking a link. We believe everyone has influence so Klout aims to help users understand and leverage their influence to earn real rewards through the Klout Perks program. Put another way, we want to help you cash in your social currency for rewards.

But that’s enough about our point of view. What do influence and social currency mean to you? How are they similar or different from each other? Klout wants to hear what you think. We’re going to hold a Twitter contest where you can voice your opinion and become eligible to win a free Klout t-shirt! Don’t worry, this is not meant to be a test of your influence. It’s just a fun way for you to get some free swag! Here’s how it works:

Klout Swag

ENTER TO WIN

Tweet about influence or social currency or the relationship between the two and include the hashtag #iKlout (you Klout, we all Klout…) and link back to this page (http://bit.ly/cJJV0u) today. Just make sure your tweet follows these guidelines.

Here’s an example:

Influence is the ability to drive action http://bit.ly/cJJV0u #iKlout

1. You are limited to one tweet so that’s only 112 characters when you account for the hashtag #iKlout and link back (http://bit.ly/cJJV0u). Feel free to use abbreviations. We’re looking for concise memorable responses so you definitely don’t have to write a comprehensive definition. Even if you just make one small point or distinction that you think is important, we’d love to hear it. Take Brian Solis (@briansolis) for example, who simply wrote “Influence is not popularity” in this blog post.

2. We understand that some great minds might think alike, but please do not enter someone else’s response as your own.

VOTING

All Twitter users will be able to track the submissions by searching for the #iKlout hashtag. To vote for the entry that you like, simply retweet the message using the official Twitter retweet function. You can vote for as many entries as you want. We will not be counting old school retweets in the contest because there’s the risk of double voting, modifying people’s original entries, and spamming.

WINNERS

The five people whose entries have the highest number of unique retweet votes will receive free Klout t-shirts in the mail! We will direct message you that you have won. Simply DM us back with your name and mailing address and we’ll get you your goods.

That’s all folks – just tweet your opinion of influence.

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Posted in measuring influence, social media | 201 Comments »

Spotlight on TweetPivot: Visualize your Twitterverse

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

A great way to discover users to follow on Twitter is to look for lists of people who discuss or have expertise on a topic that you’re interested in. A well-curated list can be a gold mine of information and it’s easier to start a conversation with someone new when you have common interests. However, other than the fact that people on a list talk about certain keywords, you don’t get a sense of who these users are or what they are like as a whole.

Enter TweetPivot, a visual and interactive Twitter user discovery tool that gives users insights about individuals and group of people. Simply enter in your username and choose a group of Twitter users to explore: a list, followers, or people you follow. TweetPivot will rain down the users of that group in a colorful display of profile pictures. Click on an individual picture and TweetPivot will give you a profile that includes name, bio, location, friend count, follower count, and a selection of Klout statistics. It’s a quick way to navigate through the profiles of many different users and find the basic info you want to know.

Even more interesting is the ability to look at group trends. For example, does a group have a lot of power users with high influence? Sort by influence and find out. Do you want to know where your followers come from? Sort by location and see how far your tweets reach geographically. What kind of company do you keep on Twitter? Try sorting your followers by Klout classification and you can watch TweetPivot magically create a graph of where people fall based on Twitter style. Your audience might have a large fraction of thought leaders, or people who have well-respected opinions and insights about developments within an industry. Or maybe your audience has a lot of syndicators who have the inside scoop on events and trends as they are just unfolding.

If you find an interesting subset of people within a network, TweetPivot will let you create a Twitter list with those users so that you can easily follow and engage with them. By looking through different statistical lenses, you get a better sense of who these users are on an individual and group basis.

Chris Arnold (@GoodCoffeeCode), creator of TweetPivot, had this to say about integrating with Klout to provide value to users.
“TweetPivot is a unique tool that helps you gain previously hidden insights into your friends or followers; not just individually, but as a whole. When we integrated the range of Klout Scores into our collections, our users were able to understand so much more about the demographic (or ‘Twittergraphic’) makeup of their friends and followers. TweetPivot is becoming a great graphical analysis tool and Klout is now a critical part of this. When a collection is created for users that have Klout data available for them the user experience is improved dramatically. What we like about Klout data is that it’s meaningful. Starting from their Classes it’s easy to understand how a collection is segmented into the various Twittergraphics. Combining Klout’s ‘True Reach’ and ‘Score’ metrics helps validate a users ‘worth’ that would normally just be evaluated on their number of followers.”

We love that our partners are building amazing tools using the Klout API and encourage you to take this Twitter user discovery tool for a spin.

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