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  • Klout score takes off with American Airlines

    To many people, one of the appealing benefits of a good score on influence ranking services is that you can take advantage of perks – free products, services or experiences offered to you based on how high your rank or…

  • The reality of influence discrimination

    Do people discriminate against you because of your score or rank from an influence measurement service like Klout? A thought-provoking post by Kerry Gorgone writing in Marketing Profs argues that, yes, it happens, and offers some advice to employers and…

  • Will Klout ever let you go?

    In November 2011, I quit Klout. Totally and completely. Not only did I close the account, but also I cancelled permissions to allow Klout to connect to each of the online social places to which I’d previously given it permission.…

  • Influence rank: the shape of recruitment to come

    If your job embraces community building and engagement across the social web, does your ranking on an online influence-measurement service like Klout matter? For some companies and recruiters, it certainly does. A case in point – Salesforce.com has a job…

  • In Defence Of Influence Metrics

    Is Klout getting a bum rap, spitefully pilloried in critical commentary such as my post on November 12 on opting out of Klout? Guest author Tammy Kahn Fennell believes that services like Klout and PeerIndex deserve fairer assessment. Let me…