Date | Title | Description |
10.05.2018 | RIP Klout | Remember Klout?
The controversial influencer market service that purportedly let social media influencers get free stuff is finally closing its doors this month.
Perhaps, like me, you’re surprised that Klout is still running in 2018, but ti... |
09.09.2017 | 10 Popular Influencer Marketing Tools to Improve Your Reach | Influencer marketing is the latest trend in brand promotion strategies, and it is becoming increasingly popular among companies compared to traditional strategies. A recent study shows that $570 million was spent on influencer marketing cam... |
17.08.2017 | How healthcare practice marketers can maximize PR, social media tools to attract new patients | Public relations for physician practices and other healthcare organizations is no longer just press releases and traditional media interviews. Modern PR includes posting content on social media, a company’s website and more. It may seem cha... |
31.05.2016 | How to Optimize Your Blog’s SEO Without Breaking the Bank | If you’re running a blog in 2016, you probably know that the phrase “build it and they will come” certainly doesn’t hold true in today’s digital landscape. Once you’ve built a beautiful site with awesome content, a solid SEO or SEM strategy... |
04.02.2016 | 3 Nearly Free Growth Hacks | Mason Pelt Contributor
Mason Pelt is a growth hacker and the founder of Push ROI.
“Growth hacking” is a term that people seem to think means “magically market any product or company for free.” I wrote a post called What is growth hacking? t... |
30.01.2016 | How Twitter could be 10X bigger, 100X more profitable, and 1000X more awesome | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
I’ve spent many years studying, writing about, bu... |
30.01.2016 | How Twitter could be 10X bigger, 100X more profitable, and 1000X more awesome | I’ve spent many years studying, writing about, building, and funding companies (such as Bottlenose, Klout, and The Daily Dot) in Twitter’s ecosystem.
Despite the media chatter, I am still bullish on Twitter – as should be any investor who u... |
05.10.2015 | The problem with rating people on the new app Peeple | As I write this, #Peeple is the top trending topic in my Twitter sidebar. The web is bemused and irate about an app that will let people rate other people as if they were baubles purchased on Amazon.
Its cofounders, Nicole McCullough and Ju... |
01.10.2015 | Klout Perks Is No More | Sad news for those who like free stuff – Klout Perks, the swag offered by social media scoring platform Klout, has quietly shut down. Lithium Technologies, the company that bought Klout more than a year ago, confirmed it ended the Perks pro... |
07.08.2015 | Startup Resource: 35 Free Social Media Tools | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
For all startups selecting the software they can employ to enhance their social media presence and growth hack, NBT Academy have put together this extensive list of free socia... |
30.06.2015 | Klear, Formerly Called Twtrland, Gets $1.5M To Grow Its Social Media Analytics Platform | Twtrland, which wants to make comprehensive social media analytics easy to understand, has raised $1.5 million in new funding from Altair, GIG, and TMT. It is also rebranding as Klear, since the platform now looks at data from Facebook and ... |
11.03.2015 | SXSW Accelerator continues to discover amazing new startups [Q&A] | The annual SXSW Accelerator competition presented by Oracle is set to take place on Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15 at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival.
I spoke to Chris Valentine, event producer for SXSW Accelerator and ... |
03.02.2015 | 7 Great Tools for Monitoring Your Brand’s Online Reputation | Social Media without doubt is very important for companies and brands. It’s imperative that the impact of your social media campaign is measured consistently. This helps to optimise content for social media platforms and helps you know if y... |
17.12.2014 | Social Influence Startup PeerIndex Acquired By Brandwatch in Cash/Shares Deal | After raising $22 million in May this year, UK-based social media monitoring startup Brandwatch has clearly been hunting around for arrows to add to its quiver. Its gaze has alighted on another UK startup, PeerIndex: Brandwatch has bought P... |
25.09.2014 | Price-Tracking Service Nifti Switches Gears, Launches Social Polling App Cinch | Pricing tracking and alerts service Nifti is testing the waters with a new application called Cinch (no, not Klout’s advice-giving app also called Cinch, but very close.) In fact, Nifti’s new app is practically a variation on Klout’s earlie... |
17.08.2014 | Nudge Is A Dashboard For All Your Fitness Wearables And Apps | Despite not being a particularly fitness-obsessed person, I’ve fallen for the fitness tracking trend. My main fitness tracker is a Jawbone UP24, but I also keep Moves iOS app turned on and occasionally use RunKeeper.
The hassle of keeping o... |
10.06.2014 | 10 Most Influential World Cup Footballers on Facebook and Twitter | Hate it or love it, football remains the world’s most popular sport, with a fan base of at least half the world’s population. And when it comes to sporting events, they don’t come any bigger than the World Cup.
Footballers all over the worl... |
20.05.2014 | Klout Launches Android App After iOS App Increases Sharing | Last month, Klout launched a new iOS app, promising an Android version in the near future. Now, that version is here.
The app is, of course, based on the newer version of Klout launched in February, which turned the service into a content r... |
25.04.2014 | This tool displays all of your verified Twitter followers | Ever wonder which verified users follow you on Twitter?
“Verified Followers” is a new service that displays your popular verified Twitter followers, sorted by their total follower stats. The Web app’s simplicity — if you can call it a Web a... |
08.04.2014 | Klout Launches New App For iOS, Android On The Way | Klout has launched a new iOS app that reflects the major changes to its service it rolled out earlier this year. If you haven’t looked at Klout lately, it has become something of a social news reader that lets you share recommended content ... |
08.04.2014 | Klout's new iOS app tells you how to run your Twitter account | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Today, Klout revealed its new iOS app — the company’s first major release since it was bought by Lithium Technologies for a rumored $20... |
08.04.2014 | Klout's new iOS app tells you how to run your Twitter account | Today, Klout revealed its new iOS app — the company’s first major release since it was bought by Lithium Technologies for a rumored $200 million.
Klout, which offers social media measurement tools (like the Klout Score), shares that its app... |
27.03.2014 | Lithium Confirms That It Has Acquired Klout | At a press event today, Lithium Technologies confirmed reports that it has closed its acquisition of Klout .
Re/code first reported on the deal back in February, saying that it was “signed but not closed,” and then Fortune reported yesterda... |
27.03.2014 | Lithium Scores Klout in All-Stock Deal | March 27, 2014 2 min read
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Lithium Technologies purchased Klout in an all-stock deal, the companies announced in a joint press conference today.
Terms of the deal were not disclo... |
27.03.2014 | Lithium Technologies Acquires Klout | Lithium Technologies, a provider of solutions for brands to engage on social networks and building online customer communities, acquired Klout, the San Francisco, CA-based platform to measure users’ social web influence.
The amount of the t... |
27.03.2014 | Lithium to announce $200M acquisition of Klout | The two companies are expected to announce the deal Thursday
Lithium Technologies is going to make an honest company out of Klout this morning with an anticipated announcement of a $200 million acquisition. That’s according to a report from... |
26.03.2014 | What Does Your Klout Score Even Mean? | March 26, 2014 3 min read
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
There’s a certain comfort that comes with a rating a system. Salespeople, for instance, want to be 99th percentile in revenue. College football teams w... |
26.03.2014 | Social Media Influence Tool Klout Acquired for $200 Million | Fortune/CNN has just reported that the social media influence scoring platform, Klout, has been acquired by Lithium Technologies, a company that provides social customer solutions for enterprises. According to the report, the deal is valued... |
26.03.2014 | Lithium To Acquire Social Influence Scoring Site Klout For $200M | Social customer service company Lithium Technologies will announce on Thursday morning that it has acquired Klout for almost $200 million in cash and private stock, says Fortune.
Re/code first reported last month that Lithium and Klout, whi... |
21.03.2014 | This company wants to build a Klout that’s actually valuable | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In two months, a pair of cofounders left their jo... |
21.03.2014 | This company wants to build a Klout that’s actually valuable | In two months, a pair of cofounders left their jobs, built a minimum viable product, and launched with two billion-dollar brands. Their goal? To do what Klout failed to do: build a tool to helps brands connect with their most valuable fans.... |
11.03.2014 | Brooklyn’s five Congressional reps on Twitter | Twitter has become as common place for legislative communications as a good old fashioned newsletter.
So, in that spirit, we’ve made a list of Brooklyn Legislators. For now, it just includes the U.S. Congressional delegation. We’ll get the ... |
11.02.2014 | Lithium Technologies to acquire Klout for $100M | As Klout aligns itself more with business, Lithium takes notice
Have you checked your Klout score lately? “My what?” you ask. Exactly.
After raising $40 million over the last few years, including a $30 million round in 2012, many were left ... |
06.02.2014 | Klout Just Turned Into A Social News Reader | Klout just got a big redesign. Head over to Klout.com now, and you’ll see a page encouraging you to “Create and share great content.”
The change is billed as being about “creating content,” though as far as I can tell, it’s mostly about sha... |
06.02.2014 | Klout Adds Content Sharing Recommendations To Help Improve Your Score | Think your Klout score’s too low? Well, the social influence measurement startup is launching a revamped version of its website today that includes tools for improving your score.
The main addition is a “create” section that shows a stream ... |
14.01.2014 | The Votes Are In, And the Winners Are... | January 14, 2014 6 min read
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Welcome to the .Net100 - a ranking that measures the top sites on the web with the .net domain extension. Entrepreneur and Verisign came together to ... |
11.10.2013 | Klout Deepens Its Bing Integration By Placing ‘Snapshots’ Alongside Your Search Results | Well, here’s another reason to care about your Klout score (and, y’know, actually create an account on Klout) — the company, which aims to measure social media influence, is announcing a prominent new integration with Microsoft’s search eng... |
11.10.2013 | Bing Gets Snapshots From Klout In Search Results | Klout announced an extension of its partnership with Bing today with the launch of Klout-verified snapshots in Bing search results.
Klout’s Paul Kim and Genevieve Lydstone explain, “From the beginning of Klout, we’ve been focused on helping... |
14.09.2013 | When A Startup Worth Hundreds Of Millions Goes Dark: Klout's Quiet Year Of Growth And Struggle | Redeem now
Klout employees beneath a sign in their California headquarters. Instagram/Klout "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
It's a question all startups have to answer between giant fundraises and figuring out business ... |
08.08.2013 | Gnip Expands Its Partnership With Klout, Becoming The Exclusive Provider Of Klout Topics | Social data provider Gnip has expanded its agreement with Klout, so Gnip customers who already include Klout Scores in their customer service, sales and engagement products can have access to more data.
For one thing, those customers can no... |
08.08.2013 | Leaderboarded Takes On PeerIndex Groups As Latter Switches Focus To Platform | A couple of years ago Klout competitor PeerIndex came up with a clever wheeze. It would create PeerGroups, which were listings of experts in particular fields ranked according to their PeerIndex score. These were created by the company itse... |
30.06.2013 | The Rise Of The Ephemeralnet | In the aftermath of the dot-com crash, a new era for the web began to take hold – a turning point whose seismic shift was hyped under the moniker “Web 2.0.” The concept referred to the web becoming a platform, a home for services whose popu... |
25.06.2013 | One Year After Acquisition, Microsoft Touts Yammer's Growth | News One Year After Acquisition, Microsoft Touts Yammer's Growth By Kurt MackieJune 25, 2013
To mark the one-year milestone of its acquisition of Yammer, Microsoft on Tuesday detailed its plans for the social networking application, as well... |
25.06.2013 | One Year After Acquisition, Microsoft Touts Yammer's Growth | News One Year After Acquisition, Microsoft Touts Yammer's Growth By Kurt MackieJune 25, 2013
To mark the one-year milestone of its acquisition of Yammer, Microsoft on Tuesday detailed its plans for the social networking application, as well... |
11.06.2013 | Look out Klout, Reddit adds partner perks for Reddit Gold subscribers | Reddit is well on its way to becoming the Costco of community news sharing sites — minus the requirement of membership, of course.
Yes, I realize how crazy that might sound, but consider that both companies treat their employees well, offer... |
11.06.2013 | Look out Klout, Reddit adds partner perks for Reddit Gold subscribers | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Reddit is well on its way to becoming the Costco ... |
22.05.2013 | A new social platform for Microsoft channel partners | The Microsoft partner network (MPN) is Microsoft’s ‘official’ body for channel partners. A Microsoft partner is one of the 640,000 companies worldwide that build, sell, or consult with Microsoft products. Most of these companies operate in ... |
08.05.2013 | Klout Gets Into The Q&A Business By Launching Klout Experts (With Help From Bing) | So what does a high Klout score actually get you? The influence-measuring startup already offers prizes through its Klout Perks program, and there are bragging rights (unless your friends think you’re a loser for caring about your Klout sco... |
28.04.2013 | Why your personality will be scored in the next 5 years | As the globe shrinks and our social worlds expand, the need for more transparency in both our on and offline dealings is increasing. In a virtual world, we may need a universal character score.
Before the Young’s Modulus measurement of elas... |
28.03.2013 | Klout Users Can Now Add Bing To Their Account And Include Instagram In Their Score | Klout, the service for measuring online influence, is boosting its integration with both Bing and Instagram today.
On the Bing side, the news follows last fall’s announcement of a strategic investment from and partnership with Microsoft. Th... |
28.03.2013 | The Pros and Cons of Using Klout and Kred for Hiring | March 28, 2013 4 min read
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Some business owners use tools like Klout and Kred to measure a person's online influence before hiring him or her. Some people argue these tools can h... |
25.03.2013 | Fanzy fetches $550K from Kima Ventures & others to be a Klout for Facebook brands | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Updated at 8:34 a.m. PT with more details from Fa... |
21.03.2013 | Bing Now Knows Much More About People And Places Thanks To Its Satori Entity Engine And LinkedIn | Microsoft’s Bing search engine now knows quite a bit more about people and places, thanks to an upgrade to its Satori entity engine and a partnership with LinkedIn. This means Bing now features the profiles of “web-active” users, profession... |
15.03.2013 | Facebook hires the team at design firm Hot Studio | This is Facebook's fifth acqui-hire in the past year
Facebook has been on a bit of tear lately, redesigning two major aspects of its website: the News Feed and the Timeline. And more changes are probably coming, if the company's most recent... |
09.03.2013 | Facebook scoops up Storylane in acqui-hire move | Blogging platform launched in October as a way for users to share meaningful content
(Updated to reflect comment from Facebook)
Facebook is good for a lot of things. It's the best photo album in the world, and best way to asynchronously hav... |
30.01.2013 | uTest Launches Applause, An iOS And Android Mobile App Analytics Dashboard With A Klout-Like Score | Boston-based uTest just announced a new product, Applause. It’s a mobile app analytics service that has two key advantages. It works across Apple’s App Store and Google Play and it gives an easy-to-understand score, reminiscent of other sco... |
06.12.2012 | Singapore Startup, The Stakeholder Company, Applies Algorithms To Public Relations | Founded by a former Microsoft lead, Singapore-based The Stakeholder Company’s aim is to help organizations maintain their public image by streamlining research with patented software. Using data visualization and algorithms, The Stakeholder... |
06.11.2012 | HP’s Meg Whitman tops list of female CEOs ranked by web presence | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
With all the reports of a dearth of women in busi... |
06.11.2012 | HP’s Meg Whitman tops list of female CEOs ranked by web presence | With all the reports of a dearth of women in business, it’s easy to forget that there are female chief executives running behemoths like Pepsi and HP.
A New York-based analytics startup, PeekYou, has compiled a list of the most influential ... |
24.10.2012 | Beyond Klout: Better Ways To Measure Social Media Influence | Measuring social influence online is becoming a more sophisticated, refined and granular process. While the much-maligned early leader in the market, Klout, has scooped up a lot of headlines over the past few years, there’s a better approac... |
19.10.2012 | Salesforce adds Klout, Kred, & 18 more tools to Marketing Cloud for better social analytics | Salesforce has added a wider array of services to its Marketing Cloud toolset, including Klout, Kred, Kanjoya, and PeekAnalytics, to help businesses not only listen to customers but also better understand them, the company announced Friday.... |
19.10.2012 | Salesforce adds Klout, Kred, & 18 more tools to Marketing Cloud for better social analytics | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Salesforce has added a wider array of services to... |
17.10.2012 | Klout Updates iPhone App With Passbook Integration, Wants You To “Show Off” With Klout Card | Online social influence is something that can really rub people the wrong way. Klout obviously believes in it wholeheartedly; others, not so much. Now, in a move that’s sure to generate its fair share of criticism, Klout has updated its iPh... |
17.10.2012 | Klout perks up, adds influence card to Apple's Passbook | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Influence-scoring startup Klout today updated its iPhone application to allow members to receive rewards on their phones and add an inf... |
07.10.2012 | Reader’s Digest Is Alive And Growing In The Digital World | Hey, remember Reader’s Digest? It’s a magazine that I remember seeing on lots of shelves when I was growing up. Now Editor in Chief Liz Vaccariello tells me that the magazine has undergone a “digital transformation”, especially this year, a... |
29.09.2012 | Klout Would Like Potential Employers To Consider Your Score Before Hiring You. And That’s Stupid. | Let’s put it out there right now: I am personally not a fan of Klout, which ranks people based on their Internet interactions and engagement on services like Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. I have nothing against the company whatsoever, and... |
28.09.2012 | Why Klout Deal Is Not The Answer To Microsoft’s Social Search Strategy | As Microsoft seeks to better quantify the influence of its social search, the company has partnered with the controversial online-influence ranking service Klout as a first step. It looks to be no more than a marriage of convenience.
Micros... |
27.09.2012 | Growing Its Influence, Klout Gets Strategic Investment From Microsoft — And Serious Bing Integration | Klout hasn’t just defied influential tech pundits, its social reputation scorecard has won them over. Now the sometimes-controversial startup is aiming at search. The startup has just signed a strategic investment and partnership with Micro... |
27.09.2012 | Microsoft buys influence for Bing with Klout investment, partnership | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Microsoft is buying a little influence for its nu... |
27.09.2012 | Funding Daily: Raking in the dough | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Business need dough to survive. (Get it? “Knead” ... |
12.09.2012 | Creating a social media communications plan | Public relations has gone through a radical change over the past five years. This is as a result of the growing influence social media channels have had on consumer perception and on traditional media.
A new skill set beyond the glossy PR s... |
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30.08.2012 | 9 SXSW Interactive Sessions Everyone Should Vote For – Now! | The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals – the giant confab of interactive, music and film in Austin, TX, in March, 2013 – is currently working on some 3,656 panel proposals. Which ones actually happen depends on how many v... |
25.08.2012 | Facebook acquires social marketing company Threadsy | Terms of deal undisclosed, but was most likely an acqui-hire
Facebook may be hurting a bit these days, but that does not mean the company is going away any time soon. In fact, the company is still making deals, and buying up new companies, ... |
21.08.2012 | Personalize Your Jambox Starting August 28, Jawbone Insiders and Klout Users To Get One Week Head Start | Everyone’s favorite portable speaker is getting a facelift later this month.
Beginning August 28, Jawbone will let you customize the grill and caps to its popular JAMBOX on Jawbone.com. You can mix and match between 13 grill and 9 cap color... |
14.08.2012 | Bad News For Bieber? Klout Unveils Redesign And A Scoring System That Looks At Real World Influence | Klout, the site that aims to measure your online influence, has made some big changes to its scoring system, and it has a new look to match the new algorithm.
Founder and CEO Joe Fernandez says that the old Klout score looked at less than 1... |
14.08.2012 | In pursuit of the perfect score, Klout cooks up a new recipe for measuring influence | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Klout believes by infusing an algorithmic underst... |
02.08.2012 | Top 30 tech investors on Twitter, ranked by influence | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ashton Kutcher is the most influential tech inves... |
28.07.2012 | BlogFrog Shows The Power of Women Bloggers But Trust Critical As Influencer Marketing Programs Rise In Popularity | BlogFrog has developed a platform that would not be possible without women bloggers.
The platform, which the company is unveiling this week, is based upon a network of 100,000 women that BlogFrog markets to brands that use it to develop soc... |
26.07.2012 | At this trendy nightclub, social media nerds are the new VIPs | At one of LA’s hottest nightclubs, social media enthusiasts and horn-rimmed hipsters can jump straight to the front of the line, swiftly past gaggles of giggling girls. Oh, how the tables have turned.
Playhouse nightclub announced today a f... |
26.07.2012 | At this trendy nightclub, social media nerds are the new VIPs | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
At one of LA’s hottest nightclubs, social media e... |
19.07.2012 | Mary Meeker: New Job, But Still Queen Of The 'Net | |
19.07.2012 | PeerIndex Hires Former Klout VP To Scale Up, And Cash In On Influencer Boom | PeerIndex, the Klout-like influencer ranking startup which this year picked up a $3 Million Series A round, is beefing up its team and scaling up operations. Specifically, it’s hired Garth Holsinger, Klout’s ex-VP of Sales and Business Deve... |
16.07.2012 | Signs Of The Semantic Web Surface In Salesforce.com Radian6 | The Semantic Web’s promise is about developing common frameworks that allows data to be shared and reused across applications and platforms. At its heart comes the understanding that applications are loosely coupled. The apps connect with A... |
09.07.2012 | The Fancy gives you cash for sharing the stuff you love | The Fancy, a social photo-sharing site that is New York’s answer to Pinterest, is offering cash rewards to users who share the stuff they love.
Starting today, anytime you share a product that you fancy, you’ll receive a link with a referra... |
23.06.2012 | Was I Too Hard On Klout’s Joe Fernandez? | I like Joe Fernandez a lot, more than I like most people. He’s a true entrepreneur and badass, asking specifically to be onstage with me at LeWeb London because he knew that I had serious misgivings about his product, Klout. He told me he w... |
19.06.2012 | Sponsor Post: Social, Mobile and the Tip of the API Iceberg | Editor’s note: We offer our long-term sponsors the opportunity to write posts and tell their story. These posts are clearly marked as written by sponsors, but we also want them to be useful and interesting to our readers. We hope you like t... |
18.06.2012 | Klout: We’ve Delivered 700K Perks Across 350 Campaigns | Do Klout Perks — where brands can offer special goods and services to users with the right Klout scores — work? Well, Klout is releasing some numbers suggesting that the program has considerable momentum.
The company says it has been about ... |
13.06.2012 | Klout For iPhone’s Big Update Adds Search And +K Features | Today, the influence measuring startup Klout is rolling out a major update to its iOS application, which first debuted in April. The initial version of the app offered Klout users a handy way to keep track of their Klout score on the go – i... |
28.05.2012 | What Is the Point of: Klout? | Whenever a new Web trend comes along, there are people who ask, “What is the point of this?” If millions of people are using something, there has to be a reason. In our What Is the Point of… series, we’ll explain it to you.
This week, we’re... |
22.05.2012 | SocialStock Wants To Turn Social Networking Into Real-World Rewards | What good is a Foursquare check-in if it doesn’t lead to a coupon or freebie? Why bother tweeting about a brand you like if they don’t acknowledge your undying love and loyalty? With TechCrunch Disrupt finalist SocialStock, those types of a... |
14.05.2012 | [#DIGART] Why Your .JPEGs Aren't Making You A Millionaire | This week we're exploring the Digital Arts Market (or lack thereof). We're asking the tough questions: What will it take for a sustainable digital arts market to form? Is that even a possibility? Can the digital arts make money? And will th... |
09.05.2012 | Klout will get you inside the velvet ropes at SFO | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The masses can now travel in first-class style without dropping cash on a first-class airplane ticket, but only if they’re influential.... |
03.05.2012 | Klout Releases New, Speedier API; Now Serves 1 Billion API Calls Per Day | Klout, the startup that measures influence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Foursquare, Google+ and other social apps, has just released a new version of its API and released a number of new stats about its API usage.
Klout evaluate... |
25.04.2012 | Klout Takes Social Influence Mobile With New iOS App | Klout, the startup that measures influence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Foursquare, Google+ and other social apps, is debuting its first mobile presence today with the launch of an iOS app. While Klout had a mobile website, this... |
25.04.2012 | Klout releases iPhone app for the influence-obsessed | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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Influence-tracking startup Klout is making its scores accessible to m... |
17.04.2012 | Klout Launches Brand Pages To Help Companies Engage Influencers | Klout, the startup that measures influence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Foursquare, Google+ and other social apps, is launching a new feature called Brand Squads, consisting of dedicated profile pages which give companies a cent... |
09.04.2012 | Chevy loans Volts to Klout influencers in 6 cities | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
American car maker Chevrolet is once again turnin... |
07.04.2012 | The Rise of Full-Box CRM | Editor’s note: Jon Bischke is a founder of Entelo and is an advisor to several startups. You can follow Jon on Twitter @JonBischke.
CRM is a massive business. At least an $8 billion industry according to Gartner. Salesforce, the company you... |
06.04.2012 | 100 days at a startup | You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of shore.
– Admiral Rickover
As I was gearing up to graduate from business school, one of my professors, Joel Peterson, challenged us to think differently by flashing ... |