This past week, my Twitter stream has been full of Weiner wiener tweets and questions about the +K Klout feature.
While I can’t tell you why in the world a politician (or anyone for that matter) would tweet lewd photos of himself, I can answer some basic questions about Klout and it’s +K button.
Klout is a measure of social media influence, and anyone with a twitter handle has a Klout score. Additional factors – like Facebook, LinkedIn and FourSquare – figure into your total social media influence score, but generally, the more you tweet, the more your Klout score will climb.
And the higher your Klout score, the better chance you have at winning a Klout Perk.
Free wine, anyone?
(If free wine isn’t a reason to join in #BlogBoycottDay, I don’t know what is!)
The +K button is a feature added in the past 2 weeks, and it gives users like you and me the chance to grant “+K” to the Tweeps who have influenced us on various topics. If you visit either your Klout profile page or the pages of your Twitter friends, you’ll see a list of 10 topics that you/they are considered to be influential about. For me, it’s topics like blogging and parenting (and apparently the Cleveland Browns????).
Each user can grant 5 +K’s a day, and cannot give the same person a +K for the same topic more than 1 time in a 7 day period. So even though I think Kristin is the bomb diggity when it comes to raising a toddler, I’ve already +K-ed her for that and have to wait a few more days before I can do so again.
So now that you know a bit more about Klout, how to raise yours, and the benefits that *may* come with heavy Twitter usage (wine!), why not spend the day in the twitterverse instead of blog hopping?
Blog Boycotters, please link up your TWITTER HANDLE in the Linky below!
The next #BlogBoycottDay is Friday, July 8th!
Link up Twitter handles here:
I love and thank you for #blogboycottday – it gives me an excuse not to have to post! See you on twitter!
I am apparently influencial about the Edmonton Oilers which I only tweeted about after finding out!
See you on Twitter!
See you ladies on Twitter!
I was going to K+ YOU today!!!! I am enjoying Klout, even if it just another way of “measuring” ….LOL
Thanks for the Klout info I will add it to my to do list. I would love to participate in your blog boycott day, but unfortunately work calls and I don’t get in a lot of twitter time at work!
Thank you my dear. I new about Klout scoring but was not aware of the new feature. Great info to share.
I am still figuring out this +k business but I just keep giving them away anyway.
You make me smile! Just keep doling them out, girl!
I just love that you’re an influencer on #sleep. I had a hard time not giving you a +K for that.
Am I? Clearly I didn’t look close enough. I guess the Cleveland Browns thing threw me for too much of a loop.
I’m going to pass some on to you for explaining the thing. It’s still confusing as heck to me though!
Thanks for the info on the +K. I’m so not a savvy blogger.
See you on Twitter! Thanks for hosting
Thanks SO much for joining in!
Thanks for the explanation because I had no clue what it was! See you on twitter!
This is so weird, I was just wondering what Klout was and why I was seeing so many more posts about it recently. And free wine? I’m SO in!
Who doesn’t love free wine? I don’t think I need the Kung Fu Panda tickets though…
I’m intrigued by this klout thingamagigger you speak of. On the one hand, all these blog plug in’s and gadgets make my brain hurt. On the other hand, I’d like to start stockpiling free wine. Come November I think I’m going to need it.
I give your boycott the side-eye O_o
but i do LOVE Klout and I love when you talk social media to me!
I just found Klout last week. I laugh at what I am influential on…Unfortunately, I found your #blogboycott after I posted for today!
But since I appear to be influential on wine…I want wine especially if its free.
Tweet me baby!
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Thanks for the added info on Klout! Did not know of the new feature! See you on Twitter!
Ive been wanting to learn about Klout!! Emailing this post to myself for when I have time
Happy #blogboycott day!!
Oh boy there’s a new social media thing we have to keep up with? I can’t deal. I’ll get my wine at Trader Joes and be just fine!
I know what was he thinking…clearly he was not! CRAZY!
Hi! So I still don’t understand the point of Klout. What’s the real use of it? And if people are trading these +K things back and forth, isn’t that just another layer of “do for me and I’ll do for you” that we have to add to the already long list of that we bloggers/tweeters already do for each other? I don’t know if that made sense . . .
I think I’m going to continue to ignore it!
I have a new appreciation of the Klout concept after poking around the site. Maybe because I’m happy with my number. I’m a sucker for that stuff. The k+ thing though is SO clearly a way to drive traffic to their site. It reminds me of when there are contests you’re supposed to go and vote for EVERY day. Kind of sneaky!
Thank you, THANK YOU, for explaining Klout! Someone told me I was influential on Klout for the “Ides of March”. And I was like, what? First of all, what the heck is Klout, and why the heck am I influential about the “Ides of March”? Now, at least I have one of those questions answered. =)
So that’s what that’s about.
Again, me: day late, dollar short, in the dark, call me mushroom.
Thanks, Liz..what would I do without you?
Seriously.
Oh goodness, not Klout. I think it’s the biggest BS and the only thing it measures is how much Real Housewives you Tweet about with other bloggers, not meaningful influence to any brand. BOO
Well now I know how I missed this post…cuz I missed blog boycott day entirely!