Jan25
How far does your social influence reach? How fast can you saturate your online network with information? Is there a way to quantify these metrics? Yes, of course there is!
Klout is a free web application that helps measure the effectiveness of your interaction with your social networks. It breaks down your “Klout Score” into several different comparisons as well as gives you a layman’s summary of what Klout thinks of your goings-ons of your social network.
Klout’s free (unregistered) version only supports measuring your Twitter statistics, so make sure to sign up to profile your reach on other social networks.
Aug18
If you want to effectively establish yourself or your company as a respectable and successful persona or entity on Twitter, then you should follow these guidelines while you tweet and follow.
Find a Twitter client you enjoy. Feature-wise, the abilities to create groups and to search the public timeline are the most desirable, so clients like TweetDeck, Mixero, HootSuite, or Tweetizen would be optimal choices.
Don’t be afraid of conversation. In short, the technical purpose of Twitter is to be able to relay messages to another person. So, don’t be afraid to write a personalized thank you tweet when someone follows you. It will give them more inclination to come back to your profile, or even possibly, subscribe to your profile for phone updates!
Measure your success. Keep track of your Twitter Grade, and always be on the look out for ways to beef up your score. Interested in learning how Twitter Grader works?
Watch and search the public timeline. This is THE best way to start conversations and meet new people! Search for hashtags and topics that are related to your realm of expertise. Answer people’s questions, ask some of your own. You’ll start to notice the floodgates have been opened, and the followers are pouring in.
Now you are on the way to being a truly successful Twitter user!
