tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post8277936719506501733..comments2024-03-25T03:02:08.418-07:00Comments on Translation Times: Do You Have Klout?Judy Jenner and Dagmar Jennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15991071510108619107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post-52321774443587538432013-12-30T10:48:13.984-08:002013-12-30T10:48:13.984-08:00@Kevin: Many thanks for yoru detailed insight. We ...@Kevin: Many thanks for yoru detailed insight. We think you are completely right that it's almost immpossible to get to 70+ unless one is famous for one think or another. And we also agree that it's best to focus on the blog, which we have been writing for many years. :) We really enjoy yours as well.<br /><br />@Karen: That sure does seem to be a fantastic perk (the only good one I've seen). And yes, connecting more channels to Klout does seem to be a good way to increase the score. Happy 2014!Judy Jenner and Dagmar Jennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991071510108619107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post-76342108653414231032013-12-28T21:17:29.828-08:002013-12-28T21:17:29.828-08:00Hi Judy,
I spent a 5-hour layover in the AA lounge...Hi Judy,<br />I spent a 5-hour layover in the AA lounge that day, so I was thankful for my free pass. <br />I've seen no other benefits of Klout this year but a $50 lounge pass is not bad. Perhaps others got other perks relevant to their social media engagement.<br />The only thing I have seen to increase my Klout noticeably is to add another medium. I had only either Twitter or Facebook connected then added the other and that increased it by quite a few points.Karen Tkaczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00281751514933663334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2618029197139250711.post-20277251312504282102013-12-28T16:30:05.599-08:002013-12-28T16:30:05.599-08:00It appears that the Klout score is essentially log...It appears that the Klout score is essentially logarithmic, which it would have to be to measure the "impact" from a huge range of different people who are active in social media at dramatically different levels.<br /><br />According to Klout itself, a score of 20 is average and anything above 50 already puts you in the top 95th percentile of all people on social media, which shows you how much activity is concentrated in that top 5%.<br /><br />Facebook and Twitter still account for most of the Klout score. Since I'm the only sentient human on the planet who's never had a Facebook account and I'm only really active on Twitter and LinkedIn (and for barely a year), my score sits at 51 today and that seems about right.<br /><br />I could try to push it up, but I'd rather focus on my blog (also just over a year old) since it now has around 1,500 legitimate subscribers, most of them in Europe (I just scrubbed out a ton of bots and bogus accounts) and it gets 66K hits a month on what I hope are serious topics, so honestly that's enough "Klout" for my blood.<br /><br />Judy should take comfort in the fact that the higher your score, the harder it is to increase it (it's that way on any logarithmic scale -- it's actually WAY harder) so unless you are a major public figure with a few hundred thousand followers it will always be tough to crack into the 70 range. :)Kevin Hendzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13134174901029466746noreply@blogger.com