Influence marketing has become a core marketing discipline, with more than two-thirds of marketers saying they’ll be dedicating significant efforts to social media influence campaigns in the next 12 months. But the majority will not be using social scoring platforms to support those efforts, saying they are “not sold on social scoring as a valid measurement.” Read →
“Influence without context is irrelevant,” says the new TweetLevel how to page, and anyone who has followed my rants and reports on influence measurement knows that is music to my ears. On Monday, TweetLevel launched a new version of its influence measurement tool that adds context to the influencer scoring in two important ways: topic and influencer types. Read →
In March of this year we published The Realtime Report’s Guide to Influence Measurement Tools. Our goal was to cut through the hype and provide a clear-eyed, no-nonsense look at the evolving tools and best practices for identifying, prioritizing and engaging influencers. Fast forward 6 months, and so much has changed in a very short time. Read →
It’s hard to know exactly what an influence score measures. But can we tell if a given user’s score on a platform like Klout, Kred or PeerIndex is a “good” score? Read →
For marketers, PR professionals and customer service teams, personal influence measurement tools can save time and help facilitate business decisions. Tools such as Klout, PeerIndex, Kred and TweetLevel are being used by brands to rank the relative importance of customers and prospects, prioritize customer service responses, and identify groups of influencers to target with perks and product sampling promotions. But what are these personal influence measurement tools really measuring? Are they really an effective way to understand which of your customers are more influential? Read →
Not all influence measurement tools work the same way, and picking the right tool for the job is critical. The first question to ask yourself: are you trying to score, rank or analyze large numbers of people—or are you trying to identify and understand the people who are influential in a given subject matter, topic or market? While most users will happily focus on managing their own personal influence scores on Klout or Kred, serious business users, agencies and marketers also need to understand the range of enterprise-level tools that offer a deeper look at how online conversations are shaped. Read →
The Realtime Report’s Guide to Influence Measurement Tools examines personal influence measurement tools–Klout, Kred, PeerIndex, TweetLevel and PeekAnalytics–which measure the influence of individual social network users, as well as contextual influence measurement tools from TRAACKR, mBLAST, SpotInfluence and Appinions, which are designed to look at influence in the context of topics, subject matter expertise, and how conversations are shaped and shared online. Read →
Announcing The Realtime Report’s Guide to Online Influence Measurement Tools — a guide for brands, agencies, developers and anyone interested in understanding the rapidly evolving, innovative, controversial and potentially very disruptive field of influence measurement. And asking for your help to make sure that we’re creating something truly useful! Read →
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