How to Feed The Social Media Machine

Facebook, Klout, Linked In, Twitter, Google+, Empire Avenue are HUNGRY!!!

Do you find that you constantly have to feed the social media machine because you want to keep up your Edgerank, Influcence, Exposure and Klout?  When you feed the social media machine you send signals that are tracked and used to rank your score.

Here are some of the top signals KLOUT measures by network:

*Facebook*

Mentions: A mention of your name in a post indicates an effort to engage with you directly. [how to tag first names]
Likes: The simplest action that shows engagement with the content you create. [how to get more FB likes]
Comments: As a reaction to content you share, comments also reflect direct engagement by your network.
Subscribers: Subscriber count is a more persistent measure of influence that grows over time.
Wall Posts: Posts to your wall indicate both influence and engagement.
Friends: Friend count measures the reach of your network but is less important than how your network engages with your content.

*Twitter*

Retweets: Retweets increase your influence by exposing your content to extended follower networks.
Mentions: People seeking your attention by mentioning you is a strong signal of influence. We also take into account the differences in types of mentions, including “via” and “cc”.
List Memberships: Being included on lists curated by other users demonstrates your areas of influence.
Followers: Follower count is one factor in your Score, but we heavily favor engagement over size of audience.

Replies: Replies show that you are consistently engaging your network with quality content.

*Google+*

Comments: As a reaction to content you share, comments also reflect direct engagement by your network.
+1’s: The simplest action that shows engagement with the content you create.
Reshares: Reshares increase your influence by exposing your content to extended networks on Google+.

*LinkedIn*

Title: Your reported title on LinkedIn is a signal of your real-world influence and is persistent.
Connections: Your connection graph helps validate your real-world influence.
Recommenders: The recommenders in your network add additional signals to the contribution LinkedIn makes to your Score.
Comments: As a reaction to content you share, comments also reflect direct engagement by your network.
foursquare

Tips Done: The number of suggestions you’ve left that have been completed indicate your ability to influence others on foursquare.

*Klout*  now closed as of May 25 2018

+K received: Receiving +K increases your Klout Score by an amount that is capped in every 90-day measurement cycle to protect the integrity of the Score.
Wikipedia

Page Importance: Measured by applying a PageRank algorithm against the Wikipedia page graph.
Inlinks to Outlinks Ratio: Compares the number of inbound links to a page to the number of outbound links.
Number of Inlinks: Measures the total number of inbound links to a page.

BIG QUESTION?

If we keep feeding the social media machine will we have created a monster that sucks time, diverts focus, and turns our activity into a high-school popularity contest?

Sherrie Rose Social Connections: http://sherrierose.info