Link ALL of your digital properties to Klout.com

Link ALL of your digital properties to Klout.com 9/12/2011 In This Issue Klout Tasks Klout Tips Klout Tasks Relax! Ease into it ... Since this is your first Klout Tip, you're off the hook for your Klout Task today. Watch this section for your "to do" list - there will be prizes offered and often shameless bribery to get you guys to tweet/post/do stuff that's both beneficial to your Klout score and often to me or my firm personally ;-) Kloutsters, **cc'ing several of you who haven't joined the actual group yet, just re-invited you (apologies for any duplicates!) Please join this week if you'd like to continue receiving these emails fromkickingassatklout@googlegroups.com** Here is the first of many "Lunchtime Klout Tips" you will receive over the course of the semester. Each is designed to take less than 10 minutes so that it's easy to complete while you power down a bad Sosnoff salad. Some tips are one-time set-up items, some are ongoing habits to form - I will distinguish when necessary. Getting started: sign in with Twitter make sure you're logged into your Twitter account in the same browser go to http://klout.com/home click sign in with Twitter next screen will ask "authorize klout.com to use your account?" click "sign in" field will pop up prompting you to "Register with Klout"- give them your info once you have completed, your Klout score will pop up. You can tweet this if you wish, or skip. Add your Facebook: next, you'll be prompted to connect with Facebook (do it, your private stuff will still be private, don't stress!) the next screen will give you a series of options, such as: follow Klout on twitter, like Klout on Facebook ... do it (they'll give you good tips) Click "Profile" and check out what Klout thinks of you so far (remember, this will become more accurate over time the more you tweet, post, share, etc. The Klout algorithm has a rough time figuring "you" out based on very little data. It's basically feeling in the dark if you're new to these platforms.) Go crazy adding your social media properties: Below your name on your profile page, you'll see greyed-out logos for other social media properties (by now, your Twitter and your Facebook should be highlighted in color) If you have any of the following accounts, connect them:LinkedIn, Foursquare, YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr,Blogger, Last.fm, and Flickr. The interfce is pretty solid, so if you're already logged into each of these accounts in your browser, it should only take a click or two to get set up. Play around with the Klout platform as you have time - there's lots to discover on there. Be aware also that they'll be integrating new platforms over time (e.g. Google+, turntable, etc. - so you might as well get good at those BEFORE they start to "count" here.) One final note: as Umbro has already eloquently illustrated for us, it is important to unprotect your tweets if you want to increase your Klout score. Dive in, interact with strangers. It's ok, only some of them are scary. That's all for today, more to come on Wednesday! -- Linz Shelton Mobile 310.402.3240 | Twitter @Linz_Shelton MBA 2012 | NYU Leonard N. Stern School of Business Co-President, NYU Stern Luxury & Retail Club Founder | CUFFZ Inc. *Watch the latest CUFFZ by Linz video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWCVHa8xE0I *