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Fun with Klout

Scott Allen — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:32:53 +0000

I’m not {gonna,going to} bash Klout… plenty of others have done that already, and besides, I {kinda,kind of} like getting free stuff, so, more power to them! I just want to have fun with them.

A few weeks ago, I did a post about Wikipedia’s fundraising ads, entitled Jimmy Wales, Serial Killer?, which got retweeted by a few people. Well, thanks to that, Klout decided that “Wales” and “Serial Killer” were topics I was influential about (sorry, didn’t get a “before” snapshot). Now, they weren’t among my top 3, which were “Social Media”, “Internet Marketing” and “SEO”, but it was in my top 15.

I decided to have a little fun with it, so I posted on Twitter and Facebook, and sent out a shareholder mail on Empire Avenue, asking people to give me +K in “Wales” and “Serial Killer”. Within 5 minutes:

Awesome!

I think, though, I may have overdone it, because within an hour:

LOL! Oh well… makes for a great blog post. I wonder what kind of perks that’ll trigger for them to send me?

Feel free to +K me in Social Media and help me get back to normal. Or not.

MLG Bound

Scott Allen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:12:10 +0000

My son and his best friend have launched their new blog, MLG Bound, which chronicles their journey towards becoming professional Halo 3 players. We had fun this weekend plugging my laptop into the big screen in the living room and watching the Halo 3 matches from MLG Anaheim. I have to say that even though I stink at Halo myself (I’m happy if I get one kill in a game), I found watching the matches much more exciting than I expected.

I think pro video gaming is a huge growth area. Consider that on any given night, there are over 200,000 people playing Halo 3 on Xbox Live simultaneously. Over 5,000 of those are on the MLG lists. Think there’s a market there? And it’s only getting bigger.

Now to just figure out how to tap into it… any ideas?

4 Awesome Events This Week

Scott Allen — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:18:53 +0000

There’s something really cool happening every day this week – 2 are in Austin, 2 are virtual. I’m going to write more about each of them individually, but I wanted to go ahead and get the whole list out while it’s still Monday.

Monday – My client Sharpenz is launching today, offering engaging, effective and affordable sales training that sales managers can deliver in just half an hour. You can download a free sales booster and try it with your team. You can also get a second free sales booster by helping spread the word. More in a separate post later today.

Tuesday – The incredibly awesome Donna Fox is speaking at AIMEN (Austin Internet Marketing Entrepreneurs Network). This is one of the best monthly events in Austin and Donna is truly a rock star of internet marketing, credit repair, business credit building and real estate investment. It’s free, but you have to register in advance.

Wednesday – My friend Sharon Drew Morgen has an awesome new book called Dirty Little Secrets: Why buyers can’t buy and sellers can’t sell and what you can do about it. It actually comes out on Thursday, but on Wednesday she’s doing a free webinar entitled “What’s Stopping You From Closing All the Sales You Should Be Closing?” (a question I’ve asked myself often). The webinar is part of Maestro Month, a month of free teleseminars from world-class thought leaders – definitely worth checking out. You can also follow Sharon Drew on Twitter.

Thursday – Game On Austin is “A fun-packed night featuring video-game tournaments, demos, and raffles from some of the most creative independent video-game studios and developers in Austin, Texas.” It’s for all ages, so break your teenager away from their Xbox or PS3 and come on out.