This is a short how to give some klout with the new +k feature. You can give klout to anyone whether or not they are in you circle of friends so long as they are a klout user. Let’s take a look at my klout page for a moment and then compare it to another users page.
In the example below you should see the 10 topics that I am apparently influential about. The ones with another user’s avatar next to them are the ones that people have given me a +k.
In the next example we will look at one of the people who’ve given me klout. Let’s look at my friend Angie’s (a.k.a. SavvyBabii) page. If you click on the avatar it will bring you to that user’s klout landing page as shown below.
In this view the first thing you should look for is the orange ‘k’ in the top right corner of the page. This identifies the user as a klout member. If they are not an actual user of klout then you can not give them a +k. Unfortunately this view only shows the three top topics that the user is influential about and does not let you actually give any +k’s. In order to do that you need to drill down a little further so select the ‘see all’ link and open the user’s topics page. The disappointing thing here is there is nothing on the page that tells you to do this.
On the topics page you will see a list of the ten topics that this user is influential about. Simple select a topic that you feel they have demonstrated this influence on in your twitter stream and click on the orange +k. ONce you have completed this the page will update via some jquery/ajax magick and your avatar will appear beside the topic w/ the +k greyed out.
Klout Tip: Keep the URL http://klout.com/#/mikelking/topics handy as all you need to do is change the user name after the # and it will land you at that user’s topics page. If the page says that the user is not influential about any topics it means that you are either not logged into klout, that user is not a klout member or klout is broken.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mikel King has been a leader in the Information Technology Services field for over 20 years. He is currently the CEO of Olivent Technologies, a professional creative services partnership in NY. Additionally he is currently serving as the Secretary of the BSD Certification group as well as a Senior Editor for the BSD News Network and JAFDIP.
Related articles
- I’ve Got Klout, How ‘Bout You? (theoptimistblog.wordpress.com)
- Klout’s +K: What Is It and How Does It Work? (blogher.com)
- Why I don’t like the Klout “+K” scoring system (techburgh.com)
- Explaining Klout scores (mendipmedia.wordpress.com)
