We ALL have #KRED ~ But what's YOUR #KREDSTORY?......

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UPDATE: 8/27/12- I'm trying to be patient, fair and honest, but I am feeling a little neglected and left out again.
Now I was told on some of my #KredStory problems that are no longer showing up that they are in beta. But NOW my Most Mentioned Word section,  Most Mentioned Users section, Users Mentioning Me section, Most Used Hashtags about Me section, My Friends RT section and more ALL NOT THERE!

 I've check others and it's there for them BUT not for me!!!!1 WHY @KRED

OH One more thing! WHY DO I HAVE TO SIGN IN EVERY TIME  TO MY KREDSTORY! Most annoying..........

UPDATE: 8/23/12- I try to be fair, honest and forthcoming. 
In response to some of my concerns I got this from @traviswallis  →
I kind of figured that this was just the Beta version of the new KredStory! Hopefully some of my concerns and suggestions below will be included in the next version. 


We all know about #KLOUT!    No! "FOLLOW ME"

Klout, as the say it, "The Standard for Influence", measures influence online. When you create content or engage, you impact others. Klout analyzes that impact to find your Klout Score, influential topics, and your influencers.

Klout recently had a major redesign oriented around what CEO Joe Fernandez described to as a user’s “social resume.” 

Well now along comes #KRED! Or should I say, #KREDSTORY! As they also have unveiled a major redesign. 

First impressions:  

PROS:-WAY more info then Klout! You REALLY see a "STORY" of your Social Media(mainly Twitter) influence. It's FUN, easy to navigate, user friendly atmosphere makes for a real time snap shot of one's Social influence.

CONS:- Well lets discuss below.............

“Kred Story is the culmination of many years of research by PeopleBrowsr,” says Kred CEO Andrew Grill, in a press release. “It shifts the emphasis from scores and data to people and their content. Kred Story gives everyone access to social data in an intuitive format that enhances their social media experience. It makes influence metrics useful for all of us.”


You can click the Kred icon for more background about what Kred is in my previous post!

They do however beat #Klout hands down when it comes to #SocialMedia! (examples in my early post as well) also recently.

My friend  @MarshaCollier is writing a book called, "Social Media Commerce For Dummies", how you can use social media and build your customer base. They must have got an advanced copy!



Ever since I wrote a post called  Sorry #KRED, you have NO #KLOUT with me! About my concerns over there accessing your Twitter DM's, with this release that has been corrected, I have gotten responses from the CEO  @AndrewGrill also Leading Data Strategy for @peoplebrowsr & @kred curator @traviswallis who,I must say, has been really the most forthcoming, responsive and helpful! And Shawn Roberts @entroporium marketing at PeopleBrowsr & Kred.

Getting into the NEW Kred is by invitation only, for now. Sign up through Twitter or Facebook, then you must enter your email to request an invite!

BUT, I am happy to say, my invite came thanks to a few Friends!

As I said, they know that social media is one of the fastest ways to engage and influence!

THAT'S #KRED! THAT'S #KREDSTORY!

Needless to say after waiting and seeing others talking and using Kred, I was eager to dive in and explore it for myself!

Upon entering my #KREDSTORY you are met with an analytic-driven version of a social dashboard.
An interactive array of one's Twitter posts, Your interactions for the day, #Hashtags in conversations, Give +Kred to someone, Total influential points;(a sort of spreadsheet on your +kred, twitter & facebook transactions), Top locations,Who you are mentioning and who's mentioning you,Your post that have been retweeted and a list of who retweeted them, Some of your Twitter friends and there retweets & who did the RT'ing.(although this has not shown up for me today,Hmmm)

A very impressive and engaging format that tries to pack as much information as it can onto a simple scrolling board to represent your social influence.

And that represents it's first problem. It's basically taking your "Twitter" influence and I suppose some facebook!




But social Media is not just Twitter! It's Google+, Pinterest, Youtube, Instagram, LinkedIn, just to name a few. That is where it differs from #Klout also which includes some of those accounts to your profile to include them in your TRUE overall score.

Hopefully so will #Kred! One place to go to see a wide variety of one's COMPLETE Social Media influence.

Another problem is the KRED score itself or GLOBAL KRED! Unlike #Klout which determines your Influential topics by what you are saying or you could even add them yourselves, KRED has a per-determined list there for everyone, NOT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER instead listed by your score in each, to choose from.

Take for instance a KRED leader @JessicaNorthey
Everyone knows she is a leader in Country Music but you have to give her a +Kred in MUSIC like everyone else. I would like to see a more personalized "community" on Kred.
We're not all alike so the generic list, PLEASE ALPHABETIZE IT especially when giving a +Kred to someone even before typing in the users twitter name you have to search through the list to find the right KRED category, should be more customizable. You should be able to add your own community and have others join with there influence.

Also, although I am sure it's growing pains, not all things have been working every time you click and my Twitter friends and there RT"s activity is not showing up still today.

They also need an App!


On top is whats happening now in Global, Communities, Books, Movies, TV Shows, Leaders. This is an extremely helpful quick way of finding out what's being said, by whom and about what! You can enter #Hashtags, Twitter Names to see what's going on about almost anything.

All in all it has something here. It really tells a more complete story of your influence and not just give you a score. It gives you a number and shows you why.  It goes deeper into letting you see what, where, who and why your score is and the social activity you are creating.

For me, it was worth the wait! Improvements can be made! But for me I will be reading my #KredStory over and over again!

HOW ABOUT YOU?

The NEW #KRED has a STORY to tell ~ Game on #Klout

UPDATE! 8/22/12 Well it's been 24 hours since the launch of the "NEW" #Kred! I have been waiting forever for them to remove the DM access on #twitter , which they now have, so I can join and explore to see what all the fuss is about compared to #KLOUT! 

BUT now I must wait AGAIN to be aloud in the KRED CLUB to see my story!

IS IT REALLY WORTH MY TIME? LOSING INTEREST FAST!

UPDATE: 8/21/12  PATIENCE PAYS OFF! 

THE NEW KRED IS HERE!!!!!!!!

Amidst weeks of promises of the "NEW" #Kred, FINALLY I woke up today to a #Twitter message from the CEO Andrew Grill (see below)

As you know Kred, a competitor to Klout in the measuring of your #SocialMedia  influence, has been working on a new and improved Kred that will no longer have "Access" to your #Twitter Direct Message's! Andrew has been very forthcoming and responsive to my concerns and this blog post keeping me informed as to the progress to there correcting this.

Thank you also to Travis Wallis, Leading Data Strategy @peoplebrowsr & @kred who was also very forthcoming and resposive.
  Well today not only have they have now removed that invasion of your privacy but they have also rolled out #KredStory!

Now we users are more then just a number we now have a "Social Resume"! 

 

















Here's a small video they put out explaining! 



They describe it,"Kred Story is a visual history of your Social Media Influence Explore the posts, pictures and links that make you influential See your full influence story and zoom in on meaningful moment."
I  just joined #KRED and requested "My Story" I will do a full review once I am allowed into the club! 

AGAIN I WAIT! 

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ONE SMALL STEP FROM #KRED - ONE GIANT COMPETITION NOW FOR #KLOUT

UPDATE: July 24, 2012 - Well "Promises, Promises!" My post about #Kred, the social "Online" measure of influence and competition to #Klout, drew countless hits and responses from there CEO @andrewgrill  & @traviswallis Leading API Strategist with the PROMISE of a "NEW" #kred coming out as they said, "In a few weeks!" in which they will no longer have "Access" to your #Twitter DM's! 

Well it's now been almost 3-weeks and STILL no changes to there App Authorize method! 

Wondering why?

It's so simple to just remove that one little, tiny, miniscule thing: Access your direct messages. There is no need for it, no sound reason anyone could give and no explanation why they have incorporated that into there program. They say they don't read them! I hope not, BUT they should not have ANY ACCESS to them, PERIOD!

I say again, SO.......Sorry #KRED, you STILL have NO #KLOUT with me!


UPDATE:June 28,2012 - Read CEO of #Kred @andrewgrill response below

UPDATE! June 27,2012 - 10:30pm edt. Just got a #Tweet from Travis Wallis ‏@traviswallis Leading API Strategy for @PeopleBrowsr & @Kred. 







This would be great news. As he stated they are fixing the access to your #Twitter DM's in the next version in a few weeks. I have always wanted to join in on the #Kred fun but it was my friend @MarshaCollier who first made me aware of this DM access. There is really NO reason, as I have stated, for ANYONE to access your DM's. I will monitor and keep you informed.


We ALL know our @klout score! RIGHT!

Klout measures influence online. When you create content or engage, you impact others. #Klout analyzes that impact to find your Klout Score, influential topics, and your influences. Whether on #Twitter or #Facebook or even now #Google+ it tracks your #SM presence and even gives you Klout Perks exclusive products or experiences that you earn based on your influence. I've gotten Lipton Ice Tea samples, men products and so on. Nice, free stuff for doing something you would normally do on #SM platforms is a WIN -WIN!
You sign in to #Klout vie #Twitter and authorize them to have access to read Tweets from your timeline and see who you follow(below)

Simple, easy and unobtrusive.

But now there is a new kid on the block, #KRED  But be warned there is a major difference then from #Klout! Something that has prevented me from joining the #KRED party and wont until I get an explanation or they remove this one thing.

What is #Kred?  

It is a measure of influence created by PeopleBrowsr, a San Francisco-based social media analytics company, to identify the most influential people in interest-based communities. Kred scores are generated by observing a social network user's content, who it reaches, who acts upon it, and whether the user relays the content of others.

#Klout measures Influence + how people respond to you on a scale from 1-100, while #Kred measures influence on a scale from 1-1,000 and outreach on a scale from 1-11 + how you respond to other peoples activities.

Just recently #Kred launched “Rewards” so you can win discounts and product samples if you get retweeted and Liked enough just like #Klout!

BUT!, and here is why I wont join, when you sign in to #Kred App and give access to your #Twitter account you also give PeopleBrowsr access to your #TWITTER DM's! That's right, those private back and forth messages you send someone other then the recipient now has "Access" to them.

Now I have tried and tried to get a response from #PeopleBrowsr or #Kred as to what they can actually see in the DM's, are they reading them, counting them or just amusing themselves that they have them and can do with them what they want but have gotten NO answer!

So join this at your own risk. To me there is NO reason for ANY App to access my #Twitter DM's for any purpose to do anything with! There is NOTHING they can convince me of that would deem it OK for them to need this. I can not remember any other App that requested access to your Twitter DM's!





SO.......Sorry #KRED, you have NO #KLOUT with me!