Paul Gillin

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Weinberger Wisdom

Paul Gillin

Google is about scale. That’s unsettling, because Facebook is to the social Web what Google is to the Web. For example, on Wikipedia you can always find out why an item of information is there. The only difference with Web 2.0 is that it’s easier to build a presence. Apple is about art. Now they are real and social.

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The Trouble with Klout

Paul Gillin

Both are sought-after speakers and the subject of extensive Wikipedia articles. If Google did that, Congress would be holding hearings. Except that Klout doesn’t currently monitor blogs, other than those on Google’s Blogger service. Yet Klout says I have more influence. A Million and One Improvements.

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How to Calculate Social Marketing ROI

Paul Gillin

According to Wikipedia, ROI is “the ratio of money gained or lost (whether realized or unrealized) on an investment relative to the amount of money invested.” The basic features of the free Google Analytics service match the capabilities of products that cost thousands of dollars just a few years ago.

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