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Some people consider the number of followers, likes etc. as a good way to measure influence. But I honestly believe that numbers don’t mean a thing on social media unless they are backed up by other factors. Everyone can gather thousands of Twitter followers or Facebook Page likes. Many of them can be fake, bought or simply completely uninterested in your social updates or your opinions.

The truth is that the term is thrown around a lot, but even the most influential social media users have a hard time agreeing on an universal meaning for “social media influencer”. In my opinion, influence is all about engagementand how people are responding to your social media updates. Do you get lots of retweets and shares whenever you post a new update? Are people coming to you with questions and looking for your help? Are other social media users recommending you and your work?

You tweet, you post, you share, you comment and you like, but how much influence do you really have online? If you're one of the 400 million social media users with a Klout score, that question shouldn't be hard to answer.

Klout — a San Francisco-based company founded in 2009 — assesses online influence by using data from Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram and several other social media platforms. Each user is assigned a Klout score between one and 100. 

The higher your score, the more influence you're believed to have within your digital networks.

The higher your score, the more influence you're believed to have within your digital networks.

 http://mashable.com/2013/10/22/improve-your-klout-score ;