Marshall Sponder (@webmetricsguru) explains how to identify social media influencers.

1. How to Indentify Influencers Marshall Sponder WebMetricsGuru.com SocialMediaAnalyticsBook.com Feb 28, 2011 London

2. Measuring Social Influence Not new, 1898 Gabriel TarteL'opinion et la foule Tarde believed conversations between people about things they read in the media can complete the full cycle of “news” as people read information, talk about it with others and sway or influence public opinion. Conversations between people using Social Media can also be analyzed for Influence

3. Does Influence add up to a score? Care of MetricsMan

4. Using Analytics to Find Influencers Klout TRAACKR MPACT Ecairn PeekYou Social Media Monitoring Platforms TweepSearch / FollowerWonk PushKart Hybrid approaches

5. Klout – who is the most influential web analyst?

6. Traackr – who is the most influential PR individual?

7. mPACT – who is the most influential writer about Google?

8. Use Ecairn – find influentials

9. Use PeekYou to find Influencers

10. Radian6, Sysomos, Alterian SM2 also measure influence

11. TweepSearch/FollowerWonk

12. PushKart measures how influential followers of an individual are

13. Hybrid approaches to Influence Detection

14. For More Information Marshall Sponder WebMetricsGuru.com / SocialMediaAnalytics book.com @webmetricsguru, @smanalyticsbook Now.seo@gmail.com