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Ep. 249 – Klout Exec Megan Berry

Klout and Megan Berry [ 58:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (236)

TOPIC: Wondering what your true impact in the (online) world is? Don’t know how “social” you are? Klout exec Megan Berry is here to clear up any confusion you may have and help elevate you to 50+ Klout ranking overnight! OK, maybe not – even the guys at TechTalk can’t seem to get higher than mid 40′s – but Megan does a fantastic job of explaining what all the fuss is about and why you should be interested in improving your Klout score today!

Jay “Encyclopedia Garmonica” helps boost our Klout scores by providing yet another fabulous geek trivia question:

Who first thought he had discovered element #94 (now known as Plutonium), and what did he call it?

There’s even time for a couple cool sites of the week!

Klout – Social impact measurment!
GoMiles – Keep track of all those mileage programs and points in one place!
SparkLines – Cool cell graphing feature from Excel 2010, now available in 2007 and 2003!

Great podcast only song of “Sleepyhead” by Passion Pit this week!

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