Comments on: The influencer’s five qualities – S.W.A.R.M http://webnomena.com/2009/10/25/s-w-a-r-m-five-influencers-virtues/ Experimenting with the web Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kyanna http://webnomena.com/2009/10/25/s-w-a-r-m-five-influencers-virtues/#comment-1375 Sat, 21 May 2011 23:44:28 +0000 http://usingit.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1375 Fell out of bed feeling down. This has brihegtned my day!

]]> By: Social Media Influencers – The Force is Strong With These Ones! | Yellow Brick Road...to Social Media Oz http://webnomena.com/2009/10/25/s-w-a-r-m-five-influencers-virtues/#comment-1299 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:56:41 +0000 http://usingit.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1299 [...] Dagan uses a great acronym (SWARM) to explain the qualities of an influencer. In addition to Keren’s explanation, I ultimately people who: teach me something new, write [...]

]]> By: The Social Media Traffic Generation http://webnomena.com/2009/10/25/s-w-a-r-m-five-influencers-virtues/#comment-1289 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:41:40 +0000 http://usingit.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1289 Influencer Marketing for Social Media…

According to a new study by research firm Gartner, indicates 74% of the population is influenced by 3 types of key influencer online personalities. 1)      Salesmen: Individuals with the ability to spur people to action and influence their purchasing d…

]]> By: What are the Qualities of an Online Influencer? http://webnomena.com/2009/10/25/s-w-a-r-m-five-influencers-virtues/#comment-1229 Thu, 13 May 2010 16:15:51 +0000 http://usingit.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1229 [...] of characteristics derived from this author’s observations of influencers in the online world. Keren Dagan developed an acronym to solidify his findings, SWARM which stands [...]

]]> By: Keren Dagan http://webnomena.com/2009/10/25/s-w-a-r-m-five-influencers-virtues/#comment-1185 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:37:00 +0000 http://usingit.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1185 Hi Heidi,

Thank you for stopping by, your kind words, and sorry for my slow response.
I was not aware of the influential phenomenon 10 years ago, but I will try to address your question.
There are few significant capabilities that I believed did not exist then:
- It is fairly easy, now days, to find and identify an influencer thanks to new real-time people search engine tools like wefollow, twellow and klout.
Actually, most people have way more web presence nowadays.
- We have more visibility into “local” influencers operations via social network and media tools like facebook, twitter, backtype, linkedin and many more
- We have easier access to influential forces online via blog comments, social networks, and offline participating in tweetup, social media breakfasts and conferences.
After reading several books lately about different aspects of online communities, connectivity, trust and influence (tribes, trust agent, six pixels of separation, the long tail, groundswell, and few more) I think that we will see new niche influencers on a daily basis and there is still a lot to be learned about monitoring rising influential forces and activities, engaging with influencers, and about the path for becoming one.

Keren

]]> By: Heidi Sue http://webnomena.com/2009/10/25/s-w-a-r-m-five-influencers-virtues/#comment-1182 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:43:36 +0000 http://usingit.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1182 Keren,
I like how you divided out the characteristics–seems you did much of what you quantified. I’m curious how you see this as different from the spheres of influence that were first tapped, oh not quite 10 years ago, for technology launches. The first-adopter as marketer and influencer phenomenon.

I look forward to reading your comments.
Heidi Sue

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