Wes Cutshall

I just signed up for Klout and was poking around on my personal profile. I noticed that some of my websites already had Klout profiles that I had not created. At first I thought that fans had taken it upon themselves to create accounts for the websites, but after reading the FAQ I found that Klout will create accounts, at will, from existing Twitter accounts that it discovers. I don’t know if there are any criteria for this, but it’s clearly stated that they do this. So I realized that this is most likely what happened. The question I had was, “How do I now claim this Klout account as mine?” since I own the websites. The FAQ does not cover this topic at all. So here is what I discovered.

To claim a Kout account that was automatically created for a Twitter account that you own:

1. While signed in as your personal Klout account click the account that you want to claim. You either noticed it in your Influencers list or search for it using the search box. Copy the URL of the profile.
2. Then you must sign into Twitter.com as that account. I have an account for every website that I tweet from, but I’m never logged in as these accounts. After signing into Twitter as the desired account, visit the Klout profile that you copied.
3. Klout will provide you with a “Connect with Facebook” or “Sign in with Twitter” option. You want to sign in with Twitter.
4. You will now sign in to Klout using the Twitter username and password of the account which you want to “claim.”
5. Once you have done this you have essentially connected the two accounts. You can now use Klout as this account (when signed in to Twitter as this account) and clean up any data that you want.
6. Here is a list of things to do once you claim your account.