JAMICH & Kimpoy’s first Youtube Vid together just went viral!  Now, I blog about my randomly meeting Kimpoy & behind-the-scene talk tungkol “LOVE, SHARE, SMILE.”

WATCH: LOVE, SHARE, SMILE

Who is Kimpoy?

Last week, Kimpoy Feliciano tweeted me out of the blue. For the very few of you who haven’t heard his name before, Kimpoy Feliciano (legally named Paulo Feliciano) is a Twitter/FB/Youtube sensation, a Filipino guy that would describe himself as normal with 300,000+  hard core girl Twitter followers who definitely disagree. Imagine a nice guy with a randomly enormous following that even the majority of showbiz doesn’t understand.  :)

That’s Kimpoy. He’s honestly a cool little dude.

Chatting With Kimpoy

Kimpoy thanked me for having mentioned him in a blog. Earlier, I compared Klout Scores of the “Most Influential Filipinos” on the internet, naturally including him in my blog. At the time, he was statistically  the third most influential Filipino in social media (Click Here To Read)–well now, he’s the first, the FIRST MOST INFLUENTIAL PINOY ON SOCIAL MEDIA–as I told him when he asked, “I included you in my “Most Influential” list because that is a fact. If you want to thank someone, you should probably thank Klout for making that information accessible. All I did was make a unique graph of the Most Influential Pinoys based on information presented on Klout, but you’re welcome all the same, little buddy. Kudos to making the list!”

One conversation later, I decided to blog up Kimpoy. And now, Jamich & Kimpoy have launched their first every Youtube Short Film together!

Chismes & Funny Background Story

Shooting Took Place on Kimpoy’s Actual “Fan Day.” 

Kimpoy Feliciano’s fans coordinated a day to meet Kimpoy. As promised, Kimpoy showed up, making their day. The funny twist: Kimpoy fans had no idea they all just got casted in Jamich’s next film. They all starred as themselves, Kimpoy fans.  So at this very moment, dozens of Kimpoy fans will be watching themselves on Youtube. They had no idea they’d be watching themselves. Cute, di ba?

Globe endorsement

Thanks to the support of fans, Jamich and Kimpoy Feliciano have you to thank for their endorsement of Globe. Congrats to all three of you. Cheeri-O !

Cool beans !!

Globe Prepaid ka ba? Kasi kapag kasama kita.. Abot ko ang mundo! HAHA! ) @enjoyGLOBE #LSSJamichKimpoy—
Paolo Feliciano (@kimpoyfeliciano) June 26, 2012

Look out for Jamich & Kimpoy Feliciano in the 2012 Tattawards!! They are both finalists competing in different categories. Hopefully winners din. Go for Gold !!

For most of you, the word Klout doesn’t mean anything. In just 6 months, it’s going to mean everything for the marketing world.

What is KLOUT? & What’s the Big Deal

Klout is a new company that studies everyone’s social media analytics based on their social media applications. And, that’s just a complicated way of saying–Klout measures a person’s influence primarily via the biggest of social media, twitter and facebook. By some wildly-complicated algorithm, it calculates every twitter retweet/facebook share/youtube hit/etc and pops out a ”Klout score”, simply on a scale from 1 to 100. That Klout Score is becoming the “de facto” official measure of someone’s influence. An average person rocks an average score of 20. Only Justin Bieber scores a perfect 100. Lady Gaga is currently at 93. Kim Kardashian, 92. Barack Obama, 91. Ellen Degeneres, 89. Katy Perry, 89. Pete Cashmore (behind Mashable), 90. Oprah, 85. David Archuleta, 72.

And, I already know what you’re thinking. Whose got the biggest Klout Score in the Philippines?! Teka-teka-teka-teka!

At the moment, no one in the Philippines have hit the 90′s mark. As far as I can tell, there’s less than 10 people so far in the entire world.

I give you the first official listing of the “Philippine’s Most Influential People” via Klout:

KLOUT: The Most Influential Filipinos

1. 81 – Anne Curtis

2. 80 – Vice Ganda

3. 76 – Paolo Feliciano 

4. 76 – Xian Lim

5. 74 – KC Concepion

6. 73 - Angel Locsin

7. 73 - Bianca Gonzales

8. 72 – Luis Manzano

9. 71 – Kim Atienza

10. 71 - Julia Montes

11. 70 – Kean Cipriano

12. 70 – Angelica Panganiban

13. 70 – Maxene Magalona

14. 70 – Jasmine Curtis-Smith

15. 69 – Tim Yap

16. 68 – Sarah Geronimo

17. 68- Karen Davila

18. 67- Derek Ramsay

19. 67 - Kris Aquino

20. 67 – Sam Milby

21. 67 – Lea Salonga

22. 67 – Karylle

23. 67 – Pokwang

24. 67 - Mo Twister

*President Noynoy Aquino is currently at a 52.

** Figures fluctuate on a day-to-day basis, normally not more than a point at a time

KLOUT’s Relevance

Truthfully, we all know Boy Abunda, Piolo Pascual, and John Lloyd would have made the list had they ever bothered with a Twitter account.

It’s not as if the thought never crossed their mind. Given their influence, of course, “no social media” was a deliberate decision, not one easily made. Respectfully, they are so well into their careers; at the moment, there’s no question who’s the Philippine’s “King of  Talk” or “Box Office King.” But given enough time, might some young starlets enter the picture? The world will know when Anne Curtis’ fanbase hits 3 million on Twitter. But, it would seem the gap between what we know of Annes’ fans and what we don’t know of Piolo’s keeps on growing. No pressure, Papa P.

So, just how influential is the measurement of the influential? With the onset of Twitter, fame already has itself a measurement, but there’s a big difference between Twitter and Klout, and that’s just because there is a fundamental difference between fame and influence.

There are a lot of people on Twitter with fame who don’t actually influence their followers in any way. Case-in-Point: The Charlie Sheen Melt-down. Charlie Sheen, once the highest paid actor in television, publicly challenged his studio to either increase his pay or cut his contract. When studio CBS booted him off the show, he had a very public melt down and made twitter history by becoming the first and only person to garner a million followers in just one day. Clearly, Charlie Sheen accomplished fame. But, influence? And, there’s the difference.

What Do You Think of the Most Influential People in the Philippines? What do you think of Klout in general? Cool? Creepy? Share your thoughts. (Sebastian’s Klout here)