What I have tried to do here is provide a little behind the scenes commentary -- maybe my version of a "director's cut -- on each of my top 10 most popular posts for 2010. Are foursquare and Gowalla Just Shiny Objects - My favorite thing about this post was the conversation in the comments. Let's just call this my 45 in 45 of 2010. Hope you have an awesome 2010 and if I'm lucky, I'll see you at SXSW this year. Facebook Places foursquare best of 2010 gowalla CMOs i see youPart of me hates these posts. It was a fairly basic post but it seemed to resonate. MORE >>

You’ll get tired of collecting Foursquare badges. It may not happen right away, but with new badge releases and major brands jumping on the Foursquare bandwagon left and right — the tiny shining symbols of geek cred will ultimately lose their luster. Some questions to consider: How long do you think a Foursquare badge for Starbucks will bring people in the door? Right now, it’s kind of sexy for marketers to suggest that brands get custom Foursquare badges. But since a custom Foursquare badge can be mostly bought, how long until it reaches a point of saturation ? MORE >>

For almost a year now, I’ve done all I can to extoll the virtues of  Foursquare to friends and colleagues in the PR world. I Those are just a few of my ideas for fun Foursquare incentives that I haven’t seen yet. Leave a comment below if you have an idea or two as well—maybe  @tristanwalker (Director of Business Development for Foursquare) is reading…. DLD: Foursquare’s Crowley On Living With Groupon And Facebook (blogs.wsj.com). Location-Based Services: Checking in With Foursquare (social-media.blognotions.com). Reward someone who’s a loyal customer. MORE >>

Foursquare has officially blasted onto the retail scene representing the growing segment of location based social and marketing services. The location based social networking site had 381,576,300 individual user check-ins, 6 million users and a 3400% increase in 2010 alone. This article is meant to walk you through the steps and tips to using foursquare and being a “little creepy.” People use foursquare to “check-in”, which is a way of telling us your whereabouts. As a consumer, I use Foursquare as a way to keep track of where I have been and what I have experienced. MORE >>

Colin Alsheimer Digital & New Media Strategist About Lifestream Contact How to Pitch Me Guest Post Guidelines Disclosures RSS Feed Twitter Facebook The Dangers of Foursquare Badge Fatigue By Colin – 05/05/2010 Posted in: Featured , Mobile , Social Media , internet marketing Share One day it will happen. You’ll get tired of col­lect­ing Foursquare badges. It may not hap­pen right away, but with new badge releases and major brands jump­ing on the Foursquare band­wagon left and right — the tiny shin­ing sym­bols of geek cred will ulti­mately lose their luster. MORE >>