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Why Foursquare and I Split Up

Ari Herzog

After 2,240 check-ins, 669 photos, 106 tips, 46 badges, and 21 mayorships, I deleted my Foursquare account. I returned in December 2011. I explained my reasons on their deletion form: “You lost me by splitting into two apps. I don’t want two apps. I want one app.”

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How To Create a Presence on Google+

Mindjumpers

Tweet On November 7 2011, Google+ launched their highly anticipated pages. It is also possible to create a badge to place on your website. For long, Google’s message to business has been to “hold your horses”, while they were creating a proper solution for businesses and brands.

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Roskilde Festival is on Foursquare

Mindjumpers

One of the most i interesting networks to pay attention to is the location-based service Foursquare, which I think Roskilde Festival made clever use of even though they didn’t have any official badges or business deals. The festival had its own Foursquare profile and had added tips for the different stages.

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The Voice of the Social Employee Inside the Firewall

Direct Marketing Observations

However, if companies were all about their employees, why would 84%% of all employees in the workforce be looking for a job right in 2011? Taken a step further if you were to look at Gowalla and Foursquare , and why they are/were successful-it’s based on the notion of a reward system-earning badges for “checking in”.

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Tips for Starting a New Facebook Fan Page

Kikolani

At the bottom of it was a badge saying it was created with the free version of Pagemodo. This one is the most recent, published in August 2011, and is authored by Facebook experts Amy Porterfield, Andrea Vahl, and Phillis Khare. About half an hour later, I ended up with this sweet contact form on my new fan page.

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The One Must-Listen Podcast for Social Media Marketers

Convince & Convert

Eric Boggs (then at Argyle Social, now the kingpin at RevBoss ) called me in late 2011 and asked if I wanted to do a podcast together. We send digital badges they can use to promote their appearance. Hell, Social Pros wasn’t even my idea! Maybe you’ve seen those ads? Guest Relations. We treat our guests like guests.

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8 Important Influencer Marketing Trends to Watch Right Now

Hootsuite

Lorenz traces its social media etymology way back to 2011 on YouTube. The capital-C treatment gives creators the option to choose the term for their profile badge. Internet culture journalist Taylor Lorenz reported on a distancing from the label last year. Instead, “Creator” is emerging as a preferred term. Or re-emerging.