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Guess Who is Back on Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Citing privacy concerns and not wanting strangers to know where I was every moment I checked in to a location, I deleted my Foursquare account 14 months ago. Forrester Research recently surveyed 37,000 mobile users and in its report issued this month, a mere 2% of those users had Foursquare accounts. My past caught up with me.

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Gaming Mindfulness

Janet Fouts

It works particularly well with problem-solving where badges or scores indicate competency. Just like merit badges in the scouts, or checking in on Foursquare to earn points. Gamification is certainly not a new way to engage us and create good learning habits. But that, right there, that’s the crux of it all.

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Enterprise 2.0: social scorecard and social media karma

Laurel Papworth

Rewarding badges and points systems on your intranet – social scorecards – could be the turning point for turning your enterprise 2.0 Foursquare becomes Social Work and all the better for it. Daniel proposed that we set up Foursquare style badges to encourage staff to contribute and use the internet.

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6 Ways Web Check-ins Can Benefit Your Brand

Convince & Convert

Whether it’s big players like Foursquare inking a new loyalty rewards program with Pepsi, or niche developers like Untappd , addressing the beer drinking vertical with a mobile application that let’s you spread the word about the particular brew you are sipping upon, check-ins are on fire. Tie Video to Written Content.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

One, should we monetize other people’s activity? The first question is ethical – if money and currency is about a show of worth, a menu of value, then yes, we can monetize conversations and activities. Collectibles buy an account and get special badges like the Pro badge above. Two, how can Twitter make money?

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Five tips for SXSW Virgins

Jeff Esposito

Instead of saying what sessions to attend or parties to hit up, I wanted to offer five tips that I picked up while having my Austin cherry popped (as this badge from foursquare points out ) a year ago. The event is something that I am looking forward to and hope to meet some of you at in my second trip to the conference.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

This way you can make sure you never miss an update by the people you actively want to follow. Twitter Badges : This comes straight from the developers of Twitter: Flash badges intended to be displayed on your website, showing your latest Twitter posts TwitterBuzz is an interesting tool that turns Twitter into some sort of simple Digg.

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