Reasons why you should check-in with location-based services such as TriOut, Foursquare, Brightkite, Whrrl, Gowalla, Scvngr, PlacePop, Yelp and more! Whats Foursquare All About? Four Reasons Brands Must Check in to Foursquare. Now, there’s a reason to keep checking in to foursquare. IHG Becomes First Global Hotel Franchise Company To Reward Loyalty Points For Geolocation Check-Ins. Forrester: Why Most Marketers Should Forgo Foursquare. In April, Apple Ditched Google And Skyhook In Favor Of Its Own Location Databases. Google Tags – Do They Help? MORE >>

It’s getting a huge amount of buzz at the minute, as Twitter apps connect location tweets to its service, Foursquare is credited with Domino’s Pizza’s UK success and smartphone users get ready for augmented reality to guide their leisure time. And yet… For the most part, we’re still being safe and boring when it comes to how we, as marketers, use these geo-location services such as Foursquare and Gowalla to drive traffic and sales to our clients and own business. When you set up a reward for your Foursquare users, why not show the message, “Thanks for checking in! MORE >>

It may not have been as exciting as last week but with rumors of @Google buying @Gowalla and both Gowalla and @FourSquare updating their profile pages there still was a lot of location-based post and announcements published. m quitting Foursquare and Gowalla. Score Loyalty Points for Walking in a Store. Maximizing Foursquare Points and Badges: Game the Rules to Rule the Game. How To Use The Foursquare Dashboard. Google Latitude Enters Apple Apps Store through Device Locator. MisoTrendy Helps Find Hot Spots With Foursquare. MORE >>

Think Foursquare-like check-ins meets the total value shopping experience.). Users are also provided access to Digital Coupons they can clip and add to their shopper loyalty card. At the checkout the cashier scans the loyalty card and credits the savings to the user in real-time. Aisle411 has also partnered with Cellfire ,which is fully integrated into the aisle411 solution to deliver digital coupons onto a loyalty card. In our application you can tie your loyalty rewards card to your account. “So marketing has to influence that moment,&# Joe said. MORE >>

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