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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

Location-based services — applications that “know” where you are and can use that information to connect you with people, places and things — are one of the hot new classes of social media applications. Check the application developer’s site for compatibility. Foursquare. Brightkite 2.0

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Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Geolocation applications allow you to share your location with other people and associate that location to restaurants, events, and other real-world venues. This privacy intrusion is why I deleted my Foursquare account two years ago. But I returned to the Foursquare community last winter and now share my check-ins on a daily basis.

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Can Ads Actually Make Foursquare Better

Convince & Convert

In this edition of The Baer Facts, I talk with Kyle Lacy of ExactTarget about the newly launched Foursquare ads , and whether they are a viable option for marketers, an annoyance for users, both or neither. This makes location an element of a social behavior, rather than requiring a distinct check-in behavior to demonstrate location.

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Social Media News Ticker: Edit Your Facebook ‘Look Back,’ LinkedIn Kills ‘Intro,’ Twitter Debuts Data Grant Program

The Realtime Report

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare: Facebook’s Look Back movie now has edit options. Foursquare. Any social media updates that we missed this week? Let us know in the comments below.

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Syndicating FourSquare to Twitter

Ari Herzog

I enjoy reading Maggie’s and Steve’s tweets, ripe with social media strategies and government discourse, respectively; but I don’t give a hoot where and when they eat, drink, and play. Many people opt to syndicate FourSquare check-ins to Twitter, or Twitter messages to LinkedIn, or LinkedIn updates to Facebook.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

Here are my five social media predictions for 2010. Augmented Reality Applications Will Start to Go Mainstream. Most AR applications in 2009 were quaint curiosities designed to demonstrate the AR concept. Expect to see applications from major corporations, municipalities, and institutions of higher learning.

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Study Shows Marketers Plan to Spend More on Social Media Programs

Harp Interactive

Highlights and Statistics of Social Media Usage by Brands. The following information is taken from a survey of 137 brand marketers and ad agency professionals that point to a significant investment in social media marketing programs in the next 12 months. Social media sites (i.e. Who Is the Target Customer?

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