Ari Herzog

JULY 29, 2014

After 2,240 check-ins, 669 photos, 106 tips, 46 badges, and 21 mayorships, I deleted my Foursquare account. 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.” ” “I never used Foursquare to find places; I used and still use Yelp.”

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Here is a Gravity Summit overview. The agenda indicates a who’s who of represented brands and speakers, including social media directors and business executives from Morgan Stanley, Audi, Gannett, PR Newswire, and HootSuite.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 6, 2011

I bought several eye-catching customized conference badges for $2.50 I’m especially excited how Manor, Texas is using QR codes to promote government communication. Want a QR code of your own? Thanks for the inspiration, Arik. Thank you for reading!

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 18, 2011

People like merit badges such as that of Mayor if checking into a location more than anyone else. Foursquare may not be mainstream but its users are having a fun time with it. People like checking into locations so many times to receive points and special deals. The other piece is I deleted my account when my mobile device was a BlackBerry.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 15, 2012

The verified badge helps users discover high-quality sources of information and trust that a legitimate source is authoring the account’s tweets.” ” You can see this in action by searching for singer Nicki Manaj and noticing that only one name has the blue badge. NickiManaj is verified and the others are not her.

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Ari Herzog

MAY 19, 2011

Salman Khan is currently using game mechanics to increase student engagement and motivation by awarding badges for specific accomplishments. While managing virtual farms may seem trivial, it is evident that game mechanics can be a tremendous motivator and can be highly effective in encouraging a specific desired behavior.

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