Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 31, 2011

My partner @Shane sent me a link today “ Why They Stopped Using Foursquare &# by David Berkowitz. It summarizes a number of my social media friends and peers who have weaned themselves off this geo-location social network also known as a check-in service. But enough about Groupon! This is happening too.

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Social Media Foursquare Discount Social CRM 71

Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

.&# Because helpfulness hasn’t historically been looked at as a marketing objective (tons of great stuff about this umbrella concept in Scott Stratten’s forthcoming new book UnMarketing – buy it ), identifying areas where help could be provided isn’t in the DNA of most companies – yet. Buy your own product.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant B2B 151

Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Me Too Agencies realize how hot social media is, and they are scrambling to add social media expertise (real or imagined) to their services mix. In fact, a search for “social media agencies&# on Google yields more than 41 MILLION matching Web pages. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google.

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Social Media Strategy CoTweet CoTweet 122

Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

Social media is fueled by passion, and too many companies try to take elements of their company that aren’t passion-worthy, and attempt to build a social media program around it. Place making social media (Foursquare, Gowalla, et al) will continue to gain traction over the next 18 months.

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Social Media Consultant Video Strategy 136

Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

Now, I’m not suggesting Foursquare will ever approach Twitter’s level of ubiquity, much less Facebook’s. Because Foursquare makes very little sense unless you’re in a physical location like a store, restaurant, etc. At least it is for me.

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Foursquare Analysis Consultant Mobile 152

Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. FourSquare and Gowalla go Back to the Future The new location-based darlings FourSquare and Gowalla are stealing a lot of the place-based intimacy that originally propelled Twitter.

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Social Media Strategy Foursquare Social CRM 125

Convince & Convert

JULY 22, 2010

Lion Brand Yarn found that their customer outreach strategy drove impressive e-commerce results – those who visited the company’s blog were 41% more likely to buy at the Web site. She is deeply curious, loves all things marketing and blogs less frequently than she would like at Stickystimuli.com.

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Social Media Strategy Influencer Case Study 130