Convince & Convert

JULY 24, 2013

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. I’m on record as being a fan of Foursquare’s strategic pivot toward real-time, location-aware advice and counsel.

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 18, 2011

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. How should companies do it ?

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Socialized

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The idea is that you “check in&# with a service like Brightkite or Foursquare , letting your friends know you are at a restaurant, the office, the gym, etc., “God damn Foursquare! The only thing that makes sense about this is the idea that insurance companies would be excited about a new way to deny consumer claims.

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The Realtime Report

JULY 21, 2014

Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, YouTube and Vine: Facebook. Facebook tests new ‘buy’ button for online purchases in U.S. Foursquare.

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The Realtime Report

MARCH 31, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook and Twitter: Twitter rolls out photo tagging. Foursquare. Any social media updates that we missed? Let us know in the comments below.

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Mindjumpers

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Tweet The online social media news site, Mashable , has put together a very nice infographic giving an overview of the current state of the social platform Facebook. For brands on Facebook, this is something that establishes how important and effective it can be for your business to be present with a Facebook page.

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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists. Metro will provide Foursquare with location-specific editorial content such as reviews, tips and articles on points of interest. I’d love to see a partnership between The New York Times and Foursquare.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 19, 2010

Now Facebook is following their footsteps and introduces their own location service called ’Places’. Now Facebook is following their footsteps and introduces their own location service called ’Places’. It will be highly interesting to see how location will be used from now when knowing how comprehensive Facebook is.

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 25, 2011

Tweet Yesterday Facebook has launched Facebook Questions, which allows users and pages to post a Question to friends or a Facebook community. It seems like Facebook is constantly picking up on online trends and launching new products to match user needs. Similar Posts: Facebook Reveals New Changes On Platform.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 19, 2010

Now Facebook is following their footsteps and introduces their own location service called ’Places’. Now Facebook is following their footsteps and introduces their own location service called ’Places’. It will be highly interesting to see how location will be used from now when knowing how comprehensive Facebook is.

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Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 8, 2011

Well, that’s the basic premise behind Foursquare. Foursquare is a social networking website that works off the location of its users. Keeping up with the whereabouts of your friends has never been easier than with Foursquare. Overall, Foursquare is definitely a game changer for the social media landscape.

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The Realtime Report

MAY 12, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare and Snapchat: Tumblr’s app update allows users to customize the way their blog looks on mobile. Foursquare.

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Facebook users can now choose custom gender options. Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook and Twitter: Facebook. Social Media News Ticker Facebook Facebook profile gender social media news social media news ticker Twitter Twitter redesign'

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Facebook: 1.23 via Facebook. Foursquare: 40 million users. via Facebook. Facebook Acquiring WhatsApp for $19 Billion . Mobile messaging service WhatsApp is being acquired by Facebook to the tune of $19 billion in cash and stock — Facebook’s biggest acquisition to date. via YouTube.

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Sherrilynne Starkie

JUNE 22, 2013

With Foursquare, a user could look to find people who are close by, like a woman in a nearby bar for instance. Then, the user could use Facebook to find out this woman’s interests, where she went to school and who her friends are. Luckily, this data integration feature has now been disabled by Foursquare. Related articles.

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Adam Cohen

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Email etiquette arguably doesn’t exist – in a business context, companies have a culture around when people turn to email and when they don’t. Enter the world of Facebook, where the communication paradigm is different. Do you thing Facebook etiquette is a lost art or a lost cause? Share this on Facebook.

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Freelance Social Media

JUNE 17, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Create a custom url for your Facebook Page by cinta5 on June 17, 2010 After being asked a few times how to get a custom url for a Facebook page I decided to go ahead and create a post on how to do it. That’s it!

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Firebelly

MARCH 8, 2013

Popular social sites like Facebook have been the subject of privacy concerns for years, but users are starting to hold companies accountable for their actions – making others rethink the way they take on Internet privacy. Foursquare 101. Foursquare figured out a way to just talk to its users like people.

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Freelance Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Sell Products Online via Facebook by cinta5 on June 2, 2010 When I took over the online marketing for coffee company Devil Dog Brew , I wanted fans of DDB’s Facebook Page to be able to purchase coffee without leaving the page.

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Idaconcpts

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

With the growth of smartphones, companies are focusing to increase their brand visibility and sales through smartphone apps. Here are some innovative apps that can legitimately increase a company’s brand presence as well as sales. Yelp will allow company owners to keep track of whatever information is being posted about the company.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 31, 2012

VenueSeen sends a notification to the subscribing business when a customer shares their experience at the business’ specific location on Instagram, Foursquare or Foodspotting: a shared photo, a mention or a comment tagged with the company location. Currently, VenueSeen offers a trial period of its service.

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Freelance Social Media

MARCH 31, 2010

As she pointed out, it’s against Facebook’s terms of service to have a profile page for your business. As she pointed out, it’s against Facebook’s terms of service to have a profile page for your business. Second, Facebook only allows profiles to have up to 5000 friends.

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The Realtime Report

JULY 3, 2014

Facebook: 1.23 via Facebook. Foursquare: 50 million users. via Foursquare. The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. billion monthly active users. over 1 billion monthly unique users. via YouTube. Twitter: 255 million monthly active users. via VentureBeat. Qzone: 599 million monthly active users.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 11, 2013

Though membership continues to grow for companies like Facebook, 2012 hasn’t been kind to the social giants when it comes to what they’re doing with all of our personal data and facts about ID theft online. The saying goes: “The cover-up is always worse than the crime.”

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 24, 2014

Facebook: 1.19 via Facebook. Foursquare: 40 million users. Top Brands on Twitter: Enterprise Brands Vs. Small Companies. 92% of brands tweet at least once daily; the average Interbrand company tweets 12x per day. Interbrand companies average 43,100 engagements per month. billion monthly active users.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 17, 2012

Facebook: 955 million active users. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Facebook followed with 19%, Twitter with 16%. However, when asked which channels they use most often, B2B marketers named LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter almost equally. Twitter: over 500 million users. via Twopcharts.

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Dave Fleet

JANUARY 18, 2012

If your company is attending CES, take the opportunity to create awareness of where you’ll be and what you have to offer ahead of time, both through public channels (e.g. If your company is there showcasing their products or announcements, take advantage of that to create content for non-attendees: Go behind the scenes on your booth.

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The Social Media Incubator

MAY 4, 2011

Social Media Strategist Caroline Melberg spells out the steps to take when you need to change your Facebook identity: So let’s say Jane Doe is an administrator of the “Pretend Company&# page on Facebook. One of the mysteries of Facebook, solved. Tagged as: admin facebook , branding , C.E.L.

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Mindjumpers

MARCH 29, 2011

The Chicken” is a German website based in Berlin and it applies a Foursquare model to product and brand discussions. But what is especially interesting about this German site (and what makes it stand out from other rating sites) is the fact that it uses a location-based model much like the one of Foursquare. Should I buy it?

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Freelance Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Marketing Beyond Traditional Means by Justin on July 8, 2010 My post last week talked about Topeka Subways new Foursquare campaign. In most of these we were behind the times as most companies had already developed these areas.

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Small Business Mavericks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

According to one survey , Facebook is the riskiest social media site for businesses online. Company and third-party blogs are considered less risky than Twitter or Facebook, which indicates that businesses are warming up to blogging. Answers, Google+, and Foursquare (in that order) are likely to be your cup of tea.

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Idaconcpts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Foursquare. Nearly all social media sites are important when it comes to local links, but because Foursquare is so specifically targeted at location, it is definitely a place you want to be. Ascent Internet, a local SEO company , contributed this post. YellowPages.com. This site is the online equivalent of the paper product.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How Businesses like Sylvan Learning Center and Computer Explorers Can Use Foursquare Depending on where you live you may be seeing more and more businesses advertising that they participate in Foursquare.

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 10, 2013

While companies often use every platform possible to interact with their customers, the approach I take on my personal accounts is to utilize social to communicate, crowdsource, and collaborate. Facebook: This social network is something I use to maintain relationships with people from various aspects of my life.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Over the past couple years, one of the most common questions from business owners has been, “Do I need to be on Facebook and/or Twitter?&# On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. To Facebook or Not to Facebook?

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 14, 2014

There are daily deals from the likes of Groupon and LivingSocial, or the ability to offer deals to consumers checking in or using Foursquare, the location-based social platform. Customers can sign up via Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or email. Now there’s a new kid on the block: LiveDeal. How exactly does it work?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

His example was his local watering hole, where he figures by the time he’s checked in 10 times, the offer they make on Foursquare should encourage his evangelism, not just offer a discount on an item he doesn’t order. Because they are trying to run their core business, not maximize the value of Foursquare.

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