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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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Interview with Myself: 7 Links to Inspire

Ari Herzog

Why I Deleted My Foursquare Account. Checking-into a location on a mobile device and sharing that location with the world can promote networking and raise awareness of the business or event at the location. Brady was put to sleep in August 2010 and I wrote this in May 2011. 2) My Most Popular Article. The above is about me.

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50 (of the) Best Social Media Guides, Tips and Insights of 2011 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Whether it’s a local tweet-up or a major conference, this knowledge could be useful to help you plan what events you should sponsor or where you should set up your next booth&# ). 5 ways to use social media to build a crowd for your event by Socialbrite. percent of viewers discovered videos embedded on blogs or other websites.&#.

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How to Gain a Massive Following on Instagram: 10 Proven Tactics To Grow Followers and Engagement

Buffer Social

Ask users to “tag a friend” I recently got a great Instagram tip from some new local friends who helped me out with marketing a non-profit food tasting event. They shared a food photo from a past event and asked their 11,000 followers to comment and tag a friend they wanted to attend with. Use the right filters.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Trend #2: Embedding parts of your website into others’ websites Wufoo and others (namely email service providers, like Constant Contact, etc.) Ask a newly-minted Foursquare mayor how they feel about it. Don’t laugh – this was in 2007. It’s making social content sharing more fun.

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Social Pros 24 – Shawn Morton, JPMorgan Chase

Convince & Convert

Read on for insights from Shawn and Eric’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( this week : are corporate crises isolated events or do they affect a brand for eternity?). I think that Facebook wants to be embedded on every website in the Internet. They’re isolated events, or do they bleed on into eternity? Listen Now.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Meanwhile, however, I do very much like Facebook Lite , which strips down a lot of the shiny distractions, and gives you a threaded News Feed, birthdays, and events – and that’s about it. I’ve tried Foursquare , too. I also use Foursquare on the Blackberry.