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6 Reasons Social Media Sucks, But You Need to Use It Anyway

Webbiquity SMM

I’ve always found Foursquare a bit creepy; turns out there’s actually an app named Creepy that aggregates “GPS coordinates for any user (of geolocation services like Foursquare, Twitter and Flickr), pointing out their most frequented hangouts on a map…Essentially, it’s a stalker’s dream app.&# The solution?

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How Data Is Used to Refine Marketing Messages

Convince & Convert

The CEO’s message included footage of men sitting in focus groups watching the reality (that part was off screen!). We’re already using data to figure out where to put posters and billboards, for example, because we can use mobile IDs and GPS targeting to see what type of people walk on which streets. The Final Frontiers?

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