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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Freelance Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe GroupTabs-Groupon Meets Foursquare by Justin on August 25, 2010 There is a new player in the location-based service market. GroupTabs is a startup that is being billed as a cross between Groupon and Foursquare.

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The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Twitter: over 500 million users. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Instagram Tops Twitter In Daily Mobile Users. million for Twitter. Out of around 110 million smartphone owners in the US, Twitter had ~29 million unique U.S. Facebook: 955 million active users. via Twopcharts.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Twitter: over 500 million users. Foursquare: over 25 million users. 42% of Those Who Downloaded Foursquare App Use It Actively. Foursquare had 10.4 Nielsen ranked Foursquare behind only Facebook (78 million) and Twitter (23 million) in terms of July mobile app users, according to AdWeek. via Yahoo.

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Socialized

MARCH 26, 2010

Some think this might mean the end for standalone location-based services like Foursquare and Brightkite. Experts ” have recently placed Foursquare valuations in the $50M to $70M range. I think this is low, and I also think it is too soon for Foursquare to sell. Part of Foursquare’s appeal is that it does one thing really well.

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The Social Media Incubator

MAY 10, 2013

One emerging trend in online marketing is mobile search. With more people buying smartphones and using them to find businesses online, mobile search is poised to be a high growth marketing opportunity for many businesses all around the globe. For one thing, mobile search is highly local. Foursquare. Skype call.

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I saw that you checked in there on Foursquare, Shea,” he said. I’ve read articles about burglaries and stalking thanks to Foursquare, but because I only occasionally link my check-ins with tweets, I figured I was being responsible. You probably shouldn’t be telling people where you are on Foursquare, should you, Shea?”

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Mindjumpers

JULY 5, 2010

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « Defining a Strategy To Use Content In B2B Marketing Meet The Founder of The Bees Awards » Roskilde Festival is on Foursquare Posted by Anne Herngaard Jul 5th, 2010 Tweet I’ve been attending Roskilde Festival.

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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. Was the second camp right?

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Dave Fleet

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Lots of really interesting reads in the Monday morning reading hopper this week: a look at why dictatorships would be unwise to cut Internet access; several pieces on the latest in mobile applications; a new take on the Lord of the Rings and a couple of neat videos. WSJ: Smart Dictators Don’t Quash the Internet.

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The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Twitter: over 500 million users. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Twitter’s US Mobile Ad Revenues Top Facebook’s — But Facebook Will Win Next Year. Twitter’s US Mobile Ad Revenues Top Facebook’s — But Facebook Will Win Next Year. via Twopcharts.

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Freelance Social Media

JULY 1, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Foursquare Marketing by cinta5 on July 1, 2010 Lately on Freelance Social Media we’ve been discussing businesses using Foursquare as a way to build loyalty with their customers. million Foursquare users.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Twitter: over 218 million monthly active users. via Twitter. Foursquare: 40 million users. Facebook Is Most Popular Mobile App [Survey]. Which app do you use most frequently on your mobile phone? Survey data came from a poll of 500 people in the US who activated a mobile phone between June-September 2013.

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The Realtime Report

JULY 20, 2012

Twitter: over 500 million users. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Do Facebook Mobile Ads Work Better Than Twitter’s? Do Facebook Mobile Ads Work Better Than Twitter’s? Twitter, which shows every tweet from everyone a user follows). via Forbes. via Twopcharts.

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Freelance Social Media

JULY 2, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Topeka Subways Rock Foursquare with Fresh Ideas by Justin on July 2, 2010 I go to Subway quite a bit for lunch. Not only have they added a Foursquare special but Topeka Subway is also a user adding tips to their venues. Pretty cool.

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 20, 2014

Twitter: 255 million monthly active users. Foursquare: 45 million users. Mobile Video Now Accounts For 21% Of All Online Video Plays. 21% of all online video-plays globally were completed through mobile devices in the first quarter of the year, according to video technology company Ooyala. Facebook: 1.23 via Facebook.

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Freelance Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Local Business Offers Up Foursquare Special by Justin on June 9, 2010 Last week, I wrote about Foursquare’s widespread growth and how some organizations are trying to utilize the location based social network.

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Atom Thought

DECEMBER 19, 2009

I was beginning to hear a lot about Foursquare in the past few months , actually more after I bought the iPhone3G, and in the past few days decided to explore and experience Foursquare myself. However Foursquare takes it to the next level intelligently by using the entire concept as if it were a video game.

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The Realtime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Twitter: over 500 million users. Foursquare: over 25 million users. Facebook Reaches One Billion Users, Foursquare Tops 25 Million Users. This week marked big milestones for both Facebook and Foursquare, with user numbers growing to over 1 billion and 25 million, respectively. Facebook: 1 billion active users.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 25, 2014

Twitter: 241 million monthly active users. Foursquare: 45 million users. Facebook Tops One Billion Mobile Users, Messenger Reaches 200 Million Users. On Wednesday, Facebook announced that more than one billion users now access the social network on mobile devices every month. Facebook: 1.23 billion monthly active users.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 16, 2012

A new compilation of stats from the 2012 Olympic Games reveals that 60% of visits to the official London 2012 Games website and apps came from mobile devices. million social media followers across Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Foursquare. London 2012 on Facebook, Twitter and Beyond. The organization counted 4.7

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare: Facebook’s Look Back movie now has edit options. Foursquare. Any social media updates that we missed this week? Let us know in the comments below.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Mobile device users are spending more and more time on mobile apps, according to a new report from mobile app analytics firm Flurry. US consumers spent an average of 127 minutes on mobile apps per day, a gain of 35% year-over-year. Time spent in mobile apps now totals 76% of time spent watching television.

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Socialized

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

You’ll also have the option to “cross-post” such that your location and message is published both within the application and to your Twitter or Facebook account. You can use most location-based services on your laptop, but they are more powerful and more useful on a mobile phone, like an iPhone, Android or BlackBerry. Foursquare.

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The Realtime Report

MAY 2, 2014

Twitter: 255 million monthly active users. Foursquare: 45 million users. Mobile Accounts for 43% of LinkedIn’s Traffic . LinkedIn recently projected that mobile would account for half of the social networking platform’s traffic ; based on the company’s 1st quarter results, that could be a reality soon.

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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.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 31, 2014

Twitter: over 218 million monthly active users. via Twitter. Foursquare: 40 million users. Over 50% of Facebook’s Q4 Revenue Comes From Mobile Ads. Now, Facebook’s chief financial officer, David Ebersman, told The New York Times ”I think it’s inarguable that Facebook is a mobile-first company.”

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Buffer: Facebook. Foursquare.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 25, 2013

Mobile marketing is the future. Any marketer, or marketing firm worth their weight in invoices knows that the key to future success is adapting to and optimizing for the mobile market. Mobile users are shoppers, and we’ve got data to prove it. By 2014 mobile is predicted to overtake desktop Internet usage.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Twitter: over 218 million monthly active users. via Twitter. Foursquare: 40 million users. Facebook Accounts For 17% Of Mobile Ad Revenue in U.S. We recently looked at mobile ad spending in the UK ; in the US, spending on mobile ads is also increasing rapidly, approaching $9.6 Facebook: 1.15 via Facebook.

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Firebelly

JUNE 15, 2010

Theyll donate an additional 50 cents every time you help spread the word about Fathers Day Frosty Weekend on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare or FrostyCard.com. Buy a frosty and Wendys will donate 50 cents to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Video URL: [link] ] Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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The Realtime Report

MAY 16, 2014

Twitter: 255 million monthly active users. Foursquare: 45 million users. Active Usage Drops For Facebook and Twitter. LinkedIn and Twitter’s active usage dropped 3%. Social Media Statistics Facebook GlobalWebIndex Google Pinterest social networking statistics social networking stats Tumblr Twitter Youtube'

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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

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' Facebook users can now choose custom gender options.

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 16, 2014

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram: Facebook. Social Media News Ticker Facebook Galene Instagram Instagram advertising LinkedIn Nearby Friends PlayStation 4 Slingshot social media news ticker Twitter Youtube'

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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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The Realtime Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Twitter: 241 million monthly active users. Foursquare: 40 million users. Twitter’s Growth Slows, Engagement Drops in Q4 . Twitter’s fourth quarter numbers are in — and they’re not too impressive. Twitter Engagement: Q4’13 Timeline Views 148 billion, up 26% y/y. Facebook: 1.19 via Facebook.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Twitter: over 500 million users. Foursquare: over 25 million users. Twitter & Politics: A 2012 Recap. On Tuesday, Twitter released a recap of the past year – 2012: Year on Twitter. It was a big year for Twitter and politics, particularly in the US. tcot (top conservatives on Twitter).

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