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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Foursquare! Tourism/Travel/Hospitality. Goals: Connect with new clients who enjoy traveling. Who has time for this? e-Commerce.

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Facebook Graph Search: Why Investors Shouldn’t Worry

Mindjumpers

If you need tips on e.g. a travel destination, Mexican restaurant or music inspiration, your search results will be based on your friends’ likes and check-ins. Similar Posts: Ad Opportunities on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and Tumblr. But the investors’ question remains: How will Facebook make money out of it?

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YouTube Tuesday: Checking In With Facebook Places

Firebelly

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Firebelly at Blog Indiana | Main | 5 Helpful Facebook Places for Business Articles » August 24, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: Checking In With Facebook Places People are calling it a FourSquare killer. The worrying thing is that it's a travel log that everyone can view.

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

Convince & Convert

Four high-rise hotels surround Starbucks like castle ramparts, each filled with caffeine-crazed travelers. for most business travelers, it’s also incredibly helpful. But Mike becomes memorable when he connects with a core truth of travelers–we're in unfamiliar territory and need good wayfinding.

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

Convince & Convert

Combined with the new geo-targeted social interaction tools like Foursquare and Gowalla, and the just over the horizon technology of QR codes , social graph portability and the “site-less&# Web (as Paul Gillin calls it ) is an area that smart agencies need to know now.

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

Convince & Convert

Ultimately they are likely losing three customers who travel a lot because of their social media responses, probably more from this than from the room problem – I can overlook an underpaid hourly staff member at the desk or cleaning service. They seem to get it.

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

Convince & Convert

Extremely handy while traveling, I also highly recommend Nutshell for casual social media users. I’ve tried Foursquare , too. I also use Foursquare on the Blackberry. iPhone Just about anyone that builds a social media audience partially does so because they create a lot of content, and are responsive.