Over at Fast Company, there’s a post about the American Express partnership with Foursquare. According to Fast Company, the AMEX/FourSquare deal  “…might finally give us some hard evidence as to whether social media is a worthwhile investment for merchants and marketers.&#. That led to a bunch of photography and media projects for John’s company, and his use of other social media platforms saw him become recognized as the go-to guy in his area for social media and how it can be used to drive business. American Express and Foursquare – So What? MORE >>

With Facebook’s recent roll-out of Places , many have posited the beginning of the end for what had been everyone’s LBS darling, Foursquare. After all, Facebook’s built-in user base of over 500 million people they could dwarf Foursquare’s user base of about 3 million with even a modest rate of adoption (about.6%.). As one middle-aged woman pointed out, she wasn’t going to use Foursquare on her iPhone because none of her friends were on it. With all that Facebook Places has going for it, how can Foursquare possibly compete? The Foursquare interface is a bit clunky. MORE >>

Tweet During 2010, the location-based mobile platform Foursquare experienced great growth. Social Media check-ins Foursquare growth location-based mobile platform Social NetworkActually, this was a growth of 3400 %. Therefore, they have made an infographic to show where most check-ins took place around the globe, what the top train stations, wine bars and hotels were during the year, most popular brand pages and other fun facts. Since the numbers speak for themselves, there is not much more to say. So check out the infographic here: Similar Posts: We Love Facebook! MORE >>

In my humble opinion, this seemingly inevitable launch represents the biggest challenge Foursquare has seen to date, and ultimately could lead to extensive collateral damage they can’t recover from.  Not only is Foursquare struggling to get its arms around its monetization and revenue plan, more importantly it is dealing with execution.  This is outlined well by Augie Ray’s recent post – Foursquare’s Starbucks Mistake: Five Ways Foursquare Advertising Is Getting Less Interesting. Now, it appears that the rumors may become reality. A good idea? By Robert M. MORE >>

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Ignore Foursquare at Your Peril – An Analysis of Potential April 7th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Are you too dismissive of Foursquare (as well as Gowalla and the other geo-location apps)? Foursquare and Gowalla are evolving quickly. Not sure Foursquare can. MORE >>