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Would You Sacrifice Your Privacy For A $5 Gift Card?

The Realtime Report

Location analytics startup Placed convinced those people to download a mobile app that tracks them wherever they go, 24/7, in exchange for accumulating $5 and $10 gift cards over time, as well as being eligible for drawings of bigger ticket items, like an Apple iPad. So far, at least 125,000 Americans have answered yes to the above question.

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This Week in Social Media – 6/5/2013

Social Media Marketing

While Facebook and Twitter receive the bulk of attention, other networks such as Pinterest, Google+ and Foursquare also rank well. Foursquare has devised a tie-in to the HBO Series "Game of Thrones." This could very well be part of the pilot program Foursquare is running with local businesses.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, Black Friday & Cyber Monday Blogging Sales

Kikolani

How my article on quitting Foursquare caused a blog traffic spike – a look at analytics and referrals when you get a post that goes viral. How to grow, manage, and optimize your Internet empire – a great guide to on day-to-day-operations, finances, security, privacy, and productivity secrets. What would google do ?

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Growing Your Business: 5 Tips from the Founder of Foursquare (Mashable): Dennis Crowley knows his stuff, and he’s given some good and creative tips to build visibility to his business. Hey, Foursquare was pretty small once! Foursquare Business Strategies You Don’t Want to Miss (Samir Balwani): With only (!)

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Top 1000 Favorite Blogging Links of 2008

Koka Sexton

Your Privacy Is An Illusion: Bank intern busted by Facebook The Only Thing You Need To Learn | How To Split An Atom SEOmoz | A Linkbuilding Method So Effective I Can’t Believe It’s Not Blackhat Picnik – edit photos the easy way, online in your browser Brain Goodbye » Blog Archive » OMFG Look Out Behind You: 30 Examples.

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Top 1000 Favorite Blogging Links of 2008 - Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Your Privacy Is An Illusion: Bank intern busted by Facebook The Only Thing You Need To Learn | How To Split An Atom SEOmoz | A Linkbuilding Method So Effective I Can’t Believe It’s Not Blackhat Picnik – edit photos the easy way, online in your browser Brain Goodbye » Blog Archive » OMFG Look Out Behind You: 30 Examples.