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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

Her topic was “Big data as a new information ecosystem.”. These collect data about how much oxygen is in a user’s blood, the sleeping heart rate and a lot of other biometric information. This information all becomes part of big data. Luckily, this data integration feature has now been disabled by Foursquare.

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Social Media News Ticker: Edit Your Facebook ‘Look Back,’ LinkedIn Kills ‘Intro,’ Twitter Debuts Data Grant Program

The Realtime Report

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.

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The Stats Behind the World of Quora [infographic]

Mindjumpers

This also means that there can be useful information for businesses to gather on Quora. Web analytics firm KISSmetrics have published the infographic. Similar Posts: The Growth of Foursquare In an Infographic. Let’s Get Even More Social With Facto.me.

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5 Apps To Enhance Your Brand

Idaconcpts

Apart from scheduling posts on social media sites, it also allows companies to look at analytics, which enables them to make strategies on how to attract people to their company pages. Yelp will allow company owners to keep track of whatever information is being posted about the company. FourSquare. DoubleDutch Events.

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5 Sites to Boost Your Local SEO

Idaconcpts

Foursquare. Nearly all social media sites are important when it comes to local links, but because Foursquare is so specifically targeted at location, it is definitely a place you want to be. While each area and type of business is different, below are five great sites to boost your local links. YellowPages.com. Trip Advisor.

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

The Realtime Report

Are you willing to offer them that information, around the clock, in exchange for $5 and $10 gift cards — as well as the occasional bigger prize? However, personal identification information is removed before Placed shares its data with companies. Your location is very, very valuable to marketers.

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Don’t Forget the Big Picture in Social Media Strategy

Convince & Convert

But they are united by the importance of analytics and integration in digital marketing. She covers content and strategy, while the other half (Anna Samuels) handles analytics and paid ad spending. But Foursquare, as a brand awareness tool, is used differently and the goal changes. MarketingProfs Marketing Manager, Rob Zaleski.