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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

But there are privacy and data ownership issues.”. With Foursquare, a user could look to find people who are close by, like a woman in a nearby bar for instance. Luckily, this data integration feature has now been disabled by Foursquare. Don’t do big data analytics alone, says expert. How do you understand it?

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Google To Introduce Opt Out Browser Plug In For Analytics

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Google To Introduce Opt Out Browser Plug In For Analytics Up until just a few minutes ago when I started reading some reports about what I’m about to tell you, I’ve been a huge Google “junkie&#. What are your feelings?

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How Businesses like Sylvan Learning Center and Computer Explorers.

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Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How Businesses like Sylvan Learning Center and Computer Explorers Can Use Foursquare Depending on where you live you may be seeing more and more businesses advertising that they participate in Foursquare.

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How to Create a Customer Loyalty Program via Social Media (via PR.

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Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How to Create a Customer Loyalty Program via Social Media (via PR Workbench) I’m a huge proponent of retail locations using Foursquare to enhance customer experience. eMarketer reports that consumers force retailers to adopt social strategy.

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Location-based Marketing a Must for Local Businesses

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Up until this past week the only big game contenders in the Location Based Services arena were Foursquare and Gowalla. Ironically enough, with the advent of Facebook Places, more people are jumping on the Foursquare bandwagon – so start there. Does anyone else share my same frustration or is it not really an issue for you?

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How to Get People to Your Social Sites and Keep them Coming Back.

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Smart move to have Foursquare advertised on the window/door to remind folks to check-in while they are there. We have a soft spot for places that not only advertise Foursquare but especially those that offer specials AND tell you about them! Love Miss Shirley’s Foursquare enthusiasm!! Restaurant? Put it on your menus!

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Google+ and World Domination

Janet Fouts

The network itself is reminiscent of a mix of the best features of FriendFeed , Facebook and a few other networks, and as Kit Eaton pointed out in her Google+ post on Fast Company the network seems positioned to take over from Foursquare , Instagram , Facebook and maybe even Twitter and Quora.

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