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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

Socialized

Some think this might mean the end for standalone location-based services like Foursquare and Brightkite. Experts ” have recently placed Foursquare valuations in the $50M to $70M range. I think this is low, and I also think it is too soon for Foursquare to sell. I don’t think so. More on 4sq in a moment.). I don’t think so.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

Location-based applications like Foursquare and Brightkite will not be the darlings of social media as some predict, but will instead turn into features and dissolve into general social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Certainly all of these companies are active in the Web 2.0

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The Next Big Thing in Social Networks

Socialized

With the introduction of Foursquare and other location-based services, we started publishing our precise location data, and now with Blippy , our friends can see our credit card purchases as we make them. But some imaginative Web 2.0 Tags: Social Media Social Networks blippy Foursquare. entrepreneurs are working on it.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

&# Without a clear methodology of measuring ROI, many businesses are still cautious to spend their marketing budget on social media and web 2.0. 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!

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Your social media presence just became more important

Freelance Social Media

Google’s Marisa Mayer explained how Social Search works last week at the Web 2.0 It’s time for businesses to embrace social media and social networks! Last week Google announced a Google Labs experiment called Social Search.

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Strategic Initiatives to Engage in Social Media Within the.

Mindjumpers

By engaging in social media and the possibilities that are available through Web 2.0, Platforms such as Foursquare , Facebook , or Twitter could be applied creatively to setup various forms of competitions. Apply interactive competitions to generate viral spread and promotion.

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Enterprise 2.0: social scorecard and social media karma

Laurel Papworth

Rewarding badges and points systems on your intranet – social scorecards – could be the turning point for turning your enterprise 2.0 Foursquare becomes Social Work and all the better for it. Daniel proposed that we set up Foursquare style badges to encourage staff to contribute and use the internet.

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