HOW TO: Get Businesses In Your Community Involved With Foursquare

This upcoming Foursquare Day meetup in Kalamazoo is going to be bigger and better than last year, especially with the growing number of businesses that have grown their participation with Foursquare and the growing number of users locally. Last year we went to several businesses to campaign to business owners that they should participate in Foursquare and why it is a benefit to their overall business. We ended up encouraging 25 businesses to sign up for...

Foursquare Meet-up Tips

A great way to encourage foursquare use in your community and meet other foursquare enthusiasts is to host a meet-up. At Foursquare Houston, we host them on the 16th of every month, in honor of 4sqDay. Some foursquare meet-up tips: Ask venues who are already engaged in social media. We often try a venue that does not have a foursquare special in order to educate them, but it helps if they are aware of foursquare to begin with.  This often isn’t...

Foursquare Lunch Recommendations, Done 3 Ways

via Foursquare Houston Sometimes deciding where to go for lunch can be the most difficult decision one faces all day. Day after day, picking a place for lunch becomes such a hassle you pass the decision from coworker to coworker like a hot potato. Mmm… did someone say potato? No more schlepping it to that crappy lunch joint just because the guy in accounting has a crush on the waitress. Here are three different methods foursquare can pick your next...

Fundraising on foursquare Using Snoball

Snoball is an awesome site that allows individuals, companies and brands to raise money for charities through social media, including with foursquare check-ins. I recently used it as a fundraising tool when Foursquare Houston co-sponsored the Houston Tweet Drive for our December monthly meet-up.  It is super-easy to set up and is extremely flexible and manageable. My Snoball: First, choose your non-profit. Snoball has a thorough database of non-profit...

Top US Cities for Mobile Shopping

Yesterday, the IAB Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence released a report on mobile shopping use in the United States. With data provided by comScore and BIGresearch’s Simultaneous Media Survey, the Interactive Agency Bureau ranked the 2011 top mobile shopping-savvy cities. The Top 5 Cities: Houston, TX New York, NY Atlanta, GA Los Angeles, CA Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX Not exactly who you think of when it comes to the world of mobile commerce. The...