Archive for December, 2010
Posted on December 15, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
infographic: The Top 10 merchant locations foursquare users are checking into
Yesterday Ad Age posted an interesting article about how they measure foursquare check-ins using Trendrr. In the post Ad Age stated they look at what are the popular cities that foursqure users check into Starbucks locations with New York Starbucks locations topping the list followed by Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago.
Also included in the article was a merchant chart showing the top check-ins for the past seven days. Here’s the list of the top 10 merchant locations foursquare users are checking into from the last seven days.
Are you surprised by the merchants on the list? Any merchant locations you thought would be on the list but didn’t make it?
Posted on December 15, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
How to use QR Codes to check-in with Facebook, Foursquare and Gowalla at the same time.
By adding custom QR Codes to TriOut for Business we allow any verified business to create a check-in QR Code for their location. This not only works for store fronts but for mobile food trucks, conferences, trade shows and locations that may want to direct customers to check into multiple areas inside of their buildings, what we call micro-check-ins. It’s easy to setup and implement as well. First you verify your location on TriOut.
If you think NFC, RFID or any other technologies will assist in location-based services going main stream, fill out the location survey here.
Update
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Posted on December 14, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
Twitter for Business is now open
Tonight ReadWriteWeb broke the news about the new Twitter for Business platform that allows businesses to buy Ads, Trending Topics & promoted tweets. Depending on how long you have been using Twitter you may be thinking what took them so long. Regardless it looks like Twitter is setting up to make money from anyone who would like to get more followers and/or just to increase their Twitter presence. A lot of questions are soon to follow and it will be interesting to see what type of companies and brands start using the new Twitter for Business dashboard and analytics service.
Only time will tell how this will work out and be received by everyday Twitter users, regardless you can get started with Twitter for Business by going here: http://business.twitter.com/advertise/start. For more on Twitter for Business follow @TwitterBusiness and see the ReadWriteWeb post here and TheNextWeb post here
What are your thoughts on the new Twitter for Business platform? Do you think it will be overused by brands and marketers just to get more followers?
Posted on December 14, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
infographic – A Year of Twitter – the good, the bad and the ugly via Flowtown
infographic – A Year of Twitter – the good, the bad, and the ugly by Flowtown
Flowtown – Social Media Marketing Application
Posted on December 14, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton
3 Ways to check-in to your favorite TV show or movie and how to earn the TRON badge
flickr photo by: Wisconsin Historical Images
As I stated in one of my previous blog post called I just checked into your blog, the act of checking in has created a new wave of applications to enable people to check into almost anything. You could always create fake locations in location-based applications and check into miscellaneous items. For example I recall one dinner at SXSW where people where checking into a woman’s bra and another situation where people were checking into a guys pants. That’s all fun for the moment and it was a somewhat ok thing to do when you’re at a conference with friends. But what if you could actually check into your favorite TV Show, movie, video, celebrity or product? Now you can with GetGlue, Miso and newly launched ScreenTribe.
GetGlue:
GetGlue is a leading social network for entertainment, with more than 700,000 users and 10M new unique ratings and check-ins for TV shows, movies, music and books every month. Fans use GetGlue apps to check-in while consuming entertainment to share with friends and to earn exclusive rewards from our partners.
Miso
Miso is a social platform that makes watching media content more fun. Miso was created by the team at Bazaar Labs, located in Pier 38, San Francisco, CA.
ScreenTribe
ScreenTribe is an application that allows users to experience television and movies in a whole new way. It’s a social service for people who love media. With ScreenTribe, users can see what their friends are watching or share what they’re watching with friends. Every time someone shares what they’re watching, they earn points. The points can then be redeemed later for real life prizes like movie tickets or gift cards.
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Each one of the apps allow you to check into your favorite movie or TV show but GetGlue focus extends beyond the screen experience allowing you to check into products and topics. Again, here’s another way to for brands in this case producers to connect with customers using mobile applications. As we have seen with the increase intereste with “social tv” these apps are leading the charge. A few examples are the HBO and GetGlue partnership where if you checked into True Blood, Hung, or Entourage you may receive a GetGlue sticker along with Miso’s Hot Tub Time Machine badge promotion. If you’re thinking no one would check into a TV show or movie take a look at Miso’ trending screenshot below where thousands of people where checking into to various TV shows and games such as Fringe, Glee and the Miami Heat vs Cleveland NBA game.
I’m sure this weekend all three check-in apps will see a bump do to the new TRON movie. Although TriOut is not a TV/media check-in app we have created a special TRON badge. To collect the TRON badge just mention “TRON” in your check-in Tweet and it will be added to your TriOut awards profile.
Have used GetGlue, Miso or ScreenTribe to check into a TV show or movie before? Do you see the value of using mobile media check-in apps?
GetGlue is a leading social network for entertainment, with more than 700,000 users and 10M new unique ratings and check-ins for TV shows, movies, music and books every month. Fans use GetGlue apps to check-in while consuming entertainment to share with friends and to earn exclusive rewards from our partners.
Miso is a social platform that makes watching media content more fun. Miso was created by the team at Bazaar Labs, located in Pier 38, San Francisco, CA.
ScreenTribe
ScreenTribe is an application that allows users to experience television and movies in a whole new way. It’s a social service for people who love media. With ScreenTribe, users can see what their friends are watching or share what they’re watching with friends. Every time someone shares what they’re watching, they earn points. The points can then be redeemed later for real life prizes like movie tickets or gift cards.
No Cruchbase profile found.
Each one of the apps allow you to check into your favorite movie or TV show but GetGlue focus extends beyond the screen experience allowing you to check into products and topics. Again, here’s another way to for brands in this case producers to connect with customers using mobile applications. As we have seen with the increase intereste with “social tv” these apps are leading the charge. A few examples are the HBO and GetGlue partnership where if you checked into True Blood, Hung, or Entourage you may receive a GetGlue sticker along with Miso’s Hot Tub Time Machine badge promotion. If you’re thinking no one would check into a TV show or movie take a look at Miso’ trending screenshot below where thousands of people where checking into to various TV shows and games such as Fringe, Glee and the Miami Heat vs Cleveland NBA game.
I’m sure this weekend all three check-in apps will see a bump do to the new TRON movie. Although TriOut is not a TV/media check-in app we have created a special TRON badge. To collect the TRON badge just mention “TRON” in your check-in Tweet and it will be added to your TriOut awards profile.
Have used GetGlue, Miso or ScreenTribe to check into a TV show or movie before? Do you see the value of using mobile media check-in apps?
ScreenTribe is an application that allows users to experience television and movies in a whole new way. It’s a social service for people who love media. With ScreenTribe, users can see what their friends are watching or share what they’re watching with friends. Every time someone shares what they’re watching, they earn points. The points can then be redeemed later for real life prizes like movie tickets or gift cards.
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