All Blog Posts Tagged 'Foursquare' (8)

I'm not a big Yelp-er. Neither are most of my friends.

When I got to find a new restaurant, the search function in Yelp allows for many ways to target, but it's still overwhelming.

If Yelp isn't your thing, Foursquare's new "Explore" function is a must.

The search function begins…

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Last week I presented on DeMystifying Mobile for restaurants with the awesome founder of Talent Revolution, Amanda Hite at the People Report Best Practices Conference.  I thought I’d share some of the things we presented that the audience found interesting.

 

In researching the current state of Mobile use in the restaurant industry I came across something really interesting.  Larger restaurant…

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When I was young I used to play a game called four square.  It was fun and easy and all you needed to play was a red rubber ball, a piece of chalk to draw the lines, and a relatively flat piece of playground.  Four people at a time would each occupy a square and bounce the ball to try to get one of the other competitors out.  As kids were eliminated a new kid from the line of those waiting to play would fill in at the starting square and the remaining 3 players would advance toward the top… Continue

Photos: Cinnamon rolls (Ann Sather's), Red curry (Thai Linda Cafe), Veggie dog (Portillo's), Caprese salad (Fox & Obel), Curry chicken pizza (Ian's Pizza)

All of these are restaurants in Chicago, IL.…

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Foursquare, Gowalla, and other location-based startups have been allowing smartphone users to check-in for well over a year now. A few months ago, Facebook launched their "Places" feature - hoping to leverage their 500+ million users. They have recently partnered with different brands to start offering deals, as well as letting restaurant owners do the same. The… Continue

TechCrunch has a great piece today on data from the top two location-based social networks: Foursquare and Gowalla. The have been tracking the APIs for each for the past four weeks and lot of the data is fascinating. These, I think are particularly interesting trivia about Foursquare:… Continue

Foursquare recently made some updates to make it easier than ever to claim your business and to get started with your first Foursquare special.



If you already have a venue created, there should be text under your contact information that says "Are you the manager of this business"? Simply click on that link and it will take you to an easy, three-step process.…



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From Mashable.com just now:



EXCLUSIVE: Foursquare Launches in 15 New Cities



Whether or not you’re actually playing the incredibly addictive location-based game Foursquare [iTunes link], you’ve probably seen the buzz surrounding it and heard something about its notable investors, or why it may be the next Twitter.



While Foursquare certainly isn’t the first mobile app to let you check-in at venues… Continue