For those of you who are obsessed with been Mayor on Foursquare here is an application (whenwillibemayor.com). This application connects to the Foursquare API to your account via OAuth. It will tell you in all the locations you have checked in to so far how many more check in you need to become Mayor of the location. It also tells you the current Mayor of these locations whom you have the potential to “de-throne”. You can also search by location and Venue. The application also gives you a nice little pie chart based on the locations you visit. I can see how this data is fun for a user. However, if whenwillibemayor.com can collect enough data on enough people it can start recommending locations based on your past history especially if you are in a new city, for example if you like going to Starbucks while in Dublin, then if you go on a trip to and check into a location in San Diego it will tell you the where the nearest Starbucks is in this city.
Facebook are starting to use their Facebook page to communicate more effectivley, for example as well as keeping you up to date with the latest news they are starting to deliver useful videos such as the one below. Up to now communicating and expecially from a customer service persepective they have been poor. I often get calls from Clients with small questions from client issues with trying to find anything on the Facebook help pages.
Mark Cahill was recently interviewed as part of an article on Foursqure, this article appeared online and in the print copy of Marketing [...]
I was watching the TV last night (a rare hobby) and I noticed that the advertisements have gone from displaying a micro-site to driving consumers to a Facebook page. For example the the advertisements I watched (I know I watched a TV advertisement from start to finish, how primtive) were the Diet Coke maniac ad and that Vinnie the Panda for Foxes Biscuits.
Social Bits will be running a workshop on how to promote events with social media and online social networks in Galway. This workshop will take [...]
AOL are selling Bebo for $10 million (or maybe a little less). This is a huge drop from the $840 [...]
I will be running a workshop on how to use Blogging for your business in Limerick. This workshop will take place Wednesday the 20th of January. It [...]
Google are everywhere and now they are coming to a screen near you. Google are working with Sony, Logitech and Intel to bring this to reality. It combines [...]
As part of training I deliver, and from clients, a question I am asked on quite a frequent basis is [...]
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