Posts Tagged #4sqchat

14 ProTips To Maximize Your Foursquare Experience

Posted by Hust0058 in #4SqCHAT, 4SqTIPS on February 28, 2012

Since you’re reading this you are probably a fan of foursquare. How can you maximize your experience to make the most out of this geo-social application? That’s what we asked the participants on #4SqChat to share on Monday night.

Here are 14 ProTips that will make foursquare more fun:

If you find a foursquare tip you like, Mark it as done. The best tips (most done) rise to the top!
Good tips at Airports & Stadiums are likely be marked done much more than any other venue.
Share your good tips on other social networks when you create them.
Add a comment or question when checking in at a venue to get more engagement from friends!
Engage with others – comment on check-ins! (Easy to do from the web on foursquare.com)
Post photos with your check-ins to encourage conversation!
Notice when a friend checks in nearby
Out with a group? Be the first check in and get tagged every time they tweet their check-in OR be the last to at mention them.
Create a list of venues to curate the foursquare experience
Use the Explore feature to find venues you’ve never checked into before.
Follow brand pages to get those sponsored badges.
Business owners – claim your venues. Great data provided in foursquare’s insights
Be careful who you friend. Please don’t send out requests to everyone you follow on Twitter.
Get the latest foursquare knowledge: foursquare’s blog, aboutfoursquare.com, 4sqDay.com and here!

What are some of your favorite ProTips for using foursquare?

PS – Thanks to these people for the great ideas listed above!

@aboutfoursquare @4sqINDY @airthom @dwaynekilbourne @eric_andersen @colinbrauns @EMcCutchan @akaCarioca @RobinsonAndy @hust0058 @TBlessedStanley @TSBandito @UZMPhantom @MayhemStudios @superben @VouxCroux @Stevious @_MadGasser @McGarty15 @adivari@ntalukdar3 @Plattonian

#4sqchat, foursquare tips, ProTips, social media, social networking

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ChatRecap: Making the Most of Tips on Foursquare

Posted by Hust0058 in #4SqCHAT, 4SqTIPS on May 18, 2011

We’ve been very pleased with the participation and engagement during #4SQCHAT that takes place on Twitter every Monday at 9p ET. In an effort to make these hour chats more meaningful, we’re going to start recapping the chat on our blog – featuring some favorite participants their comments.

Monday, May 16th: Foursquare Tips

What makes a good foursquare tip?

Sharing the best nuggets of your favorite spots
Unexpected, unusual, little-known suggestions and ideas!
Lasting, relevant information
Fun facts
For restaurants, something off the menu

How do you use tips for personal use?

Leave tips that reflect your personality (or your personal brand)
Be human
Share things that your friends would like

How can businesses & brands use foursquare tips?

Businesses/Brands should show that they are human
Leave insider tips at relevant venues
Link tips back to the business blog/website if you can give more detail

What can you do to promote your tips?

Cross promote with your social sites – share on Twitter and Facebook
Link or embed tips onto your website

What would you like to improve about tips?

It would be nice to know when someone has done your tip
The ability to comment on tips
Potentially renaming the “mark tip as done” button: Thanks/Like
A way to edit older tips
A better way to flag inappropriate tips

Four #4sqChat All-Stars: @eric_andersen, @ELFENIX3000, @toby_metcalf, & @dwaynekilbourne

What additional thoughts/comments do you have on the subject? Other suggestions for improving future ChatRecap posts?

#4sqchat, business, foursquare, tips

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Global Venues: Good Idea or bad?

Posted by dwaynekilbourne in Foursquare Help, Fun on March 14, 2011

Foursquare, the world’s most popular location-based mobile platform, now has over 7.5 million users. It’s recent and continued growth has made it a key ingredient in many people’s and organization’s social media mix. Its growing popularity is attracting more and more national media attention; furthermore, foursquare is continuing to innovate by adding new application features for consumers (like explore), adding new tools for claimed businesses (like additional special capabilities), creating new badges (like the many offered at SXSW), and updating their point system.

Now that there are over 7.5 million users, we are finding more and more people looking for ways to learn more about foursquare. Some have found the increasingly popular podcast from AboutFoursquare (that is usually recorded Sunday evenings and posted every Monday morning) and the great TweetChat #4sqCHAT, the Twitter chat session started by @4sqINDY that is held over Twitter (globally) at 9pm EST (GMT -5:00) each and every Monday. Yet, others still do not know! So, how can we inform and engage these people? Read the rest of this entry »

#4sqchat, 4Sq3, advertising, Analytics, foursquare, venue

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Join Our #4SqCHAT Mondays at 9p EDT

Posted by Hust0058 in #4SqCHAT, 4Sq Apps, 4Sq Info, 4SqDAY, 4SqTIPS, Businesses, discounts, Fun on July 22, 2010

Foursquare is all about helping you find new ways to explore the city. Up until now you’ve been able to do that by checking in to venues and adding friends. Several cities have built networks to help Foursquare users connect with each other, earn badges, and connect with businesses locally. Now it’s time to unlock new territory – The World. We believe that Foursquare will be more fun by connecting and learning from its users, fans, fanatics, and addicts…. you. Everyone has an important perspective to share.

That’s where #4SqCHAT comes in. Every Monday from 9-10P EDT (see below for other time zones) we’ll chat up Foursquare on Twitter. Every week’s chat will have a topic announced on @4SqINDY’s twitter page.

We want you to hear from you!

We recommend joining the chat on tweetchat.com/room/4sqchat by signing in and connecting to your Twitter, FaceBook, or LinkedIn account. You could also follow the hashtag by searching for it on twitter. Either way – we hope you join in on the conversation.

We’ll post the transcript of the chat on this site the next day. One lucky participant from #4SqCHAT will also be featured in a special shout out the next day on Twitter.

See you Monday! In the meantime, keep checking in!

What time is #4SqCHAT for you?

03:00PM – Hawaii (Monday)

06:00PM – Pacific (Monday)

07:00PM – Mountain (Monday)

08:00PM – Central (Monday)

09:00PM- Eastern (Monday)

02:00AM – London (Tuesday)

03:00AM – Paris (Tuesday)

05:00AM – Moscow (Tuesday)

06:30AM - Pune, India (Tuesday)

10:00AM – Tokyo (Tuesday)