Posts Tagged social media
14 ProTips To Maximize Your Foursquare Experience
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
Related Posts:
How To Use Foursquare to Bolster Your Blog Presentation At #BIN2011
Posted by Hust0058 in Businesses, Indianapolis on August 5, 2011
How To Use Foursquare To Bolster Your Blog
Andy Huston
@hust0058
Friday, August 12th at 3:30 PM
Session Type: Intermediate, Tags: blogging, Foursquare
Beyond the check-in, learn the strategies you can use to build awareness of your blog with foursquare and engage with your readers when they are checking in.
Learn 5 strategies, illustrated by real examples, that will help your blog connect with new users and build a more loyal fan base. We’ll also share several examples of how you can connect and embed pieces of foursquare into your blog.
Will you be at BlogIndiana? There’s still time to register at blogindiana.com.
Have a preemptive question? Leave it in the comments below. Andy will be sure to address these and others from #BIN2011. Check back after the BlogIndiana Conference for some of his top foursquare tips for bloggers.
Related Posts:
Linking foursquare with Facebook Profile
Posted by dwaynekilbourne in 4SqTIPS, Foursquare Help on May 30, 2011
As many know, foursquare allows its users to link their Twitter and Facebook profiles. For many, this feature is great; these users like the option to share check-ins on these two major networks. Personally, I have both (Twitter and Facebook) linked to my foursquare profile, but I have heard a number of people experience an issue with their Facebook link. Some users have had their Facebook profile connected for some time, and the share functionality was working very well since the day they linked the two profiles together, but many have found that the link somehow became broken. In these cases, a foursquare user would check-in somewhere with the Facebook share option engaged and think he or she was successfully pushing that check-in to his/her Facebook profile. Later, he or she would look back at the Facebook profile to find nothing posted. Many savvy foursquare users would then check their settings to make sure that everything looked right, and many of them would notice that the connection seemed to be working. So, why wasn’t it posting correctly? Well, I am not sure if it was an issue with the Facebook profile, with the foursquare profile, or a combination of the two, but I have a simple way to fix this issue. To resolve this issue, I have found the following steps to be successful:
1. Using your desktop browser of choice, log into your Facebook profile
2. Using a new browser tab, log into your foursquare profile
3. Click on the Settings link (located in the upper right side of foursquare profile page)
4. Once on the setting page, scroll down to the Linked Accounts section
5. Click on the “change” link that appears under the Linked To [your Facebook Profile name] area
6. Click the “UNLINK YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT” link
7. Finally, reconnect your Facebook profile in the same way you did long ago (accepting all Facebook sharing permission requests)
Essentially, this refreshes your connection, and your next check-in share should work just fine. Of course, I highly recommend that you give it a try as soon as you can so you know that it is working. For example, if you check-in at your home, go ahead and share it on Facebook. If the check-in works, you can always go back and delete that Facebook update in your newsfeed. Well, I hope that helps. As always, keep those foursquare questions coming; let us at Foursquare Help know if this solution worked for you!
Related Posts:
The Mayor’s Media Alert for Foursquare Day!
Posted by Hust0058 in 4SqDAY, Businesses, Indianapolis on April 15, 2011
MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 15, 2011
MEDIA CONTACT:
Paula Freund
Press Secretary
Office of Mayor Greg Ballard – City of Indianapolis
www.indy.gov – Newsletter – Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Mayor Ballard Declares April 16 “Foursquare Day” in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS – Mayor Greg Ballard today officially declared April 16 “Foursquare Day” in Indianapolis in honor of the second anniversary celebration of the community social network.
Mayor Ballard issued a proclamation for the Foursquare Day celebration for social media users and small business owners. The event will be held at the Marriott Indianapolis Downtown from 1:44 p.m. to 4:44 p.m. Saturday, April 16. Foursquare allows local companies to promote their businesses for free and helps residents discover the city, with more than 100,000 users registered in Indianapolis.
“Foursquare can be used to drive support for our local business community and offers the Indianapolis Foursquare community fun, new ways to explore our city,” said Mayor Ballard.
Foursquare, a location-based mobile platform, lets users check in to venues and “unlock” a city. Conventions and tourism groups such as Visit Indiana and the Indiana State Fair are some of those who use the site to engage the community.
###
Related Posts:
You Asked & Mayor Ballard Listened: 4/16/11 in Indianapolis is Proclaimed Foursquare Day
Posted by Hust0058 in 4SqDAY, Indianapolis, Meet Up on April 1, 2011
Recently, Indianapolis was ranked the 44th on the list of top socially networked cities. We’re dedicated to moving Indy up that chart! We think that Indy’s amazing support and use of foursquare will help put Indy on the map.
A month ago, we launched a social media petition that asked Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard to declare 4/16 as FOURSQUARE DAY. The petition had tremendous support from foursquare fanatics and businesses across the city.
Today we got some great news from Mayor Ballard. And.. it’s not an April Fool’s Day joke: Read the rest of this entry »
Related Posts:
How Businesses Can Create Foursquare Marketing Campaigns
Posted by Hust0058 in 4Sq Info, 4SqTIPS, Businesses on March 17, 2011
Businesses can create savvy social media campaigns with the new foursquare 3.0 specials. Any business that has claimed their venue(s) can create their campaign(s). That’s right! You can offer more than one special at a given venue. Simply log in and click “Manager Tools” to start.
What are the opportunities and how can use them? Read the rest of this entry »
Related Posts:
Making Foursquare Work For You Or Your Business [Slides]
Posted by Hust0058 in Businesses on February 20, 2011
We want you to be successful with your use of foursquare.
These slides breakdown the opportunities in foursquare. This will surely give you a few new things think about regarding your foursquare strategy. What’s that you say? You don’t have a strategy? That’s OK, but you better get started by putting that strategy on paper so foursquare works in your favor. Knowing how the platform works will inform your strategy. That’s why I’ve created the following presentation.
Need help? Let us know. Want to discuss your specific strategies or how this will best fit your unique situation? We can do that! Need help with campaigns or implementation? We’ve got you covered there, too. Email us at 4sqIndy@gmail.com!
The Indianapolis Ambassador Group has been set up to connect foursquare ambassadors in Indy as we work collectively to help connect more businesses and organizations with foursquare. Are you an Ambassador? Join our group!
What other questions do you have?
Related Posts:
#4SqTIPS: Indianapolis #Foursquare Ambassadors
Foursquare has started shipping the Ambassador Cards in the mail, and at 4SqINDY we want to make sure that our local Foursquare Ambassadors have the tools to tell local businesses what Foursquare has to offer. Justin Kadis has designed a simple deck to walkthrough with local businesses to help them get a better understanding of what Foursquare is and how they can use it. You can browse through the deck below or you can download it here (PowerPoint) if you’d like to modify and use it.
Also to our local Ambassadors we would like to open our Indianapolis Special Offers page to you! We want to use that page to continue to show how Foursquare is being used right hear in our backyard. We’ve also set up a Twitter list so you can get in contact with other Foursquare Ambassadors more easily. If you want to be added to this list please comment on this post or at reply to us on Twitter at @4SqINDY. We’ve also started a Facebook Group for you, the Foursquare Ambassadors, to share tips with each other.
What other resources can we provide to help you make Foursquare more awesome in Indy?
Related Posts:
- Video Shoutouts For 4sqDay 2011
Foursquare Day is celebrated worldwide on 4/16. Give us your best video greeting for foursquare Day... and who knows, it might be shared at events across the world. A list of events is available on www.4sqDay.com or www.4sqINDY.com if you are in Indianapolis.
YouTube Plugin made by Web Hosting.
- Video Shoutouts For 4sqDay 2011
Foursquare Founders On Creating Software That Brings People Together [Video]
Posted by Hust0058 in 4Sq Info on March 21, 2011
Foursquare founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai add to their mainstream media presence with this USA Character Approved commercial.
In this spot, Dennis and Naveen discuss how the technology their are building with foursquare inspires action and builds connections.
[Video on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/hNeGXwMCwJQ]
These two have a big vision for the potential of geo-social networks. As you can see, they are passionate about the future of foursquare and this enthusiasm is contagious – as witnessed by the extraordinary growth of foursquare in 2010 from 250,000 users to 7.6 million.
What excites you most about the clues they mention for the future of foursquare?
Related Posts:
commentary, Dennis Crowley, founders, foursquare, location-based networks, Naveen Selvadurai, social media, video
No Comments