Tag: "Foursquare"
Facebook Deals come to Australia
Facebook Deals have come to Australia and Commonwealth Bank, KFC, 7 Eleven, and Westfield are the first major brands to offer deals. With these deals you generally need to Check-in via Facebook places to the appropriate venue, then you are eligible for a special Facebook Deal. Getting Setup Firstly you want to make sure your Facebook is […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare makes Business Pages Self-Serve
Previously if you were a business and you wanted your own page on Foursquare (similar to a Facebook fan page) you specifically had to contact Foursquare and get access, which was a lengthy process usually only reserved for large brands. Foursquare have now opened up their API and you are able to goto the Foursquare […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – July 2011
We have collated our monthly Social Media statistics showing the most popular social networking sites in Australia. These stats show average user numbers over the month of July. UAVs / mo = Unique Australian Visitors Per Month visiting the site. Social Media Statistics Australia - July 2011 1. Facebook – 10,436,860 users in Australia 2. […]
Read More | ShareTweeting Your Life Away: Common Sense for Social Media
We live in the moment these days and it’s not uncommon to browse through tweets and Facebook posts and find friends out of town or off on a day trip somewhere. Call me crazy, but it makes me nervous every time I see a post about “We’re driving to Thredbo this week! Wish us luck!” […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare integrates with LivingSocial
Geolocation application Foursquare has released version 3.3 of their iOS app and this includes some big new features, mainly integration with deal-a-day websites LivingSocial and GiltCity. LivingSocial has deals for the Australian market, whereas GiltCity is only servicing the US at the moment – however international expansion is probably high on their list. Another handy […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – June 2011
It’s that time of the month again where we collate our Social Media Statistics for the most popular social networking websites in Australia – June 2011. Please note I used checkfacebook.com for the Facebook stats, and for all other sites I use the Google Adplanner tool, which allows you to view Australian unique visitor stats […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Tools
There are many Social Media tools out there that help you monitor multiple social media sites from a single interface. We have been looking at various free tools and wanted to post a list of what we have found useful. 1. Social Mention www.socialmention.com Social Mention is a search engine that index multiple social media […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare raises another $50 million VC funding
Geolocation Mobile App – Foursquare recently hit 10 million users worldwide and is signing deals with major companies who want to integrate with Foursquare on an almost weekly basis. Foursquare has now raised another $50 Million USD from tech venture capitalists; Andreessen-Horowitz, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Union Square Ventures, as well as Spark Capital. Rougly 1 […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Policy
Many companies these-days need to develop a Social Media Policy to ensure employee behaviour on Social Networks is responsible and acceptable by company standards. This is especially important for Government Departments, Not For Profits and Organisations whom provide a service for the general public on a large scale. Developing a Social Media Policy can become […]
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New Geolocation service Scoville goes into Private Beta
Scoville, a new Geolocation service has launched which allows users to share their favourite Foursquare check-ins with their connections, and comment/discuss them. Scoville is integrated directly into the Foursquare API and can access your Fousquare friends list (and also Twitter and Facebook if you wish). The aim of the service is for you to create […]
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