Posts made in March 29th, 2010

Location-based marketing, is it the next big thing?

Posted by on Mar 29, 2010 in Mobile | 10 comments

Location-based marketing, is it the next big thing?

If you’ve started using mobile check-in applications like Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite, Whrrl, MyTown, and the list goes on and on, you might have noticed a few locations are offering specials for users checking-in to their venue. (To see all of the specials currently being offered on Foursquare, check out 4squareoffers) For example, when you check-in for the first time at Noon Midtown on Foursquare (small coffee shop in Midtown Atlanta), you can get a free medium coffee. If this special offer wouldn’t have showed up within Foursquare, I would have probably never found this...

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