Why Use Location-Based Social Media?

Posted by pathenry123 under Social Media
From http://smallbusinesscommunity.blogspot.com 5305 days ago

One of my personal goals for 2010 has been to increase my knowledge and use of social media. The year is not quite half over, and social media has become a useful and enjoyable part of my life. There is, however, a newer trend in social media that I don't quite understand: location updating...

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Written by lyceum
5303 days ago

Listen to Anita Campbell's podcast, The Latest Trends Driving Small Business. She has a segment called, "Location Based Presence Online." Google Latitude and Foursquare are mentioned.

http://www.smbtrendwire.com/2010/05/05/the-latest-trends-driving-small-business/

Personally I have been using Gowalla for sometime and I enjoy the way you could arrange meetings and keeping in touch with Twitter friends.

Check out net@night's podcast interviews with Gowalla and Foursquare for more information.

http://www.twit.tv/natn134

http://www.twit.tv/natn132

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Written by pathenry123
5303 days ago

Possibly. I think there's a long way to go before that becomes viable on a large enough scale for most businesses to participate. Right now it just seems like a toy and a fad, and too many businesses are playing catch-up with technology to play around.

However, as the article I linked to mentions, Facebook and Twitter are looking to add location features to their sites, and there's real possibility for either of those to catch on.

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Written by lyceum
5304 days ago

Pat Henry: I think that geo location based services could be of good use for local business, reaching out to loyal customers and "ambassadors" on the internet. I also think that this behavior will lead to more "meetups" in the future. The "Third Place" is getting more available.

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