» social media http://www.network-sa.com Business and Networking in San Antonio Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:52:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 PROMOtivations Promo Talk - covers all things promotional product related, business marketing, branding, graphics, etc. no PROMOtivations Promo Talk promotional, marketing, business, branding, graphics » social media http://www.network-sa.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.network-sa.com Foursquare is 725,000 users strong, and growing http://www.network-sa.com/2010/04/foursquare-is-725000-users-strong-and-growing/ http://www.network-sa.com/2010/04/foursquare-is-725000-users-strong-and-growing/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:33:16 +0000 George http://www.network-sa.com/?p=1439

Just 12 days ago, Foursquare grew by nearly 100,000 users in 10 days, taking its total number of users to somewhere north of 600,000. Now a new update from the company reveals that Foursquare has almost 725,000 users. That’s somewhere around 100,000 new users in two weeks. The Foursquare bandwagon hasn’t lost any steam.

22 MILLION CHECK-INS.  That’s a lot of phone tapping!  SXSW really pumped up use this year, and it doesn’t appear that use will slow down.  But, beware the dangers of letting others know where you will be constantly, and sometimes more importantly, where you will NOT be:

http://mashable.com/2010/02/19/how-robbers-did-their-dirty-deeds/

http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/17/please-rob-me-makes-foursquare-super-useful-for-burglars/

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via Steve Badowski

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How one coffee shop used Twitter to DOUBLE their clientele:

Recently, CoffeeGroundz was the venue for a Houston Tweetup that Cohen nicknamed “The Great Twitter Party”. Nearly 100 Houston Twitterites spent a lovely Sunday afternoon there at the largest Houston Tweetup to date. And did I mention that they bought lots of food and beverages? So the next time someone tells you that you can’t make money from Twitter, tell them to think again!

Are you a Twitter user?  Why not?  Twitter had over 5 MILLION users as of September 2008.

My handle is “@promogeorge” and I have about 500 or so “followers” that get any updates I send out.  The greatest thing about Twitter?  SIMPLICITY.  All messages are limited to 140 characters.  So no long drawn out emails – if you need more info displayed, “tweet” a link to your followers, and they can read the whole article/info on your blog or website.  Announce specials, business, Spurs, even when you’re leaving for lunch and what you thought of it when you get back!

Did you know President Barack Obama has a Twitter account, and he has 144,000 followers?  Lance Armstrong, CNN, NYT - all have accounts.

For more information on Twitter, try the wiki.  Or, just go open an account!

@PromoGeorge
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Executive Video Interview: Why Dell Continues To Use Social Media

Here’s more information about Jeremiah Owyang – one of the top analysts and bloggers in the sphere!

George
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