Comments on: Knoxville: Foursquare is Here — and Everywhere! http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/knoxville-foursquare-is-here-and-everywhere Public Relations. Social Media. Marketing. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:45:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Nicole VanScoten http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/knoxville-foursquare-is-here-and-everywhere/comment-page-1#comment-583 Nicole VanScoten Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:10:47 +0000 http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/?p=1182#comment-583 I just posted a more in-depth answer on the Pyxl blog as well (lots of people were asking similar questions). If you're interested, you can check it out at <a href="http://www.thinkpyxl.com/blog/?p=667" rel="nofollow">http://www.thinkpyxl.com/blog/?p=667</a> : ) Thanks for the comment! I just posted a more in-depth answer on the Pyxl blog as well (lots of people were asking similar questions). If you're interested, you can check it out at http://www.thinkpyxl.com/blog/?p=667 : ) Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Nicole VanScoten http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/knoxville-foursquare-is-here-and-everywhere/comment-page-1#comment-582 Nicole VanScoten Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:58:52 +0000 http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/?p=1182#comment-582 As far as I know and can tell, you earn points when you "check-in" places, add venues, etc. You're rewarded with more points as you explore different parts of the city and visit new venues, visit multiple places in one night, and leave tips for other people about certain venues (an example could be: "Make sure you try the lobster mac & cheese at Cafe 4")...so there's value for the business and for other people visiting that venue.<br><br>You can also become the "mayor" of a certain place if you check-in at the same location a few times. It's kind of like a competition. Plus, from what I've seen in other cities, the mayor can often get free stuff at locations that offer it (hopefully some Knoxville businesses catch on soon).<br><br>So essentially, the value for users can be free stuff, special deals, etc...and of course being able to see what other people have said about a certain establishment and finding out about new spots.<br><br>The value for businesses is that they can get more people by offering special deals to the mayor and other foursquare users. They can also benefit from people including tips about them. It's basically free promotion from what I can tell. As far as I know and can tell, you earn points when you “check-in” places, add venues, etc. You're rewarded with more points as you explore different parts of the city and visit new venues, visit multiple places in one night, and leave tips for other people about certain venues (an example could be: “Make sure you try the lobster mac & cheese at Cafe 4″)…so there's value for the business and for other people visiting that venue.

You can also become the “mayor” of a certain place if you check-in at the same location a few times. It's kind of like a competition. Plus, from what I've seen in other cities, the mayor can often get free stuff at locations that offer it (hopefully some Knoxville businesses catch on soon).

So essentially, the value for users can be free stuff, special deals, etc…and of course being able to see what other people have said about a certain establishment and finding out about new spots.

The value for businesses is that they can get more people by offering special deals to the mayor and other foursquare users. They can also benefit from people including tips about them. It's basically free promotion from what I can tell.

]]> By: Patrick Beeson http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/knoxville-foursquare-is-here-and-everywhere/comment-page-1#comment-581 Patrick Beeson Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:32:30 +0000 http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/?p=1182#comment-581 So what exactly, does FourSquare do for users and followers? What's the value here?<br><br>Most of what I've seen periferally have been annoyingly odd Tweets polluting my Twitter stream. So what exactly, does FourSquare do for users and followers? What's the value here?

Most of what I've seen periferally have been annoyingly odd Tweets polluting my Twitter stream.

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