Newhouse Social Media // Curated by colleagues from the 2012 MAYmester PRL530 Social Media for Public Relations class in the Public Relations Master's Program at the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.
New feature by Foursquare allows you to "share the places you love" with Foursquare lists.
Sounds similar to Twitter lists, but is it?
What do you think?
Will this attract new and old users to Foursquare? Will it be a top feature? Will it only be used by everyone, or just anyone on vacation?
What do you think the intent is of Foursquare by releasing this feature?
FourSquare is definitely starting to catch on with enterprising techie folks that love to be early adopters. That’s a good a sign. Most check-ins revolve around restaurants and cafes, but below are five simple ways you (and the nonprofit techies) can also use FourSquare to promote the nonprofits and causes your care about:
For everyone in PRL 530 thinking about the possibility of using FourSquare for their clients! Okay, I bet not many were thinking about it, but this post has some great ideas. Worth checking out.
Location-based check-in services and applications (using GPS-enabled mobile devices) scare some and excite others, but if we were to judge the trend by the recent growth of services such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, Yelp and countless others, there are certainly a growing number of folks in the latter camp.
What is Foursquare?Foursquare is social network billed as part social city guide, part friend finder, and part nightlife game. The NYC-based startup is being hailed as the next-generation social network, calling on gregarious technophiles to broadcast their locations via geo-aware mobile devices. What sets Foursquare apart from many competitors in the "local social" space is its undeniably sticky platform. Users are awarded points for their check-ins, and they scramble to earn badges and vie for bragging rights as the most frequent visitor of popular places. In short, Foursquare is fun.
I've been using Foursquare for about a week and I'm completely hooked. I can't explain it. The checking in, earning badges, and becoming mayor of this place or that—I am currently the Mayor of Starbucks. And just this morning, I stole the title of Mayor of Newhouse from another Foursquare user (and Newhouse student). The competition is fierce—but very, very fun.
Oh, and according to the linked post it has great marketing (and PR) potential. Some are even calling it the next Twitter. And hey, it's free!
