I listen to the keynote discussion with Tristan walker from foursquare on Tuesday evening at SMX 2011 talk all the new changes in foursquare 3.0 and what this will mean for local business. This was exciting for me because I have been working with allot of local business in helping them establish there presents in an area they are just starting to understand. there is more things that will help them get started and be able to learn more about the people checking in to there venues.
With the release of foursquare 3.0, we overhauled everything: we have an all-new analytics dashboard with all your venue’s information; there’s a new Specials management system allowing you to run multiple Specials at any venues you manage; and before, during, and after the campaign you can now see aggregate statistics. Starting Friday, those quarter million businesses who have already verified, and the thousands more that join foursquare each week, will have these all-new tools to build their businesses. Here’s a sneak peak at the new Specials creation process:
It all started with a check-in: the vision for #4sq3 and beyond …
Note: foursquare 3.0 for Android and iPhone are now live in their respective app stores. Also, this is a really long post, but we have a lot to say… if you want to just look at what foursquare 3.0 looks like, keep scrolling. …
Publish Date: 03/08/2011 11:08
http://blog.foursquare.com/2011/03/08/foursquare-3/
A whole new world of Specials | Foursquare Blog
Last year, we introduced the foursquare Merchant Platform to give businesses an easy way to reward their customers and find new ones. We wanted to give merchants a way to learn more about their best customers and start offering Specials …
Publish Date: 03/09/2011 6:37
http://blog.foursquare.com/2011/03/09/a-whole-new-world-of-specials/
