Location-Based Gaming for Fun — And Profit

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With the rise of mobile, place-based games are being created to encourage people to engage in real world interaction — bringing real opportunity for local businesses and, more specifically, marketing.

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing: Evi, LocalBeat, Shopcastr

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Hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan look at the latest SIRI competitor, Evi, the location tool LocalBeat in India, Groupon’s kiosk play, a great example of relevant and smart location-based mobile marketing by the First TransPennine Express, and Matt O’Leary from Shopcastr.

How Non-Profits Are Using LBS to Promote Awareness — And Spur Donations

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Although location-based services are most often used in marketing campaigns designed to drive profits, they are also becoming quite important in the non-profit realm as well. Charitable organizations have begun introducing LBS related to their cause, promoting awareness while providing useful information

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing: NearBuy, Urban Airship

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In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan talk focus on some timely stories from some of the companies that made a splash at the recent Big Show conference in New York. Topics include cloud analytics company NearBuy, geofencing service LocalPoint and Foursquare’s foray into the menu business…

Location-Based Marketing Hits the Food Truck Circuit

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When it comes to food trucks, location is critical; making sure that nearby consumers know where a truck is parked can make or break a day’s sales. As a result, location based services have become an excellent marketing tool for these meals on wheels…

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Groupon, Roamler

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In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan talk about Groupon’s partnership with Deutsche Telekom, location on the Kindle Fire (by HopStop and Skyhook), Shazam’ing the SuperBowl and GM opening up the OnStar API. All this plus Wiggert De Haan, Founder of Roamler.

Music Marketing — A Location-Based Listening Experience

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As location-based marketing becomes increasingly popular, the variation of place-centric apps is also increasing, with niche players competing to provide targeted local ads and promotions. The music industry, in particular, has staked out its place in the location-based marketing scrum through the development of applications that combine music and location into integrated marketing tools…

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Maponics, Geofencing

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Hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan heap affection on Soundtracking, debate the merits of a one-off event-based app (for the Chick-fil-a Bowl), and talk geofencing with Maponics CEO Darrin Clement.

Checking In to the Campaign Season

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Utilizing LBM for political purposes opens up many different opportunities for politicians to connect with their supporters, as well as for potential voters to connect and share ideas with one another. Here are a few ways LBM may effect upcoming elections…

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — LBS in 2012

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In this episode of This Week in Location Based Marketing, a video podcast from the Location Based Marketing Association, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan try to make sense of the rapid-paced location based world that was 2011 and cobble together a few thoughts on what 2012 will look like…

Using LBS to Find Jobs and Workers

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The unemployment rate is dropping — a little. At 8.6%, there are still a lot of people out of work. Meanwhile, employers are still hiring. If leveraged properly, location-based services can offer the extra boost that helps job seekers and employers make a connection and find the right fit.

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Zaarly’s Eric Koester, Layar & BrightKite

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In this episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan discuss BrightKite’s demise, Layar’s enhanced yellow sticky pad, Hallmark’s move to feature Billy Ray Cyrus via QR code. Plus a special interview with Zaarly’s Eric Koester…

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — LocalMind CEO, PayPal & More

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In this episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan discuss PayPal getting into the mobile coupon market, TelNav diving into mobile-browser-based GPS, KLM’s social seating experiment and Lenny Rachitsky of LocalMind…

Keeping Tabs: New LBS Apps Help Track Family, Friends

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Location-based services have provided users with a wide range of capabilities, from exclusive access to special coupons and deals to discovering new stores via friends’ check-ins. But recently we’ve seen a new wave of LBS focused on allowing users to track one another…

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Fondu CEO & More

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In this episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan discuss Home Depot’s campaign with Pandora, Rogers entering the daily deals business in Canada, MojoStreet, and Schemer. This week’s special guest is Gauri Manglik, CEO of Fondu…

The Great Indoors: The Future of Indoor Location & Advertising

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The “shopping experience” is something retailers have been perfecting for decades. Product placement and drive aisle concepts are designed to entice consumers and draw them to the best deals that will keep them coming back. But, what if we could take these concepts a step further with location-based marketing?

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — WHERE’s Dan Gilmartin & More…

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In this episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan discuss the long death of Gowalla, indoor mapping plans from Google and Nokia, plus a little Foursquare, HelloWallet, Calvin Klein + Shazam, McDonalds + LivingSocial and marketing VP Dan Gilmartin from WHERE.com…

Tap, Tap: Is the NFC Tipping Point Finally Here?

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This new technology creates a connection between consumer and retailer like never before. It also creates a world of possibilities for location-based marketing. The use of NFC also benefits retailers by allowing them to analyze consumer patterns more easily, connect with them, and learn what keeps them coming back…