7 Social Media Strategies for Small Business Owners

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Investing in free social media tools is one of the most cost-effective things a small business owner can do to increase brand recognition and awareness, and yet fewer than 20% of SMBs currently have websites that link to popular social media networks. Here are seven tips from experts in the social media marketing industry about how business owners can take advantage of the social media tools available today…

Street Fight Daily: Facebook Ads, Groupon Investor Exits

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...

Facebook Working on Location-Based Mobile Ad Product (Bloomberg)…

Groupon Shareholder Kinnevik Heads for the Door (GigaOm)…

The Future of News: Mobile, Video, Data – And Crowdsourced (GigaOm)…

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — LevelUp, INRIX

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In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan look at the new version of Foursquare’s app and a round of funding for LevelUp. Google brings street view to the knapsack. Denny’s is giving away a lifetime of Grand Slams. Plus our top funding stories, our resource of the week and special guest Jim Bak, Director of Communications at INRIX…

Street Fight Daily: Foursquare’s Revamp, Loyalty Programs

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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology...

Foursquare Looks to Shift From Gaming Novelty to Essential Tool (Adweek)…

Hyperlocal Journalism Fosters a Greater Sense of Community Among Readers (Guardian)…

Media Companies Poised for Deals Growth (NetNewsCheck)…

Street Fight Daily: Foursquare Redesigns, $15M for Indiegogo

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Foursquare Gets A New Look: Redesign Makes Checking In Stickier And More Social (TechCrunch)…

Kickstarter Competitor Indiegogo Raises $15M (BetaBeat)…

In Scare for Newspapers, Digital Ad Growth Stalls (Reuters)…

#SFSW12: Foursquare’s Luedorf Says Users Still in Focus, Over Revenue

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Although the company isn’t planning on charging merchants to use its basic dashboard tools—which provide insight into consumer demographics and trends— Luedorf said Foursquare “isn’t closing the door” on the possibility of charging businesses for its yield management system, more commonly known as specials. The self-serve tool gives businesses a way to drive traffic on slow days by introducing specials targeted at customers who check-in within a certain distance of their establishments.

Street Fight Daily: Facebook Mobile Ads, Leaky LinkedIn

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Facebook Would Like to Sell You a Mobile Ad (All Things D)

LinkedIn’s Leaky Mobile App Has Access to Your Meeting Notes (NYT/Bits Blog)

Foursquare’s Luedorf Says Users Still in Focus, Over Revenue (Street Fight)

Jack Dorsey Backs Away from Twitter (SAI)

Groupon’s Evolution Is Hurting Facebook (But Helping Google) (Forbes)

Launch of Airtime Hobbled by Glitches (WSJ)

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Foursquare, Project Noah

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In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan look at the IOC Foursquare campaign, and at whether Fox’s breakout television series Touch can help AT&T’s airgraffity. Plus news from Navizon, Bing, Geofeedia, Exec App and Scoutmob as well as our resource of the week and special guest Yasser Ansari of Project Noah…

Street Fight Daily: Google+ Local, AmEx and Foursquare, Mary Meeker

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Google Looks To One-Up Facebook With Google+ Local (TechCrunch)…

Battle Heats Up Over Mobile Payments (Wall Street Journal)…

New Web App Unsubscribes You From Daily Deals Emails (BetaBeat)…

Scoutmob Announces $3.25 Million in Funding, Agreement with First Data

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“Our vision has always been to combine a strong brand with new methods to connect locals with their cities,” Scoutmob co-founder and CEO Dave Payne said in a release. “This announcement confirms both media and transaction leaders recognize the power of our disruptive model.”

Street Fight Daily: Foursquare Hires CRO, Groupon Stock Probed

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Foursquare Hires Former iAd Exec as Revenue Chief (AdAge)…

Groupon Stock Spike Probed (Wall Street Journal)…

Does Facebook Have a ‘Yelp Problem’? (ScreenWerk)…

Street Fight Daily: ‘Local Consumer,’ Curley Leaves Las Vegas Sun

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After Strong Quarter, Groupon Starts Looking Like a Deal Again (AllThingsD)…

Rob Curley Leaves Las Vegas Sun (Poynter)…

Understand the ‘Local Consumer,’ and You’ll Understand How to Serve SMBs (VentureBeat)…

Street Fight Daily: Foursquare Coupons, Edo’s Real-Time Offers

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Edo Launches Real-Time Local Offers Platform, Tied To Your Bank Card (TechCrunch)…

Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze (Wall Street Journal)…

Four Reasons Why Andreessen Horowitz Is Investing $10 Million in Belly (AllThingsD)…

How Local Gyms Can Use LBS Fitness Apps

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Mark Hemphill, Founder and COO of ScreenScape says that “place-based media is a natural fit for fitness clubs. There are tons of applications ranging from fitness videos, to membership drives and loyalty programs that make it a natural application for both venue enhancement and member engagement.”

Street Fight Daily: Hyperlocal Shopping at Sears, Pirq for Apple Staffers

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Sears Rolls Out Hyperlocal Shopping Site (Crain’s Chicago Business)…

Want To Know What Apple Will Do Next In Mobile Commerce? Check Out The Pirq It’s Giving To Employees (TechCrunch)…

The Real Reason Foursquare Finally Decided To Pursue Revenues Now (Business Insider)…

Will Facebook’s New Offers Product Appeal to Merchants?

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“Facebook will not be all things to all people, and I think local is so hard to pull off really well that just a huge reach alone won’t solve the problem. They’ll get beat by more focused local players,” said Scoutmob co-founder Michael Tavani…

Street Fight Daily: Facebook Bags Glancee, Klout Going Local

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What Facebook May Do With New Acquisition Glancee (ReadWriteWeb)…

In Letter to Stockholders, Groupon CEO Explains Strategy (The Next Web)…

Foursquare Gets Its Own Searchable Timeline With New History Page (TechCrunch)…

PODCAST: This Week in Location-Based Marketing — Kodak, Gopogo

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In this week’s episode, hosts Rob Woodbridge and Asif Khan look at Kodak’s attempts to make some money in mobile, mobile ticketing with Masabi, Gopogo and Project Noah launch — and is Foursquare getting ready to make some money? All this plus a busy week in funding and special guest Alexis Zamcow from Canada Post…

Street Fight Daily: Yelp Earnings, Yahoo Small Biz Dashboard

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Yelp Delivers Strong Revenue In Its First Earnings Report (Business Insider)…

Yahoo Launches Online Marketing Dashboard For Small Businesses (TechCrunch)…

Nobody Has Yet Built the ‘AdSense for Local’ (ScreenWerk)…

Foursquare’s Biz Dev Chief Decamps for Andreessen Horowitz

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Tristan Walker, who pioneered some of the company’s most innovative partnerships, announced today that he is leaving the location-based social networking company. He joins Pinterest co-founder Paul Sciarra, who left the ecommerce startup to become an EIR at Andreessen Horowitz early last month…