Courtney Robertson

Tag: Foursquare

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    Using Foursquare Specials to Promote Your Business

    Your customers are already checking in and rating and reviewing your business on Foursquare, whether you’ve created an account there or not.  We’ve already discussed how important it is that you claim your accounts there. Now it’s time to look at using Foursquare Specials to attract more customers. After claiming your account, go to your…

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    Maximizing Local Events

    Does your business participate in local festivals or downtown events like First Friday?  I had the opportunity to attend Chambersburg’s Ice Festival. http://instagram.com/p/VPjFDmSaje/ While the town was full of people milling in and out of stores, I saw only a few really engaging businesses.  I had hopes of finding a bit more engagement with shoppers…

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    Foursquare For Business App

    Foursquare can be a powerful tool for local businesses to be discovered by their community and now has a stand-alone iOS and Android app for business owners.  It’s important to claim your local listing on Foursquare before using the app. Open the app to view the venues you manage.  In to top left you can…

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    Yelp matters more to Local Business Owners now due to Siri

    Local business owners need to be watching their presence on Yelp.  Earlier we looked at how small business owners can claim their business page on rating/review/check-in services. For some time Google Places aggregated the reviews on other systems into Google Place Pages.  Google’s Place Pages and their reviews matter in terms of search engine results.…