Local Business Offers Up Foursquare Special

June 9, 2010

Last week, I wrote about Foursquare’s widespread growth and how some organizations are trying to utilize the location based social network.  Now a locally owned Lawrence business has thrown its hat into the ring, er…square.  The Sandbar recently announced its very own Foursquare special. The Sandbar is already known as a social media friendly business with its [...]

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Is Foursquare everywhere?

June 2, 2010

Foursquare recently announced that they were gaining 15,000 users a day.  As a result, they are also nearing 1 million checkins per day. Obviously, these numbers are large but I didn’t quite realize how widespread Foursquare really was until this past weekend. On Thursday I began a trek with my family from Lawrence, Kansas to Columbus, Georgia [...]

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Sell Products Online via Facebook

June 2, 2010

When I took over the online marketing for coffee company Devil Dog Brew, I wanted fans of DDB’s Facebook Page to be able to purchase coffee without leaving the page. The solution I found was Payvment. Payvment is free to sign up and only requires a paypal account in order to accept purchases. Adding items [...]

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Ways you can boost sales with a mobile app

May 25, 2010

Over at LangfordMedia.com we posted how a mobile app can boost a business’ sales.  Mobile app development is the next venue for marketing and advertising and it is growing exponentially every year. A few key takeaways from the post are: It’s a way of advertising or marketing that goes directly to a customer. There are [...]

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Social Media? There’s an app for that!

May 21, 2010

Social Media Pocket Guide App Available on the App Store LangfordMedia has launched an app for small businesses called Social Media Pocket Guide. The app is currently available on Apple’s App Store for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. It will be available for the Android and WebOS platform in the future. Download the app [...]

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Why does Facebook hate us?

May 20, 2010

Facebook just announced another major change yesterday: limiting landing tabs to “authenticated pages”.  This means that a “page must have greater than 10,000 fans or the Page admin must work with their ads account manager” to be “authentic”.  That landing tab acted as an introduction to the Facebook user.  This introduction is important to pique one’s [...]

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Available Now: Social Media Pocket Guide app

May 15, 2010

What was originally an idea for an e-book is now an app!  The Social Media Pocket Guide covers three of the bigger tools in the social media realm – Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.  Kind of like a best practices guide. The app is available for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Download the app at [...]

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Free State Social and why I’m excited to attend

April 22, 2010

A social media conference in my back yard? Yes, please! Next Thursday in Lawrence social media enthusiasts, and those wanting to learn more about the industry, will be flocking to the Oread for Free State Social. There are a few reasons why I’m looking forward to this event. First, the lineup of speakers for this [...]

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VaynerMedia Proves the Power of Geolocation Marketing

April 21, 2010

Just read an awesome case study by VaynerMedia about a campaign they facilitated between the New Jersey Nets and Gowalla.  As explained on VaynerMedia’s blog, “Through the campaign [they] distributed 250 pairs of tickets as Gowalla virtual items in targeted locations (sports bars, outdoor parks, gyms) for the New Jersey Nets v. Charlotte Bobcats basketball [...]

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Interview: LangfordMedia Has an App for Lawrence | Locker Partner

April 21, 2010

Here’s an interview I did with Locker Partner’s Jason Harper discussing the Lawrence KS iPhone app and the value of controlling mobile app content. http://lockerpartner.com/2010/04/lawrence-ks-app-langfordmedia/ Jason is an excellent writer and former Pitch columnist.

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