Social Equity: Foursquare for Business
The value of Foursquare for Business is notable when it comes to Social Equity.
Mobile marketing and geo-targeting your audience is growing both in popularity and prominence. Several business are taking to geo-targeting in order to leverage the power of local markets, particularly businesses with one or multiple locations. With Foursquare for Business, these local businesses stand to gain some excellent value.
Recent Changes
There have been a few recent changes to Foursquare that have led to its Social Equity stake increasing.
First, the application of Foursquare for Business was introduced relatively recently, and has provided a great tool for businesses to monitor their activity on the network, as well as launch campaigns that entice Foursquare users to check in and visit a location.
There are also the newly upgraded search filters that allow users to narrow down their searches and find exactly what they are in the market for.
Lastly, Foursquare has recently opened their promotional features to smaller businesses. This means that small businesses can now campaign on both the network and in person for customers that are checking in.
So what is the value in terms of Social Equity with these Foursquare features?
Social Equity Derived from Foursquare for Business
The three features for business that have been introduced by the network have created an entirely new element of Social Equity for businesses that can use Foursquare.
First, the ability to create campaigns and monitor their success and customer interaction directly from the network eliminates the need to create far more costly mobile campaigns. Furthermore, Foursquare provides detailed analytics that businesses can use to modify their campaigns and increase business driven from the network.
Second, the search filters create a pseudo-search engine within the network that businesses can optimize for. The ability to create a specific, detailed listing for which users can search specifically is a growing trend in the world of social media, and one that adds considerable value to Foursquare.
Finally, Foursquare making available the promotional features to smaller businesses eliminates some of the advantage that larger companies had on the network. Promoting your company (again, as you would with a search engine) gives you an upper hand on your competition, and if users are searching for a business like yours on Foursquare, this feature will certainly create an added value for your brand.
Foursquare can be a powerful when it comes to business, and these new features have created a degree of Social Equity that is unique. The mobile and geo-targeted aspects of the network are invaluable for local businesses, and stand to generate a great deal of value as well.
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