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7 Reasons Why Small Businesses Should Take a Look at Foursquare

January 4, 2010 by John Jantsch with 338 views

In an end of the year prediction post I wrote for OPEN Forum, I listed location aware social media tools as something that would get big time attention in 2010. (See: 5 Trends that Will Shape Small Business in 2010)   The idea behind location awareness is that people will use the GPS capabilities in today’s mobile devices to check... [read more]

Local Media's Hidden Asset: Their Sales Forces

October 3, 2009 by Fred Wilson with 201 views

I've said this before on this blog and I'll say it again. Traditional local media companies -- radio stations, TV stations, local newspapers, and the like -- are in a tough situation. Each of those businesses had a monopoly or near monopoly on their audiences a decade ago. Now none of them do.The owners and operators of these businesses... [read more]

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