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Landmark Hotel London > another example of the hospitality industry getting social

This afternoon I had a look at my recent followers on Twitter in an idle moment (someone once said there are two types of twitter users, those who check their follower count and those that are lying)… I noticed that my newest follower was the famous Landmark Hotel in London (@Landmark_London). Intrigued as to why [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted August 13, 2011 in foursquare, social media | Tagged foursquare, hospitality, Intercontinental Hotels, Intercontinental Mark Hopkins, Landmark Hotel, Mark Hopkins, Mark Hopkins San Francisco, San Francisco, spg foursquare, Starood Hotels Group, starwood, starwood rpeferred, twitter, Westin Hotels, Westin Market Street | Comments (2)

Apparently I am foursquare member number 57,637. When did you join?

Team foursquare says I am member number 57,637. I’m wondering outside of the US how this compares to say foursquare users in the UK and Australia? Feel free to leave your comments below, or tweet @andrewgrill and follow me on foursquare via http://lc.tl/4

By Andrew Grill | Posted July 19, 2011 in social media | Tagged 4sq, foursquare, foursquare member, foursquare member number | Comments (0)

HISTORY channel teams with Foursquare in London

Hot in the heels of my Foursquare Fatigue post, the HISTORY channel in the UK has launched an initiative with Foursquare to help people uncover 600 historic sites in London. I attended the launch this morning at the tower of London (and in doing so picked up the HISTORY ♥ London badge). Tom Davidson, who [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted February 17, 2011 in foursquare, location based offers | Tagged AETN, facebook, Facebook deals, Facebook places, foursquare, HISTORY, History 4sq, history foursquare, histoy channel, lbs, location, Location Based Offers, Tom Davidson | Comments (5)

Location Based Offers (LBO) – valid business model or just more L-BS?

Following on from my recent post on “Foursquare fatigue”, and the recent launch of Facebook deals in the the UK, I thought it would be a good time to look at these initiatives, from both the consumer angle as well as the retailer. Anecdotal discussions with a number of retailers as well as consumers point [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted February 13, 2011 in location based offers, location based services | Tagged AdMarvel, Alistair Goodman, facebook, Facebook deals, Facebook places, foursquare, gps, groupon, LBO, lbs, location, Location Based Offers, location bs, m&s, marks & sparks, marks and spencer, mobile coupons, o2, O2 media, O2 more, placecast, Sean Gregory, social media week, starbucks, starbucks lbs, starbucks location | Comments (6)

Mobile internet growth strong in the UK says Vodafone

Vodafone has declared Britain the “most digitally advanced” country in Europe according to an article in the Telegraph. Vittorio Colao, chief executive, said Britain’s “digital citizens” are much more up to date with the latest technology than mainland Europeans. Vodafone said 70pc of new customers signing up for a contract in the UK demand a [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted February 4, 2011 in mobile internet | Tagged daily telegraoh, facebook, foursquare, infinite, mobile broadband, mobile social, mobile social telstra, myspace, networking, one plan, rupert neate, social networks, telegraph, three, twitter, Vittorio Colao, vodafone | Comments (1)

Foursquare fatigue and what it means for Facebook deals

I’m a big fan of foursquare, I always have been but even I am getting a little fatigued. All that checking in with no real benefit is starting to make me question why I use foursquare at all. With the recent announcement that Facebook Deals is now available in the UK, it is worth looking [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted February 1, 2011 in facebook, location based services | Tagged 4sq, Emily White, facebook, Facebook deals, Facebook places, foursqauare fatigue, foursquare, foursquare London office, foursquare office, groupon, Joanna Shields, lbs, location based advertising, mobile, mobile social networking, normob, social media, the future of foursquare, twitter, twitter London office | Comments (9)

Top posts and links for 2010

It is always interesting at this time of the year to look back and see what your audience was interested in over the past 12 months. Looking at the statistics for LondonCalling, we can see the top 10 posts for 2010 were 1. First look at the new Vodafone Sure Signal 2. Location Based Advertising [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted December 29, 2010 in blogging | Tagged 2010 in review, 2010 top links, cistomer service, contact Andrew, daily mail, federal express, FedEx, foursquare, future newspapers, Glastonbury, iPad, ketchum, mobile, popular posts 2010, popular tweets, review, Tippex, top 10, top 10 links, top 10 tweets, Youth Mobile | Comments (1)

Top 5 Foursquare tips for business

If you are looking for ways to increase footfall, drive customer loyalty and attract those hard to find early adopters into your store what can you do? Top 5 Foursquare tips for Business 1. Sign yourself up to foursquare at http://foursquare.com/signup and start using the service to understand the dynamics and how other people use it. [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted October 3, 2010 in foursquare, social media | Tagged 4sq tips, business, foursquare, foursquare tips, social media, tips | Comments (4)

Foursquare and the opportunity for location based social media

Foursquare seems to be in the news a lot recently, and is starting to exhibit a similar hype curve to that of Twitter. Update 15 March 2010: with one tweet from @mrskutcher (aka Demi Moore) the battle of the location based social media platforms is now over. Now that she is on Foursquare and other [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted March 13, 2010 in mobile, social media | Tagged 4sq, @andrewgrill, @aplusk, @janole, @mrskutcher, Aston Kutcher, badges, barista, barista badge, best symbian foursquare app, brightkite, check-in, Debenhams, Debenhams foursquare offer, Demi Moore, facebook, four square, foursquare, foursquare 101, foursquare advertising, foursquare business model, foursquare celebrities, foursquare currency, foursquare Demi Moore, foursquare local offer, foursquare social currency, google, gps, gravity, lba, lbs, location, location advertising, location based advertising, location based services, location based social, mayor currency, Nokia, rummble, seeker wireless, social currency, social media, social media advertising, social networks, starbucks, starbucks foursquare, sxsw, sxsw09, symbian foursquare app, twitter, what is foursquare | Comments (53)

The 3 P’s of mobile (and social) advertising from Jonathan MacDonald

At the MMA Mobile Marketing Forum in Budapest, one of the most dynamic and challenging presentations was from fellow mobile advertising evangelist Jonathan MacDonald, who is a Senior Consultant at Ogilvy. Jonathan explained that Ogilvy puts digital, including mobile in the middle of the equation and this is quite unique for an agency with expertise [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted October 15, 2008 in advertising | Tagged 3 p's of mobile advertising, Add new tag, advertising, blyk, budapest conference, foursquare, jonathan macdonald, mma, mobile advertising, mobile marketing forum, mobile web, new paradigm, new way of thinking mobile, new world, ogilvy, permisison, permission, preference, privacy, purpose, social advertising, social media, social networking, what is mobile advertising | Comments (13)

Gravity > best twitter and foursquare mobile client for S60 3rd edition from mobileways.de

UPDATE: 13 March 2010: Gravity now supports Foursquare. See my post on the value of Foursquare and if you want to be able to post from your Nokia to Twitter AND Foursquare, then Gravity is the app for you. Grab it now (just $10) from l0n.eu/getgravity UPDATE: 30 March 2009: This post is getting a lot [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted September 6, 2008 in mobile, social media, symbian | Tagged 4sq, 4square, @janole, best foursquare mobile app, best twitter mobile client, dabr, dabr.co.uk, four square, foursquare, foursquare and twitter, foursquare nokia app, foursquare symbian app, foursquare twitter, gravity, gravity twitter client released, mobile twitter, mobile twitter client, mobileways, Nokia, nokia twitter, phone screen demonstration software, phone software, remote professional, S60, S60 twitter, Symbian S60, symbian software, Symbian twitter, symbian twitter app, symbian twitter application, tiny twitter, twitter, twitter and foursquare, twitter on your mobile | Comments (7)