Location Based Social Networking

Location-based social networks are social networks that use mobile GPS features to locate and inform mobile users about your local business. They help to drive foot traffic through your doors and build loyalty with your customers.

We don’t offer a location based networking service as it’s something you can do yourself, with ease! We’re simply recommending that you give the following networks a try.

Foursquare

Foursquare is the biggest, and in our opinion, the best location based social network. Millions of Foursquare users ‘check in’ daily to share (with their social network) what they’re doing, where they’re eating and where they’re shopping. This provides a great opportunity to market to local users in real-time, and offer incentives for customer loyalty and word of mouth advertising!

Foursquare allows you to attract new customers and reward your most loyal ones by offering time sensitive coupons, discounts and special promotions to users when they check in near to your business location. Imagine, a trend setting local lad checks in and sees your clothes shop if offering 40% off designer jeans all day today, and they’re only 400 yards down the road from you! He’d probably pop in, and buy some jeans.

Foursquare offers all the tools you need to succeed and provide access to key statistics, allowing you to track your customer foot traffic over time.

Give it a go! Find out more at https://foursquare.com/business/venues or signup for a FREE merchant account

Facebook Places

Facebook is another key player in the location based social networking market, and with over 25 million users in the UK alone you can be sure that the majority of prospects in your town are on it!

Facebook Places offers much the same features as Foursquare, with the added benefit of a much larger social audience.

Watch the video below by our friend Mari Smith to see how Facebook Places can help your business grow, or sign up for a free account @ http://www.facebook.com/places