11 Out Of 10 Blog

Social Media is becoming more and more a part of day to day life. This is true for Social Media within business. Businesses are now finding more and more ways to make social media work for them.

Over the next 10 blog posts we will outline what we believe are the top 10 social media networks for businesses (in no particular order).
For any questions about how you can use social media for your business feel free to get in touch with us- marketing@11outof10.com

1. WordPress

2. Twitter

3. Technorati

4. Skype

5. LinkedIn

6. Foursquare

7. Flickr

8. Facebook

9. Delicious

10. Digg

Foursquare is a location based social media network. Foursquare allows users to ‘check in’ to various locations, this can then be linked to Twitter or Facebook to post an update saying where the user currently is.  Users can be awarded ‘badges’ for checking in to place a certain number of times, these badges can range from the ‘local’ badge for checking into a location 3 times to the ‘mayorship’ badge for checking in to this location more times than anyone else. Foursquare allows users to get notifications when their friends on foursquare check in to a location nearby or even when they check into any location.

Businesses can use foursquare as a method of encouraging users to visit their business (only really applicable with physical businesses), this could be by offering prizes or special offers to people that are regular check-ins or to people who have are the Mayor of that location. This will encourage users to come and visit the location but will also help to spread the word of your business, as other foursquare users will see this check-in.