Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Foursquare has been garnering a lot of action and as a business owner it is time to pay attention. It is a mix of social networks with real life gaming mixed in all done on a free downloadable smartphone application. Think of Twitter, Facebook, Yelp and Google Local Maps mixed together in a super cocktail and you have foursquare.
Users check into places when they arrive and can offer tips to other users to get the most out of the business. Primarily focused on restaurants, bars and nightclubs in the beginning, more and more categories such as retail stores and salons can add their business locations, called venues and benefit from this app. These geosocial apps that allow people to refer your business to friends hold tremendous value and bring the type of business to your door that can’t be bought with traditional marketing.
Will foursquare provide the ROI you need? In short, yes! It is free, it is generating tons of buzz, the target audience is the hardest to market to, ie young, affluent, disposable income, tech savvy. The best part may be that since the ability to claim your business is so new on foursquare, the chance that your competition has started already is close to ZERO. So take action on this now, it takes less than 5 minutes and start creating new loyalty and possibly swiping some customers from the other guy.
To get listed and claim your business on foursquare, you first must sign up from the website with your own individual profile. You must upload a photo for your personal profile and please resist the urge to upload a logo at this point.
Next, search for your business. If you are in a metro area there is a good chance your business is already listed. If it does not come up in search, select “add things” at the top of the navigation menu.
1) Click “add a venue”, and enter the name of your business.
2) Enter the address. Use abbreviations for streets and avenues. Spell out cities and use standard abbreviated notations for states in CAPS.
500 State St. Boston, MA 02115
3) Enter your business’s phone number and Twitter ID. Twitter isn’t required but it will really boost your business’s potential with foursqure
4) Enter tags/ keywords related to your business. TIP: Add the city and state of your business as a Tag. It won’t matter on the website version but it does when people are searching on their phones.
5) You are all set adding your business now you need to download the foursquare App on a smartphone. (Palm Pre, iPhone, Blackberry or Android) Log-in and “Check In” to your business. Check in again the next day and you are the “Mayor” of your business.
They have also started full analytics graphing similar to your own website stats, offering window clings to let your customers know you can be found on FourSquare and the ability to add specials and communicate with your loyal customers.
With foursquare customers, as all of new customers from social networks, you need to add them your list. Social networks provide a great opportunity to get customers that become apostles for your business, but the list is owned by the social network and as with Twitter in recent months, it can become diluted as more users and businesses join. When you build your own list through text marketing, the user reads your message without the clutter of social networks that grow to large for messages to become heard anymore. Foursquare is far from that point as of now and you should use it to your advantage for sales and text marketing list building opportunities.
Technorati Tags: apps, Business Owner, Cocktail, Disposable Income, Good Chance, google, Life Gaming, Local Maps, Loyalty, Metro Area, Navigation Menu, Nightclubs, Personal Profile, Retail Stores, Social Networks, Streets And Avenues, Target Audience, Tech Savvy, Traditional Marketing, Yelp
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
First and foremost, the HTC Desire is great for making calls and sending messages; calls sound clear in a variety of situations, and the on-screen keyboard has been set out in such a way that typing out messages is quick and easy. As for the internal hardware, it packs in a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 576MB of RAM, which puts it right at the top of the pile in terms of processing power. In general, HTC has got the basics spot on with their latest release, and have clearly built on their well received earlier handsets. The HTC Desire’s user interface offers a mixture of usability and style that sets it apart from the competition. It features seven customizable homescreens, to which you can apply a wide range of widgets and shortcuts. Out of the box, you will find a good selection of apps and web shortcuts to play with, representing the corporations behind the release, and any service or tool not on the phone when you receive can be found on the Android Market to download. All of the media features on the HTC Desire are better than average, but a couple could have done with being a little bit better. The camera is a 5 megapixel one, but the quality of the pictures it takes is not as good as similar priced smartphones, and the media player, whilst working fine, does not support as many different types of files as the ones used by competitors. On the plus side, browsing the web is a really nice experience. The screen is clear and crisp, pages render correctly and load quickly, and scrolling through long pages is smooth and fluid. HTC have paid particular attention to what business users want from a smartphone, and it would be hard to argue against the HTC Desire being the best business smartphone on the market. Support for Microsoft Exchange is provided, so managing your contacts and emails is no problem at all, and it comes with Quickoffice pre-installed, which allows you to view and edit Microsoft Office documents. Features such as those, along with a professional design, are what have made it the first choice smartphone for businessmen and businesswomen.
Technorati Tags: 5 Megapixel, apps, Business Users, Customizable, Internal Hardware, Many Different Types, Media Features, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Office Documents, Mixture, Processing Power, Professio, Screen Keyboard, Sending Messages, Smartphone, Smartphones, Usability, User Interface, Web Shortcuts, widgets
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
Buy the iPhone on contract why? When apple launched the iPhone it was designed to change the way we used our mobile phones and what we used our mobile phones for, in one slash apple did this overnight. The mobile phone as we know it changed forever as this stunning new device came on to the market.
Why was the iPhone so successful? Well before the iPhone we all had normal mobile phones that you could call and text using the phones keys, you could also browse the web using diverse links on your phone and also use other standard software that came with your mobile phone like listening to music.
When the iPhone was launched all this changed as now you could download the software app to your phone and if you did not like it you could just get rid of it and get another app. These apps have now become almost the norm in new mobile phones, apples itunes store now has well over 100,000 apps for the iPhone and many of these apps are free. This make changing the look and feel of your iPhone really easy to change. This makes it a very good idea to go out and grab yourself a contract iphone
Most phones coming out today are now touchscreen like the iPhone , however none have the same ease of use or nearly as many apps available as the iPhone. Apples first iPhone was the iPhone 2g then came the iPhone 3g and now iPhone 3gs. Coming soon is the new iPhone , the so called iPhone 4g, this new iPhone 4g is said to be another leap forward in the development of the stunning iPhone, a new iPhone with better camera and stunning hd? we wait and see. However whatever apple decide its sure to companion on the remarkable tale of the iPhone and further enhance the way we all stay in touch, to this end its well worth you going out and getting yourself an iPhone on contract
Technorati Tags: 2g, 3g, apple, Apples, apps, Companion, Download Software, hd, Iphone, Iphone 4g, Leap, Listening To Music, Mobile Phone, Mobile Phones, Norm, Standard Software
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
The Samsung Wave is the Samsung’s newest smartphone, and the first to make use of their new operating platform (Bada). It looks great with its slim design and large 3.3″ screen. It runs off a 1GHz processor, which puts it at the top of the tree in terms of speed and responsiveness, and comes with a sizeable 8GB of internal storage. It supports a wide of media files; pretty much all of the ones that you would expect it to. All in all, in terms of specifications, you will struggle to find a better smartphone on the market right now. What really sets the Samsung Wave apart from its competitors is the quality of its screen. It is no exaggeration to say that other manufacturers cannot produce anything to match it at the moment. For the Samsung Wave, Samsung have taken their industry-leading AMOLED screen from their 2009 models and improved on it. The result? An 800 x 400 pixels screen that displays colors in a rich and vibrant way. Watching videos or surfing web on it is really a lot of fun.
There is, unfortunately, nothing revolutionary in terms of user interface, but it is not lacking in it either. This is mainly due to the fact that Samsung have heavily borrowed from popular systems used by other phone manufacturers. In particular, the user interface looks and feels quite similar to Google’s Android. You will have few, if any, complaints about it, as it clean and very responsive. More apps would be nice, but Samsung have at least made a big step in the right direction by making their new operating system an open platform. The Samsung Wave is particularly good for people who find themselves sending and receiving a lot of messages, whether they be SMSs, emails or Tweets. The user interface makes it quick and easy to check for and send out new messages, as you can look after all of your accounts from a single messaging feature. The calendar features are also worth highlighting, as Samsung have clearly made efforts to make them a cut above what you would expect. You can link up your calendar with your social networking accounts, and it is easy for your friends and contacts to know what you will be doing when (that is, if you want them to know).
To summarize, the Samsung Wave provides a fantastic use experience and runs fast and smoothly. It is not a game changer, but it is definitely worth considering if you want a professional looking phone that is packed with features. If the Samsung Wave is anything to go by, you can expect to see Samsung introducing some exciting devices on its Bada platform. It does, however, need to ensure app development does not come secondary to hardware, because these days there is an expectation by consumers to have a wide range of apps available.
Technorati Tags: 1ghz Processor, apps, Calendar Features, Colors, Exaggeration, google, Internal Storage, Match, Models, New Operating System, Open Platform, Phone Manufacturers, Popular Systems, Responsiveness, Samsung, Slim Design, Smartphone, Step In The Right Direction, User Interface, X 400
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Its opening every other app on my phone and I uninstalled some apps but it won’t open still open and I did a virus scan on my phone but messaging won’t still open. Any suggestions?
Three questions I have for you: When did you get your phone? How long has this been going on? Have you ever been able to open text messaging? Sounds like a software issue that you need to discuss with Motorola.
Technorati Tags: android, apps, motorola, Opening Text, Software Issue, Sounds, Text Messaging, Virus Scan
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ
***** NEW STEP ADDED****
Step number 3 has been changed, please make sure you do this, it was NOT covered in the video, I’m so sorry.. Thank you to all that have pointed this out.
Before doing anything you MUST BE ROOTED
How to root your droid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Hfs99vmHU
Download this file
http://downloads.sholes.info/recovery-0.99.2b.img
Follow this guide if you need extra help
http://rootyourdroid.info/guides/full-system-backup-using-nandroid/
Step 1
Download DroidRootHelper and Terminal Emulator (Jack Pelvich) Both can be found FREE in the market.
Step 2
Open DroidRootHelper, Click menu and download the TOOLS – Click on GET THE TOOLS
Step 3
After downloadin the TOOLS from DroidRootHelper, you must extract them (becuase its a zip file) to the root of the sd card. Keep the folder named TOOLS.
Step 4
Mount Mtdblock4
Install chmod Busybox
Install chmod flash_image
Flash Recovery 99.1b
Rename Recovery
Unmount System mtdblock 4
Sync
Reboot Recovery
Step 5
In recovery mode create a back up file using advanced nandroid back up, Check all boxes then click perform backup, once done use power button to cycle back out, and reboot.
Step 6
Update recovery to latest version- Copy Recovery-0.99.2b.img file to the ROOT of your SD card, you must be mounted via USB to do so. Now you can use Terminal Emulator to input the commands shown on my monitor, this will update you to the 99.2b.
Step 7
Rename the backup file you just created, mount your phone via USB, locate your backup inside the folder called Nandroid, click on the folder that says BSD-0009879- etc… right click and rename the folder to what you are comfortable with, copy that folder to your desktop or location that you want to save it to on your computer.
Step 8
Open up terminal emulator and type in commands EXACTLY like I am showing… Then reboot recovery and your done =D
Helpful links
www.androidforums.com
www.alldroid.org
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ – PLEASE READ
This is a guide on how to go back to STOCK settings, Warning this will clear your phone of ALL data, UNLESS you have backed up via Google’s servers.
Step 1
Download this file!
http://rootyourdroid.info/files/unroot_update.zip
Step 2
Follow this guide if you need extra help
http://rootyourdroid.info/guides/unroot-back-to-stock/
Step 3
Mount USB
Step 4
DELETE any files or file that says “update.zip”
Step 5
Take the file named “unroot_update.zip” that you downloaded to your desktop and place inside the ROOT of your SD card, Once its copied to the SD card you must rename the file to “update.zip” DO NOT EXTRACT THIS FILE!
Step 6
Reboot in Recovery- Hold power and X key at the same time
Step 7
Hit install
Allow update.zip installation
install sdcard/update.zip (depreciated)
Step 8
Wipe cache partition
Wipe data/Factory Reset
REBOOT and your done!
Don’t worry you will have to resign into your Google account to get all your contacts and applications back.
-DroidReview
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
You’ve seen Verizon’s commercials attacking a certain smartphone from a fruit company. Now, check out CNET’s First Look video of the motorola droid to see if it lives up to its claims.
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Technorati Tags: 3g, amazon marketplace, android, apple iphone, apps, at, Commercials, first droid verizon phone, google, motorola droid
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
I have the droid and I see pictures of other ones and the clocks and sometimes the unlock buttons are way different then mine. I think I would like them more than the ones I have now, but when I go and look to try and change them, there’s nothing about it to change.
Thanks!
You have to download certain apps that come from the market such as lock 2.0 and beautiful widgets.
Technorati Tags: apps, Buttons, Clocks, Display Settings, droid, motorola, Other Ones, widgets
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Hello YouTube!
Okay first off, Thank you again for all your great comments and thank you all for subscribing to my videos, this one took a bit longer to get out because of the lack of “decent” games on the market right now. I briefly went over the reason why there isn’t too many “cool” games on the Android platform yet, but hey if you want mobile gaming, go get a PSP or something. These are the games that I have been using the past few weeks, Hopefully you enjoy them as much as I do:
What the Doodle
Totemo Lite
Abduction
Frozen Bubble
Action Potato
Most of these games are very simplistic, but very entertaining and fun. Again please bear with me as I am just an amateur reviewer and don’t really have great equipment to use to make these reviews, so go easy on me =D
PS- Stay tuned for the next GAME or APPLICATION review coming soon, also be on the lookout for my next video, Tips and Tricks for the motorola droid.
Cheers
-DroidReview
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