Now You Can Easily Create a Foursquare Business Page. Foursquare business pages are no longer limited to large brands with the money and clout to buy Foursquare's limited and in-demand dev resources. Business pages are now self-serve, Foursquare announced Tuesday. For the past 18 months, Foursquare has created about 3,000 business pages in-house, relying on its developers and designers and coordinating with brand creative teams along the way. It was a time-consuming, unsustainable and restricting growth model that limited the amount of businesses that could be "followed" on Foursquare. As a result, the location-based service tended to work with big names, such as Louis Vuitton, Zagat, The New York Times, the History Channel, Brooklyn Museum and the city of Chicago. Now, any business can create a free Foursquare business page, enabling it to customize a branded page where fans can "follow" the brand and unlock its tips.
The biggest improvement to the business page experience is the ability to have entire teams of people manage the same page. 歡迎來到 Facebook －登入、註冊或瞭解更多. Infographics: 10 Beautiful Social Media Data Visualizations. What's happening in the world of social media? That's not a simple question to answer, as this space is quickly becoming one of the busiest, most interesting aspects of our digital lives. However, if we had to choose the best way to present the wealth of recent information on social media — how companies are using it to improve their business, how individuals are interacting with its many facets and how it's affecting our lives — the simplest way would probably be to showcase the best social media infographics from the last few months, and that's exactly what we did.
We've gathered 10 amazing infographics, which are still quite fresh and contain very relevant info. We hope you enjoy them! 5 Content Marketing Strategies for Small Business. This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. One of the most effective, lowest-cost ways to drive traffic and build awareness for your business is through content marketing: creating and distributing relevant content to attract, acquire, and engage your target audience. Content marketing can run the gamut from publishing status updates and photos on Facebook Pages and Twitter, to writing compelling blog posts and posting videos on YouTube. Popular types of content you can start with include how-to articles and videos, Q&As, behind-the-scenes looks at your business, photos and videos showcasing your work and first-hand accounts of your staff participating in local or industry events.
While many businesses have already tried a hand at content marketing, not all have been successful at getting their content found, consumed and shared. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Second Life Makes $100M A Year in Revenue [Updated] While the real-world markets take a nosedive, a virtual world's economy is on the up and up, and its parent company is reaping the rewards. Second Life, the user-generated virtual world, generates almost $100 million in revenue a year, according to a new report on LAUNCH.
A "company insider" says that Linden Lab has grossed over $75 million per year for the past three years and the company is profitable. But this isn't just another nine-digit number in the sea of Web business news. Linden Lab, the parent company of Second Life, simply charges fees on financial transactions. Its revenue comes from an entirely user-generated economy built on real estate, virtual goods and services. Yes, there's also a sex industry.
The world uses a currency called Linden dollars, currently trading at about L$ 241.5 / US$ 1.00, and Linden Lab picks up a $0.30 transaction fee when users purchase currency. Second Life is a Big Place But is the Second Life Economy Sustainable?