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Gowalla vs Foursquare who will win the hearts of marketers, techies and users?

Geolocation is the “site” of a big “turf” war forcing marketers and techies and users to take sides.
The two apex companies in this segment right now: Gowalla and Foursquare are taking shots and keeping their developers up all night. Both of these games have users embracing games/applications with increasing enthusiasm. Meanwhile techies and marketers are [...]

Web wide open – blogging, twitter and facebook for small businesses

Through out my career I have been fascinated with marketing techniques that allowed the customer and the brand to engage on a a deeper level: a way for them to speak to one another, more importantly: Listen. This is why I have been so passionate about sponsorship and events.

Today, however, doing events and sponsorship without [...]