foursquare Data 2011
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Foursquare has seen increasing popularity as a location-based social network over the past 12 months. It now has over 16 million users and 25 million places worldwide. Brands and organizations are increasingly using Foursquare's brand pages and badges to market to users, with over 5000 brand pages now on the platform. While adoption is still low among businesses, Foursquare provides an opportunity for passive customer engagement without disrupting daily routines.
foursquare Data 2011
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- 3. Data Foursquare has seen an constant increase in traffic, adoption and usage during the past 12 months, positioning itself as the top Location Based Network in the market. *Source: Alexa, Ignite, ComScore !"##$%&'()*+,-.)/
- 4. Data Penetration outside of the US has turned 4sq into an important marketing tool for both small business & corporations. LAtin America & South East Asia account for over 30% of total traffic. *Source: Alexa, Ignite, ComScore !"##$%&'()*+,-.)/
- 5. Business In Spring 2011, foursquare released their Brand Page tool for public use, allowing brands to create their own page on foursquare. At the same time, foursquare released their online application to create branded badges under their Beta program. !"##$%&'()*+,-.)/
- 6. Numbers - foursquare had 200 registered companies with a brand page in October 2010. One year later, the brand page count is of 5000+ pages. - 80+ Brands have had presence with a badge. - foursquare has released more than 360 badges since they launch. approximately 200 of those badges are inactive now as most of them are time or situation specific. - Countless numbers of business around the world have registered with foursquare to offer specials at their locations via the platform. - foursquare announced in 2011 their University program where major universities will get their own badge. (This program is planned to launch worldwide but so far has presence only in the US with 24 local universities with an active badge as of November 2011) - Universities, Local & Federal governments, local tourism boards, sports organizations and museums have seen benefits in joining foursquare with brand pages and badges. !"##$%&'()*+,-.)/
- 7. Numbers Raw data. 16,000,000+ users. 25,000,000+ places. 1Billion+ Check-ins. 10,000 actions per second. Every second, 35 people check-in. Mayor markets: USA & Europe. Emerging: LatAm & SE Asia. Growth 1M/month for the past 12 months (aprox) *Source: Foursquare engineering !"##$%&'()*+,-.)/
- 8. Data Growth. *Source: Foursquare engineering !"##$%&'()*+,-.)/
- 9. Business Opportunity. Even though Location Based Networks have grown considerably over the past 24 months, adoption is still very small amongst corporations and small business. Being able to passively interact with customers in their every day life without alienating their routine is priceless for a marketing or ales campaign wether is niche specific or general awareness. Tools like foursquare allow this type of interactions with potential customers every single day. !"##$%&'()*+,-.)/
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