Comments on: How To Get People to Check-In at Your Business on Foursquare http://rosssimmonds.com/2012/04/06/foursquare-checkin/ Social Media, Digital Marketing and Online Advertising Wed, 08 May 2013 20:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: SteamFeed - Five Ways that You Can Dip Feet in the Geo-Marketing Water http://rosssimmonds.com/2012/04/06/foursquare-checkin/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 SteamFeed - Five Ways that You Can Dip Feet in the Geo-Marketing Water Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:05:09 +0000 http://rosssimmonds.com/?p=3869#comment-1027 [...] aren’t the only ways to get people to check-in using Foursquare. You should also look into implementing on-site promotions of the network with a simple call to [...] [...] aren’t the only ways to get people to check-in using Foursquare. You should also look into implementing on-site promotions of the network with a simple call to [...]

]]> By: Ross Simmonds http://rosssimmonds.com/2012/04/06/foursquare-checkin/comment-page-1/#comment-878 Ross Simmonds Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:28:00 +0000 http://rosssimmonds.com/?p=3869#comment-878 Great insights Mitch. I find the tips and deals to be the biggest draw for the app. I love finding an amazing tip at a restaurant, following it and being just as pleased as the original tipper. Like you, the concept of checking in so people know where I'm at, fell flat... However, the more friends I convince to use it - The more fun and entertaining it becomes. Thanks for the comments- I think you raise some great points.. Hope to see you checking in soon! Great insights Mitch. I find the tips and deals to be the biggest draw for the app. I love finding an amazing tip at a restaurant, following it and being just as pleased as the original tipper. Like you, the concept of checking in so people know where I’m at, fell flat… However, the more friends I convince to use it – The more fun and entertaining it becomes. Thanks for the comments- I think you raise some great points.. Hope to see you checking in soon!

]]> By: Mitchell McKenna http://rosssimmonds.com/2012/04/06/foursquare-checkin/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Mitchell McKenna Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://rosssimmonds.com/?p=3869#comment-869 As a user, I've started and stopped using Foursquare a couple times. At first my reasoning for using it was "it's a way to let your friends know your nearby incase they want to meet up", however that never actually happened, so I realized that wasn't a reason to use the service. Then I used it as more of a photo sharing service, I liked using it that way but I don't share photos much and other services like Instagram came along (although some of them will send the image to Foursquare as well). Another reason I found myself checking in was to check out the tips, it was an easy way to find out what was good at a new restaurant, but this doesn't incentivise you to check-in to places you frequent often. Then there's deals you mention in the article above, I'd make sure to check-in if I knew the place offered a deal to check-in. I guess what I'm getting at is that there isn't a single reason to check-in to Foursquare but a sum of the above reasons, and the more businsses start offering these deals, it's more likely I'll remember to check-in. And like you said, more likely I'll choose that business over the competition. As a user, I’ve started and stopped using Foursquare a couple times. At first my reasoning for using it was “it’s a way to let your friends know your nearby incase they want to meet up”, however that never actually happened, so I realized that wasn’t a reason to use the service. Then I used it as more of a photo sharing service, I liked using it that way but I don’t share photos much and other services like Instagram came along (although some of them will send the image to Foursquare as well). Another reason I found myself checking in was to check out the tips, it was an easy way to find out what was good at a new restaurant, but this doesn’t incentivise you to check-in to places you frequent often. Then there’s deals you mention in the article above, I’d make sure to check-in if I knew the place offered a deal to check-in.

I guess what I’m getting at is that there isn’t a single reason to check-in to Foursquare but a sum of the above reasons, and the more businsses start offering these deals, it’s more likely I’ll remember to check-in. And like you said, more likely I’ll choose that business over the competition.

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