Do you play FourSquare or Gowalla? As a real estate appraiser you might not think playing location based games could help your business. These games might not directly affect your bottom line, but you can use Facebook, Twitter, and even FourSquare or Gowalla to connect and build relationships with not only others in your industry, but local individuals you might not have met otherwise.
Foursquare can be an integral part of establishing, building and strengthening your presence and participation in your local community. via AgentGenius. Check out their entire list of Top 10 Ways to Build Your Business in 2010 with Foursquare.
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Check.in is a mobile web app (m.check.in) but eventually the company plans on releasing a native app for different mobile platforms.
When you open the webpage, it will determine your location and list all of the nearby places:
After selecting a location, Check.in matches that location on Brightkite, Foursquare, and Gowalla:
With one click, you can check-in to all three services!
Check.in takes some of the hassle out of broadcasting your location. The convenience comes with a small price, once you check-in, that is it, no badges or mayorship, just a check-in.
The website is still in private beta. You can sign up for a beta invite code at Check.in.
Right now the app only supports three social networks. I would guess there would be an explosive growth in their market share when they add just a few more services like Facebook, Loopt, Yelp, MyTown, Whrrl, or Rally.
Check.in is not the only web app that allows you to check-in to multiple services at one time.
LocationFu.com supports Brightkite, Fire Eagle, Foursquare, and Twitter and promises to add more soon.
LocationFu is an easy way to broadcast your location to your favorite location-based social networks. Now, it doesn’t matter what network your friends are on – you can check-in from one place and have your location sent everywhere.
What do you think? Does Check.in or LocationFu take some of the fun out of location based games and just add to all of the noise? Will you use FourSquare in your social media strategy?
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Is this only for the iPhone? I use foursquare.
Hey Ryan. This a a mobile webpage and not an iPhone app. Try it out on your Google phone and let me how it works! http://m.check.in/ Once they add more services, I think check.in will be a very useful service.
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