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Facebook Insights can be a powerful tool for tracking the growth of your brand's Fan Page. Here are some tips for getting started. - Jodi

So you want to write about Foursquare, but is it check in, checkin, or check-in? We have the answers, which are sure to please even the sternest grammarian. - Jodi

The University of Kentucky has planted giant, wooden pointer thingies -- like the tab that marks the map in the Facebook Places logo -- on its campus. - Jodi

Gov 2.0 advocates have printed a run of QR (2D barcode) stickers they will stick at bus stops all over Washington DC today, allowing mobile phone users ... - Jodi

Developers are wasting no time building applications on top of the newly released API for Facebook Places. Earlier this week mobile game SCVNGR announced its integration and today it's PlacePop. The stated purpose of the PlacePop app is to let people begin to organize, visualize and make use of t ... - Jodi

When formulating your mobile-related business-model strategy, think behavioral, not technological. - Jodi

Here's a look at the how the top 100 newspapers (by print circulation) are doing in their efforts to gain fans on Facebook. The Top 10 The Top 10 newspapers - Jodi

If you didn't think the check-in was a commodity before Facebook launched their Places feature, you likely do now. But Gowalla has known that for awhile, and that's why they've been moving to extend the service and build on top of the check-in. Comments and photos came several months ago. Today brings another nice addition: Highlights. The best way to think about the feature may be to think back to the - Jodi

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Alterian helps organizations to create relevant, effective and engaging experiences with their audience that create value and reinforce commitment to their brand, through the use of the Alterian Integrated Marketing Platform. - Jodi

Nielsen's BuzzMetrics services deliver trusted brand metrics, social media monitoring and online reputation management to help clients apply the power of CGM. - Jodi

Unica, a leading global provider of enterprise marketing management, streamlines marketing operations through execution of EMM and tracking software. - Jodi

Meteor allows you to measure and optimize online word-of-mouth with the precision of paid media. - Jodi

Radian6 gives you a complete platform to listen, measure and engage with your customers across the entire social web. - Jodi

Radian6 gives you a complete platform to listen, measure and engage with your customers across the entire social web. - Jodi

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Viralheat is a social media monitoring and analytics platform that delivers real-time data on over several different video, microblogging platforms and millions of websites. Our goal is to make data simple and understandable to empower consumers and professionals to navigate the complex world of social media. - Jodi

Awareness builds on-demand social marketing software for serious marketers who leverage multiple social channels to engage with their customers, build their brands, and increase revenues. Publish, manage and measure across social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, foursquare, and WordPress using the Awareness Social Marketing Hub with advanced features like permissioning and audit trails for distributed enterprise teams. - Jodi

Moreover Technologies provides media monitoring, news monitoring , business intelligence and content aggregation services. - Jodi

Run location-based campaigns and contests to reward customers for check-ins using Foursquare, Gowalla, Twitter, Brightkite, Whrrl, Ruumble and Loopt Plus. Geotoko is a powerful campaign management platform that allows businesses to run contests and sweepstakes using location-based services (LBS). Geotoko works for small businesses, large brands and agencies. Geotoko also lets you earn loyalty points for your check-ins. - Jodi

TweetPhoto is the kind of service you probably interact with every week, without even realizing it, if you don't actually use it yourself. The social photo-sharing platform is ... - Jodi

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Mostly the young are interested in letting others know their physical location. Others are reticent for safety reasons, or against providing too much information. - Jodi

The rise of check-in-based applications like Foursquare (and others like it) can essentially bring a cost-per-action business model to the real world, perhaps either supplanting or complementing traditional forms of advertising. What are the possible ways check-in apps can replace traditional local advertising? - Jodi

With all the different mobile platforms out there, it may be smarter to design one great mobile site that feels like a dedicated app on every device. These six frameworks can help. - Jodi

Subway, McDonald's, Starbucks and Burger King have the most unique check-ins on MyTown, a location-based game with more than 3 million users. - Jodi

A quick breakdown of the Facebook Places rollout from an insider's point of view. - Jodi