Tag, you're social.

I’ll get right to the point, I want to know what you think about location based social media. It’s supposedly all the rage amidst social media in general right now. Everything seems to have its eye on a location-oriented prize. Twitter (by the way, follow me @kristianmk) recently released the ability to broadcast your location with your tweets. That’s the whole point of Foursquare it seems.


I’ve been dutifully checking in all over Springfield, OH and really don’t feel like as a user I have reaped the benefits of Foursquare. The places that I’m going don’t seem to have any “tips” associated with them. I begrudgingly admit that this is possibly because we are in a smaller city in the Midwest – maybe in NYC, Chicago, or Miami the tips are abundant and hotspots are easy to pick out via Foursquare.

In April I’m travelling to Atlanta for a few days an am looking forward to using Foursquare while I’m there – to see if it really makes a difference in how I’m experiencing the city! I also vow to use Foursquare more the next time I’m in Columbus because I’m positive there’s got to be more at least going on there than here.

Okay – so what do you think? Here are a quick article from Social Media Examiner about ways to make geotagging work for your small b2c business, How to Drive More Customers to Your Local Business with Social Geotagging.

Happy New Years! Anyone feeling disconnected this year?

Happy New Years Everyone!

I hope you all had such a wonderful New Years Eve! I definitely did myself. I stayed home, away from the crowds, and away from the crazy New Years drivers! So suffice it to say... I'll be sticking around to see next New Years Eve!

Anyway... I wanted to talk about how I think social media such as Facebook and Twitter has revolutionized and also handicapped the way that the majority of the younger population now communicates. I was surprised last night by the massive amount of texts that came to my phone as dozens of my friends sent out mass-messages to all of their Facebook contacts saying "Happy New Years!" but that I did not receive ONE phone call from even some of my closest friends. I think that this is so strange because I can remember even just last new years eve getting half a dozen phone calls from friends and family after the ball had dropped wishing me well in the new year. Does anyone else feel like our personal relationships are slowly being stripped away by the laziness that encompasses social media? Maybe not... but lets take one thing away from my ramblings... Don't forget that even though it's easy to send out mass greetings on such Holidays as Christmas and New Years... it's always much nicer to get a phone call from those you really connect with. So lets not forget what social media was intended to do: Bring us closer together and help us keep in touch with friends! So next time you send out a mass message to your friends on facebook, don't forget to also call up the people that you value most and let them know that you still care enough about them to use those fingers of yours for more than just text. Until next time, Happy New Years!

Here's a fun article for those of you interested. It's about using Facebook and Twitter Safely, and comes from CNET News: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10420861-245.html