{"id":936,"date":"2012-12-06T19:34:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T19:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outtoclarify.com\/?p=936"},"modified":"2012-12-06T19:34:46","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T19:34:46","slug":"location-based-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/location-based-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Potential For Location-Based Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<pre>happily shared via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bii-report-why-location-based-services-like-foursquare-are-going-to-become-big-businesses-2012-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Display&amp;utm_term=HTML_ad&amp;utm_content=Ad&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Insider<\/a><\/pre>\n<h3><strong>Why Location-Based Services Like Foursquare Are Going To Become Big Businesses<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-938 lazyload\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Location-based services are all the rage\" alt=\"Location-based services are all the rage\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"288\" height=\"326\" data-src=\"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-06-at-1.30.56-PM-1.png\">Location-based services\u00a0<\/strong>is one of the hottest startup trends to have come out of the smartphone revolution of the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the hype, many people wonder what location-based services are really about, and whether they can be a real\u00a0<a id=\"itxthook0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bii-report-why-location-based-services-like-foursquare-are-going-to-become-big-businesses-2012-8?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Display&amp;utm_term=HTML_ad&amp;utm_content=Ad&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile#\" rel=\"nofollow\">business<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"itxthook0icon\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/images.intellitxt.com\/ast\/adTypes\/icon1.png\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.businessinsider.com\/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=LBS&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile\">special report<\/a>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.businessinsider.com\/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=LBS&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile\">BI Intelligence<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0answers these questions. We:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.businessinsider.com\/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=LBS&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile\">Present an overview through explainers of the most interesting location-based services<\/a>\u00a0including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/blackboard\/foursquare\">Foursquare<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/blackboard\/shopkick\">Shopkick<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/blackboard\/groupon\">Groupon<\/a>\u00a0Now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.businessinsider.com\/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=LBS&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile\">Analyze case studies of promising business use of these platforms<\/a>, including examples from Sports Authority, RadioShack and Neiman Marcus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.businessinsider.com\/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=LBS&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile\">Outline the big business opportunities<\/a>\u00a0for location-based services, such as driving people in stores and increasing consumer loyalty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligence.businessinsider.com\/welcome?utm_source=House&amp;utm_medium=Edit&amp;utm_term=LBS&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=BIIMobile\">List the challenges to location-based services<\/a>, such as end-user adoption and reaching small businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bii-report-why-location-based-services-like-foursquare-are-going-to-become-big-businesses-2012-8#ixzz2EIltoLBi\">http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bii-report-why-location-based-services-like-foursquare-are-going-to-become-big-businesses-2012-8#ixzz2EIltoLBi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>happily shared via Business Insider Why Location-Based Services Like Foursquare Are Going To Become Big Businesses Location-based services\u00a0is one of the hottest startup trends to have come out of the smartphone revolution of the past few years. But despite the hype, many people wonder what location-based services are really about, and whether they can be a real\u00a0business. In a recent\u00a0special report,\u00a0BI Intelligence\u00a0answers these questions. We: Present an overview through explainers of the most interesting location-based services\u00a0including\u00a0Foursquare,\u00a0Shopkick\u00a0and\u00a0Groupon\u00a0Now. Analyze case studies of promising business use of these platforms, including examples from Sports Authority, RadioShack and Neiman Marcus. Outline the big business opportunities\u00a0for location-based services, such as driving people in stores and increasing consumer loyalty. List the challenges to location-based services, such as end-user adoption and reaching small businesses. &nbsp; Read more:\u00a0http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bii-report-why-location-based-services-like-foursquare-are-going-to-become-big-businesses-2012-8#ixzz2EIltoLBi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[64,39,86,87,20],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-media","tag-apps","tag-business-insider","tag-location-based","tag-smartphone","tag-social-media","post_format-post-format-link"],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-06-at-1.30.56-PM-1.png",288,326,false],"list":["https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-06-at-1.30.56-PM-1.png",288,326,false],"medium":["https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-06-at-1.30.56-PM-1-265x300.png",265,300,true],"full":["https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-06-at-1.30.56-PM-1.png",288,326,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expioconsulting.com\/expiostaging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}