Checking in at places, movies, books, beer and other products, then sharing the check-ins on social networks, has become something natural for millions of users around the world. Just recently, Foursquare announced that it reached the 10-million-users mark and the company reported, back in February, that it was getting 2 million check-ins per day. How did Foursquare achieve these numbers?…
Continue Reading »View CommentsPretzel Crisps Gifting Us @ Flowtown HQ, May 24, 2011 Big brands have been giving away free samples forever as a way to get new customers. Back in the day they use to have booths stationed at grocery stores handing out samples. The evolution of that has been street teams giving out product samples in big cities, sporting events, and concerts venues….
Continue Reading »View CommentsLast November we announced that we’d be discontinuing the Flowtown social discovery service. This was our main feature and the reason people used Flowtown. A lot of questions arose that day and we tried to answer them as best we could. However due to contractual obligations and the sensitivity of the situation we couldn’t disclose 100%. I’d like to go…
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