Comments on: 3 Cases When Location-Based Applications Matter For B2B

By: The Location Based Social Media Bandwagon

The Location Based Social Media Bandwagon — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:08:16 +0000

[...] are inventive ideas and ways you can offer specials at locations your typical customer frequents. Location Based Social Media for B2B is all about CRM leading to the ultimate, final [...]

By: Jason Peck

Jason Peck — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:22:53 +0000

I especially am excited to see how #3 factors into play at some of the bigger conferences/shows this year.

By: Jeff Vreeland

Jeff Vreeland — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:59:51 +0000

Programs like FourSquare and Gowalla are right now only doing well in the big metro pockets. Its going to take 4-6 months for business’s in the every day suburban area’s to really understand (or consider) how this new technology works.

With that said, I think we are going to see a whole new type of marketing plan developed based around these programs.

By: Wayne Sutton

Wayne Sutton — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:42:15 +0000

I agree with you Kipp, location based services are the new buzz of the social web. I believe as location based services become more popular we’ll see business outside of the coffee shops and bars start to use various location based apps to reach potential customers as you stated in the blog post.

One of the problems for location based platforms as with any new trend is going from the early adoption to main steam or from the geeks to the general public. TriOut ( http://Tri-Out.com ) a new community location based app in NC will have a few features that we hope will make more people and business understand the value of using location based services.

So does location-based applications have a place in B2B? Yes