Companies Using Geo-Location Targeting




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December 19, 2011
Credit Card Companies Promoting On Mobile Check-Ins
By Arik Hanson
I checked into my office on Foursquare the other day and I got a message showing there was a special offer. I thought, that's odd, I didn't create a special offer.

When I clicked on the offer is was a special from American Express telling me that if I used my American Express card to buy $10 worth of something I would get a matching $10 credit from American Express.

At first I was confused, but then I saw that a number of restaurants listed around my business also had the same offer. Apparently American Express had struck up a deal with Foursquare (and as it turns out any number geo-locations services) to offer specials directly through Foursquare at locations that accepted American Express (data that American Express would obviously have)

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