Black Friday Foursquare Special Madness
RadioShack
To be fair, the manager at RadioShack was extremely nice, and said he was going to print the (way too complicated) instructions on how to redeem Foursquare specials. Other employees passing by were asking what Foursquare was. Oh the woes of the early adopter.
Toys “R” Us
People are crazy! The line for Toys “R” Us wrapped around the shopping center. There were literally thousands of people waiting to get in.
I checked in on Foursquare, but got no mention of the Toys “R” Us badge. They are running the Foursquare special alongside Yelp specials and Facebook Places specials. However, when I checked in on both of those services, I didn’t see anything labeled as a deal or special. To redeem the special, the first 3000 people have to text a short code.
We talked about all of the Black Friday Specials on our AboutFoursquare Podcast special episode. Check it out:
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We used to work right there! Those were the days… But more to to the post – “and they had NO idea what was going on” – I hear about this happening all too often. The internal communication of these promotions needs to take place BEFORE the external communication of the promotions. When will they learn?
Happy Thanksgiving!