I love using the location based social networks! Today I want to share Gowalla with you.
Gowalla – Go Out. Go Discover. Go Share.
I get a weekly email from them called “Your Week With Gowalla” that gives me an overview of my activity and my friends. They thank me for making Gowalla part of the everyday and extraordinary in my life.
My participation on Gowalla is through my EVO so my application may do different things then your application.
- I can check in
- Leave a comment or a suggestion for my friends
- Take a photo and share it
- Collect Stamps and Pins
- Update my status in Facebook and Twitter
- and more…..
Side note: I actually use my alter ego @TheLVTweetup for Gowalla and Foursquare. (yeah I know this is about Gowalla! But I love both of them for different reasons). I could go on about the importance of businesses using Location Based Social networks but I have already written a post on this entitled “Why Participating In Social Media Is A Must For Local Business”. As someone who frequents a restaurant or a store I am enjoying sharing my experience with my online community, and it is even more enjoyable when the business gives me a little love back! This just encourages me to be more of a evangelist for the business!
Ok back on topic, the email that has me all excited is this one:
“Hey Eleanor!
Got some cool news for you. We’ve just released a new feature that lets you customize the look and feel of your Gowalla Passport!
Our new Passport design tools make it easy to select a theme, customize your color palette or even upload your own background image or photograph that expresses your desire to go out and explore.
Customize your passport today:
We can’t wait to see your creativity at work! We’ve got some more fun stuff in the works. More about that soon…
Have an awesome weekend,
Team Gowalla”
I am going to go customize it Vegas style for The Las Vegas Tweetup! How are you going to customize yours? Please share and let’s Go Out. Go Discover. Go Share Together!
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