Comments on: Push notifications and merchant offers now live in iPhone app store http://www.pelago.com/blog/announcements/2010/02/push-notifications-and-merchant-offers-now-live-in-iphone-app-store/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joe McCarthy http://www.pelago.com/blog/announcements/2010/02/push-notifications-and-merchant-offers-now-live-in-iphone-app-store/comment-page-1/#comment-3530 Joe McCarthy Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:02:39 +0000 http://www.pelago.com/?p=4024#comment-3530 This sounds like a good idea, but Foursquare is already doing [something like] this. I'd like to see some more uniquely Whrrly opportunities for co-promotion. As one possible example, during a visit to Matthews Cellars in Woodinville, I saw that they were offering tasting discounts to people who took a photo and posted it to Twitter. Here's a photo that I took (and posted) of the sign advertising the offer: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gumption/3767239286/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/gumption/3767239286/</a><br><br>I think the integration of photos (and notes) with places (and people) is one of the coolest features in Whrrl ... and so I wonder whether promotions that combine the photos and notes with checkins would offer a more distinctive value proposition for merchants. This sounds like a good idea, but Foursquare is already doing [something like] this. I'd like to see some more uniquely Whrrly opportunities for co-promotion. As one possible example, during a visit to Matthews Cellars in Woodinville, I saw that they were offering tasting discounts to people who took a photo and posted it to Twitter. Here's a photo that I took (and posted) of the sign advertising the offer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gumption/3767239286/

I think the integration of photos (and notes) with places (and people) is one of the coolest features in Whrrl … and so I wonder whether promotions that combine the photos and notes with checkins would offer a more distinctive value proposition for merchants.

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