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another AMEX and foursquare thing.  spend $10 get $10. Cardmembers can sync their American Express card with their foursquare profile, check-in and spend $10 at participating small businesses across the United States and receive a one-time $10 statement credit.  

Smartphones are on a fast track to become the primary device for both creating and consuming digital content. According to the Pew Internet for the American Life Project, already a full 31% of Americans who own internet-capable phones browse the web primarily from their phones. These numbers are actually higher in emerging markets. What's more, there are at least three other factors at work here. First, images are global. They eschew all language and cultural boundaries. Photography is the only true universal medium. Nothing comes close. Second, images are distributable. The bandwidth required to transmit photos is minimal, yet the opportunities for quick, creative expression are plentiful. As of this writing, Apple's App Store alone has over 10,000 iPhone apps in its photo category -- many of them for editing. Photoshopping has been democratized. Finally, images are digestible. You can glance at a picture for as short or as long as you want. Photos are a non-linear, shared consumption experience. The same can't be said for video or even text.

Well, the number of American Express members who chose to participate are impressive, as is the resulting activity. Here are the statistics to date as reported by Visibli, which is keeping a real-time tally: 25,705 members have joined the program (72 new users per hour); 156,415 special offer hashtag messages have been tweeted (286 tweets per hour); $7,051,729 total dollars have been spent; $1,402,625 in discounts have been collected; And the numbers continue to mount!

AMEX can use twitter to get discounts.  they tweet hastag or search a term unique to offer and after the purchase, the discount is added to the amex card

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The system works out well for retailers, which have taken a one-two punch from both the popularity of online shopping and the way smart phones enable consumers to comparison shop while in the store, looking at listings from competitors for lower prices before deciding to buy. In the sixth annual survey from National Retail Federation Foundation and American Express Customers' Choice survey, conducted by BIGresearch, Zappos.com and Amazon.com took the top two spots. Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2011/05/25/mobile-checkout-devices-save-time-encourage-spending/#ixzz1NTlLUiZH

amex social currency allows people to tag items they want to or have purchased in a store, give rewards to people who tweet about how they use their points

could also apply to big biz