An article by Sofie De Beule, community manager of Engagor, conveys that the majority of mobile consumers use their devices to broadcast their location by checking in on Foursquare, posting a photo on Facebook from dinner with friends or getting directions. Thus location-based social data has become the new currency to engage and build stronger relationships with consumers. Therefore, location-based marketing - targeting people with advertising, based on their location - is essential for businesses to partake in. To keep the mobile-savvy consumer engaged longer, one-to-one connection and delivering the right content through a personalized message based on their personal, localized data is essential. As the connected consumer continues to rely on their mobile device to determine where they will go and how they will spend their money, companies need to embrace location-based marketing.

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