*Here’s a quick snippet from a great article from Jason Simon of CaffeinatedConversations.com discussing coffee business, WiFi and social media, which as he points out that coffee houses were the “social media/information” original places in the first place so how fitting that they are now converging to leverage eachothers benefits. Jump link to full article at the bottom. You can follow him on Twitter.
By Jason Simon: Last week I received a tweet, asking “How would you like coffee businesses to leverage WiFi and social media? Before I suggest a few ways in which they can be leveraged, let me first provide some context as to why I believe coffee businesses, in particular, can benefit from using WiFi (where appropriate) and social media, and how doing so continues a tradition that started a few centuries ago.
When coffeehouses emerged in London during the mid 1600’s, they became synonymous with trade and news—quick and reliable access to it—establishing themselves as the home of merchants, people of science (natural and political), and philosophers. They ultimately provided a location for the overlapping interests of commerce and politics, simulating debates and conversation…
- Coffee shops can take orders online via Twitter from customers, and Coffee Groundz (@coffeegroundz) in Austin, Texas is known as being the first.
- Numerous coffee shops are doing Tweetups, sending out invitations to its coffee loving
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