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Augmented Geomarketing: The Start of a New Era or Just an Evolution?

For decades, retail marketing has relied on advertising to a wide audience.

It has usually been used in combination with personalization, mostly implemented through loyalty programs. Thanks to advanced automation, retail marketing has gained valuable improvements toward Big Data and a deeper personalization through geo-location.

The retail market has had a steady frictionless development with next to no shocks. It has always gravitated towards centralization and globalization. This was largely accompanied by the concentration of production in convenient, profitable regions and well-developed global logistics. But with the advent of the COVID pandemic, sharper international confrontation, and the emergence of political upheavals, this calm long-term evolution was been disrupted.

In the 20th century, politics was driven by business. But 21st century turned everything upside down — business became dependent on politics, and many decisions became irrational from the business point of view.

Globalization has focused businesses on main growth drivers consisting of concentration and unification of production, international logistics, and advertising aimed at the max coverage of a consumer audience. High-tech solutions for loyalty and personalization remained must-have elements complementing the advertising opportunities.

With the disrupted supply chains and, as a result, the disordered production-supply process, fundamental localization begins to come to the fore.

This concerns both production and sales, which I already mentioned in my article a little over a year ago. Whether you like it or not, the entire global manufacturing and sales ecosystem will now be restructured and move towards a de-globalized structure.

And here are the harbingers of the upcoming changes:

“Staying within the broader retail space, it is instructive to recall that the market’s reaction to Q1 results from Amazon AMZN, eBay, and Expedia EXPE was similar to the recent beating Target and Walmart took.Multiple factors are at play here, ranging from merchandising missteps and failure to accurately read evolving consumer behavior, to coming up short in responding to an admittedly tough operating environment characterized by rising costs. The consumer is still very healthy, supported by low debt loads, adequate savings, and rising wages as a result of a tight labor market.”
Yahoo Finance, May 20, 2022

Indeed, why, for example, do they need to bring a container of gears from China and then store them in a warehouse in the hope of selling them out in a reasonable time if the same gears can be printed by demand on a local 3D printer and delivered as the fresh product to consumers? That’s a rhetorical question.

Over time, the combination of local production’s cost and reliability will become more attractive than the existing global manufacturing, and the picture of the world will start changing noticeably.

Retail will not be able to stay away from these changes, which will affect all — production, logistics, promotion, and sales. The likely scenario in this evolution will be a gradual transition from global marketplaces to localized business processes and structures. The success of “convenience stores” is just the first tiny step. Having discovered all the advantages of the new model, businesses shall rush to the development of Geoservices. And this is where advanced Maps-based services shall come in.

Maps are suitable for supporting localization like no other. However, the strong potential of Maps has not yet been exploited as existing providers continue to rely on a traditional advertising model that remains too static and even archaic for the modern socially oriented and personalized sales. By the way, geo-location is an integral part of personalization.

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Geomarketing based on Maps (Maps Marketing) is a process where businesses include relevant information in their Google My Business profile (or similar tools of competitive Maps services), like hours of service and customer reviews, to rank higher in search results. Ranking higher in search results, in turn, increases business visibility and drives revenue.

Such an approach is limited to the “directory model” and does not bring the direct interaction between sellers and buyers on Maps. This is due to an advertising business model which has been chosen for the Maps Marketing service. The modern Maps Marketing model assumes the advertising channel is fully controlled by the service provider and sold to customers in a limited volume.

The main drawback of the existing Geomarketing services based on Maps is an inability to encapsulate the existing retail marketing tools. In simple terms, while remaining a convenient reference book, Maps are still badly optimized for consumers and poorly integrated with retailers.

To overcome these frictions, FINSTICK Innovations has developed the Augmented Geomarketing technology based on customer-centricity and improved integration with retailers, from individuals to established businesses.
Augmented Geomarketing technology makes it possible to migrate from the old centralized Maps Marketing service model to a decentralized ecosystem which is much better adapted for answering the daily needs of buyers and sellers.

Augmented Geomarketing brings the possibility of direct interaction between suppliers, sellers and regional or even proximity customers motivated to purchase. In addition to a new direct marketing channel, businesses shall gain an option of connecting additional sales tools, such as bonuses and privileges, reviews and ratings, or any other interaction scenarios, such as coupons and lotteries.

Here is an example showing the main difference between traditional Maps Marketing and the Augmented Geomarketing technology:


The default existing Maps data set is of a general and reference nature. Augmented Geomarketing brings an option of real-time update of the offer (middle screenshot), and if necessary - provides the extended information or executes extra marketing scenarios through the URL (right screenshot).

It is important that with Augmented Geomarketing, informing potential customers is a dynamic process. It is carried out by the seller or the supplier instead of the Maps service provider. At that time, the Maps service provider (Google, Yandex, or any other) moves from the “advertising revenue model” to the “service revenue model “, which has a much greater business potential.
Also, a significant improvement is that the relevant first-hand information well demanded by consumers here and now, is visualized on top. The old-fashioned static directory still remains but, it just goes one level below.

You can dispute the feasibility of this approach but for a quick assessment, it is worth remembering the development of social networks and the subsequent transformation of the advertising models and methods of promotion.

We are on the verge of a new de-globalized and decentralized era where the role of localized production and services in combination with socially-oriented sales will progressively strengthen.

And Augmented Geomarketing has every chance of becoming a window of opportunity for business in these challenging transformation times.

By Juli Kuznetsov, FINSTICK Innovations
Originally published at https://hackernoon.com on June 2, 2022.
Read my other hackernoon stories here

FINSTICK Innovations launches the Augmented Geomarketing tool as part of the Liquid Bonus LiqBon™ Ecosystem.

Moscow, 06 May 2022 - FINSTICK Innovations have integrated the Augmented Geomarketing tool into its disrupting Liquid Bonus LiqBon™ rewards and feedback ecosystem. Unlike any other solution, the Augmented Geomarketing tool provides a better reach to motivated customers along with additional tools for tipping, rewarding and unfakable likes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has given a noticeable friction to retail proximity services. In the post-COVID "new normality", people have started to avoid crowded areas of large shopping malls, which are facing decreased customer flows. This trend has already had a negative impact on the implementation and use of proximity and geolocation marketing systems, designed on the high density of visitors to shopping areas and malls.

«Responding to the retail market transformation, answering the emerging needs of consumers and business, we have added the Augmented Geomarketing feature to the disrupting Liquid Bonus LiqBon™ ecosystem. I hope that in the upcoming summer vacation season, thousands of retail outlets, hotels, rental-apartment owners, as well as manufacturers, farmers and oter retailers will discover new opportunities for business development through direct local sales provided by the innovative LiqBon™ ecosystem.», pointed out Juli Kuznetsov, CEO of FINSTICK Innovations.

The concept of Augmented Geomarketing relies on maps for real time communication with motivated buyers. Unlike the common proximity marketing solutions, the Liquid Bonus LiqBon™ ecosystem allows participants to spread the coverage area from shopping centers to districts, cities, or regions. Therefore, retail business shall get the opportunity of establishing direct contact with potential customers in the conditions of extended coverage and supplemented marketing channel.

FINSTICK Innovations continues developing the Liquid Bonus LiqBon™ as the world's first universal and independent digital incentive token aimed at electronic tips, rewards, bonus points and promotions, as well as the emerging marketing opportunities associated with this disrupting tool. FINSTICK Innovations is opened to discuss cooperation opportunities with retail and digital professionals, as well as with potential partners interested in a new promising project.



About the Liquid Bonus LiqBon™: Liquid Bonus™ (abbreviated LiqBon™) is a versatile non-expiring irrevocable reward point designed for electronic tips and other individual rewards. Created as an open and independent token, it can be freely donated and accepted by companies, retailers, or individuals. LiqBon™ can also be used for retail customer acquisition campaigns, promotions, and the «loyalty roaming» service complementing traditional closed corporate loyalty programs.

Liquid Bonus™ has a user-friendly mobile interface provided by the mobile «LiqBon™ Pouch» application and adapted for all the buyers and sellers. LiqBon™ is fully independent, interoperable, and has no legacy loyalty program holding it back. As such, it is the Liquid Bonus™ that can consolidate the fragmented loyalty rewards market into a single and healthy ecosystem.

The mobile «LiqBon™ Pouch» application for Android is immediately available for downloading at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.finstick.liqbon
The mobie «LiqBon™ Pouch» application for iPhone is still under development. Please stay tuned to get it first.

About Club LiqBon™: Club LiqBon™ (www.liqbon.club): is a valuable part of the disrupting Liquid Bonus™ ecosystem based on the state-of-the-art Blockchain solution invented by FINSTICK Innovations. It provides a unique combination of throughput, reliability, and security, eliminating most of the mass-market frictions related to the complexity and costliness of modern loyalty programs. It is also a free complimentary marketing tool aimed at unlocking the retail market potential by activating dormant customers who are motivated but don't visit. First of all, it is aimed at a wide range of smaller retail market players who either failed to implement their own CRM system for attracting and developing customers or launched it but have failed to compete with bigger retailers.
Club LiqBon™ provides direct interaction between smaller retailers and consumers, bypassing intermediaries. This interaction shall improve over time so buyers will be able to get cheaper first-hand products and services.

About LiqBon™ Community: Today, more than ever, we are missing associates and adeptors for improving the ecosystem and telling about its benefits. Therefore, we are looking for allies and regional associates who would soon become respected and influential members of the LiqBon™ driven public retail community. Please forward this press release to at least ten people you know who might be interested in it or who may find Liquid Bonus ecosystem useful to their business. We truly believe in the power of community. We also believe that small retailers and manufacturers can compete with the fat cats of the larger retail business by joining a free ecosystem consolidating smaller retailers and consumers. Please email us your suggestions for improving the service and your articles / opinions for publication in our blog LiqBon™. Please stay tuned to our Telegram, Twitter, MEDIUM.COM or Reddit. pour les dernières nouvelles de Liquid Bonus™. channel for the latest Liquid Bonus™ news. Also do not hesitate to join our Telegram discussion group.
You can also join our design, development, or promotion environment to make a feasible contribution to the Liquid Bonus™ development. Please send us your suggestions on how you can help the LiqBon™ ecosystem becoming more convenient and attractive so we can qualify which team yo can join.
We are looking for active regional coordinators who can become leaders of the LiqBon™ community in their region or even country.
Join us, and we will DO TOGETHER!

About FINSTICK Innovations: FINSTICK Innovations LLC (www.finstick.net) is a startup focused on disruptive IT technology for the emerging fintech, blockchain, community management, and digital retail markets. Founded in 2017, FINSTICK Innovations relies on highly motivated professionals in cryptography, mobile payments, smart cards, telecommunications, and value-added services. With over twenty years of hands-on experience and several invention patents, our team is the bearer of the best Russian practices in software design, development, optimization, and integration of complex IT systems.

FINSTICK Innovations announces the release of the mobile «LiqBon™ Pouch» application for its free use.

Moscow, 24 February 2022 - FINSTICK Innovations have completed Google compliance testing of the mobile «LiqBon™ Pouch» application and released it for free circulation. The «LiqBon™ Pouch» application is already available for downloading from the Google Play Store at the following link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.finstick.liqbon

The mobile «LiqBon™ Pouch» application is designed to store Liquid Bonus rewards and provide the possibility of their transfer (donates) from one member of the bonus reward ecosystem to another. It also allows retailers to create points of sale on the interactive community map and promptly introduce potential buyers to the actual "deals of the day."

The mobile «LiqBon™ Pouch» application is absolutely free of charge and does not impose any additional obligations on users. This also applies to the transaction cost; thus, there is no fee for Liquid Bonus transactions applied.

«With this user-friendly approach, we created a universal tool allowing quick and friction- and costless launch of marketing campaigns or even customer acquisition programs. We expect that entrepreneurs, small retail businesses, and numerous customers will appreciate the new marketing opportunities.», pointed out Juli Kuznetsov, CEO of FINSTICK Innovations.



About the Liquid Bonus LiqBon™: Liquid Bonus™ (abbreviated LiqBon™) is a versatile non-expiring irrevocable reward point designed for electronic tips and other individual rewards. Created as an open and independent token, it can be freely donated and accepted by companies, retailers, or individuals. LiqBon™ can also be used for retail customer acquisition campaigns, promotions, and the «loyalty roaming» service complementing traditional closed corporate loyalty programs.

Liquid Bonus™ has a user-friendly mobile interface provided by the mobile «LiqBon™ Pouch» application and adapted for all the buyers and sellers. LiqBon™ is fully independent, interoperable, and has no legacy loyalty program holding it back. As such, it is the Liquid Bonus™ that can consolidate the fragmented loyalty rewards market into a single and healthy ecosystem.

The mobile «LiqBon™ Pouch» application for Android is immediately available for downloading at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.finstick.liqbon
The mobie «LiqBon™ Pouch» application for iPhone is still under development. Please stay tuned to get it first.

About Club LiqBon™: Club LiqBon™ (www.liqbon.club): is a valuable part of the disrupting Liquid Bonus™ ecosystem based on the state-of-the-art Blockchain solution invented by FINSTICK Innovations. It provides a unique combination of throughput, reliability, and security, eliminating most of the mass-market frictions related to the complexity and costliness of modern loyalty programs. It is also a free complimentary marketing tool aimed at unlocking the retail market potential by activating dormant customers who are motivated but don't visit. First of all, it is aimed at a wide range of smaller retail market players who either failed to implement their own CRM system for attracting and developing customers or launched it but have failed to compete with bigger retailers.
Club LiqBon™ provides direct interaction between smaller retailers and consumers, bypassing intermediaries. This interaction shall improve over time so buyers will be able to get cheaper first-hand products and services.

About LiqBon™ Community: Today, more than ever, we are missing associates and adeptors for improving the ecosystem and telling about its benefits. Therefore, we are looking for allies and regional associates who would soon become respected and influential members of the LiqBon™ driven public retail community. Please forward this press release to at least ten people you know who might be interested in it or who may find Liquid Bonus ecosystem useful to their business. We truly believe in the power of community. We also believe that small retailers and manufacturers can compete with the fat cats of the larger retail business by joining a free ecosystem consolidating smaller retailers and consumers. Please email us your suggestions for improving the service and your articles / opinions for publication in our blog LiqBon™. Please stay tuned to our Telegram, Twitter, MEDIUM.COM or Reddit. pour les dernières nouvelles de Liquid Bonus™. channel for the latest Liquid Bonus™ news. Also do not hesitate to join our Telegram discussion group.
You can also join our design, development, or promotion environment to make a feasible contribution to the Liquid Bonus™ development. Please send us your suggestions on how you can help the LiqBon™ ecosystem becoming more convenient and attractive so we can qualify which team yo can join.
We are looking for active regional coordinators who can become leaders of the LiqBon™ community in their region or even country.
Join us, and we will DO TOGETHER!

About FINSTICK Innovations: FINSTICK Innovations LLC (www.finstick.net) is a startup focused on disruptive IT technology for the emerging fintech, blockchain, community management, and digital retail markets. Founded in 2017, FINSTICK Innovations relies on highly motivated professionals in cryptography, mobile payments, smart cards, telecommunications, and value-added services. With over twenty years of hands-on experience and several invention patents, our team is the bearer of the best Russian practices in software design, development, optimization, and integration of complex IT systems.


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Une application mobile gratuite «Pochette LiqBon™» pour les petites entreprises a été lancée .

Eine kostenlose mobile Anwendung «LiqBon-Beutel™» für kleine Unternehmen wurde veröffentlicht .

È stata lanciata un'applicazione mobile gratuita «Borsa LiqBon™» per le piccole imprese .

Lanzó una aplicación móvil gratuita «La Bolsa LiqBon™» para pequeñas empresas.

Lançou um aplicativo móvel gratuito «A Bolsa LiqBon™» para pequenas empresas.

Küçük işletmeler için ücretsiz bir mobil uygulama «LiqBon™ keseniz» yayınlandı .

Η FINSTICK Innovations παρουσίασε την πρώτη εφαρμογή για κινητά στον κόσμο για τη συγκέντρωση και τη χρήση ανεξάρτητων ανταμοιβών Liquid Bonus LiqBon™.

FINSTICK Innovations launched the Liquid Bonus™ Ecosystem - the first independent incentive environment focused on the benefits of consumers.

Moscow, 25 December 2021 - FINSTICK Innovations have completed the development and pilot testing of the Liquid Bonus™ ecosystem.

Liquid Bonus™ (abbreviated LiqBon™) is a versatile non-expiring irrevocable reward point designed for electronic tips and other individual rewards. Created as an open and independent token, it can be freely donated and accepted by companies, retailers, or individuals. LiqBon™ can also be used for retail customer acquisition campaigns, promotions, and the «loyalty roaming» service.

This is the marketing tool aimed primarily at the interests of consumers and a wide range of smaller market players who have failed to create and use their own system for attracting and developing customers by either reason or have created it but could not compete with larger players. LiqBon™ is fully interoperable and has no legacy loyalty program holding it back. The circulation of Liquid Bonus™ rewards is carried out in the open Club LiqBon™ ecosystem (liqbon.club), with no corporate or geographic boundaries.

«We have invented and released for free circulation the Liquid Bonus™ Reward as the world's first universal and independent digital incentive token aimed at electronic tips and promotions. It shall work equally well for the benefit of all users, from consumers and small traders to large manufacturers and international retail chains interested in increasing the number of motivated buyers.», pointed out Juli Kuznetsov, CEO of FINSTICK Innovations.

So far, this Club LiqBon™ reward ecosystem is in its infancy. Still, thanks to the user community, it shall soon become a reliable and mature service capable of eliminating most of the existing contradictions and unfairness regarding the accrual and invalidation of loyalty points or miles in the centralized corporate loyalty and sales promotion systems.

For most bigger retailers, the Liquid Bonus™ shall remain a kind of "silly toy" until millions of potential buyers start using it. Subsequently, this tool shall occupy at least a niche for the "inter-program-roaming" - a service designed to open up the tightly centralized closed loyalty programs and other corporate customer development systems.

«We believe in the success of the Liquid Bonus™ as it has been designed and developed for the sake of buyers and businesses that are ready to implement a more flexible, fair, and open customer policy. In addition, 21st century IT and telecommunications have provided unprecedented opportunities for self-organization and building up user communities that can successfully compete even with business giants. A lot is being changed in the post-pandemic era. I hope that most of these changes will turn to be useful for the vast majority of either smaller businesses or global market players.» , He added.



About FINSTICK Innovations: FINSTICK Innovations LLC (www.finstick.net) is a startup focused on disruptive IT technology for the emerging fintech, blockchain, community management, and digital retail markets. Founded in 2017, FINSTICK Innovations relies on highly motivated professionals in cryptography, mobile payments, smart cards, telecommunications, and value-added services. With over twenty years of hands-on experience and several invention patents, our team is the bearer of the best Russian practices in software design, development, optimization, and integration of complex IT systems.

About the Liquid Bonus LiqBon™: Liquid Bonus LiqBon™ is a digital token of gratitude, multipurpose electronic tips, a versatile non-expiring irrevocable reward point designed for individual rewards. It can also be efficient for retail customer acquisition campaigns, promotions, and even establishing loyalty systems roaming service. Liquid Bonus™ works with a user-friendly mobile interface providing secure access to buyers' and sellers' LiqBon™ Pouches, as well as the frictionless exchange of reward points. LiqBon™ is fully independent, interoperable, and has no legacy loyalty program holding it back. As such, it is the Liquid Bonus™ that can consolidate the fragmented loyalty rewards market into a single and healthy ecosystem.

About Club LiqBon™: Club LiqBon™ (www.liqbon.club): is a valuable part of the disrupting Liquid Bonus™ ecosystem based on the state-of-the-art Blockchain solution invented by FINSTICK Innovations. It provides a unique combination of throughput, reliability, and security, eliminating most of the mass-market frictions related to the complexity and costliness of modern loyalty programs. It is also a free complimentary marketing tool aimed at unlocking the retail market potential by activating dormant customers who are motivated but don't visit. First of all, it is aimed at a wide range of smaller retail market players who either failed to implement their own CRM system for attracting and developing customers or launched it but have failed to compete with bigger retailers.
Club LiqBon™ provides direct interaction between smaller retailers and consumers, bypassing intermediaries. This interaction shall improve over time so buyers will be able to get cheaper first-hand products and services.

About LiqBon™ Community: Today, more than ever, we are missing associates and adeptors for improving the ecosystem and telling about its benefits. Therefore, we are looking for allies and regional associates who would soon become respected and influential members of the LiqBon™ driven public retail community. Please forward this press release to at least ten people you know who might be interested in it or who may find Liquid Bonus ecosystem useful to their business. We truly believe in the power of community. We also believe that small retailers and manufacturers can compete with the fat cats of the larger retail business by joining a free ecosystem consolidating smaller retailers and consumers. Please email us your suggestions for improving the service and your articles / opinions for publication in our blog LiqBon™. Please stay tuned to our Telegram, Twitter, MEDIUM.COM or Reddit. pour les dernières nouvelles de Liquid Bonus™. channel for the latest Liquid Bonus™ news. Also do not hesitate to join our Telegram discussion group.
You can also join our design, development, or promotion environment to make a feasible contribution to the Liquid Bonus™ development. Please send us your suggestions on how you can help the LiqBon™ ecosystem becoming more convenient and attractive so we can qualify which team yo can join.
We are looking for active regional coordinators who can become leaders of the LiqBon™ community in their region or even country.
Join us, and we will DO TOGETHER!

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