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NASA’s Neat Social Media Ventures

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This morning, NASA Astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock checked into the location-based social network, foursquare.  The surprising news?  He checked into the International Space Station.  And it’s getting a whole lot of press, from places like the AFP, PC Mag, and TechCrunch.

NASA is making a full-court press with the use of social networks.  Check out their Connect and Collaborate with NASA website.  There they link to organizational and personal accounts on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, foursquare, Gowalla, ustreamTV, and Myspace.

NASA has quite a collection of social network profiles.  I wouldn’t expect any local government to rival this, but look at NASA’s profiles, and see if you can learn something from how they use Twitter, Facebook, and the like.

Must Read: Using foursquare to Increase Tourism

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This is a must read for any local government or business leader.  The topic is using location-based social networks (specifically, foursquare) to increase tourism.

Some of the tips:

If you have a Visitor Center, or a number of them, you might offer a special token or freebie for Foursquare users visiting your city or attending a convention. For instance put a little tweet out (Foursquare users are very likely already active on Twitter) about how the next check-in at your kiosk will receive a couple of passes to something or other you have laying around from one of your members. A little piece of swag goes a long way in the service industry. After all, your Visitor Center benefits from traffic, and wants to be helpful, not to mention hip.

We’ve previously talked about foursquare on FollowYourGov.  For more on using foursquare to increase your business, look at their website.