[May 16, 2013] Expion Names Instagram, Foursquare to Its Social Monitoring and Management Solutions Tweet May 16, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Expion, a social media management software company, announced it has added Instagram and Foursquare to the broad lineup of social channels that it provides social media management and moderation capabilities. According to a release, the addition of Instagram and Foursquare gives brands the ability to monitor and provide feedback on user-generated images, comments and responses. Expion said it is part of an exclusive group of companies that havebeen granted access to the Instagram API allowing for third party moderation on the photo-centric platform. Brands looking to maximize impact and reach through Instagramphotos now have a streamlined way within Expion's moderation solution to engage this audience and comment, as a brand, on photos. With the Instagram integration, the company noted, brands can now comment on Instagram photos based on location and share across their local Facebook, Google+, and Twitter accounts. Instagram photos are automatically surfaced based on a radius around individual locations. This allows brands to streamline their social media efforts and provides a way to find and share localized customer content. By adding Foursquare, the company said that it now offers its customers the ability to like tips and comments made to a brand's Foursquare pages,further enabling brands to be present where their audiences are interacting.This represents a phase of Foursquare functionality via Expion the company will continue toexpand its offering by allowing publishing updates to local pages. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]