Nerds Pony Up for Foursquare Badges

Didn’t get the chance join the Boyscouts? Perhaps you didn’t have time to be part of the Girlscouts. Acquiring those merit badges was a matter of honor. Having them placed on your person meant something. Whether you helped an old woman across the street, got a cat out of the tree, or sold the most boxes of cookies, the merit badges were a matter or pride.

For those of us geeked out enough to challenge one another in Foursquare, we can relive the need for merit badges. Foursquare is the location based application that geotags your location and announces it to others both on the mobile app and on your social networks. The more you use it, the more points you collect, the more virtual badges you can earn. It sounds simple, maybe even nerdy, but it’s a reality and many of us are using it. It’s become so popular that marketers are finding way to tap into the use of geo-tagging services like Foursquare and make them mean something to the businesses they represent.

Well now instead of relying on virtual badges, you can earn real world Foursquare badges and get your geek on when you put them on your clothing. Nerdmeritbadges.com has been given the nod to sell the embroidered pieces to the public so that they can stake their claim on the number of badges they’ve earned. Again, it’s a matter of honor and pride.