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Where to Check-in for the Best Free Tees at SXSW

March 16, 2011 at 1:43 PM | by | Comments (0)

SXSW is ripe with freebies: pens, stickers, pins...and especially beer. But some vendors are asking SXSW participants to work for their swag. Checking into Gowalla and Foursquare has become the hottest marketing tool at the fest, not to mention the best way to get free tees.

Gowalla has an airstream parked at 5th and Trinity where you can pick up a free t-shirt and a Gowalla passport. If you find five of Gowalla's other check-in locations, you will get a sticker for each (and a better t-shirt). The airstream will be there through the end of the fest on Saturday, from around 9:30am to 6:00pm.

Other companies have teamed with Foursquare, giving away free tees in exchange for a check-in. Users can score a free Foursquare t-shirt in the PepsiMax Court, after checking in and playing a quick game of Foursquare—the physical, schoolyard game sort. SouthBytes in the Austin Convention Center is also giving away t-shirts for Foursquare check-ins. Their booth and poster gallery is located on the first floor of the convention center.

If you can't be bothered with checking-in but still want a free tee, take a swing around the trade show which runs through Thursday at 6pm; you're sure to find a vendor or two willing to give you a t-shirt, with nothing in return.

See more of our SXSW 2011 coverage here.

[Photo: John Matthews]

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