The daily deal space has exploded this year! From acquisitions to relaunches, name changes and planned IPOs, tons of information has been absorbed right into this bubbly infographic by 8coupons....

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The success of Groupon has spawned countless clone daily deal sites, but not much innovation. There's no reason for group buying and voucher sites to always to presented in the...

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The term “Daily Deals” is well-known among shoppers who love to save money, but there is more to these awesome deals than meets the eye. There is always more to learn for the consumer as well as the merchant. Daily Deals have an uncertain path ahead of them even though consumers are digging the savings.


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Today, the publisher of adult magazine Penthouse intends to buy a daily deals site. What do they have up their sleeve? FriendFinder Networks will pay $65 million in stocks and warrants for JigoCity in an effort to expand into the social networking arena that is currently booming in China and throughout east Asia. While all [...]

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The wolves in the business world are always on the hunt for blood, while the foxes in journalism are always pointing out where open wounds may potentially be. Such is the case with Daily Deals and particularly with Groupon, a company that defines the industry. Today, that definition is not good, and it's only mostly [...]

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Facebook is shutting down its Deals service reports Reuters. Facebook's Groupon-like deal service launched late April in 5 major cities and offered the ability to cash in on deals local to you and your network."After testing Deals for four months, we've decided to end our Deals product in the coming weeks," said a spokesperson."We think there is a lot of power in a social approach to driving people into local businesses. We've learned a lot from our test and we'll continue to evaluate how to bes [...]

Read More: Facebook shutting down Facebook Deals service after 4 months

Facebook is shutting down its Deals service reports Reuters."After testing Deals for four months, we've decided to end our Deals product in the coming weeks," said a spokesperson."We think there is a lot of power in a social approach to driving people into local businesses. We've learned a lot from our test and we'll continue to evaluate how to best serve local businesses."This is the second product that Facebook has altered recently as it just shut down its Places feature in favor of distributi [...]

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Despite what I wrote on February 2010, hyper-local marketing has made its way to the iPhone since then. The workApple Destroyed the Dream of Hyper-local Advertisements in Apps – Opportunity for Android? (Feb. 2010)TechCrunch reports that Placecast's Shopalerts service provides retailer and merchant offers and discounts to consumers via their mobile phones.Placecast Brings Location-Based Shopping Alerts To Retailer Smartphone AppsThe service works with retailer provided apps which sends a message [...]

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Facebook Deals, Yelp Deals, Groupon and LivingSocial … there is evidence that people are getting bored and bombarded by all of the Daily Deal emails flooding their inboxes.  So while Groupon continues to prep for its IPO and Facebook toys with expanding Deals to mobile (and other cities), shoppers may just be sick of the whole business model. Still, that's not stopping companies from jumping on the Daily Deals bandwagon (even sketchy people-search engine MyLife is getting in on the game).H [...]

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Welcome to Social Media Examiner TV with your host Mari Smith. In this episode, Mari examines Facebook marketing for local businesses. Mari explains how Facebook Places and Deals work, why you should pay attention to them and how you can use them to grow your local business. Share your feedback and see the show notes! [...]

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8coupons is a free iPhone app that provides a variety of ways to look for coupon deals and specials in an area. The "Nearby" option (bottom left of screen) identifies locations of businesses and deals associated with them. Tapping the numbered balloons brings up detailed information about each offering. If you prefer a simple list, tapping the List button in the Nearby view switches from the Map view to a List view.There's also an Augmented Reality (AR) type view of deals. Tap the "iDeals" butto [...]

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American Express is going all in on the daily deals business, striking a deal with Facebook that is similar to the one it already has with Foursquare. Through a new Facebook app called "Link, Like, Love," AmEx cardholders can link their cards to their Facebook accounts (just like they can already link their cards to their Foursquare accounts. Once they do so they will get a dashboard of deals from brands such as Whole Foods, Dunkin' Donuts, Virgin America, and Sports Authority.

Unlike Group [...]

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The next phase of growth for local deals will be mobile.  Groupon knows this, and so does Yelp, which today is rolling out Yelp Deals to its iPhone and Android apps.  An update to its mobile apps that is getting pushed out today will add a new deals icon to the app.  When you click on it you can see a list of nearby Yelp Deals for discounts at restaurants, spas, and other businesses.  (These are in addition to Yelp Special Offers and Check-In Offers, which already appear on mobile).

With Yelp [...]

Read More: Yelp Brings Local Deals To Mobile And Gives Groupon Now A Run For Its Money