Five Tips To Grow Your Business On Facebook
While Facebook was created with the original intentions to connect people in and around Harvard, the social network phenomenon has exploded into a world-wide obsession. Now used in the lives of personal and professionals alike – billions of people around the world are “liking” and “friending” more than ever.
With over one billion users, there is not wonder that businesses have adapted Facebook as a go to marketing tool. Today most businesses already have a business page on Facebook and you can hardly find an advertisement…
Groupon Receives “Buy” Rating From Goldman Sachs And Others
Goldman Sachs has once again placed they “buy” rating on Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) shares in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports. The firm currently has a $9.00 target price on the stock.
Last Thursday, shares of Groupon traded up 3.97% during mid-day, hitting $6.498. Groupon’s current 52 week low is $2.60 and their 52 week high is $14.93. The stock’s 50-day moving average is currently $5.82. The company’s market cap is $4.290 billion.
Multiple other firms have also had their input…
Smartphones Can Save You Money, E-Coupons Rising In Popularity
Mobile coupons are becoming more and more popular – and not not only with retailers, but customers are beginning to grasp the convenience and overall value of using them. Also known as “e-coupons” customers have the ability to pull up discounts on their smartphone, similar to how a passenger would use an e-ticket at the boarding gate for an airplane flight.
Typically, consumers must log on to the sites or venues that they patronize. In addition, Corporate businesses and much more likely to offer…
Groupon Expands Point-of-Sale Suite with New Breadcrumb iPad App
Today Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) announced the launch of Breadcrumb POS, a free iPad app that enables quick-service eateries, salons, spas and retail merchants to replace their outdated cash registers with an easy-to-use solution that offers local businesses a low-price guarantee that will beat any comparable plan on credit card transaction fees. Breadcrumb POS expands the number of merchants currently served by the company’s Breadcrumb family of POS products from restaurants and bars to include all brick-and-mortar businesses.
In addition to…
Is LivingSocial The Victim Of A Gun Control Witch Hunt?
Gun control advocacy groups have launched a full fledged gun control campaign against LivingSocial, urging the daily deal site to stop “promoting” events that mix guns and alcohol. The advocacy groups – including CREDO Action, The Gun Truth Project and MomsRising – say promoting deals that integrate shooting and drinking only encourages that combination at the threat to public safety.
“In the wake of Newtown, I’d like to know how the people who own or work for LivingSocial can justify profiting from the packaging of AK-47…
The VC Firm Behind LivingSocial, Grotech Ventures, Raises $225M For Eighth Fund
The Virginia based venture capital firm behind deal and experience giant LivingSocial, Grotech Ventures, announced it has raised its eighth fund, “Grotech Ventures II” or GV II and currently have $225 million in committed capital.
The firm has said that the fund was oversubscribed by more than 10 percent, and was raised from both existing and new limited partners. GV II brings Grotech’s total capital under management to $1.3 billion across all funds.
Grotech tends to make early investments in high-potential technology companies. They…
Groupon Unveils Groupon POS, An iPad App And Dashboard For On-Site, Mobile Payments
Groupon is expanding their mobile payment reach with the release of Groupon POS, an iPad-specific version of its mobile payments service aimed at local merchants, working as a dashboard to make and track payments. The release of the new service puts the Chicago based daily deal company one step closer to their competition – Square, PayPal and PayAnywhere.
The focus on expanding beyond daily deals, which was originally ex-CEO Andrew Mason’s strategy, shows that even though Mason…
LivingSocial Indonesia Expands To Bali
Washington D.C. based deal site LivingSocial is expanding its Indonesia online deal branch into the Bali marketplace. The expansion launched at the beginning of May with a special webpage on livingsocial.co.id, dedicated to Bali-based merchants and consumers to interact and make their best deals of the day.
“The Bali Daily Deals page is an opportunity to offer unbeatable deals for Bali residents, as well as inbound travelers with local merchants. This includes the traditional hotel, resort and villa offerings, as well as restaurants, spas, waterparks, beauty parlors and any…
The Success and Future of Daily Deal Websites Depends on Their Ability to Go Beyond the Daily Deal Industry
Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by Marc Horne. Marc is a co-founder of DailyDealBuilder.com, provider of daily deal software, solutions, and sales training.
Let’s face it, one of most common objections negative investors and naysayers have of the daily deal industry’s future is that the barrier to entry is too low. To launch a daily deal website, or a deal component to your existing company and become a small – medium sized player in the deal industry can be accomplished relatively…
How Social Media Affects Your SEO
Online marketing sees two challenges today: how to increase their ranking on search engines through search engine optimization and how to create a social media presence and get customers and potential customers talking about them. Increasing your businesses SEO is not dependent on a single factor (such as the number of times a keyword appears on a page) and recently, the increasing importance placed on social media has changed the game a bit.
The infographic below breaks down ways that social media influences the visibility of your website in search results,…
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