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If you own a small business, you know that there are a lot of ways in which you can measure success. In some cases, success is something you experience in the moment. A line of people at your register, a crowd at your event, an empty display case or shelf that needs restocking—these are all [...]
A sense of community and an atmosphere of peace and laughter—that’s the type of experience that Stephanie Pope Caffrey and her sister Jennifer have worked to provide at their New York City yoga studio since opening for business in 2008. Voted one of the best yoga studios in America in 2011, Bikram Yoga East Harlem [...]
This post from Dave Gilbertson, Vice President and General Manager, SaveLocal was originally published on DailyDealMedia.com. “Of course I can handle the cold, we’ll prepare for it and deal with it just like every other year, this is not my first rodeo,” I vividly recall my practical grandfather stating as he geared up for another [...]
“Knowing what I know now, I would definitely have done things differently…” If any sentiment explains the way small businesses feel about local deals these days, that’s the one. It’s something we’ve heard time and time again when talking to small businesses that have run deals with one of the big-name deal providers. Problems with [...]
Over the last few years small businesses have started thinking differently about how to attract new customers and grow their business. While in years past marketing strategies had been built around a theory of sell, sell, sell—today, it’s become much more about connect, listen, communicate, and engage. With tools like email marketing and social media [...]
If you own a small business, there’s a good chance you still have some questions about deals. Don’t worry—you’re not alone. While deals (or daily deals, as they are sometimes known) have been around for a few years now, there are plenty of business owners who still have big questions about whether or not running [...]
Over the last year, we’ve heard some jaw dropping stories about what small businesses have been able to achieve when given control over their own online deals. From a yarn shop in Minnesota to a restaurant in Florida to an indoor rock climbing business on the east coast of New Hampshire—business owners across the US [...]
Let’s face it: when it comes to online marketing, restaurants have a lot of options on their plates– pun intended! For starters, it seems like there’s a new social media network emerging every month. Then, there are the reports about how small businesses need to get ready for the mobile revolution. Meanwhile, you’re not supposed [...]
It’s no surprise that more and more people are turning to the web to do their holiday shopping, but it might be a surprise to know that a lot of this shopping is taking place on people’s mobile phones. In fact, prior to Thanksgiving, Digitas did a study that determined 28% of smartphone or tablet-owning [...]
With some of the larger deal providers, if you wanted to run a holiday deal, you might have had to make that decision back in September or October to get contracts in place and your deal approved in time. Not with SaveLocal! With SaveLocal, you can set up your deal in minutes and have a [...]