Articles Tagged - groupon

By Mary Manzo, Posted in In the News

To the surprise of many, Chicago-based daily deal site Groupon has raised $700 million with the largest Internet IPO since Google Inc in 2004. Despite skeptics and criticisms from analysts, Groupon has raised 30-percent more than they originally anticipated with their initial public offering. Groupon begins trading today on NASDAQ as "GRPN." With the float at 35 million shares at $20 a share, shares were valued $2 more than the original top price. Groupon is now worth about $13 billon as a company. ... read more.

• November 04, 2011
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By Mary Manzo, Posted in In the News

After decreasing their valuation from $30 billion to a range of $10.1 billion - $11.4 billion, can Groupon woo enough investors to raise their target of $480 million to $600 million after their IPO? Groupon will go public with their first public share offering on November 4. The question that everyone probably has on their mind is if the Groupon business model is even sustainable?  Late this past September, Groupon COO Margo Georgiadis actually left the company to return to her former employer, Googl... read more.

• October 25, 2011
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By Mary Manzo, Posted in Blogging

Since the dawn of the first daily deal services in 2010, the market for social buying has quickly grown. But is it fading just as fast? After just four months of testing, Facebook recently abandoned their “Deals” venture. And today Yelp announced that the site is also withdrawing from Yelp Deals. The oversaturated marketplace for online deals and coupons plus the growing complaints from customers that they are inundated and bored with too many offers may be a recipe for disaster. Groupon ann... read more.

• August 30, 2011
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By Zack Levine, Posted in Foursquare

If your business hasn't been able to break into the exclusive group of businesses with Foursquare pages, now it can. Only, the group isn't exclusive anymore. From the beginning, Foursquare business pages were developed and designed by Foursquare in house on a case-by-case basis. That limited companies with business pages to those with a great deal of fame and money, such as The New York Times, NASA, and Louis Vitton. That all changed on Tuesday. The booming social network announced that free business pages... read more.

• August 03, 2011
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By Zack Levine, Posted in Foursquare

The rumors are true: according to Mashable, Foursquare and Groupon have decided to strike a partnership. The two popular young companies have reached an agreement that will put Groupon's daily deals in the Explore tab of the Foursqaure application beginning Friday. Groupon becomes Foursquare's sixth and largest daily deals partner. The two companies will split an undisclosed amount of revenue generated by purchases of each deal. The deal, on paper, looks like a win for each side. Groupon, the fastest-gr... read more.

• July 29, 2011
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By Rania Eldekki, Posted in The Future of the Internet

The popularity of deal sites is on the rise, with more and more daily deal sites being created every day. This daily deal infographic* takes a closer look at the top deal of the day websites so you can see for yourself how Living Social, Groupon, Facebook Deals & Google Offers compare. (*Scroll down to view the infographic) Here's a breakdown of the facts listed in the daily deals infographic: Company Founded In: Living Social: 2007Groupon: 2008Facebook Deals: 2011Google Offers: 2011 Reven... read more.

• May 31, 2011
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By Mary Manzo, Posted in Social Media Marketing

Who knew it was possible to think of you and still think of others too? An actual win-win! Group buying sites are taking it to the next level by taking into consideration both social responsibility and business development. Nonprofits are benefiting from these charitable websites that provide donations from deals purchased by consumers. Groupon and LivingSocial are two of the leading competitors in the group buying market. The success behind this model is the promise that although you are offering the va... read more.

• April 25, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Social Media Marketing

Social Media Bubble? Just as the dot-com bubble exploded over ten years ago, there's speculation about a so-called social media bubble that is about to give way. Whether or not this is accurate, one thing that is certain is social media's positive and ever-changing effects on the way we make purchases, network and learn about the rest of the world. The beauty of social media lies within its versatility. We're not just talking about Facebook and Twitter anymore, but a plethora of tools that have stemmed f... read more.

• April 21, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Social Media Marketing

How many of us are set up to receive daily coupons highlighting a deal from a business we might have overlooked because of its fancy exterior or pricey menu? How many times have you been tempted to purchase that "one hour body massage" after viewing your daily deal from Living Social? Social coupon sites such as Groupon, Living Social and Yelp's extension of business, Yelp Deals are helping consumers enjoy fine dining, luxuries and even weekend getaways in the midst of tough economic times; likewise, bus... read more.

• March 16, 2011
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By Elysa Vreeland, Posted in Google Articles

"If you can't buy them, join them" states Mashable in their article this morning about Google's newest addition, Google Offers. The search engine giant cleverly tried to purchase Groupon back in 2010 with a $6 billion offer, but after the deal fell through, Google decided to take matters into their own hands and create a Groupon-like system that will mimic most of the great features and offers of Groupon. With Groupon's success and Google's popular brand name, who will come out alive as this war between so... read more.

• January 21, 2011
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