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What do you get when you combine the daily discount model with the urge of the impulse purchase? Merchants hope the answer is instant customers.

Costly deals on unfocused group-buying sites with an audience full of bargain hunters is proving to be the wrong approach.

This new service scans the web to aggregate offers. Plus, a look at other game-changing companies catering to bargain hunters.

PeopleDeals combines customization and a lower-cost offer for social-media coupons. But will the tool be too time-consuming for the average small retailer to be practical?

For new business owners, getting cash flowing into the business should be priority No. 1. Here are ideas for getting started.

Here are six ways to turn customers away from your e-commerce store.

Social coupons can appealing--but make sure you're prepared to handle the rush of new customers they can bring.

Group buying is growing by leaps and bounds. Get in on the action with a site of your own.

A solid promotion plan can attract buyers and help create lasting customer relationships.

Groupon might seem like great advertising, but it can spell disaster for unprepared small businesses.

The National Retail Federation estimates that retail fraud cost the industry $9.6 billion in 2009.

This week, Wednesday Web Resources brings you a tasty new selection of free online tools to help your business. This time, it’s a free video-chat program, a free meeting scheduling tool to save you time, and a business-coupon site offering discounts. Like many of my previous Wednesday Web offers, some of these free tools probably […]

Get customers out of a holding pattern with a top-notch campaign.

Use these tips to bring every aspect of your message to a worldwide audience.

These tips will give your customers--and your business--plenty of reasons to celebrate the season.

Frugality is top of the mind for today's consumers.

You don't have to be a PC vendor's friend, relative, or employee to snag deals that were created for the benefit of exclusive groups of insiders.

Create, manage and send out coupons to prospects with an online service.

Get attention--and motivate prospects to buy--with creative coupons.

No one can resist a coupon! Find out how to take advantage of this enticing form of advertising.

Direct mail is everywhere--and if you're not using this pervasive form of advertising, you could be missing out.