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How about your own daily deal site – daily deal builder

In a previous post I talked about what I didn’t like about daily deal sites. Now I have found

Could you use a daily deal builder for your own daily deals?

a web company that specialises in a DIY daily deal builder. That’s right, you can make your own deal site by the use of a Getsocio daily deal template!

If you are like me and a DIYer, you’ve set up your own website and/or social media sites. Or even if you didn’t set the sites up you know how to add products etc via your websites back end, then you use the software.

And what do I like about it the most? It’s so cheap. Even if I fail miserably, or if it takes along time to get established, it doesn’t matter so much with this daily deal builder. At the very least it could be a way to clear excess stock, and at it’s best, a great way to build a bigger [Read more…]

Does advertising work anymore for small businesses to clear excess stock

Help! please! yes, I am serious. I have this question. Does advertising work anymore

does advertising work anymore for small business to clear excess stock

Why hasn't my advertising worked?

for small businesses to clear excess stock? I own a children’s shoe store and have excess stock. While this is an extremely common problem for any retailer, the answer has always been so hard to find and now my brain is drained. I decided to advertise in a local newspaper, local facebook ads and local radio, the call to action should work, or so I thought. “30% off all Vans should do the trick”, it’s a decent discount so all good. I have the most extensive kids range in Hamilton, brand awareness is huge, no one else had been specializing in kids Vans. So why have I had such a poor uptake?

According to facebook, which seems to give the best demographic data, there are 18,500 [Read more…]