Big couple of weeks for the Daily Deal space: Groupon’s foray into national brand deals was a home run, earning the company over $11 million in gross revenue with its Gap promotion. The company also acquired competitor sites in Japan and Russia. [GigaOm] Yelp launched its official Daily Deal service in San Diego. After previously [...]

For the longest time, many of our fans and subscribers have been asking us when we’d be coming to the Centennial State.  After all, Denver is one of America’s fastest growing cities and a major hub in the Mountain West.  The mile-high city blends old school western charm with modern technology and flair, where a [...]

UPDATE 8/25: This piece was re-published on Business Insider. Groupon launched less than two years ago, and is on pace to make $300 to $500 million in revenue this year. How? They simply went out and created a distribution list of over 9 million subscribers in local areas and negotiated deals on their behalf. They [...]

It was an honor to be a part of today’s webinar: Local Social Commerce – The Explosion of Group Buying. Perry Evans, Greg Sterling and I shared some thoughts on the Daily Deal space and did some Q&A. The webcast is available in its entirety here, and my slides are below: Yipit Webinar 8-19-10 Thinking [...]

Hope you will all attend my webinar this Thursday, where I’ll be presenting some previously unpublished research on the space, including survey results of SMBs who have run Daily Deal promotions. The event is hosted by Greg Sterling, and I’ll joining Perry Evans, founder of Close.ly and MapQuest, to present data and field Q&A. Register here: Local Social Commerce: [...]

Zagat and The Knot both prepare the enter the Daily Deal space while across the border, a new type of Daily Deal site and market starts to sow its roots.  Here’s your Friday roundup: Zagat announced plans to launch Zagat Exclusives, powered by DealOn. The  site will offer deals on a variety of different restaurants, [...]

The South by Southwest Interactive Festival is one the foremost events in emerging technology each year. The discussion is largely driven public voting potential panel topics. We think the Daily Deal space should play a big role in the discussion come March. Your vote will help bring Group Buying to the SXSW conversation: Vote: Group Deals: [...]

Angie’s List, the popular member’s only site that gives its subscribers unfiltered reviews for local service providers (such as contractors, dentists, physicians, etc…) just recently launched itself into the Daily Deal space.  Called The Big Deal, the site arranges deals from tried and tested service providers from Angie’s List, ensuring familiarity and quality for its [...]

Open Table makes its first foray into the Daily Deal industry, Groupon takes on an interesting cross promotion with a popular reality show, and Earlybird envisions a new strategy to improve upon its past offerings.  Here’s your Friday roundup: Open Table entered the Daily Deal space this week with Spotlight.  The launch comes on the [...]

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