Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 4:21AM According to Boston news site, BostInno, email marketing company, Constant Contact, has acquired MobManager. The startup which was founded in 2010 is a daily deal management platform that makes it possible for small businesses to have better control over their daily deals.
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 4:41AM One of the biggest benefits of running a group buy promotion is that it allows a business to leverage existing customers as salespeople to bring in new customers similar to themselves. Your current customers who love your business want to spread the word, but they aren't likely to go around shouting the virtues of your business from the rooftops (or via facebook and twitter) without a reason to do so.
Your daily deal gives your current customers a reason to talk about your business to their friends (your best prospective customers...the ones that will stick) and a sense of urgency to do it the day of the deal so their friends can save a significant amount of money when they try your place.
In order to share the deal and how great your business is with their social networks, your customers need to know about your deal the day it's running and should ideally have advance notice that the deal's coming.
Following are ideas to let your current customers know about your group buy promotion and encourage them to share your business with friends.
Facebook Wall Posts- Pre-Deal Announcements
Posting about your upcoming group buy on your business and personal facebook walls (and encouraging your entire team, friends, family, etc.. to do the same) is a great tactic a few days before your promotion to make sure the biggest social media sharers in your base of "raving fans" are aware of your group buy deal and standing ready to support you via social media on the day of your deal.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 4:45PM 
PALO ALTO, CA and CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - October 21, 2010) - Ning, the world's largest platform for creating custom social websites, is partnering with Groupon, the original daily local deal website, to extend the global reach of daily Groupon offers to participating Ning customers. This custom Groupon integration further demonstrates Ning's commitment to providing Ning Creators with a powerful, turnkey platform that offers unparalleled customization and an ever-increasing array of revenue-generating opportunities.
Coming on the heels of Groupon's international expansion and the recent launch of Ning Everywhere, this partnership enables Ning Creators from around the world to add the geo-targeted Groupon widget with just the press of a button. These daily deals enhance the overall experience of any Ning social website, and adds another integrated monetization option for Ning Creators. With more than 5,000 new social websites created on Ning every month, Groupon will regularly reach tens of millions of visitors, worldwide, with exclusive local deals.
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 4:04AM 
Hundreds of Daily Deal and Flash Buying startups are emerging to cash in on the group buy explosion. To serve the startup boom in the group buy space, over 30 companies are specializing in providing the technologies that power group buying sites.
The companies' offerings include downloadable scripts to install on your own server, full service white label hosted solutions that handle everything from email management and social sharing to business forms and credit card processing, and full service dealware providers that network the independent daily deal sites they power nationally.
Check out our Coupon Business Directory for a list of 31 Daily Deal Technology Companies: http://www.couponmarketer.com/coupon-business-directory/category/group-buy-technology
