App Showcases Local and Delivers Deals

Many people find themselves browsing dozens of sites for discounts, when they want to find a good local spot to eat, or they want to support local small businesses. The more tech-savvy use apps, but they end up utilizing several for all of these purposes. Scoutmob is an app that can change all of that completely. It combines the benefits of services like Yelp, Groupon, and Etsy into one easy-to-use app that allows you to get great deals on food, support local businesses and makers, buy hand-made and eat local, and search reviews (as well as leave your own). Read more »

With all of the websites we can visit to find deals from retailers online, there seems to be very little innovation left to make any one better than another.  Patroneer is, offering an array of unique services that set is apart from typical websites offering discounted merchandise from major brands.  The app’s creators call it your deal scout, and it does a few things differently than users might expect.  With all of the email lists, subscription services, and websites with hundreds of pages of individual items to browse, the key with Patroneer is organization, de-cluttering, and consolidation. Read more »

Local businesses that use social media have a common problem: targeting local customers who are more likely to use their services.  Even if a restaurant, shop, or local service company such as a plumber or electrician uses Facebook, they often receive friends and followers that cannot convert into customers due to geographic location. Targeted advertising through social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus can help to deal with this problem, but it is not a permanent solution.  Cool product UMeTime wants to offer local businesses the permanent solution that they need to target people most likely to become long time customers through social media advertising.

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