Wednesday, November 3, 2010

DealPop Social Buying Network Goes National With an Eye for Family-Friendly Deals on Local Specialty Brands

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DealPop -- from White Pages -- a social buying website that is already delivering on local deals in Seattle, Los Angeles, and on the San Francisco Peninsula has expanded and is now offering American small town deals nationwide on local specialty brands originating from around the U.S.  

In fact, DealPop USA is the first social buying site to focus on helping consumers discover unique and sought after old-fashioned local brands from across the nation at up to 70 percent off retail prices, regardless of where you live.  All deals are open to anyone in the U.S. for a brief window of time, typically available for purchase for 48-72 hours.
Auto License Plate Americana Wall Art, Hole 'N Rock, Near Moab, Utah
Photo by Janis Brett Elspas, MommyBlogExpert

Since launching the expanded service on October 20, DealPop has already run a variety of deals accessible to consumers across the country.  These include regional delicacies such as pure maple syrup from Maple Sugar and Vermont Spice; tea and tea accessories from Boston Tea Company; and Kona Coffee & Tea from the Hawaii Coffee Company.  They've also orchestrated deals for huge savings on everything fleur-de-lis from French Quarter Market of New Orleans with more deals to come this week.  Who knows -- they might even have DealPop deals someday from Hole 'N Rock, a bit of roadside kitsch that we visited on our roadtrip this past summer.

Every day, DealPop brings you different deals on all kinds of cool stuff -- many from new, up and coming boutique brands so you can be the first in your crowd to discover great new things that you'll want to then share with your friends.  You can still choose from all the local deals, too, if you live in Seattle, L.A., or in the San Francisco area, in addition to tapping into all the deals for regional specialties that can be purchased online -- making it possible for you to reap the benefits of DealPop deals anywhere you reside within the U.S.  

How DealPop Works
Just purchase your deal on DealPop.com  Then, print out your deal voucher and use it online or take it to your local restaurant, club, theater, or store to redeem it, whichever is applicable. Deals are easy to share with your friends through Facebook, Twitter, or email, also, and as long as they respond before the deal offer ends, they can save big too.  All DealPop social buying websites are free for consumers to use and buyers can earn $5 in free points on future purchases whenever they share a deal with someone who then signs up and purchases that deal for the first time. 

Consumers can sign up to receive emails highlighting the deals or even visit the site directly to see deals without logging in to view the current offer(s). Additionally, you can like DealPop USA on Facebook and/or follow on Twitter to stay informed about new deals as well as to provide suggestions about where you'd like to get a deal. I you're a local specialty brand interested in working with DealPop USA to reach a national audience, send an email to sales@dealpop.com.

About DealPop
DealPop is a service of WhitePages, the go-to source for the reliable U.S. contact information online with one-click access to 200+ million adults and more than 15 million businesses.

WhitePages and their respective logos are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of WhitePages.  Other products and company
names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective owners. 


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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

FREE Webinar - LinkedIn 101 for Small Business Owners Including Mom Bloggers - November 4th

Want to learn how to use LinkedIn to build your small or medium size business?

Then, consider attending this Free Webinar LinkedIn 101 For Small - Medium Business this week.  Doug Hay is well-respected in cyberspace for his expertise in social media and often offers complimentary online seminars such as this.  He has a background of 30+ years in PR and has spoken at a variety of conferences and professional meeting events.

LinkedIn 101 for Small - Medium Business
Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010
Time: 10 am Pacific, 1 pm Eastern
Location: Never have to leave your desk using GoToWebinar
Presenter: Doug Hay, CEO, Doug Hay & Associates
Register Free HERE

For more information
Contact Doug Hay 
phone: 818-326-6784
email:doug@dougahay.com

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Monday, November 1, 2010

Connected Digital Photo Frames Now Linking Multiple Generations, Even without a Computer + CEIVA Halloween Giveaway Contest

MommyBlogExpert Insiders:
After reading this post, don’t forget to enter CEIVA’s Halloween Digital Photo Contest now through 11/8/2010.  You could win a CEIVA product valued at approximately $220 or one of several other prizes.  See all the details below.

Remember the days when you wanted to show off family photos and you’d pull out your wallet-sized pictures and show them to your friends?
MommyBlogExpert's Family at the Annual Strawberry Festival in California
Photo by Janis Brett Elspas, MommyBlogExpert

Nowadays, we whip out our cell phones or digital cameras to show off our brood. To keep in touch with faraway friends and family, we even post pictures on Facebook and tweet about all of life’s events. The problem is these updates in everyone’s lives fly by us at lightning speed.  Isn’t there an easier high tech way to capture these memories for the future? And, particularly, how can you bring older family members into the digital age, so they can enjoy them too?

Digital picture frames are a user friendly and elegant way to share your photos. Most frames will show your camera memory card photos, but some frames can also grab your photos over your home wi-fi network through a media server, too. This is a great way to add a dynamic element to your wall of photos to show off your fave pictures to others without having them crowd around your teeny-tiny camera screen, and to easily keep refreshing these images as kids grow.

Another great option for everyone, including doting grandparents, are connected frames such as the specially-equipped digital photo frames available from CEIVA. This brand’s products not only allow you to connect by wi-fi but can also use your existing phone line when a computer is not in the house. This makes it a reality to receive pictures from friends and family who you invite to the frame making it possible for you to wake up and see photo updates from everyone.

This kind of photo delivery service is invaluable for keeping everyone engaged with the whole family day by day as time passes. Even better is -- that because you set up the frame just once -- they never will have to touch it again.
Want to win a CEIVA Connected Digital Photo Frame? All you have to do is send in your cutest, scariest, and most spooktacular Halloween photos! 

1st Prize: CEIVA Pro 80™ Connected Digital Photo Frame with a one-year PicturePlan® Photo Delivery Service, valued at approx $220 value; 2nd Prize: $50 American Express Gift Card; or 3rd Prize: $25 CEIVA Print Credits.
   
How to Enter the Photo Contest
For the CEIVA® Spook-o-Rama Halloween Photo Contest enter HERE

Hurry, Contest ends November 8, 2010. 

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