This week we discovered how the English Court, BBVA, Starbucks, Sol Meliá, FC Barcelona or Clinique are using Facebook Offers Venues – discount service for mobile Facebook. It is evident that the combination Social Media + Location offers an explosive mixture to boost local trade. This will be a year for small companies to focus on their own niches and position themselves as the definitive source of information, products and services related to the specific locations of the markets where they operate. Places not only Facebook, but Groupon Foursquare and are approaching local businesses to social networks. In this context an interesting application idenificamos to inspire small firms: a proposal Vochercloud is geographically limited in scope. Only covers the city of Bristol and its metropolitan area. However, this segmentation makes offers quite relevant.
The application works for iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry. Provides access to discounts at any time, anywhere: Users can use GPS to locate their mobile shops, restaurants, cinemas, entertainment and other nearby Putna offering discounts. Next, download a coupon for the discount.
Look for deals and discounts near you – or search by area – or save on your phone for later or download immediately. Only need to show the coupon on the screen of your phone to a staff member of the store to get your discount – no need to print the coupon. Today, Vouchercloud has more than 4,500 retailers and chains including Pizza Hut board and Coffee Republic.
Very easy to use. Incredibly. Once you have found a suitable offer is taught to a store manager. Them will be exchanged and, bingo, you’ve saved some money. If you’re worried about not having internet access can find discounts in advance and save them for later. A disadvantage is the need to register before you can enjoy vouchers. Navigation is simple, with intuitive icons for different categories of discount (Health & Beauty, Food to Go, Travel and Hotels).
It is also possible to obtain coupons via SMS: you can visit the website of Vouchercloud and request that it be sent to you via a text message. Such applications are very attractive to consumers and local businesses: it saves money, saves paper for printing promotional codes manually, allows small empress make more relevant offers. Win-win.