Coupons & E-Mail Marketing

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Sides on January 26, 2012 at 2:36pm

Josh,

If you are looking for a down and dirty coupon maker (customer specific codes) check out http://coupon-code-generator.smartcode.com/info.html  This might get tedious though b/c the coupons are created outside of the email platform.

 

Another method would be to create a custom field in your email program that associates a specific code to each email address, design the coupon inside the email platform, and place the custom field in that coupon.  When the emails are sent, each user will receive their own code.

 

Please let me know if you need more details.  I'm happy to help.

Ryan

Permalink Reply by Josh Hersh on January 26, 2012 at 2:39pm

Thanks so much Ryan! I will take a look at our email client (iContact) and see if that second option you mentioned is possible. I'll keep ya posted!

Permalink Reply by Chris Leo on January 26, 2012 at 4:00pm

Our service gives you the ability to do exactly that for print, email and text message campaigns. Www.dinercentric.com

Would be happy to demonstrate it for you if you are interested.

Non-OperatorPermalink Reply by Mark Moreno on January 27, 2012 at 3:20am

Josh,

Tell them that couponing/discounting is a really bad strategy for restaurants. There are much better ways to measure engagement, drive traffic, and build a restaurant brand than coupons.

Permalink Reply by John Johnston on March 18, 2012 at 1:38pm

Please have a look at Sterizon, they have a product called wiCoupon which provides unique coupon code generation, as well as tracking of coupon redemption.

Non-OperatorPermalink Reply by Samuel Rubenstein on October 6, 2012 at 9:15am

We are also researching couponing services.  Not sure if it has what you are looking for, but you might want to at least review and consider whether Gobza offers what you are looking for...here is a link:  http://www.gobza.com/join_now.  Should you review Gobza, please post how you think it compares with Groupon, Living Social and/or other couponing services, including any others that you have uncovered in your own research.  Much appreciated.