A social media trend we might be seeing a lot more of is Social Media-Activated Discounts. It would be great to check-into a business with your smart phone and get a discount by using your credit card. You don’t have to mention the coupon or discount to the business or staff personnel that are waiting on you. How easy would that be?
Gone would be the days of finding, downloading, printing or waiting for coupons to arrive in the mail. I think extreme couponers would be very happy.
American Express, Twitter and Foursquare have joined up to do just this. If you make a purchase using your AmEx card and that business has an AmEx special, Foursquare will verify your check-in on Twitter and will credit your AmEx statement. See the video below for more information.
I think this is a great idea. I am sure you could use Visa which has more customers than American Express and tap into Facebook’s 900 million users to reach a larger audience.












It’s January. The holidays are officially over, and though we’ve entered a new year, I find I’m still carrying about five pounds of turkey weight from the old one.
