InformationWeek.com reported today on how Wishpond levels the playing field for merchants competing against larger chains, by providing local businesses with an online presence: Get new customers with Social Promotions Start your free 14-day trial

Your customers are on Facebook, but you already knew that.  What you may not know is how best to reach and engage with your customers through Facebook. This medium can be used for much more than just sharing pictures of your kids with your friends. Consumers are on their talking about and sharing everything; including [...]

Social media and networking tools like Twitter and Facebook have created the ultimate real-time customer relations experience; beyond face-to-face communication. They may actually be even better because the entire world can listen in on the two-way communication that transpires, and see how caring merchants really are. Some merchants may look on with horror at the [...]

The formulation of your social web presence is as important as that of your press release. At its core it is pure public relations: Interaction with your target audience in a highly visible forum. This being such a broad area with many different channels and options I’ve started with four generalized tips that can be [...]

For local retailers trying to make a push to sell Irish memorabilia today, the social web is your best friend. Unlike pubs and bars who just have to open their door to gain the attention, retailers have to do a little bit more. The social web discussions on St. Patrick’s day are already in full [...]

Crowdbeacon, a social Q&A service power by Wishpond’s API, launched this week to great acclaim: Social Q&A services are springing up everywhere because often search is too cumbersome or imprecise to answer our questions. This is especially true on mobile phones. A new iPhone app called Crowdbeacon attempts to answer your questions with a local [...]

This week, Wishpond announced the launch of our new local search API for mobile developers: If you are an iPhone app developer and wish to develop a local shopping app akin to Google Shopper iPhone app then WishPond’s API can be of great help to you. Wishpond, a local shopping platform, is providing companies with [...]

Hyper-local technology blog Techvibes interviewed Wishpond CEO Ali Tajsekandar last week on Wishpond’s expanding role in the booming local commerce market: While a “pond,” Wishpond is making more than ripples; it’s making waves. Which is why we’re proud that the popular service is based out of Vancouver… Their top priority, Ali tells me, is to [...]

Wishpond announces today its partnership with PaperG, an advertising technology company that automates local ad creation for online publishers. This new partnership empowers PaperG and its media partners to showcase local retail inventory for both national chains and for local stores. Read the article on Kelsey Group or below: Is Online Inventory Really Here (and [...]

Local Commerce for all! We have just launched the Local Shopping Widget and the Merchant Widget enabling anyone to create local product search and customized local shopping wherever they want. See the full story on Mashable or below: New Widgets Let Any Website Offer Local Shopping Options Get new customers with Social Promotions Start your free [...]