{"id":16948,"date":"2010-03-31T05:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=16948"},"modified":"2011-07-20T03:07:49","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T11:07:49","slug":"wagjagcom-looks-to-leverage-social-media-and-save-you-money","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/wagjagcom-looks-to-leverage-social-media-and-save-you-money","title":{"rendered":"WagJag.com looks to leverage social media and save you money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Update: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techvibes.com\/blog\/wagjag-ceo-defends-companys-customer-service-record-in-the-face-of-complaints-2010-12-31\">WagJag CEO defends company&#8217;s customer service record in the face of complaints <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wagjag.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wagjag.com\/img\/wagjag-logo.png\" alt=\"\" \/>WagJag.com<\/a> is looking to leverage technology, viral marketing and the  popularity of social media sites to give individual consumers access to  exceptional &ldquo;group buying&rdquo; discounts on everything from restaurants and  spas to theatre tickets and clothes.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Sounds too good to be  true?&nbsp; Well, it is and it isn&#8217;t.&nbsp; If enough people &#8220;opt-in&#8221; to buy the  latest offering, you can potentially save a lot of money.&nbsp; If not enough  people want the product?&nbsp; Oh well.&nbsp; What about another product?&nbsp; You&#8217;ll  have to wait until the following day as only one product per day is  offered for sale.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it works: On a daily basis WagJag will feature a product or service at an exceptional  price that is only available if a minimum number of consumers agree to  buy it in a limited period of time. WagJag is hoping you&#8217;ll hop on  Twitter, Facebook, your smartphones, email, and every other  communication tool available to share the deal with your friends. <\/p>\n<p>Consumers get  something they want at a price they love.&nbsp; Merchants get the inherent  brand awareness as well as the sale.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Zuker is the Founder  of WagJag:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Our offers can save consumers a lot of money, but  WagJag is not just about the deals.&nbsp; The offers on great stores, events  and products all represent something new to be discovered for our  community of active consumers. And, using WagJag.com is fun and engaging  &ndash; social commerce works to everyone&rsquo;s benefit.&nbsp; Our vendors love it  because they have a risk-free way to drive significant volume and build  brand awareness during a time when traditional marketing efforts are  coming up short.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: WagJag CEO defends company&#8217;s customer service record in the face of complaints ________________________________________________________________________________________ WagJag.com is looking to leverage technology, viral marketing and the popularity of social media sites to give individual consumers access to exceptional &ldquo;group buying&rdquo; discounts on everything from restaurants and spas to theatre tickets and clothes.&nbsp; Sounds too good to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54503,"featured_media":16950,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-16948","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/16948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/54503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/16948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/16950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16948"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=16948"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=16948"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=16948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}