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ChaCha Launches "On Demand" and "Send to Phone" Mobile Features on New Coupon Site
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, Nov 17, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Following on the launch of its immediately successful new local
retail coupon service -- ChaChaCoupons.com (www.ChaChaCoupons.com) --
ChaCha has launched two new features that make it easy for customers
to get local special offers, news and coupons sent directly to their
mobile devices. Both features will be offered as ChaCha rolls out
its coupon service to other major markets in the coming months.
ChaChaCoupons.com's new "C3 on demand coupon service" allows users on
the go to easily text in a request for coupons by business type or
name and receive several offers back from ChaCha on their cell phone.
For example, customers may text "C3 pizza" or "C3 tanning" to 242242
and receive offers for pizza or tanning. Or, they may text in "C3
Cabo Sun" to see all of the current offers from the business Cabo
Sun. Additionally, ChaCha offers a simple "directory assistance"
free text-based business category search. Users may simply use "biz"
followed by a business type or category on their cell phone to find a
listing of names, phone numbers, and addresses of local businesses.
For example, customers may text "biz pizza" or "biz clothing" to
242242 and receive a listing of these businesses in the area.
"Our customers can pick the offers of interest and take them on their
mobile phones to local businesses to redeem them without ever
printing them out," says Scott A. Jones, CEO of ChaCha. "This solves
the widespread problem of forgetting coupons, which can often stall
or even cancel sales for businesses. And, if you are out and about
we now give you the opportunity to access special offers from
businesses in the area on demand. For our local ChaCha business
partners, these new, convenient features put them right in front of
the customer at the peak moment they are considering a purchase."
ChaChaCoupons.com's "Send to Phone" mobile feature allows visitors to
register on the site, and instantly receive local company offers of
their choice on their cell phones in the form of a text message.
Additionally, users may now sign up on ChaChaCoupons.com for a
company's VIP List. ChaCha's VIP Lists enable users to sign up to get
text messages containing news, special events and great deals sent to
their cell phones from their favorite local companies. These mobile
features also create a more green approach to couponing, which is
appealing to many users and businesses in today's world. In addition
to business specific VIP lists customers can text "ChaChavip" to
242242 and sign up to receive offers and coupons from Indianapolis
businesses through ChaCha.
ChaChaCoupons.com is a complete online and mobile coupon site that
makes it easy for people to search for companies and offers by
business type, area of the city, alphabetically, newest offers, and
more, in a very simple, friendly interface. Site visitors can print
traditional coupons at their desktop or send them to their mobile
phones to be redeemed at their favorite businesses. They can also
send the coupon via text messaging to a ChaCha in-store coupon
printer.
Since its launch just 4 weeks ago, ChaChaCoupons.com has already
attracted 20,000 visits from nearly 15,000 unique visitors, and has
logged nearly 140,000 page views. Over 250 Indianapolis business
listings and 450 individual offers and coupons are already on the
website in one month and more are being added rapidly. The
ChaChaCoupons.com site linked to www.ChaCha.com, which has over 12
million monthly visitors and is now ranked among the top 100 websites
by Quantcast.
"We are gratified by the reception ChaChaCoupons.com has received
from both customers and our business partners," says Mr. Jones. "Our
mission is to become the main source of coupon marketing for local
businesses in Indy, and we have done that in just 30 days. Between
site traffic and mobile contact, over 9 million unique users per
month come to ChaCha as a best friend to answer their questions. The
logical extension of this was to point them to the best local deals
and businesses. These new mobile access features give our customers
maximum flexibility to coupons to save money and learn about local
companies."
ChaCha (www.chacha.com) a free mobile answers service, allows users
to call 1-800-2-ChaCha(TM) or text questions to ChaCha (242242(TM))
on mobile phones and receive answers within minutes. Its unique
advertising solutions provide pay-for-engagement opportunities for
advertisers like Palm, IKEA, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and the Obama
Campaign to precisely target and embed their messages within millions
of text conversations. Unlike traditional media, ChaCha's advertising
platform is simple, results-driven and measurable. ChaCha's mobile
service now delivers over 35 million impressions each month to 2
million mobile users.
Proven innovator and entrepreneur Scott A. Jones created ChaCha in
December 2005 and then launched the mobile service in January 2008.
ChaCha is funded by Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment firm
of Jeff Bezos; Morton Meyerson, former President and Vice Chairman of
EDS as well as Chairman and CEO of Perot Systems; Rod Canion,
founding CEO of Compaq Computer; the Simon family; and Jack Gill,
Silicon Valley venture capitalist.
Contact:
George H. Simpson
203.521.0352
Email Contact
SOURCE: ChaCha
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