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Announcing the Deal Seeking Mom Online Coupon Codes and Deals

November 23, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 15 Comments

We’ve been hard at work to make Tara’s vision for an Online Coupon Codes and Deals section of the site a reality, and we’re excited to give you a sneak peek today! Although they won’t officially launch until Black Friday so that we have time to tweak and finalize them, we wanted to give you all an opportunity to see what we’ve been working on and offer your feedback .

We’ll be expanding over time, but so far we’ve listed 23 different stores — including Target, Fisher-Price, Buy.com and Red Envelope — with the hottest deals and coupon codes to help you stretch your budget this holiday season and throughout the year.

We’d love it if you could poke around and then come back and share your thoughts in the comments so that we can make it an even better resource for your holiday shopping needs:

Did you find the index page easy to use?
What other stores would you like to see included?
Did all of the links work for you?
Do you have any suggestions to make it better?

Mandi Ehman is a work-at-home mom to four little girls! In addition to working as the Project Administrator here at Deal Seeking Mom, she can also be found blogging at Organizing Your Way and Doodles’ Place.

Blogger Tools: Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database

November 17, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 8 Comments

We’ve highlighted the features of the Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database, your Personal Coupon Box and the new Submit a Coupon feature already, and today, I want to tell you about some of the features we’ve built into the database specifically for bloggers:

Blogging Format

Every coupon listing in the database also includes a blogging format — including value, description, expiration date and source — ready for you to copy and paste as part of your weekly store deals.

Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database Screenshot

Link to Search

Use the “Link to Search” feature to link to search results rather than having to copy and paste each coupon. Link to the results for the weekly newspaper insert or for a certain product search.

Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database Screenshot 2

To use:
1. Perform your search as usual.
2. When the results load, click the “Link to Search” link.
3. Copy the URL from the address bar and paste it into your post.

Embeddable iFrame

Want to provide your readers with a embedded database on your blog? Follow these instructions to embed the Coupon Database as an iframe so that they never have to leave your site!

As a blogger herself, Tara has worked to design a database that works not just for deal seekers but for bloggers as well. We continue to add additional features and would love to hear your feedback on how we can make it better. Please email us with any questions or suggestions!

Submit Coupons to the Coupon Database for a Chance to Win a $25 GC!

November 11, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 15 Comments

This week, we’re excited to unveil a new feature on the Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database that allows each of you to submit coupons to the database. Working together, we can make sure that the database becomes one of the most complete resources on the web for matching available coupons with weekly store deals!

To submit a coupon, you must be a registered user (signup takes just a minute!) so that we can track submissions by email address. At the end of each month, we’ll draw a winner from the list of approved coupons to receive a $25 Amazon.com eGift Certificate!!

To submit coupons:

1. Register now.

2. Search the Coupon Database for the coupons in your stash.

3. Read the instructions next to each field on the Submit a Coupon page.

4. Enter coupon information and hit submit.

That’s it! You’ll receive credit for every valid coupon you submit (duplicates already in the database won’t be counted), and we’ll choose a winner at the end of each month!

Please email us with any questions or suggestions!

Deal Seeking Mom Personal Coupon Box New Features!

September 22, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 5 Comments

exciting new features of the Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database with you.

Today, we wanted to tell you about some additional features that have been added to the Personal Coupon Boxes.

As a Deal Seeking Mom reader, you are able to set up a free account here at Deal Seeking Mom (it takes just a minute!) to be able to track the coupons in your personal stash so that you can quickly and easily search, sort and match them to current store deals to maximize your savings.

With the newest version of the database, you’re also able to:

Edit the details of any coupon to correct any regional differences between what we have listed and what you received in your newspaper insert.

Add your own notes about any coupon.

Add additional coupons to your Personal Coupon Box that aren’t listed in the main database.

Delete multiple coupons at once.

Refer to the Coupon Database instructions for help setting up your Personal Coupon Box! As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to email us at [email protected].

Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database New Features!

September 21, 2009 by Tara Kuczykowski 7 Comments

Tara and I are excited to announce that the newest version of the Deal Seeking Mom Coupon Database is up and running with a ton of great new features to make your life easier, including:

A Link to Search button that allows you to link to the full search results, whether it be this weekend’s coupons or the dozens of available cereal coupons!

A Report feature that allows you to simply click on the icon next to any coupon to report a different value in your region, a data entry error or a printable coupon that is no longer available.

With the addition of the reporting capability, we’ll now be adding many more printable coupons from around the internet. You can help us maintain these by taking a quick second to report any that are no longer available!

We are working on an interface to allow you to submit additional coupons to the database. In the meantime, if you come across a great coupon that you want to share, email us at [email protected].

Tomorrow, we’ll share some of the latest features of the Personal Coupon Boxes as well. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to email us at [email protected].