Get yo'self a reward of a deal!

Today, I wanted to do a little blog entry to help my fellow Denverites.  I should clarify, by help, I mean saving you money at some of the best restaurants in our awesome community.  Not only save you money, but give you the opportunity to select a worthy non-profit to receive donations from us.

You like saving money and helping people, right?  Excellent.  Everybody likes to spend less and help their community become a better place.  Sometimes it’s just not the easiest thing to do, but I think we’ve helped make doing both saving money and helping people, as easy as pie. 

Log-on to SoRewarding.com and spend less at your favorite places while making a positive impact in your neighborhood, with a few clicks of your mouse!  Create a deal with any of our merchants, like Japon, Whole Foods, Indulge Bistro & Wine Bar, Belvedere, and the list goes on.  Creating a deal is easy, a simple 4-steps and you’re done!  You’ll be notified within 24 hours on the status of your request.

We think this is a fun, interactive, and beneficial way for the community to become more connected and for people to spend less so they can do more!  Also, because you’re creating the deal, it’ll be exactly what you want.  Join us on SoRewarding.com and create your own deal today!

Create the deals you want.  Support the causes you love.

Connecting the city

Exciting news to share – Denver, there will be a new Light Rail!

This is great news for any Denverite as the city will be that much more accessible by public transportation.  That translates to visiting new places, trying new things and enjoying more of what Denver has to offer.

As quoted from the article:  “Planners say Denver Union Station will serve as a multimodal transportation hub, integrating light rail, commuter rail, and intercity rail (Amtrak), as well as regional, express, and local bus service, the 16th Street mall shuttle, Downtown Circulator, and intercity buses, taxis, shuttles, vans, limousines, bicycles and pedestrians.”

Besides the fact that this strengthens our community, there is another positive.  This positive is pretty exciting, wait for it, “A lunch time grand opening celebration for the Light Rail Plaza at Denver union Station will be held Friday, May 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.”   Celebrate! 

There will be festivities at Denver Union Station, starting with a concert by Electric Hammer at 11:30 a.m. and finishing off with a Roz Brown performance at 12:40 p.m.  Bring some snacks and have a great afternoon.  Be there or be square.

Article:  http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20636387/denvers-union-station-host-light-rail-plaza-party

Business owners! Have we got something for you…

Based on speaking, listening and meeting with business owners… We proudly present to you: SoRewarding.com - Merchant Pages.  Our merchant pages give you a way to increase your exposure and get involved with your community!  

See how our merchant pages look here:  Merchant Page, Get one!

Check out a few of the features for Merchant Pages below!

Publish your own deals

• No more time spent working with sales representatives from a thousand deal companies.  Create customized deals that benefit you and your customers the most.

Receive deal requests

• Have requests sent directly to your business from paying customers.  Accept, reject, or counter-offer the requests with a click of a button from your mobile device or on SoRewarding.com.

Enjoy new customers

• SoRewarding brings you customers in your area to your business so that you can win them over and keep them coming back again and again.

Get paid

• You don’t need anything upfront to run a deal.  On the day your deal runs, buyers will pre-pay and you’ll get paid in full a few days later.

Connect with your community

• Each time an offer is purchased on SoRewarding.com, we donate to a local non-profit.  Your business will receive recognition for making these donations possible and gain exposure among the supporters of different charity organizations and the community as a whole.

Is this a good Offer, what’s this place like?

I love having a great group of friends and co-workers to rely on for opinions, everything from how my shirt looks to what I should do this weekend.

SoRewarding isn’t much different!  Our little community does a great job at expressing their opinions by writing reviews and sharing tips.  So now, when you’re considering buying an offer and naturally the question arises, “Is this a good Offer, what’s this place like?” you can find out in one-click on SoRewarding.com.  Our tips and reviews on Merchant pages give you useful information about a merchant.  Like, what are the best things they offer at this place, what should I avoid, where is this place, when is it open – all of this info can be found on SoRewarding!

These reviews and tips are written by people just like you – Y’know beautiful, intelligent, sociable people.  We encourage people to share their experiences with friends on SoRewarding, whether it is a positive or negative one. We think it’s pretty neat that you can write reviews and share tips about Offers and merchants we have on SoRewarding.  Hop on SoRewarding, like literally jump, and let your voice be heard!

How do you get exclusive offers and great deals to the best businesses in Denver?

We hear it all the time, “I’d love to go to that sushi place, it’s just so darn expensive!”

SoRewarding is here to be the shining light at the end of the tunnel, your saving grace, the jelly to your peanut-butter, the milk to your Oreo cookie… I think you get the gist.

Seriously, you can log-in to SoRewarding.com and suggest a merchant you’d like to get deal from, did I mention it takes less than 2 minutes?  We’ll do our magic to get the merchant on-board and presto!  You’ll be able to request deals directly from the merchant and take advantage of exclusive offers they publish to SoRewarding.

How do I Suggest a merchant?  On the city page directly below the current offers from Whole Foods, Wild Bangkok and others – there is a search bar.  Type the name of your favorite places in that search bar, if your place doesn’t show up, click the suggest button that appears under the search bar.  From there, answer a few questions and you’re done!  We’ll send you an Email when the business you suggested joins.

Get on SoRewarding and let us know who you’d like to get Offers from.  We’ll make it happen.  It’s that easy.  TGIF!  Everyone have a great weekend.  Check out SoRewarding for offers you can use this weekend, OH YEA make sure not to miss the Nuggets game on Saturday, May 12^th at 10:30 PM ET.  #BEAT LA!

Did you know merchants can publish their own deals on SoRewarding?

Well, you can! And it's really easy, too.

SoRewarding is not only the home of Consumer Driven Deals, but we're also one of the only places that has automated the process for merchants to publish their own deals. Getting started is simple:

1. Join SoRewarding and create a page for your business: If you don't already have a SoRewarding account, visit SoRewarding.com to request an invitation. An invitation will be emailed to you. Create a personal account, and then from there you can create a merchant page for your business. Just click the arrow in the top right corner to get started creating your merchant page.
2. Claim your business page: After creating a page for your business, go to the Dashboard and click "Claim Page." Enter the contact info and someone at SoRewarding will contact you to verify. We verify all of our merchants to prevent fraudulent deals being published.
3. Enable your Consumer Driven Deals: After verification and your page is officially claimed, go to your dashboard and click "Enable Consumer Driven Deals." Agree to the Terms and Conditions, fill out your default deal settings, add pics and click "Save."
4. Publish a Deal: Now that you've enabled your Consumer Driven Deals, you can publish your own deals on the SoRewarding homepage! To publish a deal, go to your Dashboard. Under "Deals," click "Publish a Deal." Select the day you want your deal to appear on the homepage and then fill out the details. Click "Add the deal" and you're set! 

Here's an example of what your deal will look like:

Need help? Hover your cursor over the question mark icons and a helpful tip will appear. 

Charity: Water

Hi Everyone,

Today I wanted to share some information with you about a great non-profit known as Charity Water.  I learned about their cause only a few days ago and am so excited to be able and share their mission.  If you have been on the fence about supporting a Non-profit and you’re looking for a cause to support, this may be it.  As stated on Charity Water’s website:

 “90% of the 30,000 deaths that occur every week from unsafe water and unhygienic living conditions are of children under five years old. Many of these diseases are preventable. The UN predicts that one tenth of the global disease burden can be prevented simply by improving water supply and sanitation.”

Most of us in developed nations are very fortunate and we sometimes forget that much of the developing world still doesn't have access to one of the most basic necessities of life; water.   I know I’m not much different than everyone else; I fill my Nalgene with clean, precious water, without thinking twice.  After learning about Charity Water, it is evident how lucky I am.  Putting myself in the shoes of the less fortunate, I don’t think I’ve ever been really, really thirsty.  I’ve never had to leave my house and walk five or ten miles to fetch some water.  But still, there are billions of people on the planet who don’t have clean water.  They need our help.

Charity Water makes a significant, positive impact improving the quality of life for millions of people throughout the world.  Our CEO at SoRewarding has felt so strongly about the cause, he has personally donated to Charity Water.  Now, the entire SoRewarding Staff is eager to get involved and help Charity Water to provide less fortunate people, who didn’t ask for polluted water, clean and nourishing water.  This water will go a long way in health, sanitation, disease prevention and the growth of their community.  As you all know, that is what SoRewarding is all about.  Bringing communities together and helping provide a bright future by donating to outstanding Non-Profits, such as Charity Water.

I hope that I’ve shared some information with you today, which will make us all more grateful and appreciative about the things we take for granted.  Hopefully we can have Charity Water soon be one of our Non-Profits on SoRewarding so that each of us can help this wonderful cause and help millions across the globe.

Until next time… Reward yourself and your community.  Visit SoRewarding.com