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most of it for consumers who signed up to get discounts from local merchants. small businesses using groupon and giving discounts. what's a boom for some has been a disaster for others. open your e-mail on almost any given day and, if you are a member, the odds are good you'll find an eye catching discount from groupon or living social or one of the many other deal sights. >> periodically i get e-mails for groupon. they were offering amazing specials. i decided to do it. i always wanted to do laser. >> she was one of several hundred thousand consumers who saw this, 95% groupon discou...

hi there, everyone. i'm jj ramberg. welcome to "your business" where we give tips and advice for your business to grow. there's no question that groupon and living social have received a lot of media attention. most of it for consumers who signed up to get discounts from local merchants. small businesses using groupon and giving discounts. what's a boom for some has been a disaster for others. open your e-mail on almost any given day and, if you are a member, the odds are good you'll find an eye catching discount from groupon or living social or one of the many other deal sights. >> ...

discounts from their local merchants. much less attention has been paid to the small businesses who are using groupon, and giving those discounts. as we discovered, what's a boone to some has been disaster for others. open your e-mail on almost any given day, and, if you're a 95% groupon discount on expensive laser genie beauty treatment. she jumped on it. so did this groupon customer, also of beverly hills. >> i was thrilled. and i was very excited and gung ho. i wanted to get going right away. >> these two customers who purchased the laser genie offer were not the only ones initial...

hi there, everyone, i'm j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business" where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. there is no question that the various online daily deal sites like groupon and living social have received a lot of media attention. most of it has focused on the millions of consumers who've signed up to get sizable discounts from their local merchants. much less attention has been paid to the small businesses who are using groupon, and giving those discounts. as we discovered, what's a boone to some has been disaster for others. open your e-mail on almos...