Long before a rooster crows the day after Thanksgiving, across America uncounted hoards will emerge from turkey induced comas in a transformed state. Driven by discount blood lust the shopping zombies descend on expectant shop keepers in a frenzied search for slashed prices. For the Black Friday faithful – who overcome stiff competition to reach their goal – securing a prized item (or items) is a worthy accomplishment. With the growth of Twitter, now millions more people have access to real-time information that could be the discerning factor between those who succeed in their quest and those who simply feed their brains to the zombies on the street.
In any competitive venture, intelligence is vital to your success. For years, retailers have broadcast the news of their sales via print, email and the web. With Twitter’s meteoric rise shoppers can access real-time information to aid in their quest for deep discounts.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have moved beyond single day events. In an economy that has retailers struggling, discounts are starting earlier and lasting longer in an attempt to squeeze every penny out of budget-conscious consumers.
Twitter provides both online and brick and mortar retailers real-time access to millions of consumers, and while many deals will be publicly advertised via tradition means, Twitter users will also be privy to special deals only on the social media network.
Find Black Friday Deals on Twitter
Finding Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on Twitter is easy as 1 -2 – 3:
1. Simply follow your favorite retailer for deal announcements and updates through out the coming weekend and next week
2. Search or filter your twitter stream for the hastags #blackfriday #bf #bfdeals #sale #xmas #cybermonday
3. Follow one or more of the Black Friday deal portals listed below:
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Filtering out the best Black Friday news and deals | @blackfridayweb |
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Sharing the best deals we can find and even some Black Friday Freebies! | @FreeBlackFriday |
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Black Friday sale ads, deals, bargains | @blackfridaynews |
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The source for up-to-date 2009 Black Friday Ads, Deals, Coupons, and Sales. See the Black Friday 2009 Ads before they come out in the Thanksgiving paper! | @Black_Friday_9 |
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The #1 Source For Black Friday Tweets! | @Black_Friday_Me |
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Thanksgiving Black Friday Ads will be leaked as our sources provide them to us. Follow us to be the 1st to know about what’s on sale the day after Thanksgiving | @ThanksgivingAds |
Do your research, prepare your plan of attack, eat well on Thursday, and then get out early to beat the crowds. Or, do like the Twitter Fools do – sleep in a little then take full advantage of some great deals offered by online retailers. You’ll save yourself some gas, avoid the inevitable elbow in the ribs you get jostling for position at Walmart’s door, and save just as much moolah.
Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving and a successful Black Friday!
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