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Do you Groupon?

Use the popular site to find best deals in Palm Desert at your favorite places.

Most of us have heard about Groupon, the biggest coupon site to take the social media and mobile app world by storm over the past year, but how many of us are actually using it to score deals in our city?

It's easy. You visit online and set up a profile and register your zip code and email address and then daily you receive a special coupon, only available to Groupon members, in your inbox.

We aren't talking a slim percentage off a cup of coffee either. Groupon works with businesses to come up with deals that actually strike an immediate cord in the brain, introducing an untapped audience to businesses in return for a heck of a deal.

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Recent Groupon offerings in Palm Desert have included ten classes ($150 worth) of yoga at for only $25 and half off dinner at .

But you can also Groupon when you go on trips to other cities. You just put in the zip code of the place you are visiting and voila, receive coupons of food, drink, shopping and activities wherever you are.

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Additionally, you will receive specials on online merchandise that can be purchased from anywhere like teeth cleaning kits and professional services.

If you are a local business in Palm Desert, you can work with Groupon to offer a special at your place. Over 150 bought the $25 worth of yoga at Bikram University Village during a notoriously slow time in summer when the school's traditional clients may have been traveling for the season so it's a great way to boost recognition about your business in a quick way.

Patch is also releasing its version of Groupon very soon, so stay tuned.

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