Our Business
CrowdSavings, founded in July and launched in November of 2009, provides unique marketing tools to local merchants by leveraging the viral nature of their social buying platform. As cliché as it sounds, our primary aspiration is to create a “Win-Win” scenario each and every day for local merchants who want to attract new customers, and consumers who want to save money and take advantage great services and activities in their own city.
How and Why it Works
We offer one amazing “Deal” each day by partnering with local merchants to offer a variety of goods and services to consumers at incredibly discounted prices. The “Win” for the merchant is the opportunity for its goods or services to be featured and presented to thousands of targeted consumers, or potential customers, for a 24 hour period with no upfront cost or risk involved; a highly efficient and cost effective form of advertising. The ‘Win” for the consumer, our customer, is the opportunity to save money by purchasing an array of goods and services at discounted prices while simultaneously supporting local businesses. What is even better – our customers can share the Deal through a variety of social networking vehicles with friends, family, or business associates.
We differ from many group-buying sites in that our sales representatives live, eat, work, and play in the same city or market as the merchants we partner with. We believe this allows us not only to partner with the very best merchants in town, but gives us an edge in offering the greatest variety of goods and services; from restaurants, spas, theaters, museums, local events and festivals, bars, home services, automotive, and various outdoor recreational activities such as biking, kayaking, or jet skiing. Our customers are experiencing and enjoying new places and activities in their own city that were unknown or which they have never taken advantage of before.
We provide our merchant partners with an online account that allows them to manage voucher redemption, get feedback from their customers and measure the ROI and effectiveness of their promotion.
We are coming to a city near you!
For more information on partnering with CrowdSavings; go to http://www.crowdsavings.com/get-featured
To receive emails about our daily Deal in your city; go to http://www.crowdsavings.com/subscribe
Meet the Team
Chad Jaquays President & CEO
As President and Chief Executive Officer, Chad is no stranger to Internet startups. In fact, he might have a serious addiction to them! We consider him a serial entrepreneur. He has worked for CollegeClub.com, CitySearch and was a Co-Founder of Traffic Strategies before it was acquired by LinkShare in 2007. Chad is originally from a small town in upstate New York called Ilion, a USF grad and a season ticket holding Bucs fan. He lives and believes in the motto “work hard, play hard”. Chad owns more flip flops than dress shoes and has a cupboard in his kitchen dedicated to koozies. When he is not testing marketing strategies, streamlining the sales process or out networking, he can be found with a beer in hand floating on a noodle near Egmont Key or Weedon Island.
Doug Bauer Chief Operating Officer
It's rumored the 24 character Jack Bauer was loosely modeled after Doug Bauer's life. His first name was changed to protect his true identity. Doug's role is Chief Operating Officer here at CrowdSavings. When the clock is ticking, and time is of the essence, Doug is the man that ensures product management and is our efficiency expert. A true man of the world, after graduating from Miami University of Ohio , with a degree in Accounting and minor in Finance, this man of mystery and intrigue backpacked through Europe while studying Economics at Miami University of Luxembourg. During that summer Doug was able to make enough money in currency trades that he bought AND shipped a custom BMW back to the states. True story! Because of his knack for keeping things in order, and the no nonsense Bauer attitude, he's also CrowdSavings's CPA. As long as the books are in order, he promises no one will be tortured!
Josh Sherman Director of Web Operations
Josh Sherman ROCKS! Literally. This tattooed Bass player is also our Director of Web Operations. Don't ever judge a book by its cover. Breezing through his High-school academics, he became bored with the idea of College. After only attending one semester, he decided to go his own way and be the creator of his personal destiny. Paving his path, Josh is a self taught and innovative developer and is always in the know of new technologies, practices and protocols. Let's just say if CrowdSavings was the Star Ship Enterprise, Josh would be our very own Mr. Scott. Dedicated and working sometimes into the wee hours of the night, without him, things would not function. A colorful and creative developer, Josh is responsible for the navigation and layout of our web site and all technical aspects of how CrowdSavings functions daily. On a side note Josh's favorite color is #38566C and can type approximately 85 WPM.
Jenny Sherman Social Networking Liaison
"I have people skills!" is Jenny Sherman's favorite quote from the movie Office Space. Our Social Networking Liaison loves all things French: like French fries, French toast, French onion soup and she looks great in a beret. When she's not being a social butterfly networking all over, Jenny is the resident Liaison between you the consumer, and CrowdSavings. Graduated from both High-school and St Pete College with honors, she has a strong background in sales, customer service, collections, and has even been a hand model and make-up artist. Now, while juggling the duties of being a mother and wife, Jenny is CrowdSavings's voice on the web. If you tweet, or post on the Internet, or send an email out our way, chances are you're corresponding with her as a first point of contact. She let's her fingers do the talking. To make friends with Jenny, she requests that you send gifts of dark chocolate, red wine, or anything that smells like lavender and vanilla.
