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Testing out your coupon offers in your place of business, is an effective and inexpensive way to try them out. You get immediate feedback and you can inject your personality into the offer which you can't do in a newspaper ad.

There are other uses for coupons other than monetary discounts, or free trials. You can use a special event to create compelling coupon offers.

Common coupon offers can be put into certain categories that you see over and over again, as businesses use coupons to promote their business. It is often hard to measure which type of offer works the best and the only way to find out for sure is to test them in the marketplace. It really depends on your customers and their preferences.

At the bottom of every coupon offer, there should be a disclaimer, limit of service, rules of the offer, or some form of control to give you a chance to make money with the coupon offer and also to eliminate any customer disputes. Here is a list of 27 common disclaimers you should consider putting at the bottom, or in some prominent place where they can be seen, on the offer.

There is nothing more painful and shocking then taking a coupon into a store and finding out it is a fake. Almost as bad is sending in a coupon for a rebate and not getting it because it is not legitimate. The purpose of this article is to tell you the things you need to know and watch out for when redeeming a coupon for an offer.