There are a number of online coupon sites that help businesses target local customers through daily specials.

One such site is Groupon.

The Internet-based venture works with businesses to offer daily deals – typically half or more off a product or service – to its subscribers. For example, a subscriber may spend $25 to get a spa treatment worth $50 or $150 for golf lessons that usually run $300.

In June, in the middle of its slow season, Two Brothers signed up to do a daily deal. They offered a Groupon for $8, good for a dog wash worth $10 to $22, depending on the size of the dog.

The deal sold to nearly 200 Groupon users, David Henderson said. And traffic on the Two Brothers website, which had been getting about 15 to 20 hits a day, rose to 380 hits after the deal appeared.

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Online coupon sites give small businesses a boost