Emerge - Mama Trek Text Message Coupon Program

Welcome Merchants!

We want to promote local businesses by making it easy for moms to take advantage of special offers in your stores. Our coupon rate is simple. The price of one coupon is $55. Subscriptions for more have a discount. We will be sending out coupons each week, grouped by neighborhood. The list of coupon recipients is being built by promoting the program in the community and through participating merchants. Subscribers can sign up via text-message, Facebook, or Twitter.

Step 1: Add your business to the directory - it's free!

If your business is already listed, skip to Step 3.
To add your business to the directory for free click here >. If your business is one that parents frequent, but that does not directly provide services for families, such as a hardware store or corner market, you ma not appear in the directory, but will get exposure through your coupon.

Step 2: Wait for us to send you your log-in information

Upon adding your listing and/or making your coupon subscription purchase, we will provide you with log-in information to your account via e-mail. The account activation is done by a person, not a fancy program, so it may take a day or two to process. You will be able to schedule coupons, review the subscriber list, and view coupon metrics for the entire program.

Step 3: Purchase your coupon subscription.

We are doing a free test launch for July. To participate in the free test-launch, please call Wendy at 612-385-9502.

You can purchase a subscription for one coupon per month, two per month, or four per month. One coupon is $55/month, and there are discounts for additional coupons. Each subscription comes with a one-month free trial. You can cancel at any time. To purchase a subscription, click here >.

Step 4: Promote the program in your store

Invite your customers to sign up for the program. We will provide you with postcards that you can distribute to your customers.

Step 5: Plan and strategize your coupon program

You will submit your coupons from your log-in page. We would like merchants in a neighborhood to coordinate coupons so that a shopper can come to the area and browse. You can get ideas from the DRAFT coupon schedule below, or by talking to neighboring merchants. A nice shopping experience would be, for example, a take-out kids treat with purchase of coffee at the cafe, story telling at the book store while mom shops, childcare during a manicure, then a free balloon at the gift shop, kids eat free at a restaurant, etc.. This will make an extended stay in the neighborhood comfortable and fun for families on the run or with kids in-tow. This is only a suggestion. You can have other shopping experience ideas. We would like to promote the $2 walk-out coffee, which would mean walking a cup of coffee out to a mom so that she doesn't have to unload her kids from the car.

DRAFT coupon schedule

Note: This is a sample schedule. We are publishing this so that you can get some ideas.

Tell Us About Your Ideas And Questions!