Self service digital coupon, discount deal and weekly ad publishing and management method

Abstract

A method of publishing and managing a self-service digital promotional advertisement, such as a coupon, a discount deal, or a weekly ad includes the steps of validating a user access and permitting entry to a publishing application, providing a pre-built digital promotional advertisement and template based on the user's access, inputting data for the promotional advertisement and template, submitting the promotional advertisement for publishing, publishing the promotional advertisement to a web site, and displaying the promotional advertisement for a user. A method of publishing a self-service digital promotional advertisement, such as a digital coupon, a discount deal, or a weekly ad includes the steps of visiting the web site, logging into the publishing application, selecting the promotional advertisement template, customizing the promotional advertisement template to form a user-edited promotional advertisement, submitting the user-edited promotional advertisement for publishing, processing the submission request, and publishing the user-edited promotional advertisement.

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