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Hip Hip Hooray!! Hip2Save has some fun and useful new features that were revealed last night. Did you notice any of them?!

The following are brand new features that you can use NOW…

1. Email a Favorite Post to a Friend: To use this feature, click on the envelope icon below each post. You will then be prompted to add your friend’s name, email address, and any additional remarks. What a great and easy way to keep all of your friends and family informed of the latest deals and coupons!

2. Printouts of Posts or Sections of a Post: You can now print your favorite post, or portions of that post, by clicking on the printer icon next to the post. After you have clicked on the printer icon, a printable page will be shown. You then have the option of removing unwanted sections of a long post before printing the post. Simply roll your cursor over a section of the post: This action will cause the section to be shown in red highlight with a red X to the right of the section. To delete a section which you don’t want to print: Click on the red highlight or red X. To restore the section, click on the green arrow icon in the upper right hand corner of the page. Please note that this print option does not allow you to print the photo and/or the comments.

3. Coupon Database: Yippee! I am so excited about this new feature! Now you can find coupons for all your favorite products with the click of a button! The Coupon Database link is located in the top right corner of the site.

4. Hip List: This feature gives you a place to save your favorite deals and print them on a page. To use the Hip List, you must first register and log in. You will then see your “Hip List,” with a clipboard icon, running at the bottom of the Hip2Save page. To fill it with sweet deals, click on the LEMON icon to the right of each post. The deal will be added to your list, and the LEMON will be replaced by a refreshing glass of LEMONADE. To remove deals from your list, either click on the glass of LEMONADE next to the post or click directly on the deal in your list.

Why the lemon theme? At Hip2Save, we believe in squeezing the heck out of each and every lemon (deal) to get an abundance of lemonade… and we never forget to add sugar!

To register, click on the orange button labeled Register in the upper right corner of the site. You will be asked to supply a username, password, and email address. Press submit, and an activation link will be emailed to you so that you can login. (*Please note: If you get a message that your email is already registered, please use the password reset option to get your password.  Some emails addresses have accounts associated with them because of past comments or other activity on the site.) Once you have logged in, you will see your Hip List on an orange band running at the bottom of the home page. Click anywhere along the orange band to open or close your Hip List.

Why the Hip List?! Do you ever have moments where you’re completely out of printer ink and really want to print a great coupon that you found on Hip2Save? Well, now you can move all the great coupons that you find into your Hip List and easily print them when your ink is refilled…No more searching through pages of posts to find the coupon. How about those moments when you really want to purchase an item but feel that it would be best to visit with your significant other first? Simply move the post to your Hip List and then easily access it when your honey is available.

A word about Internet Explorer 6: Our goal is to support every browser, except Internet Explorer 6. Internet Explorer 6 is almost 10 years old, and it is too time-consuming to support the new features on Internet Explorer 6. You will still be able to use Hip2Save…you just will not be able to take advantage of most of these new features.

(Thanks to all the Hip2Save Insiders who provided us with invaluable feedback…you guys are great!)

*Stay tuned because I will be creating a fun video that demonstrates all these new features…it will be broadcast on Hip2Save in the next 1-2 weeks. If there is anything specifically related to these new features that you would like to see me address in this video, please send an email to bryn@hip2savedotcom with the subject line “Video Suggestions for New Features.” Thanks!