Creating a shopping list for Black Friday is one thing, but staying on top of the hottest deals across the bevy of participating retailers is another. The biggest discounts seem to go the fastest, so you’ll need all the help you can get to stay abreast of the latest and hottest deals for Black Friday.

Enter social media and mobile technologies, the most revolutionizing communications systems to date.

Where to get real-time Black Friday alerts

Twitter Offers

Twitter Offers is a new advertising product from the microblogging site that allows brands to offer special promotions via Twitter. For retailers, it is an automated way to extend discounted offers without having to train employees on special redemption procedures. For consumers, taking advantage of limited offers is as easy as pressing the “Get Offer” button.

If it’s a user’s first time to redeem an offer, they will be asked to register a credit or debit card. The registered card becomes your coupon, which you will use to get your item when you visit the store.

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IFTTT

If This Then That is quite a useful platform for automating things in your life, from organizing where your uploaded Facebook photos are backed up, to scheduling smart lighting in the home. But did you know that you can also create automated recipes to receive the latest Black Friday offerings in real-time? For instance, you could set up Amazon.com Black Friday deals to be sent directly to your email or SMS.

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Slickdeals Black Friday app

Slickdeals, Inc., the popular social commerce website that features crowdsourced deals and coupons from various retailers, officially released its Black Friday app for iOS and Android. Users can get ad scans, flyers and doorbuster alerts even before they hit the paper. Users will also receive instant notifications when a Black Friday deal is posted, and can compare thousands of trending deals. The app comes with a Shopping List function that groups deals by stores, and can be used offline.