Market America has come so far in our social media strategy that as of right now, even Amazon is copying us. There’s no greater proof that we are leading the parade and on target to become a leader in this arena. Amazon has designed a Facebook application that’s essentially a poor man’s version of our own ma® Network, that is to say it’s not quite as effective.  Furthermore,  Amazon is not a web portal, they don't pay customers to shop or pay customers to refer others to shop, they don't have an opportunity to earn a residual income, and they don't have the power of people!

The marriage between online shopping and social media is the future for many, but is reality right now for Market America. It is further validation that we are ahead of the curve and know what we are doing.  If you have not gotten onboard with ma Network, Portal shopping, the Paid to Shop program, and the Social Media campaigns for recruiting and marketing, perhaps it is time to refresh yourself and get with what is happening in the world. Now is the time. Engage your organization and duplicate what works! Spread the word.

I wanted to let everyone know that we went live last Friday with our new “Shop Partners” page that’s located in the top tab of your ma webportal: I think it looks great. Some of the new features include: New Features Added · More Featured Stores · Ability to Sort by CashBack %’s · Ability to Sort by IBV %’s if a PPC · Provides a partner store detail page to where you can get more information about a partner store when you click on the store name

Market America recently launched it's new home page and I love it! It has functionality, fast search, comparison shopping and higher cash back countdowns in our Paid to Shop section, now we are rolling; The site is cleaner and also faster.  Sometimes as an entrepreneur we have to remain focused and on-course, we have to ask our customers for advice because they are the ones who will help shape the products you carry, without their suggestions we won't know what to fix or improve. We were ranked #1 as most improved site on Internet Retailer and our new home page will take us to the top!

Just wanted to point something on we’ve been pushing the fact that we jumped 12 spots to rank 54 on Internet Retailer which is great (as well as #1 most improved website for user experience on the Top 100 of Internet Retailer), but I would say the most impressive statistic is that we have grown 34.76% in just one year! If you look at Amazon.com, they’re only at 27% growth over last year. Walmart is at 19%. Amway had sales decrease –2%! This a great angle to show that we’re gaining on the number one retailer, FAST!

Are you currently running iOS4 on your Apple iPhone 3G, 3GS or shiny new iPhone 4? With the recent launch of iOS4, the Apple iPhone added in a number of great new features and enhancements to an already superb phone. I wanted to share with you a special note from Christian our social media manager at Market America.

While I’ve personally tried out iOS4 on my previous iPhone 3G and on my new iPhone 4, I can personally attest that both phones will run differently.  If you have the 3GS model, it runs everything great — minus the improved camera and video capabilities along with the retina display (which is amazing)!

A breakdown by model:

Internet retailer, Market America, continues to make inroads with its cashback program. Soon, you’ll see two new screens appear on your web portal.

The first screen is a revamped redirect screen when you click on a partner stores logo to shop. This new screen is clean and features simplistic design.

The second screen shows the new look when you visit the shop partners page or hot deals page on your Market America web portal, and click on a partner store. You’ll now see the following:

• Store name
• Amount of ma Cashback offered
• Store description
• Coupon code

These new enhancements not only make shopping on Market America much easier, but you’ll also have easier access to shop using coupon codes when you shop (and earn increased cashback on your purchases).

What do you think of these new pages?

THE INTRODUCTION OF ADVERTISING BONUS IBV

IBV Requirements or challenges in the “Prime the Pump Challenge” with Paid to Shop (Cash Back) and with Cyber Recruiting And Social Matching + MA network with recommendations and 1:1 marketing engine opens a new chapter in the Unfranchise business and Market America.

These are incredibly exciting times for me in the business. What I have been visioning, predicting, teaching and promising is becoming a reality as I write. This convention, like none other will be a milestone demonstrating, change, advances, results and success. I think moving up 12 positions to 54 on the E retailer 500 and being rated number one most improved site out of the E-retailer 100 for User Experience and Satisfaction was just a precursor to what is happening and to come. And of course that was without the full effect of Paid to Shop or the accomplishments of the new IT team we have added. I feel as if a sleeping giant is awakening.

If you are a business, you are a page. Do not set up a personal profile o r a group. Pages are by far the best for business. A personal profile will limit you to 5,000 friends and for some reason few people know this. Theres a bunch of business, that I notice are nearing the 5000 limit. Once they hit that they can’t add anymore.

So from a marketing perspective this is a massive problem. All the time invested in FB could go to waste. You’re now limited with what options to choose from. You can either  start again from scratch with a business profile, and notify your ‘friends’ of the new page, or set up a second profile, as the local pub have done, which could be misleading and it could mean updating multiple profiles. If you move from a personal profile to a business one make sure you delete the old profile once you have notified your existing fans. Having multiple business and personal profiles will just confuse future friends / fans.

Are you on Twitter yet? If not get on it now and promote yourself! Have fun, interact and market yourself. I found an interesting video that will help you get your new identity activated and begin to tweet! Follow me @jrridinger