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Market America Home and Garden goes social!

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on April 25, 2011

We hope everyone had a terrific Easter weekend, filled with candy, lots of fun, and family. Speaking of family, we’re growing! Just this past Friday, we launched our official Facebook and Twitter accounts for Market America Home & Garden. What makes this page unique is that it is comprised of our entire Home & Garden family – Autoworks, GlobalCare, Pethealth, PureH2O and Snap, so by liking our page or by following us on Twitter, you’ll receive updates from the entire Home & Garden family!

Here’s how to get started:

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on April 13, 2011

As business owners, we’re always looking for the next big thing that will keep us a step ahead of the competition. With the introducing of social media, a new form of media, in recent years, that step has gotten a lot longer and those not well-versed in social media, have fallen further and further behind.

Market America, a leader in the online space, is trying to help bridge that gap with the help of Distributor Recruiting Sites – sites aimed at helping you connect your business to your online identity to help create a more seamless online presence to showcase yourself, and to help improve your prospecting opportunities.

With these new sites, you’ll be able to: Read More

Loren Ridinger featured in Loquitur at CabriniCollege

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on March 24, 2011

Brand yourself: blog like crazy come out on top

In anticipation of next week’s Launchpad event in Miami, Florida, Loren Ridinger took a few minutes to sit down for an interview with Cabrini College. She discussed the importance of branding and various ways to get your name out there (hint: she’s impartial to word of mouth) and shared a few tips of her own to budding Communications majors.

To read the entire article, click here.

Want to learn more about Loren Ridinger? Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter. Read More

Loren Ridinger coming to the University of Miami

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on March 22, 2011

Mark your calendars. Loren Ridinger is set to talk branding at the University of Miami’s Launchpad event on April 4, 2011.

For anyone interested in learning about personal branding, this is a great opportunity to hear firsthand from Loren Ridinger, Senior Vice President of Internet retailer, Market America, creator of the cosmetics line, Motives® by Loren Ridinger and fashion icon.

For details on the event, click here.

Want to connect with Loren Ridinger for additional tips? Follow her on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook. Read More

These people have gotten their Fixx™ – have you?

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on March 3, 2011

Just over a month ago, Market America launched Fixx Solutions™ – instant therapy for your hair and skin. Check out a few of the testimonials that we’ve received from satisfied customers that have recently gotten their “fixx!”

Throughout our years as Independent UnFranchise Owners, we have seen product after product under-promise and over-deliver. Once again, that is the case with the Fixx line of products.

Truly amazing. I immediately starting using the Fixx Lash Extend and Instant Line Vanish and loved both as I told you, Loren.

Yesterday, my Argan Oil Shampoo and Argan Oil Conditioner arrived, and I couldn’t wait to jump into the shower and use both. For the first time in years, the high humidity of southwest Florida didn’t affect my hair.

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Loren Ridinger participating in Twitchange with Eva Longoria!

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on March 2, 2011

Exciting news! Loren Ridinger, Senior Vice President of Market America, will be participating in Twitchange along with good friend, Eva Longoria. If you’re unfamiliar with Twitchange, Twitchange is a celebrity Twitter auction, where winners can bid to win a follow, mention or retweet along with other great prizes – all proceeds go to CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty.

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For more information on Twitchange, click here. If you would like to receive updates from Loren Ridinger on Twitchange, be sure to connect with her on Facebook and Twitter.

Thank you for helping take a step towards curing poverty. Read More

Market America set to introduce "Social Media Monday"

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on February 28, 2011

Starting next week, Market America plans on introducing “Social Media Monday,” a weekly email packed with the following information:

Recommended status updates which you can post on your favorite social networks like Facebook and Twitter
Recommended videos to watch and share
Social media tips
And more…

We’re really excited about this new business tool and hope you will be too, as it will feature some of the newest and most important content with recommended updates which you can share with your business associates and new customers. Look for this in your Inbox starting next week.

If you have additional questions about social media, don’t hesitate to email me, socialmedia@marketamerica.com.

Sincerely,

Christian Karasiewicz (@ckroks)

Social Media Manager

Market America, Inc. Read More

How to avoid domain masking by setting up a website URL redirect

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on February 21, 2011

Recently, I received a couple of tweets from Market America UnFranchise® owners asking about the proper ways to direct a custom website URL to their Market America web portal. For those unfamiliar with this practice, it is called setting up a redirect.

Basically you take a website URL. Ex: www.mybusinessname.com and set it to redirect people who visit that particular website to a new address – say your Market America web portal.

You’re probably wondering why anyone would want to do this — to have two website URL’s. For business owners, custom website URL’s are a great way to develop a cohesive branding strategy. For example, if my website address is www.mybusinessname.com, I can then develop this idea further, setting up a separate Facebook business page and a Twitter account to the effect of Facebook.com/mybusinessname and @mybusinessname for Twitter. Read More

Market America – Shop.com Highlights!

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on February 11, 2011

Just a few short weeks ago, Internet retailing giant, Market America closed on their acquisition of Shop.com. Last week, Market America and Shop.com came together at our 2011 ma® World Conference, where we showcased what this deal would mean for Market America and our 180,000 customer managers (now called ‘shop consultants’).

Attendees heard first-hand of the new features this would bring and how it would make shopping ‘bigger, better, faster and easier.’ In case you missed out on the highlight video from the Market America and Shop.com acquisition, you can view it below.

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Don’t forget to connect with Market America on our official Facebook and Twitter accounts and to subscribe to our blog for the latest from corporate! Read More