Does Google+ have Facebook’s Number?

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After announcing a series of major changes aimed at making its user experience more emotional, you would think that Facebook would be celebrating its domination of the social media universe.

Not so fast.

Google+, the new social network that also made big news last week by officially opening its doors to the public, experienced what some are calling unprecedented growth in just a few days’ time. According to the latest data from Experian Hitwise, visits to Google+ increased a whopping 1269% last week. And while that is a mere fraction of Facebook’s 800 million users, it seems as though the gauntlet has been laid down and the king of all social media finally has some worthy competition. Read More

Market America launches Android app!

Ever since we launched Market America mobile for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, a number of people have been asking — when will Market America mobile be available for the Droid?

Today, we’re excited to announce what we consider to be our best mobile app — Market America mobile for the Google Android platform.

To download the new app, simply visit the Android marketplace and search “market america” to download and install our latest app where you can search, shop, save and earn cashback on your purchases!

Market America Mobile for Google Android

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Creating a Rich Text Signature in Gmail

How many times have you received an email from someone that didn’t include an email signature? I can personally attest that I get this at least five to ten times per day (and it is rather annoying). You have very little information to go off of — like who pat123@gmail.com is.  As a business owner, this is an extremely unacceptable practice, as you are not only limiting your customers from contacting you, but you are also missing out on promoting your businesses website as well as other way’s people can connect with you.

So what do you do in this situation?

If you’re a Gmail user (which I highly recommend), just this morning, Gmail added in the ability to add in rich text into your email signature. Read More

How to: Share videos from YouTube

Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a number of questions on the proper ways to share videos that you see on YouTube.  Sharing videos is a great way to let your friends in on what it is that has been keeping you so busy.  It is also important from a social networking standpoint, because it helps spread information that you want to get out to the world.

How to: share a video from YouTube.

This week’s tip will teach you a few techniques that you can use to share videos that you like from YouTube (the proper way)!

  1. Sharing a link to a YouTube channel: If you’re a fan of a particular channel on YouTube, one technique is to share the direct link to that user’s channel.
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