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Market America updates ma® Widgets program – now more user friendly!

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on February 7, 2011

I’m excited to announce that Market America has updated the ma Widgets program. Now, it is much easier to add ma Widgets to your blog or third-party website. With ma Widgets, you now have additional opportunities to network and drive additional traffic back to your Market America web portal.

Why add ma Widgets?

Helps increase exposure of your favorite products to new customers
Allows users on other blogs or websites to search your web portal from their own website
Drive new traffic to your web portal
Increased networking opportunities
- Know a website or blog owner? Ask them to add an ma Widget to their website! They’ll earn cash back in the process on purchases made through the ma Widget.

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

At our upcoming 2011 ma® World Conference, we’re planning a push into using QR Codes. If you’re unfamiliar with QR Codes, QR Codes are similar to barcodes — they are a code that can be scanned using your smartphone, which then directs you to a website, a photo, a PDF, etc…

In anticipation, I’ve created a few how to videos to help get you started with using QR Codes prior to ma World Conference. Please take a moment and watch the video for your respective smartphone. I’ve also included a sample QR Code for you to practice with beforehand, which takes you to our upcoming Valentine’s Day specials from Market America when scanned. Read More

How to: Access Market America's website to shop and earn cashback!

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on August 2, 2010

Many of you have emailed me, asking what the best way to access Internet retailer, Market America’s website is. It really depends on two things. Are you stationary — like at a laptop or are you trying to access the site from your mobile phone?

If you’re on a desktop, laptop or iPad, the best way is to visit http://www.marketamerica.com.

For those on the go that want to shop from their mobile devices, visit m.marketamerica.com — note there is no “www” in the address — from your smartphones web browser.

Take a moment to view a short video on what screens you should see when shopping and earning cashback from your computer and from your smartphone. Read More

Creating a Rich Text Signature in Gmail

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on July 9, 2010

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

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on May 13, 2010

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.

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)!

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.

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on March 18, 2010

With the recent launch of the new Getting Started Wizard from Market America, one new requirement is to sign-up to receive blog updates via email. Over the past few days, a number of questions have come in, asking what the steps are to ensure blog email updates get delivered. Please read through the following steps to ensure that you have activated your email address in to order receive blog updates in your Inbox.

Login to your UnFranchise® business account.
When prompted, go through the new Getting Started Wizard.
On the blog subscription sign-up, click the subscribe box and enter the captcha code that appears.
Once you’ve completed the above steps, visit your Inbox — you should have received an email from Feedburner, asking you to confirm your email address.

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on March 12, 2010

With the recent launch of the maCashback and Paid to Shop programs, Internet Retailer, marketamerica.com now provides even more incentive for creating an ongoing income through the UnFranchise® business plan.

For existing customer managers and new customer managers, marketamerica.com has launched a new Getting Started Wizard that now makes it easier and faster to sign-up others interested in earning maCashback and getting Paid to Shop.

If you’ve got questions about the new Getting Started Wizard, send us an email cs@marketamerica.com or call us, (336)478-4001. Read More

Internet Marketing Tips – Twitter Tips

Posted by Andrew Bonner, Lead Social Media Writer on March 8, 2010

Many of you have been asking about the basics of using Twitter and some of the Twitter tags you’ve seen posted around. Here are a few helpful tips for those just getting into using Twitter, a powerful social networking tool, which you can now connect with your maChatterbox account!

What is Twitter:

Twitter is a micro-blogging tool where you write short messages (up to 140 character) to other people that are on Twitter.

Why should you use Twitter:

Messages written in Twitter are indexed in real-time. This means that if you’re writing about something that is detailed, your keywords help bring your message to the top and help get people to your website! Read More

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Market America updates ma® Widgets program – now more user friendly!

How to: Access Market America's website to shop and earn cashback!

Creating a Rich Text Signature in Gmail

How to: Activate blog email subscriptions

Getting started with marketamerica.com

Internet Marketing Tips – Twitter Tips