New Team Members Join MerchantCircle

We're excited to announce two new members of our team started this week. Mark Munroe has returned to MerchantCircle as the Director of Search Audience. Mark previously worked at MerchantCircle in the early days of the company's formation in 2005. He brings more than a decade of product management and product marketing experience to MerchantCircle and will work on helping smaller merchants gain more exposure online. Most notably, leveraging the enormous amount of unique content created on the MerchantCircle platform to attract more consumers to more merchants. During the last few years, he has spent time at RealTravel as Director of Product Management, as E-Commerce Product Manager at Dealix and as Director of Online Marketing at Vayama.com.



Robyn Hannah has also joined the company to lead our community relations efforts. As Sr. Manager of Community, Robyn will work to expand MerchantCircle's national community of merchants by developing and implementing programs that increase merchant engagement. Additionally, Hannah will act as a merchant advocate to ensure continued customer satisfaction. She previously served as a marketing communications manager at YouSendIt where she was responsible for corporate communications, social media and promoting brand identity.



You can read all about their backgrounds and favorite local businesses on our official press release.





As our team continues to expand you might be interested in joining us. Visit our Jobs section on the site to see the opportunities we have to come aboard.

Business Status Messages: What's on Your Mind?

If you haven't already noticed, one of the new features we rolled out was a "Status Box" for your merchant activity. It comes in handy when letting your customers and followers know what you're working on. For instance, if you're anticipating a sale this weekend or possibly hiring new employees - you may get an early jump on referrals and feedback. Your updated status is fed to your business network and they can comment on your status through your dashboard.

Look below for a few examples:





When logging onto your MerchantCircle account, the Status Box is located at the top. Stay connected with your contacts and customers and build a loyal following by constantly updating your status.



Sincerely,
Community Relations