50 Merchants / 50 States - What Our Members are Saying

For the past month I've been working on a new campaign highlighting merchants in all 50 states who have used MerchantCircle to grow their business. Here's a sampling of my conversations:

"MerchantCircle has by far, been the most effective, cost-efficient way for me to market my business. It's hands-down, the best bang for my buck. My (ROI) return on investment sky-rocketed. In my first month, spending $30, I made by $1000 in trackable business. I've tried almost everything - Email Campaigns, banner ads - they were a waste of money," said Tuan Hoang, owner of Sky Printing and Graphic Design Services in San Diego, CA.

"Too many people want to sit back and wait for money to roll in - it doesn't work that way. I tell people that MerchantCircle is a combination of the Yellow Pages, Better Business Bureau and Myspace rolled into one. Using MerchantCircle has helped me pay the bills and grow my business," says Tina Elmore-Wright, owner of Scents of Peace in Archer, FL.

"It's important to stick with ways that work, while not missing out on the next opportunity and MerchantCircle has helped us come up at the top of Google search results. MerchantCircle and our website is the only thing we're doing that we consider 21st century," says Tish Whillhite, manager of Border Express Co. in Fort Smith, AR.

"I didn't have the money to build a website, and MerchantCircle was free and easy-to-use. I was able to post my business information, pictures, send out newsletters and coupons to my customers, and the best thing was I was getting about 3,000 hits to my listing a month," says Michael Weaver, owner of Carriage House Cafe in Livermore, ME.

Thanks for the great conversations!
Kevin
MerchantCircle Community Relations

Getting Connected

6 months ago, we had 200,000 merchants. Today that number stands at more than 325,000! As we continue to grow, our merchants are doing a lot of the leg work on their own. In the last 6 months, our merchants have increased the merchants in their network by more than 63%. These merchants are proactively reaching out to their business neighbors and telling them to join.

It's merchants like Tuan Hoang who 6 months ago had just opened up his web printing and graphic design business. After joining MerchantCircle, Tuan saw traffic to his website increase by a factor of 10! His first month using one of our advertising products, he saw a return of $1000 on an investment of $30!

Tuan has more than 300 business owners in his network and is constantly looking for more in his community to sign up. Half of the new customers he's found are MerchantCircle members. It's merchants like Tuan who take a few connections and go a long way.

Sincerely,
Kevin
Community Relations