SnapRetail named to Social Media Examiner’s "Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages"

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SnapRetail, a company that makes it easy for independent retailers to use email, Facebook and Twitter to market products, drive increased sales and compete with larger retailers, has been awarded third place in Social Media Examiner ‘s 2011 contest for “Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages” nationwide.

“The team at SnapRetail is thrilled to be recognized by Social Media Examiner as one of the nation’s Top 10 Small Business Facebook Pages in 2011,” said Ted Teele, CEO of SnapRetail. “The people who work at SnapRetail are passionate about helping small business owners across the United States to compete with larger retailers by using social media, which makes this recognition even more rewarding.” Recently recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of America’s 100 Brilliant Companies, SnapRetail is the fastest growing technology provider to independent retailers in the $75 billion U.S. market for gift and home products.

Crystal Vilkaitis, Director of Social Media at SnapRetail, added “We find that independent retailers are hungry for easy-to-understand information on Facebook to use in their own businesses. So we load SnapRetail’s Facebook page with lots of how-to’s for our customers.” Out of over 1,400 nominations, Social Media Examiner’s panel of Facebook experts reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing their landing pages, engagement, reader involvement and creative use of promotions. SnapRetail was recognized for having good use of quotes, links and personal stories in posts, a welcome tab with good video and integration with other social media platforms. The judges also liked their ability to keep the page personal through photo uploads, and allowing employees to reveal their identities. Social Media Examiner also recognized SnapRetail’s “Snappy Hour,” as a great way to increase conversation, involvement and answer social media marketing questions.

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SnapRetail has created TrafficBuilder, a quick and affordable online marketing system that gives retailers the ability to create high-impact emails, Facebook, or Twitter posts in minutes.

SnapRetail has already been adopted by many of the industry’s leading brands including Vera Bradley, Midwest-CBK, Mud Pie and Yankee Candle.  With thousands of retailers and more than 80 vendor partners, SnapRetail is the only company in the gift & home industry that helps independent retailers with the ‘sell through’ of their products.  .

ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA EXAMINER

Social Media Examiner, the world’s largest online social media magazine, is designed to help businesses discover how to best use social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn to connect with customers, generate more brand awareness and increase sales. Technorati and AdAge rank us as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs.  Our more than 100,000 email subscribers look forward to our daily original content.Offering a unique single source of knowledge, the site contains comprehensive articles and videos on how to use the best social media tools, along with original case studies, reviews of the latest industry research and advice direct from the world’s leading experts.

ABOUT SNAPRETAIL

Recently recognized by Entreprenuer Magazine as one of America’s 100 Brilliant Companies, SnapRetail makes it easy for independent retailers to market products, increase sales and compete with larger retailers. The Pittsburgh-based company provides the industry’s only digital marketing & content aggregation system designed to improve the unique marketing and selling needs of independent retailers. The company created TrafficBuilder, a virtually automatic marketing system that gives independent retailers all of the materials needed to create high-impact marketing materials in minutes. More information is available on www.snapretail.com and SnapRetail’s Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/snapretail.