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the buncee teambuncee Helps Etsy Shop Owners Sell Products!
The buncee team is heading to Brooklyn tomorrow to attend and support this year’s ‘Hello Etsy’ conference being held at the Pratt Institute. We can’t wait to show the Etsy Shop owners how fast and easy it is to use buncee.com to produce interactive digital postcards, slideshows, and ‘lookbooks’ to help them sell their products online via email, social networks, or even via SMS text message using buncee’s mobile app!
Here’s a sneak peek at some of the awesome examples we pulled together featuring our favorite shops!
Create Interactive ‘LookBooks’
(Click on the image to see the buncee and start shopping!)
Customized Order Confirmations
(Click on the image to see the buncee!)
Host an Event ~ RSVP Your Customers
Quick Tips & Ideas:
- Create beautiful collections of products with direct links to buy from your Etsy.com store.
- Show off your latest creations by designing a showcase graphic with buy links and share on your favorite social networks.
- Create interactive visual images for your blog posts.
- Collaborate with other Etsy Store Owners and combine your product offerings to present a themed collection. buncee.com makes it easy for everyone to share to their fans and followers!
- Create unique thank you’s and order confirmations for your clients, or cross promote other products with links for future purchase recommendations.
- Planning a local event, craft fair, or flea market? Create a buncee invitation with date, time, and location – even include images and interactive links for directions, RSVPs, and details.
- Host a party for your Etsy Shop, and invite your best customers – buncee lets you manage the RSVPs so you’ll know exactly what you need for supplies and products.
- Stay in touch with your clients, send custom birthday greetings or congratulations for their special events. Perfect for brides and new Moms!
- Selling craft supplies or cooking tools? Create buncees with ‘how-to’ or recipe ideas, include a YouTube video and buy links all in one place.
- Explore your creativity by designing your buncees to reflect your shop’s look and theme.
- Create buncee ‘lookbooks’, send them out to your customers regularly and include them on your blog or in your email marketing efforts. Share them on social media and watch the comments, shares, and orders arrive!
buncee Helps Send Love and Support to Our Troops!
Do you have a family member or loved one in the military currently deployed? buncee.com is a great, quick, easy, way to send your love, greetings, and support with interactive digital notes sure to bring a smile to any service member’s day! buncee’s Courtney Mitterando had the opportunity to share her story in an interview with the Army Wives Radio Network on March 18th. We were thrilled to be listed as a ‘resource’ for families and are grateful for the opportunity, as several members of the buncee team know first hand what it means to have family in the service.
Here are some examples and tips on how you can stay in touch with our Troops using buncee!
(Click the image to view the buncee and listen to the interview which begins about 68 min. into the program.)
How can you use buncee to stay in touch? Here are some examples. Let’s say, your husband is overseas and is going to miss your son’s first T-ball game…you can record the game, load it on your YouTube account and post it into buncee along with a fun background, a couple pictures of the game, a personal message, and a few clip art images. On the days you wake up and you’re really missing your family member who is deployed, you could put together a collage of pictures, add in a video of your favorite song, or a song that is happy and would make his or her day, and a personal message…there’s no way that wouldn’t put a smile on someone’s face!
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(Click the image to view the buncee and see an awesome video!)
Quick Tips:
- Send your serviceperson a birthday greeting with pictures and YouTube video!
- Send them a quick scrapbook featuring video / photos of your kid’s latest game or dance recital
- Send them an inspirational note to tell them you’re thinking of them
- Send them a personalized thank you for their service
- Cheer their day by putting together a collage of all their favorite songs
Remember, anyone can setup an account on buncee.com for free so why not send your favorite serviceperson or veteran a digital ‘salute’ today!
(Click the image to view the buncee.)
Memories of buncee at SXSW 2013
This week the buncee team headed to Austin for the South by Southwest SXSW Interactive Festival. We met a ton of incredibly smart and talented people and were so glad we had the chance to be a part of all the excitement. The crowds, the food, the events, and the networking connections made our trip one we will always remember.
To help us share this experience with everyone, we created a few buncees of the highlights. Just click the image to see the entire buncee slideshow and links:
Austin is a city for FOODIES! Here are some of our favorite SXSW Treats:
This week’s tips:
- buncee.com is a great way to share your experience and knowledge gained while attending industry conferences and events
- Setup last minute on-site dinners by creating a buncee and including the details, links and images to the restaurant. Invite key customers or team members and use the RSVP feature so you’ll know exactly how many seats you will need to make the reservation.
Bands love buncee!
Did you know buncee is the perfect way for bands to stay in touch with their fans? This week’s tips showcase one of (SXSW) South by Southwest’s hottest new artists, Jamie Kent and The Options!
Click the examples below to get ideas on how you can leverage the interactive ‘mash-up’ design tools using buncee’s digital creation platform to share live show pics, concert dates, new music, merchandise and more….
Tip: Keep fans up to date on your latest tour schedule, include links to venues with directions and cover fees. Don’t forget to include a link to your latest YouTube video to get them pumped for your performance!
Tip: What better way to share your latest hit single than including a behind the scenes photo and the video? This buncee literally rocks!
Tip: Got last minute changes on your tour schedule? Just added a few new shows? Don’t worry, you can update your buncee at any time and remember you can either include the link on your website, or just email the buncee to your most loyal fans and followers. Ask them to share on their social networks, and get the word out!
Tip: Want to send a quick shout-out or thank you to those who attended your show? Use buncee bits on your iPhone or iPad and turn your camera photos into custom greetings.
Bonus Tips:
- Selling cool merchandise on your website? Create a buncee with images and links directly to your websites’ ‘buy now’ buttons. Make it fast and easy for your fans to show their support and share the items with their friends!
- Planning a special gig or event? Create an interactive invitation on buncee.com, include images and videos – use buncee’s RSVP feature and you will know exactly how many seats you will fill at the venue!
- Take buncee ‘behind the scenes’. Are you in studio recording your next album? Are you traveling across country on your latest tour? Put buncee bits on your iPhone or iPad for a fast, easy way to post updates for your fans. buncee bits lets you use any image on your iPhone with a special message from you!
Surprise your Valentine with a buncee…from the heart!
Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to express your love for others. Whether it’s a husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, child, parent, or your ultimate secret crush Valentine’s Day is the day to say ‘I love you!’ in the most sincere, heartfelt way. If you can’t be with your loved ones, sending a quick and easy to make buncee lets them know you are thinking of them.
All this pressure can make finding just the right way to express your love stressful and challenging. Don’t worry though, with buncee.com you can easily create the most amazing greetings with your favorite pictures, memories, music and more!
Tips for sending your Sweetheart a buncee Valentine:
- Create a buncee ‘Mix Tape’ featuring a collection of special songs from the heart
- Remind your Sweetie of the good times you’ve had by creating a digital scrapbook of your favorite memories
- Ready to propose? Pop the question in a YouTube video and give it a special ‘frame’ of a buncee
- On the go or far away? Use buncee bits to send a quick greeting via text message to your sweetie
- You can use buncee bits or buncee.com to create a treasure hunt for your sweetie – include your favorite links and clues to help them find their way to your heart
- Got alot of single friends? Throw a last minute Valentine’s Day Mixer party, and send out the invitations with RSVP directly from buncee.com
- Collect your favorite digital images, music, videos, and more using buncee.com and share the love this Valentine’s Day in just a few clicks to all your social connections
Got your own tips? Leave them in our comments and we might feature them in a buncee!
DON’T FORGET TO SHARE THE LOVE WITH BUNCEE THIS
VALENTINE’S DAY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN AN APPLE IPAD MINI!
Teachers & Students love buncee!
Did you know that creating a buncee to help you study is an instant way to create a ‘digital index card’. Now, instead of putting your quiz notes on those 4×6 paper cards – why not create an interactive buncee that you can share with your classmates and access any time?
Here’s a great example about a project on ‘Ancient Rome’:
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How can buncee help Teachers?
- Create interactive lesson guides that contain web links, images, or videos to supplement your study topics
- Younger students enjoy creating holiday greetings for their friends & family while learning computer skills
- Save, store, and present up-to-date research and information that students can view, comment on, and share
- Create digital flash cards to help students prepare for quizzes or tests – the visual appeal and fun designs keep students engaged with the content
- Teachers control whether their buncees are private or public for the class to review and share
- Accessible via the web from any platform letting you view your buncees anytime, from anywhere!
How can buncee help Students?
- buncee is an easy to use platform for preparing class work or online research required to complete homework and lessons
- Encourages creative presentation skills using digital tools that help students collect online information storing notes and links
- Explore creativity by creating stunning digital greetings, artwork, holiday cards and more – great for younger students
- Create interactive study guides to help them prepare for classwork, tests, and quizzes which they can instantly share with classmates for discussion and group assignments
- Capture and collect research information ‘on-the-go’ using buncee’s mobile apps and share them instantly
For more tips and examples, you can download our interactive tip guide here.
‘Buncee Your Valentine’ Contest!
… share the LOVE & WIN!
**Apple is not a participant in or sponsor of this promotion.
This Valentine’s Day, send your most creative greetings using buncee.com
for a chance to win a 16GB iPad mini Wi-Fi!!
To win, all you have to do is create a Valentine Themed buncee (ie. E-card, greetings, scrapbook, music or video mix, memories, tributes, celebrity crush, romantic dinner ideas). Send them to your friends, family, children, boyfriend, girlfriend, significant other, secret crush – you get it! The buncee with the most likes on buncee.com wins!
It’s that easy! Click here to read the official CONTEST RULES.
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How to enter the buncee Contest, in three steps.
Step 1: Create
Sign up or log in to buncee.com. Click the “Start Here” button, and create your Valentine Themed buncee!
Step 2: Publish & Submit
When you’re finished creating your smashing Valentine buncee, choose the category “Holiday” (make sure your buncee is public), click “Publish” to submit your buncee, and then share via email and/or your favorite social networks!
Step 3: Like! “Heart!”
The buncee with the most number of likes, “♥”s, on buncee.com wins!
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Buncee Tip: How to Gain Likes:
When you publish your buncee, let your friends know via email or social network, and encourage them to vote for your buncee holiday masterpiece!
You can do this by simply clicking the “Publish” and/or “Share” buttons when you’re on the website!
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The winner will be selected on February 13th, 2013!
So buncee your hearts out and gain those “♥”s to win your iPad Mini!
We’ll be seeing you on buncee.com!
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Share Healthy Recipes to Jump Start 2013!
The new year is in full swing and with that comes resolutions. If staying healthy or getting fit is on your list, buncee would like to help you reach those goals with these great recipes & tips!
Just click the image to get the recipes – don’t forget to tell us if you like them and share!
Healthy Chicken Bruschetta
Tasty After Dinner Treats
Super Healthy Breakfast Ideas
Fresh, Versatile, Pasta!
Buncee Quick Tips:
Create your own healthy inspiration by combining images, or videos and links from your favorite online articles. Share with your friends and on your social networks to keep everyone motivated!
Great ideas for buncees include:
- Recipes
- Healthy Food/Snack Alternatives
- Juicing Recipes
- Weight Watchers Points Conversion Tips
- Workout and Fitness Tips
- Healthy Cooking How-To’s
How-to Promote Your Holiday Buncee
Earlier this week, we shared the current leading entries in our ‘Buncee Your Holidays’ contest. Today, we’d like to share some tips with you on how you can turn your simple buncee holiday greeting into a chance to win yourself the Apple iPad mini!
Remember, it’s not too late the contest runs until New Years and we’ll be announcing the final winner around January 3, 2013.
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Quick tips:
1) Copy & paste the URL of your holiday buncee into an email message – send it to your friends and ask them to ‘like it’ on buncee.com
2) Share your buncee on all your social networks with a note asking your friends to vote for your greeting. Make sure you are clear that they need to click on the ‘like’ on buncee.com for your vote to count!
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