AdvantageBridal.com Commits to the buySAFE Program and Celebrates a 7.5% Increase in Website Conversion

Arlington, VA and Torrance, CA (PRWEB) August 11, 2011

buySAFE, Inc., a leading provider of conversion and customer satisfaction programs for internet retailers, and AdvantageBridal.com, a leading online wedding accessories retailer, determined during a recent A/B test that the use of the buySAFE program materially increased website conversion and sales at AdvantageBridal.com while also improving the customer purchase experience.

AdvantageBridal.com utilized a split A/B testing methodology to objectively measure the conversion, sales and profit impact of using the buySAFE program. The results were clear and compelling. By utilizing buySAFE, AdvantageBridal.com is increasing its website conversion rate by 7.5%. The test was conducted over a multi-week period during June/July 2011. The results were highly statistically significant with over 197,000 unique visitors and over 3,400 orders included in the test. With buySAFE, AdvantageBridal.com saw 1.24 additional sales for every thousand website visitors, resulting in significant increases in sales and profits from using the buySAFE solution.

Weve been in business since 1992 and have become very successful by building our business on 4 fundamentals: values, integrity, trust and ingenuity said Sandy Keller, President of AdvantageBridal.com. The buySAFE Program reinforces these fundamentals that have made our business so successful and the objective A/B test results and buyer feedback proves that the buySAFE program is valued by our customers.

"The team at AdvantageBridal is truly committed to their customers and works hard to provide them a superior shopping experience for their customers," said Mike Saad, Enterprise Sales Manager at buySAFE, Inc. "By providing online shoppers added value and increased peace of mind, they buy more and more often which helps great merchants like Advantage Bridal be even more successful."

About buySAFE

buySAFE, Inc. provides website conversion and customer satisfaction programs for online retailers that increase profits and lift buyer loyalty. buySAFE is partnered with Liberty Mutual, Travelers, ACE USA and Assurant Specialty Property. With over 5 billion online impressions of buySAFE each year, 22 million guaranteed purchases and over 5,000 buySAFE Merchants, buySAFE is widely recognized as the sole provider of its unique guaranteed shopping programs. buySAFE's investors include Grotech Ventures, Core Capital Partners, Symantec Corporation and The Hartford Financial Services Group. For more information, visit: http://www.buysafe.com

About AdvantageBridal.com

Based in the city of Torrance, California, Advantage Bridal was formed in 1992, and operated two bridal shops in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Growing to become the premier online wedding and special occasion retailer, now offering over 40,000 unique products, they became a strictly online service upon selling their second brick-and-mortar store in 2004. AdvantageBridal offers thousands of discounted wedding invitations, hundreds of unique wedding favors and a vast array of decorated apparel, stationery, accessories and personalized gifts. For more information, visit: http://www.advantagebridal.com

For Media Contact:

buySAFE, Inc.

Hans Dreyer, VP

703 778 4445 x 110

hdreyer(at)buysafe(dot)com

AdvantageBridal.com

Sandy Keller, President

310-371-2060 x 221

sandy(at)apgshops(dot)com

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Commonfig's Propagator Program Makes A Difference

Portland, OR (PRWEB) October 21, 2011

Commonfig LLC is excited to announce the launch of its Propagator Program, a work from home opportunity. Commonfig, a leading provider of social networking, connecting service professionals with people who seek their services and builds mutually beneficial relationships. The addition of the Propagator Program completes the cycle, adding an element of exponential growth to the site, while providing stay-at-home-parents, students, and those in search of employment with a safe and effective way to earn income.

The Commonfig Propagator Program is different from other work-from-home opportunities in several ways. First, the program is cost free to participants. There are no expensive start-up costs or fees associated with the program. Second, based on Commonfigs strong belief in community development, participants can choose to donate their earnings to a charity.

We are a group of socially conscious individuals, so the Propagator Program was a natural transition. It's purpose is to enable individuals to set up a recurring income stream in this tough economy, says Santhosh Devati, co-founder. It also gives them an option to donate a percentage or all of the rewards they earn to the charity/cause they believe in for greater good.

The Propagator Program is an ideal fit for stay-at-home parents, college students, and individuals who are in search of employment. With little more than an Internet connection, participants can begin work, earning up to a 20% commission on the revenue generated from their referrals.

Commonfig and the Propagator Program dovetailed perfectly with my needs, said Sally Myers, a program participant. After I was laid off, I wanted to find a way to earn a bit of income. The Propagator Program was easy to start and flexible. Once I found gainful employment, I used my commissions from the program to help fund my favorite charity.

The actual program is simple: participants use networking, email, and personal communication to contact businesses, encouraging them to visit the Commonfig website. Once there, visitors are free to explore the site and see how Commonfig is changing social networking for business purposes. Once a visitor signs up, the referring program participant receives a commission for the life of the membership.

The program will continue to grow in 2012 with the release of Commonfig.org, connecting institutions and charities with a new source of income. Charities will be able to use the Propagator Program directly, increasing their revenues and their ability to provide assistance, community outreach, or funding in their chosen areas.

Commonfig's motto, Grow, Thrive, Multiply, is beautifully represented by this outreach program. Program participants provide a valuable service, driving traffic and referrals to the Commonfig site, while simultaneously engaging in valuable networking activities.

About Commonfig:

A group of proven individuals who are like-minded with strong backgrounds have come together as a team. They formed Commonfig with the purpose of extending support to fellow professionals looking to connect with people who are seeking their services, in a mutually beneficial environment. The amount of leadership, business acumen and technical savvy found in this team is outweighed only by the integrity, determination and purpose beating strongly in the heart of each member. Commonfig plans to extend its reach to the United Kingdom and India in 2012. View a informational video (http://blog.commonfig.com/commonfig-com/) or visit http://www.commonfig.com for more information.

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Avon Breast Health Outreach Program Awards Grant for Breast Cancer Awareness Program to Womens Community Clinic

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 22, 2011

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $ 29,000 one-year grant to the Womens Community Clinic to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer to underserved and uninsured women in San Francisco with a focus on the Western Addition. It is the first year that the program has received funding from the Avon Foundation for Women to support its work on this important health issue.

The breast health outreach program at the Womens Community Clinic will educate San Francisco area women and refer them to low-cost or free mammograms and clinical breast exams in their own communities. The vital program will also help to expand the safety net for direct health services for African American women in the Western Addition.

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in the United States, and the leading single cause of death overall in women between the ages of 40 and 55. According to the American Cancer Society, 21,130 new cases of breast cancer will be detected in California this year and 4,230 lives will be lost. Nationwide, there is a new diagnosis every three minutes and a death from breast cancer every 14 minutes. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of years of life lost for African American women in San Francisco. While advances have been made in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure, early detection still affords the best opportunity for successful treatment. Programs such as the Womens Community Clinics Breast Health Outreach Program help ensure that all women have access to early detection information and options, even poor and medically underserved women.

We are proud that the Avon Foundation for Women shares our mission and has chosen to support our program. With these funds we will be able to provide clinical breast exams and mammograms to 300 new clients and to provide breast health education to 1000 community members, says Ms. Carlina Hansen, Executive Director, Womens Community Clinic.

Since 1993, the Avon Foundation has awarded more than 1,425 grants to community-based breast health programs across the United States, including the Breast Health Outreach program at the Womens Community Clinic. These programs are dedicated to educating underserved women about breast cancer and linking them to early detection screening services.

The Avon Foundation for Women and Breast Cancer Crusade

The Avon Foundation for Women, an accredited 501(c)(3) public charity, was founded in 1955 to improve the lives of women and today is the worlds largest corporate-affiliated philanthropy focused on issues that matter most to women. Avon philanthropy focuses its funding on breast cancer research and access to care, efforts to reduce domestic and gender violence, its women's environmental movement to nurture nature, and efforts to provide relief and recovery in times of major natural disasters and emergencies. Since the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade launched in 1992, Avon breast cancer programs in more than 50 countries have raised almost $ 700 million for research and advancing advance access to care, regardless of a persons ability to pay. In addition to receiving generous support from Avon Products, Inc., and its sale of Avon pink ribbon products, the Foundation raises funds through a variety of events and walks, such as the U.S. Avon Walk for Breast Cancer series, which is the Foundations largest fund-raising source.

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program is administered by Cicatelli Associates Inc. to support community-based, non-profit breast health programs across the country. The Fund's National Advisory Board selected the Breast Health Outreach Program at Womens Community Clinic, as one of 125 new grant recipients nationwide in the 2010 cycle of Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund grants. These organizations were chosen based on their ability to effectively reach women, particularly minority, low-income, and older women, who are often medically underserved.

Womens Community Clinic:

The Womens Community Clinic is committed to meeting the sexual and reproductive health care needs of Bay Area women and girls. Our volunteer-based model of care-the only one of its kind in the Bay Area-is highly effective in enabling underserved women to directly access health care services. We honor our mission to improve the health and well-being of women and girls by providing sexual and reproductive health services, outreach services, and health training programs. Since 1999, we have served more than 20,000 women and trained more than 500 health worker volunteers. womenscommunityclinic.org

For more Information

For more information on the Breast Health Outreach Program at the Womens Community Clinic please call Kemi Role at (415) 379-7802 ext. 371. For more information about breast cancer, contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345 or http://www.cancer.org, or the National Cancer Institute at 1-800-4-CANCER or http://www.cancer.gov.

To learn more about the Avon Foundation for Women, call 1-866-505-AVON or visit http://www.avonfoundation.org, where you can access free printable Breast Health Resource Guides in English and Spanish. For information or to register or support the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer events, visit http://www.avonwalk.org or call 1-888-540-WALK.

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