1. “Upsell” – After the buyer places an item into the shopping cart, and before the credit card entry page, an upsell page appears where you can choose to offer the buyer any other product from your store.  To access this function, log into your administrative panel, click on the “Marketing” button.  In the row of orange buttons, click on “Upsell”.  In the Upsell window, check the “Activate” box.  From there, you can choose to always recommend the same product–something you want to do if you want to focus on selling on one item, OR you can match items one-by-one.  For each Upsell item, you can customize the wording above AND below the product by clicking on the “Customize” button next to each entry.  The entry is  HTML enabled, so you can change format the words as you wish.

2. “Bonus Item” – After the order confirmation page, you may give the buyer one additional offer.  Once in the Bonus Item window, check the “Activate” box.  From there, you can choose to always recommend the same product–something you want to do if you want to focus on selling on one item, OR you can match items one-by-one.  For each Bonus item, you can customize the wording above AND below the product by clicking on the “Customize” button next to each entry.  If you check “Disable the Preview Order” box, when the buyer clicks yes, then the product is added to the order and the shopping cart completes the order without showing an extra step to preview/confirm the order.  If the buyer clicks “no thanks”, the order is completed without the bonus item.

For an example of how this is working for a Magic Rock client, please go to the Verbal Advantage store at www.myverbaladvantage.com.

http://www.350.org/about/blogs/three-five-0-anthem-launches

Here’s the blub from the site:

“Fred Small has been a lot of things, including a well-known singer. We lured him out of musical retirement (he’s now a Unitarian minister, and one of the founders of Religious Witness for the Earth) by asking him to write a 350 song, one that people could sing along to. This is it, and we love it. Take it and show it at rallies, teach it to kids choirs, do whatever you can with it. We’re grateful to Fred, and to Marty Ostrow (producer of the RENEWAL documentary), and to Rosi & Brian Amador, of Sol y Canto, and to their whole crew–grateful beyond measure.”

“Suzanne Taylor has created one of the most magnificent, startlingly brilliant DVDs on the phenomenon ever produced. BUY THE DVD: Brilliant, groundbreaking crop formation documentary. Incredibly beautiful and powerful.”

Taylor also appeared July 21, 2009 on Coast to Coast with George Noory.  On the show Taylor said “that knowing the circles come from intelligence would help us think as a planet and solve many problems that we face.”   To learn more on the phenomenon go to www.whatonearththemovie.com and to purchase go to http://www.neoflix.com/store/MIG40/.

Magic Rock  Named One of the Top 50 Movie Websites by Movie Maker Magazine

LOS ANGELES, CA – Magic Rock was just announced in Movie Maker Magazine’s June 2009 release as one of the top 50 movie websites, outlining the best options for filmmakers from preproduction through post production and distribution.

Movie Maker has a bimonthly readership of 165,000. Its companion Website, established in 1995, is one of the most popular movie sites on the Internet, serving as a source for filmmakers and fans alike.

Beginning from its founding in 2006 by Brian Olson and John (JC) Chang, Magic Rock’s mission has been to create software and services that simplify self-distribution for independent artists.  The affiliate marketing application, INDIECLIX, distribution service, NEOFLIX, fan-base management tool, BOX OFFICE WIDGET, and  duplication, replication and packaging services for DVDs and CDs, DVDBABY, are available for filmmakers to make the process of distribution as simple as possible

Clients rely on Magic Rock’s Internet applications, web tools, and payment and fulfillment processing services to quickly bring their content to the marketplace.  Magic Rock continues to set the standard as an industry pioneer.  In recent months they have redesigned the website to be more client friendly, added on an Amazon Checkout cart, hired a PR specialist, and added several free services aimed at marketing outreach.  Clients are able to stay focused on content creation while leveraging Magic Rock to bolster sales and reap the benefit of some of the lowest prices found anywhere for independent artist.

The Magic Rock client base is rapidly growing, with independently distributed titles added daily.  The film customer base includes Academy nominates, Emmy winners, as well as first-time filmmakers.

To learn more visit www.magicrock.com.

Magic Rock Payoneer card benefits are:

•    Can be used everywhere MasterCard® is accepted – online and at any point of sale.
•    Withdraw cash from any ATM – in your local currency.
•    Your funds are secure. As long as the PIN stays uncompromised, your funds are MasterCard protected even if your card is lost or stolen. A replacement card will be mailed to you and the balance transferred.
•    No bank account needed
•    Online access to your account, payments, balance and transaction history 24/7
•    No activation fee.

The Magic Rock Prepaid MasterCard® works just like any other MasterCard® and is accepted at all locations worldwide, wherever MasterCard® is accepted.  Your affiliates can use it at any point of sale location to make purchases, whether online or at retail locations.  Affiliates can also use the Prepaid MasterCard® at ATMs worldwide to withdraw cash. With the added security of choosing your own PIN, your affiliates can be assured of no unauthorized use of their card.

Anne Aghion also released just last month another documentary “Ice People,” a study of geologist working in one of the most extreme locations on earth, Antarctica.

Purchase any of the 4 Rwanda documentaries at http://www.neoflix.com/store/GAC63

Or purchase a peek into the Arctic unknown with “Ice People” at http://www.neoflix.com/store/GAC60

Metamorphosis is about the practice of Ayahuasca, which has been used by Shamans and those they help for hundreds if not thousands of years. Found all over the Amazon, Ayahuasca and it’s incredible ability to heal has been slowly but steadily creeping into western consciousness. Metamorphosis is a documentary that follows several westerners as they undergo five Ayahuasca ceremonies and experience the gamut of emotions – from utter fear to outright ecstasy. It also explores the shamans who work with the medicine as well as all the key elements of an Ayahuasca ceremony.

The film also tells the story of Hamilton Souther, who earlier in life had no belief of and in spirit. After having a spiritual awakening, Hamilton is led to the Amazon where he apprentices as an Ayahuascero, or person who practices medicine with Ayahuasca. Hamilton and Maestro Don Alberto (an indigenous master shaman for over thirty years that practices with Hamilton) take us through the ceremonies as well as explain the meaning behind them.

As the film progresses , we follow the journey that the participants take through the plant medicine. The difficulties of the experience are revealed as well as why each of the participants has come. Integral elements of the ceremony, such as the icaros (songs sung in ceremony) and the “purge” are explored further.

Finally, we get to see the transformations people have undergone, from physical to emotional to spiritual, after having spent more than a week with Ayahuasca. They reflect on their experiences and share what they have learned, leaving profoundly transformed from when they first arrived.

For more information on the film, Aya Art and a screening in NYC this Saturday June 20, 2009 go to http://metamorphosisfilm.com/

To directly buy the film go to http://www.neoflix.com/store/MON97/