My name is Alan Pleskow and I’m the CEO and a co-founder of Zavee. On behalf of everyone here at Zavee I would like to extend my personal thanks to every local business that has joined our company as a merchant. I also want to thank you for your patience in waiting for our shopper base to grow. Below is a brief update of what we are doing now and some of the great things you can expect from us over the rest of this year.

• Merchants – More than 200 merchants are now members of Zavee, and more are joining every day. We have attracted businesses from a wide variety of categories and from all over our Northern Broward – Southern Palm Beach launch market. Many Zavee merchants are taking advantage of opportunities for increased social media exposure by “liking” Zavee on Facebook and following us on Twitter. Later this year we expect to add new features that will make your marketing even more effective.
• Shoppers – We have completed development of the shopper portion of the Zavee platform, and have ramped up our consumer marketing accordingly. As every business owner knows, it takes time for consumers to learn about any new business – even one as cool as Zavee. The Zavee site is now fully optimized for search engines and we have an active online advertising program through both Google and Facebook. We will be launching our email marketing program in the beginning of June and already have begun our PR campaign. We expect thousands of shoppers to join in the next few months.
• You Should Become a Shopper, Too - One way to increase the number of Zavee shoppers is for merchants to activate their shopper accounts at www.zavee.com. That’s right – every Zavee merchant is also a Zavee shopper. So next time you log in, click on the shopping bag icon and set up your shopper account. Your customers are earning cash back rewards, why not you? Another way to add merchants is for you to suggest Zavee to your customers. Almost 80% of consumers trust personal recommendations. Your recommendation of Zavee is almost certain to be effective.
• Causes and Care Shares – Our team also has completed the portion of our platform that lets causes sign up, communicate with other members and receive Care Share contributions from shoppers. We are beginning our outreach program to causes and have been gratified by the response. If you are a member of an organization that you think would be right for Zavee, please invite them to contact us or let us know and we will take it from there. Since causes earn contributions through shopper transactions, it is in your interest as well as theirs for causes to join Zavee.

In fact, we want you to let us know what you think about the Zavee site and platform. Please do not hesitate to contact me at 561-290-0388 ext. 302, or our COO and co-founder, Ron Stack at 561-290-0388 ext. 301, with any questions, comments or suggestions.

We thank you for joining us, and we thank you for your continued patience and support as we roll out a social shopping platform that will help you grow your business through smarter marketing and a stronger local community. We’re glad you’re part of the Zavee community.

And if you’re a merchant in Broward or Palm Beach Counties and you aren’t a Zavee merchant yet, hit us up online or call Jerry Horowitz at 561-290-0388 ext. 501 and learn how Zavee can get you marketing smarter today.

The Zavee takeaway:

• We are ramping up marketing to shoppers and causes, so the Zavee community is poised for exceptional growth.
• You can help the community grow, by becoming a shopper, by recommending Zavee to your customers and by telling Zavee about your favorite cause.
• Thanks, Zavee merchants – you’re the best!