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There’s an old latin inscription that reads “Nemo vir est qui mundum non reddat meliorem.” To those of you who don’t speak latin that means “What man is a man who does not make the world better?” At Magntize we wonder the same thing about businesses.

That’s why every penny we make from new signups in the month of February is going to the Red Cross to help ease the suffering of those effected by the earthquake in Haiti. Help us help Haiti.

If you haven’t upgraded then signup and follow the simple steps below.

Thanks for helping us make the world a better place.

-The Magntize Team

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The last few months have been a blast here at magntize. We were featured in mashable, grew to over 3,000 users, handled hundreds of support requests, and in the midst of the craziness we kept smiling. Not bad.

Looking ahead to the early part of 2010 we’re looking to add some basic analytics for pro users as well as roll out a few new themes. Below is a preview of one that’s in the oven now.

A huge thank you to everyone who has blogged, retweeted, emailed, and shouted from the rooftops the good news of magntize. We love you all and can’t wait to see where the journey takes us in 2010.

Merry Christmas!

-The Magntize Team

(Aaron, Brett, Caleb, Charles, Dave, & Josiah)

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We’ve seen a tremendous response to magntize over the last week with over 800 active users now! Thanks to everyone for the RT’s, blog reviews, and word of mouth recommendations to get the word out. Below are links to a few fantastic reviews we’ve received. If you’re left off the list please drop us a comment, we’d love to tweet about you’re review.

*Review 1 by Zee M Kane, writer and editor of The Next Web
*Review 2 from the personal blog of designer Kyle Steed.
*Review 3 from the blog designer Graham Smith.
*Review 4 from the blog of developer Jake Good

We’re hard at work to make magntize even better. Thanks for letting us join you in the journey.

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We couldn’t be more pumped about the monster update we’ve released today. Among other things it includes the ability to change tastes whenever you want, a more intuitive back-end interface, and the addition of free and premium pricing plans.

That last feature is one we’re extremely excited about because it really opens the door to all sorts of people utilizing Magnt that may not have before. Our passion is introducing you online and we’re confident that these updates are a giant step forward in that process.

Go to http://magntize.com to signup for free.

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Recently, we shocked the world with news that Nectar would be changing its name. In a move dubbed brilliant and lazy in equal measure, we asked our readers to submit their ideas with the promise of a $100 Amazon gift card to sweeten the pot. Three weeks and dozens of submissions later, we had narrowed it down to a few favorites.

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Due to some recent trademark issues with our name, Nectar, we’re having to undertake the task of renaming ourselves. Yes that’s right, come the end of May Nectar will no longer be well, Nectar. Needless to say we weren’t too thrilled when this news first reached our ears. However, after the initial disappointment we’ve become quite excited about the idea of including our community in the renaming process. Before I discuss how we’d like you to help, let me give a little background on why we chose the name Nectar in the first place. Read the rest of this entry »

Nectar has gone live and we couldn’t be more excited!  Our dream from the beginning has been to help people market themselves more effectively by establishing a great looking online presence that goes live quickly and all for a price that doesn’t make you question your sanity. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve been following Nectar for a bit you’ll know that we don’t approach business in the typical fashion. As an example, we tend to prefer working in intense collaborative programming sessions that we have termed ‘Hackathons’. Read the rest of this entry »

While leaving the Dallas Startup Happy Hour, a few of us Nectar peoples ran into what looks like the first of likely many rejections to come. Feel free to watch the tale of sorrow and woe unfold after the jump.

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So today is Blog Action Day 2008 and we’re encouraging everyone to support Compassion International and Ten Thousand Homes as they fight poverty.  My wife and I have personally supported Compassion International (Jeanne Pierre from Peru) for a few years now and it’s been a wonderful experience. Read the rest of this entry »