Finance has authorized payment for GlobalTestMarket members that requested payment between May 22nd through May 28th. This occurred a few days ago, so our Canadian payment vendor probably has already sent your payments. Please note that your payment is mailed from Canada so please be patient for the arrival of your check.

Payments should be placed in the Canadian Post today for GlobalTestMarket members that redeemed their MarketPoints between May 15th through May 21st. Please note our payment vendor is located in Canada, so please be patient for international mail delivery. We paid out a whopping $178,000.00 this week to thousands of members. Thanks for the hard work, and we look forward to you redeeming again!

GlobalTestMarket members that requested payment between May 8th through the 14th will be happy to hear their money was wired to our payment vendor. Our vendor, located in Canada, should be putting your payments in the Canadian Post today. Please be patient if you live outside of Canada for your payment to travel through the international postal system. Keep it up GlobalTestMarket members!

Hola miembros!  Me pareció tan fantastico esta idea de un “avatar” que quería compartir con ustedes como yo agregue la mía.  Para ustedes que todavía no conocen la palabra, un “avatar” es esa fotito que vez aquí al lado de mis comentarios adonde estoy bailando salsa con un hombre (dibujado) muy guapo. 

GlobalTestMarket usa el software “WordPress” para crear nuestros blogs.  WordPress ofrece varios ‘plugins’ para ampliar nuestra habilidades.  Uno de esos plugins trabaja con Gravatar. Yo simplemente creí una cuenta con Gravatar (es gratis) y hice upload de un imagen.  Después de unos minutos, el blog de GlobalTestMarket me reconoció y apareció el imagen de mi Gravatar! 

Si lo vas a probar (les exijo que si), aseguren de usar el mismo email para su cuenta de Gravatar, de cual usan para el blog de GlobalTestMarket.  Es la única forma que aparezca el imagen. 

Espero verlos en su Gravatar pronto!   Abrazos.

I have been pushing for another batch of payments to be released. Finance crunched the numbers and discovered a window of opportunity this week. Yesterday we paid members that redeemed between April 24th through the 30th. Today we are paying members that redeemed between May 1st through the 7th!

Members that redeemed between May 1st through the 7th should expect their payment to be put in the Canadian Post today or tomorrow. US members please exercise patience because we are heading into Memorial Day weekend, and our postal service is closed on Monday. Between your check being mailed from Canada and a holiday weekend it might take a day or two longer to arrive. Have a great holiday!

Our payment vendor will be sending checks to GlobalTestMarket members that redeemed during April 24th through the 30th. Our check issuing partner is located in Canada, so please be patient for the International postal service to deliver your incentive. Thanks for cranking out those surveys!

Our most recent quarterly GlobalTestMarket Newsletter included a contest. Members were asked to visit this blog and leave a comment on the “Where do you want GlobalTestMarket to send Garth next?” post. Thirty members that left comments were randomly selected and received 200 MarketPoints. The lucky winners are:

Hundreds of fantastic ideas were suggested by our membership. GlobalTestMarket will be using your ideas in future blog articles and newsletters. Thank you for participating and congratulations once again!

On May 14, 2008, GlobalTestMarket processed the payment requests for member that redeemed during April 17th through the 23rd. That means checks were most likely placed in the Canadian Post last Thursday or Friday. Please be patient if you live outside of Canada for your check to arrive.

The NEWSLETTER CONTEST is closed and the winners will be announced during the week of May 19th

In every issue of the GlobalTestMarket Newsletter, we update you on my latest adventures and travels. In February, I attended the 80th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California. Where should they send me next? Post a comment with your idea, and we will randomly award 30 members who post legitimate ideas with 200 MarketPoints (limit of one prize per member).

Many members have asked about an update on expanding GlobalTestMarket incentive offerings. I can briefly address this issue. We were close to adding PayPal as a redemption alternative, but have delayed that option. Instead of reaching out to individual incentive vendors we are looking at a single solution.

There are various companies that handle incentive management. Some of these vendors can provide a package that offers multiple redemptions (i.e. PayPal, checks, air miles, gift cards etc). Instead of approaching one company to handle PayPal or air miles or gift cards we are looking for one solution to manage all of those options.

At this time I do not have a time estimate for launching such a solution. When I hear more I will make another posting.