GLEN ELLYN, Ill., Aug 10, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM-iReach/ — SonGear.com, the new darling of the Christian retail marketplace along with their exclusive Life with Jesus is better® product line, announced today that it has hit a new social commerce milestone and now has over 300,000 Facebook fans.
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Leading the charge, SonGear.com has surged ahead in this new era of social-based online retail, especially in the Christian retail sector.
In as little as two years, SonGear.com has gone from one fan to 300,000 by creating a social shopping experience for their customers that includes in-stream experiences inside Facebook’s News Feed, on Fan Pages, and on our sites, including The SonGear Journal (blog.songear.com) , the newly launched SonVine (sonvine.com) which offers spiritually healthy media alternatives to its fans, and the soon to be launched Christian Magazine, SonLiving (www.sonliving.com).
“From the beginning, we knew Social Networking was going to be key to bringing this product line to the market. The journey along the way has been a lot of on-the-job training because so much of it, from a technical perspective, is new territory, and remains in constant change as the social network giants offer new tools and compete to stake new territory” said Bob Van Zandt, CEO of SonGear.com
Since their original opening as a Christian clothing company, SonGear has expanded their brand to other Christian lifestyle products such as Christian bags, Christian backpacks and Christian gifts as well as pledging a portion of their profits to help end Human Trafficking and raise money for Samaritans Purse to help the recent tornado victims in the United States.
“We started this as a business to help people, both locally through employment, and throughout the world by providing financial support for organizations we are passionate about. Naturally, being responsible stewards of the gifts we have been blessed with is paramount to our success. Thankfully SonGear has emerged as a front runner in the social Christian retail space, which we think is going to enable us to really help some people. “
About SonGear
SonGear.com was founded in 2009 by Bob Van Zandt and is committed to advancing God’s Kingdom, first and foremost. Presently, this journey has led to the launch of a series of online platforms via social media that provide tools, resources and information which help Christians share their faith with their friends, family, classmates and co-workers. SonGear.com platforms include SonGear.com (facebook.com/songear), SonLiving.com, and SonVine.com
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Media Contact: Dawn Perry SonGear, 888-646-2611, dawn@songear.com
SOURCE SonGear.com
http://www.facebook.com/songear
http://blog.songear.com
http://sonvine.com
http://www.sonliving.com