Based on our promotion with AcceptPay over at the 99%, we wanted to use the system ourselves. So, we rolled out AcceptPay as an option for Teams on AMO. A new service from American Express, this is a great alternative for those of you unable to pay via our traditional credit card system. Upon request, we can invoice you for payment via eCheck or ACH.

For those of you on the vendor side, check this out as an option for online payments; although the set-up process is extensive, customer service on the sign-up side is super helpful, and the interface for the program is nicely streamlined. You can learn more here.

Productivity can decline during summer when the sun is shining. In an effort to increase productivity and encourage ACTION, we are giving away over $1,000 in Action Method products.

Grand Prize (1)
$300 worth of Action Method Products
One (1) Premium subscription to Action Method Online ($100 value)
One (1) Extremely Limited-Edition Behance T-shirt

Runner-up Prize (1)
$100 worth of Action Method Products
One (1) Premium subscription to Action Method Online ($100 value)
One (1) Extremely Limited-Edition Behance T-shirt

Creative Tweet Prize (5)
Choice of one (1) Action Method Product
One (1) Extremely Limited-Edition Behance T-shirt

All you need to do is include the #getaction tag in any tweet on Twitter. You can be creative with your tweet or re-tweet our sample message below. In order to be eligible, you must also follow @behance or @actionmethod so we can contact you via Twitter Direct Message if you’ve won.

You can tweet #getaction as often as you like. Each of these tweets will be eligible and a winner chosen at random. A daily prize will be given for the most creative tweet involving #getaction.

The Runner-up Prize winner will be announced on Thursday July 16th and the Grand Prize winner will be announced on Friday July 17th. Winners will be contacted via Direct Message on Twitter. Don’t forget to follow @behance or @actionmethod to be eligible.

Sample Tweet
Having a slow summer? #getaction :: @Behance is giving away $1,000 in Action Method Products!!! Click for details http://bit.ly/k7QTi

Tweet It

Rules
1. This contest is offered by Behance LLC and is open to anyone with a Twitter account who is at least 16 years of age. Employees and agents of Behance LLC and/or its affiliated companies and family members of such employees are not eligible to enter.

2. The contest give away will begin at 9am EST on Monday July 13th and finish at 5pm EST on Friday July 17th.

3. Creative Tweet winners will be chosen at 5pm EST on each of the contest's 5 days. Runner-up winner will be announced at 5pm EST on Thursday July 16th. Grand Prize winner will be announced at 5pm EST on Friday July 17th.

4. The prizes are all products of Behance LLC. We will dispatch the prize within 31 days of the contest closing date.

5. To enter the contest you must send out a tweet from your own Twitter account and include #getaction in your message. The rest of the message is up to you, and you are welcome to re-tweet our contest launch tweet and the prize URL.

6. To be eligible you must follow @behance or @actionmethod so that we may contact you via Twitter Direct Message if you win. No purchase required.

7. You can tweet as many times as you like (though entries using automated tweets will be disqualified). All tweets within the contest's run-time are eligible for prizes.

8. We will choose Second Place and Grand Prize winners randomly from all the entries within the contest’s run-time. Most creative tweets will be selected at the discretion of Behance LLC staff.

9. Entrants' personal details will be used by Behance LLC strictly in accordance with Behance’s privacy policy.

10. Neither Behance LLC nor its affiliated companies shall have any liability for (i) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the competition; (ii) any malfunction of or damage to the prizes; or (iii) any restrictions or delays imposed by any customs authorities or any import or other taxes of any kind imposed by any taxation authority in respect of the prizes.

NOTE: a shout-out to the team at moonfruit for the great inspiration on this Twitter contest.

It's been quite a while since I've written here - probably too long. The past couple of weeks we've spent a lot of time improving the performance of Action Method Online. We are proud to say the changes are up and running smoothly. We've done things from the simply obvious (loading screen between tabs) to the outrageously maticulous (optimizing CSS). Due to these changes everything runs faster including loading time, drag-and-dropping, resizing, switching tabs, and searching. You may have also noticed we got rid of that "2.5 Seconds Remain" countdown after the site finished loading. That always was irritating to us and the optimizations let us finally remove it.

The biggest jump in speed was actually with Internet Explorer 7. We still recommend using more recently updated browsers (such as Chrome, Firefox, and Safari), but if you were ever in IE7 before you will be quite pleasantly surprised now. I know that some people can't download browsers or Adobe AIR in their office. 

Anywho, we hope you enjoy the upgrade. Keep the feedback coming and we'll keep

improving for you.

You said it, and we heard it. Based on the great feedback shared by early adopters of Action Method Online (AMO), we have added a number of enhancements to the application.  The additions include the ability for you (or anyone else) to email an action step to your AMO InBox (via your own @action.me email address) as well as increased messaging features, multiple delegation, importing contacts, and more...  See all of the latest enhancements on our What's New page.

Our team was thrilled to further launch Action Method Online (AMO) today. We've been working for years on developing the methodology, the products, and the concepts, design, and technology behind this service. It feels good to finally share AMO with others (beyond the beta user program).

The application received reviews today in TechCrunch, Mashable, LifeDev, and (via TechCrunch) in the Washington Post. 

We want to thank our friends and willing beta testers for the incredible feedback and support over the past few months as we worked to fine tune things. A special shout-out to the team at Undercurrent that fully adopted AMO in the very early days and made critical suggestions along the way. We also want to thank Seed Gives Life, Flavorpill, and friends at places like Miramax, Apple, and others that have supported Action Method from the beginning...  All along the way, we have been inspired by the many thousands of participants in the Behance Network - all of whom we also wish to thank.

We are excited to now build upon the Behance Network and Action Method. Our team believes that these two platforms can help organize the creative world to make ideas happen. It is an honor to serve as stewards of this mission.

Behance Team