Monthly M2M Newsletter---April, 2009

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INTRODUCTION

Hello Rising Stars! Another month has passed by and so another newsletter. April was a great month for me and I hope it was a good one for all of you as well.

Gabriella and I have been talking back and forth about improving and adding to the Member to Member Review program. Please pay close attention to this newsletter and the post in the forum so you are up to date on all the new happenings!

If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to ask me. I hope this newsletter is informative and helpful to everyone!

REVIEWER OF THE MONTH

Congratulations to the Reviewer of the Month! There were so many great reviews this month, it was a really hard choice!

Rayn's fam has strep!

ROLL CALL

If you did a review for this month and you are not on this list below, one of two things happened - 1) you didn’t post in the forum or 2) I missed it! If so, I am sorry for that. If you posted this months reviews after I posted the tally for the month, those reviews will be counted with next months tally.

Total Reviewers: 41
New Reviewers: 9 (marked by **)

Rayn's fam has strep!
jaya
Briar Rose
Mona Lisa
sciwriter1
*Nita remembers Memorial Day
Karen
Jaye P. Marshall
Maria Mize
flex
busy, taking a break from WDC
Acme
Sticktalker
standingdeer **
~♥~Krysha~♥~
Redwriter
embe
SWPoet
Magoo
jaya h
Tyson thanks Anon
Bad Wolf
NickiD89 Scuba Classes!
Mike ~ Ready for a vacation!
Kodachrome **
NOVAcatmando
Grace **
The Music Man
bluesky
Back with WDC friends! **
Kalyani Rao **
Color me Connieann **
kgraybill **
Jewel Busy Busy Busy!
HannaMissesHerHero **
Hyperiongate
mystic_writer **
Katzendragonz
Bleeding Dawn
LdyPhoenix

I have posted the full, entire list of ALL the members you have EVER reviewed in the Member-to-Member forum. This will help you keep track of who you reviewed already, since you only get credit for reviewing someone you have never reviewed before! I also have this tally in my portfolio if you would like to save it to your favorites list.

         

ID: 1545283   (Rated: E) Rising Stars Member to Member Tally  Tally for the reviewers from Rising Stars Member to Member program! by Rogue♥Sherri

NEW HAPPENINGS

Reviewing Formats -- We are working on making review formats for us to use. We made these formats to make sure that all the reviews are in depth and of good quality. That is our goal after all. Look over these formats and please email me to tell what you think. Make suggestions! I’ll make any changes to them that are needed and then post the links in the forum for you to use when they fully ready to go!

         

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Reviewer of the Month Award - The Reviewer of the Month usually got a Reviewing Merit Badge. Starting in May, they will also receive 5,000 GPs!! Remember, this award is based on QUALITY not QUANITY of reviews!

New Awards -- Harley’s Awards -- I will be awarding random prizes during the month. You will receive a sig image from me for you to post in your portfolio and use as you see fit! Most Compelling Review - This award will go to the person who gave a great in-depth review - detail is key here! Most Encouraging Review - This award will go the person who gave the most positive review - encourage the writer to Write On! Most Helpful Review - This award will go to the person who gave lots of suggestions and advice during a review. I will be thinking up some more and if you have any suggestions, please let me know!

New Awards -- Every six months, I will go through the past lists and decide who has been the most dedicated - meaning consistently doing reviews each month! They will receive the Reviewing Dedication Award of a Dedication Merit Badge!

HOW TO

Each month, all Rising Stars are asked to do the following:

1) Review at least three new Stars that month whom you have not yet reviewed for Member-to-Member. To know whom you have reviewed before, the full tally is posted each month in the forum and it is also listed here: "Rising Stars Member to Member Tally" .

2) Post the usernames or full bitem links in the forum that is linked below. To find the person’s username, hold your mouse over the little portfolio icon next to their name. A little box will pop up and show their username. I need the username not the handle name that you normally see!! For bitem posting, type in {bitem:0000000} replacing the 0’s with the items ID number that you reviewed. Don’t forget the “b” at the beginning of the code or the or the code won’t work!!

         

ID: 1303972   (Rated: 13+) It's Our Job To Shine Bright  M2M review forum. Review 3 Stars each month. Win an award! by Gabriella

3) Use one of the sigs provided in the forum in your review to be eligible to be considered as Reviewer of the Month and other awards.

4) Make the review public by selecting the option above the submit review button. This will also qualify you for Reviewer of the Month and other awards.

REMINDERS

Your reviews must be public and with one our sigs so that I can find them. To add a sig to your review, type {image:00000} replacing the 0’s with the image’s ID number.

The public review page only allows one sig per review. If you use multiple sigs, you must put our sig at the top of your review otherwise the image will not show up and I can’t find it.

Don't just write the words "For Rising Stars Member to-Member" somewhere in the review. Remember, I'm scrolling through 400 pages of reviews, looking for our sigs. I'm not reading every review out there. Without our sig, I won't find your review.

I know some of you review for other reviewing groups. If you want to use a combined sig that is fine - AFTER you use our sigs for your first 3 reviews!!

Don't just use one of your regular Rising Stars sigs. Lots of people use those on other reviews, so it still won't signal me that this is a Member-to-Member review. Use the ones in our Member-to-Member forum linked above.

Only make ONE post in the forum with a total of your reviews for each month. I do understand that you don’t review all at the same time, but please limit your total posts for the month to TWO. You can edit a post you already made by viewing the post then clicking on the “edit” link above the message. This will make it easier for me to count up the reviews for that month for your total tally.

We're hoping the awards will motivate high quality reviews. We're looking for substantive feedback that is honest, encouraging, and helpful. If you participate each month and put effort into your reviews, you'll probably get picked as Reviewer of the Month sooner or later. If you do less than 3 reviews in a month, they will still count towards your tally. You just won't qualify for the award that month. If you don't add the sig or make your review pubic, they will still count towards your tally. They just won't help you with the award that month. You won't be disqualified from the award just because you've reviewed the same member twice in the past or haven't linked in the past. Every month starts over fresh with a new chance to win.


I will post all this information in the forum so that you can refer to it whenever you like. If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to email me!!

Review away and I will keep track of everything! Quality is better than quantity - so put your heart into each review!

Harley D. Palmer
Manager - Member-to-Member Forum