Member-to-Member Newsletter--July, 2009

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INTRODUCTION

Hello Rising Stars! July was a month of ending things sadly. On a good note, I got a job! (a real one) - thus the reason why some things had to come to an end. Don’t worry, I would never leave Rising Stars!! I made sure that I can still be an active member of this great group! I could never leave it!

I also want to remind every one also to please put all of your review counts in one or two message posts in the forum. I know that not everyone does all three reviews at the same time, but you can edit a post your have already made by clicking on the post to view it, then click on ‘edit’. Or you can do what I do and save the usernames in a word document then copy and paste them all into one post when you’re done reviewing for the month! This makes it easier for me to keep the count for you all, instead of reading 5 posts for each individual review you did. I appreciate your help with this so that I make sure I keep an accurate count of your reviews each month!

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

NEW HAPPENINGS

Gabriella has posted our new members into the forum. Please join Gab and I in welcoming them to our great group of Rising Stars!!

AWARDS

There were so many great reviews this month; it was a really hard choice to decide who won the awards! It was much easier with the new affiliation tool to look through the reviews though! That doesn’t mean that you don’t have to use the sigs - use the Member to Member review sigs in your reviews!

Reviewer of the Month: Sticktalker

Winner of the Most Compelling Review Award: ReikiScreamer

Winner of the Most Encouraging Review Award: Maria Mize

Winner of the Most Helpful Review Award: NickiD89 Scuba Classes!

Congratulations! Everyone did a great job with their reviews! Keep reviewing and next month you could be a winner too!

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: 33
New Reviewers: 5 (marked by **)

Christopher Roy Denton **
Pat returns 2 Porch 1799901
jaya h
~♥~Krysha~♥~
Jaye P. Marshall
flex
* ~Karis~Sick - Be Back Soon~*
embe
ShiShad
Dutch Hill Girl **
Color me Connieann
The Music Man
Just an Ordinary Jyo
*Nita remembers Memorial Day
EarthenAura
Stephens burnt toast **
NickiD89 Scuba Classes!
mystic_writer
Magoo
Maria Mize
scattered
bluesky
LdyPhoenix
Sticktalker
Fallser
Dazzled with Ray-Bans!
HannaMissesHerHero
Robin ~ The Rhyme Maven :-) **
Briar Rose
Bad Wolf
reilly ~ working hard **
Anastasia V. Pergakis
ReikiScreamer

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

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 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!!

         

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.

5)Make sure to affiliate the review with Rising Stars!

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