What a day!

Wow! What a day yesterday was! I spent the day at San Francisco State University meeting students from the Journalism department at a job and internship fair put together by the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism. I met many interesting students… More on that in a moment…

But first…

Incentive Program News!

While I was busy doing the meet and greet thing, two of our top site contributors were busy getting views!

MarcusCato and Roxanne Weber both went over the 100,000 views line in the last day! Roxanne Weber you already know from Meet the community: OnlineBusinessWoman. MarcusCatoyou will be meeting in our next community bio coming in the next day or so. Both are great writers who put together pieces full of good information, pictures, cartoons, and conversation starters. If you aren’t following thier news on allvoices, you should be!

Check them out!

Flip News!

In addition to meeting students and having 2 people go over the 100,000 views mark, we also had another person earn a Flip for referals: paulvalach. Paul is from Avondale, AZ (that’s near Phoenix). He has a couple of good pieces out there – watch for more from him soon. We have a few more users very close to the 20 persons refered level – If you want a Flip from allvoices, you are going to need to get those referals going!

Back to yesterday…

While at the job/internship fair yesterday, I met many interesting students. Some are writers, some are photographers, some do both. Watch for thier news coming soon.

I put the names of the students who stopped to talk to me and registered for the site into a hat. The winner gets a Flip from allvoices so that they can report news on the site. And that winner is…. amanda_elliot

amanda_elliot look for a private message and an email from me soon. The rest of you… Join me in welcoming amanda_elliot to the community and encouraging her to write!

The rest of the world…

While I was heading home from San Francisco last night, this little event called the Presidental Debate happened here in the US. Since I was traveling, I couldn’t see the debate. I will watch it on YouTube, but until I get that chance, I have a challenge for all of you:
Post your take on the debate on the site. Get things going. Let the world know what you think. And if you do, let me know. Who knows, I might even mention your story in one of my blog posts!

No one else wants a Flip?

Is this your Flip?

The Flip give away started September 16. Within two days, we had a user who had earned their Flip. Since then, many new people have done referrals, but no one else has gotten to the 20 referral line. I am wondering if this means no one wants a Flip, or if you all just forgot about it…

To remind you…

It is easy to get on the list to have me send you a Flip. Join allvoices (if you haven’t already), then get 20 more people to sign up for the site. When 20 people join and tell us that you sent them, I will contact you to get your snail mail address.

Why a Flip?

To encourage you to create and send in videos of the news and views that matter to you. Local stuff. Hyper-local stuff. News from the ground. Sports reports. Your opinions on the news of the day.

We have found that stories with images and videos get found faster and get read more than those with just text and links. It is also my belief that stores with pictures and videos generate conversation and get us all talking and thinking more.

Go refer people! I am watching for your influence on the site!

Giving away a Flip!

It was just two days ago that we announced that we were giving away Flips to the first 10 people who bring 20 new people to the site. And today, we get to give one away!!!

allvoices.com user GingerTPLC has referred over 20 people since she joined two days ago. (She is actually working her way towards 30 people!) While she hasn’t yet reported any news, one of the people she referred already has: JustinTPLC reported this morning on the flooding in Emporia.

GingerTPLC is the director of the Face to Face side of TPLC, a virtual and face to face charter school in Emporia Kansas. You will be hearing more about GingerTPLC and her kids as the year goes on because Ginger is incorporating allvoices into the classroom curiculum.

Congratulations to GingerTPLC! Watch your mailbox for your Flip!

We’re going viral!

Would you like a free Flip to make it even easier to report the news? It is time for allvoices.com to go viral and you can help. If you bring in 20 people quickly, you will get a Flip.

Here’s how it goes:

You invite your friends to join and post on allvoices.com. When they register, they let us know that you referred them.

 

How to ensure you get credit!

 

The first 10 people to get 20 new people to join the site will win a Flip. It’s that easy.

We will run reports that tells us which members have referred at least 20  people. Every time someone reaches 20 referrals, I will send them a message to get contact information and send out the Flip. If enough people participate, we will do this again in the future.

So – send your friends to allvoices.com and get them reporting the news!