It’s Monday… What’s the news in your corner of the world?

Happy Monday! (Now that’s two words you don’t see together very often!) My Monday is being spent at the allvoices offices in San Francisco. It makes me wonder how all of you are spending your Monday’s? Are you planning an exciting week? Do you have lots of news to report? Are you looking forward to the rest of the year or dreading it?

I have two important things to report from the incentive program:

1. allvoices member Tangerine has gone over 200,000 page views. Tangerine was our first member to earn a check from the incentive plan. He is now the first person to get TWO checks as well. (OK  He will be the first person to get two checks. It is in process right now.)
2. allvoices member OnlineBusinessWoman is about to go over 100,000 page views. Once she gets there, the process for her check will be be started as well.

It makes me wonder… How are your page views coming? Do you want more hints on how to get more views? The best way to get views is to write interesting stuff, write good stuff, and be sure that you add images and media to your news. The more you can do to get people interested in your news, the more they will want to share it with the rest of the world.

For the Flip giveaways, we have a couple of people close to the number of referals for a Flip. I would have like to to have given these away much faster, but we are getting there!

Our next big push will be news about the US elections. What are the elections that matter to you? I know that the presidential elections matter to much of the world, but I am wondering what local issues matter to you as well. What initiatives and local offices grab your heart? What do you think are the big issues in next month’s elections?

If you aren’t in the US, what issues that we are voting on here matter to you? Do the bailouts affect out how you see the US? Do you think either of the candidates will change how you view the US? What local political events in your area will change the world?

As the election season runs down, our next big push will be the end of year holidays. What are the gifts you want to get and give? Know of a product that you think everyone will want? Let the world know what it is and why they should care. What do you think will be the toy of the season for kids and for big kids? Will the world economy affect how you spend the rest of the year? Tell us!

All in all, I am a happy camper this Monday morning. I am hoping that things are looking up in your corner of the world and that the rest of the year will be full of interesting news that you can share on allvoices.

Meet the community: OnlineBusinessWoman

Community member Roxanne Weber - Someone you should know!

Roxanne Weber, OnlineBusinessWoman, is an allvoices member you should fan. Her news is always valid, timely, and well worth reading. She not only posts her own take on the news, she also has been actively commenting on other news items around the site. I asked Roxanne to answer a few short questions so that you could get to know her better.

Who is OnlineBusinessWoman?

I’m an enigmatic voice for the millions of middle-aged women of the world who have always wanted to publicly complain about politics and world events, but were to shy to try .

(Let me add that OnlineBusinessWoman also is the third highest person in the incentive at time of this writing. She is very close to getting her first check!)

 

Where do you report news from?

I’m located in the lonely state of South Dakota (we are bigger than Alaska, though)

 

What news matters to you?

Politics gets me riled, but I love to learn about new developments in technology, and what we’re doing right in the world.

 

What news would you like to see reported on the site?

I would love to see a section dedicated to “strange news” or “news for the happy”, or wannabe happy

 

What tips would you be willing to share with other allvoices community members?

Ah sometimes I get carried away and submit way too much stuff in one day and I hear about how they got an inbox full of “onlinebusinesswoman” stuff and wondered what I did all day. I’m trying to work on a 2-3 a day limit! (maybe I should start an allvoices.com anonymous group?)

(If you do, warn me first – your news matters to me!)

 

What else would you like to tell the world?

Today we all have the opportunity, young or old, big or small, important or insignificant, to share our thoughts, ideas, opinions with the world. We have an obligation to be part of the conversation so that the world does not end up in the hands of complete raving psychopaths who throw our money into the sewer and then ask us for more money to fix the problem. But that’s just my unbiased opinion, of course.

 

Roxanne also let me in on a new venture she starts this week: She is writing her first political column for SquareRootz. She is hoping to use this New York based site to reach today’s youth and get them to understand how and why they should be involved in todar’s political events and activities.

 

Roxanne’s news makes me think. It makes me wonder. It makes me dig deep into what I believe. AND that is just the political stuff. She and I share a desire to help others see that they can make a difference in the world.

 

She and I also share a frustration about getting page views for well reported news. Many times, we have discussed the frustration that happens at seeing controversial news get lots of hits, but better written pieces getting ignored. If you share this frustration, get out there and join us in reporting what is important to you!

 

Thanks Roxanne for providing your voice and your opinions! We appreciate you!

 

PS: Want to follow Roxanne on Twitter? You can find here there as @OnlineWoman