Hi SharedReviewers,
The Return of Cash Rewards!
This month marks the first month of return to Monthly Cash Rewards for Voting and Publishing Reviews on SharedReviews. It also marks the first month where we now calculate unique visitors into the mix for determining a review’s share of the rewards.
Later this month you will see a new “Visitors” number associated with every review. This number will be calculated with the number of member votes to determine the review’s “Popularity Score”. The most Popular Reviews in each category will earn a share of that category’s percentage of the Cash Rewards allocated for that month.
For the month of July, SharedReviews Community Cash Rewards is $1,500. For this month, the total will be split evenly amongst all categories, where the top review will earn 50% of that total, second place 30%, and third place 20%. Any amount earned by a review will be split evenly between the author receiving 50%, and the voters sharing the other 50% evenly.
We are planning the release of new social features over the coming weeks that will allow you to share your review on other sites. Unique visitors from other sites, and Unique visitors from search engines will all contribute to your unique visitor total for your review. Over the next few weeks we will be writing a number of how to articles to help you drive awareness of your reviews outside of SharedReviews, so stay tuned.
Voting:
Voting is a very important part of earning on SharedReviews, although the vote allowances determined by your ShareScore have been lowered from the hiatus period that just ended. Here is the new breakdown:
ShareScore: Amount of votes per category
0-24: 1
25-74: 2
75-94: 4
95-100: 8
ShareScore: Total amount of votes available to you
0-24: 200
25-74: 400
75-94: 800
95-100: 1600
ShareScore is still an integral part in determining your vote allowances. Some ShareScore changes of note:
1) Voting on a review rejected for being plagiarized has had its negative impact removed. We do not expect all members to check each review they vote on for being plagiarized, and hence we wanted to make sure there were no negatives associated for those who do not want to make the extra effort
2) Successfully reporting a plagiarized review has had a significant increase in ShareScore bonus. We wanted to reward those who make the extra effort to report plagiarized reviews.
3) Inviting someone new to the community (From an English Speaking Country) has had an extra bonus added for ShareScore. Growing our community is a key to the long term growth of SharedReviews, and this bonus combined with some new features being added to the friends management tab and signup process over the next few weeks will make it easier and more fun to grow your network of friends on SharedReviews.
This Month’s Contests:
1) Most Votes Received:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5
2) Most Published Reviews:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5
3) Most Popular Video Review: $50 to the top video review by votes!
4) New Reviews in Lesser Categories: The following categories will give the author an additional $5 bonus for the top voted review that is:
a) Published this month
b) A review on a product that matches the category, without any copied or plagiarized text.
c) Must contain a photo or video of your product (by you).
d) Must have original experiences relating to the product, and you must have purchased the product.
Categories:
1) Snowmobiles
2) Snowmobile Accessories
3) MotorSport Accessories
4) Wheels/Rims
5) Lazer Hair Removal Devices
6) Video Conferencing Devices
7) Rowers
8) Stair Climbers
9) Home/Office Security Systems
10) Business Loans
11) Travel Insurance Packages
12) Gazebos
13) Snow Blowers
14) Satellite Phones
15) Equity & Reverse Mortgages
16) Mobile Homes
17) Modular Homes
18) Mortgage Refinancing Packages
19) Road Bikes (Bicycles)
20) Golf Vacation Packages
The most Votes Cast Contest is no longer applicable this month due to the significant reduction in vote allowances.
We have many more announcements coming in the next few weeks, so stay tuned!