Allvoices Incentive Program:

Build Your Brand. Gain Influence. Make Money.

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Revised Date: June 11, 2010

The Allvoices Incentive Program is valid between March 01, 2010 and December 31, 2010.

Build Your Brand. Gain Influence. Make Money for your consistent quality reporting.

The Allvoices Build Your Brand Incentive Payment Program is an online initiative for contributors from all over the world to earn extra cash for reporting news (text, images and videos) and opinion on Allvoices.

The incentive program is designed for writers, journalists, bloggers, students, photographers, video makers and citizen reporters who use the Allvoices platform to build a personal or professional brand including a completed profile, a news report portfolio and a global fan base by connecting with existing users, inviting others to join and promoting their contributions outside of Allvoices.

Contributors who participate between March 01, 2010 and December 31, 2010 can earn cash when they achieve status milestones depending on the quality and strength of their contributions and the level of their activity.

What are the levels of Allvoices contributor reputation/brands?

There are three levels of reputation/brand on Allvoices, which indicates your overall Reputation as a contributor on Allvoices. These levels are based upon the reputation and credibility of your reports, but the Reputation level is not used to qualify for cash rewards under the Allvoices Incentive Program (see How do I make money? section, below).

1. Stringer – Starting level
2. Reporter
3. Anchor – Highest level

Contributors start at the Stringer level, and then move to the Reporter level, and work your way up to an Anchor. The pace at which you move depends on how much you engage with the Allvoices community, increase your popularity, build your reputation, and contribute and promote your original content.

Stringer:

You are starting out and are in the process of building your reputation and influence on Allvoices. You have tremendous potential if you leverage the Allvoices platform.

Reporter:

You are promoted to the Reporter level if you have demonstrated an increasing level of influence over your social network and have a sizeable and growing fan base. In addition, the community must rate your content favorably, demonstrating a respect for your point of view. To be a reporter, the last 5-7 contributed reports must have full credibility rating.

Anchor:

You are promoted to Anchor if you are an experienced writer vetted by Allvoices or have risen through the ranks from Stringer to Reporter to Anchor. To achieve Anchor status, your last 15 reports must be published with full credibility, you have no copyright violations, and you are well regarded by the community based on their rating of your content.

What is Your Score?

Your Score is used to determine how much you will get paid at the end of every month.

Your Score is the sum of your:

• Reputation Score (35% of the total of Your Score)
• Participation Score (50% of the total of Your Score)
• Promotion Score (15% of the total of Your Score)

Your Score is calculated every day. You can find Your Score on your user profile page by clicking on the Reporter Metrics tab. Your Score at the end of every month determines whether you qualify for cash rewards under the Allvoices Incentive Program and what the payment rate will be for the page views accrued for that month only.

Activities that Contribute to Your Score:

Most scores are related to how many articles you write, the quality of your content, and how you promote your contributions on Facebook and Twitter. The individual scores and activities that contribute to them are all interconnected to give you the highest possible scores while at the same time promoting your brand and Allvoices.

The following table shows the activities required to reach each of the three different incentive payment rates. Below the table are more details on how to use these activities to maximize your incentive earnings.

* Completed profile requires:

• An uploaded profile photo
• Complete Bio
• Your location location (city, state (if applicable) and country)
• Your Real Name
• Your cell phone number if you are going to contribute via cell phone

** YouTube videos can be embedded into your report as part of this program

What is my Reputation Score?

The Reputation Score makes up 35% of the total of Your Score and is derived from the average credibility rating your reports achieve over a period of time. Once you achieve a certain reputation, the Reputation Score is a constant and will only change if you do a copyright violation or you are flagged by our community. Please note that if you are an Anchor, your reports get full credibility instantly, which results in a maximum Reputation Score for 35% of Your Score for the month.

What is my Participation Score?

The Participation Score makes up 50% of the total of Your Score and is a monthly score derived from your participation on Allvoices. Participation includes, writing reports, uploading images and videos, commenting, and rating. At the beginning of every month, you will start with a score of 10 if your profile has been completed and the score will increase over the month based on activity.

The score is affected by:

• Completing your profile (profile image, bio, your location, real name, cell phone number)
• Posting a minimum of new reports every month (see table below)
• Rating other peoples’ reports
• Commenting and discussing on other contributors’ reports on Allvoices.
• Adding relevant images and videos (YouTube, or your own) to your report and other contributor reports

Note: Expect your Participation Score to be low at the beginning of each new month and you will have the entire month to raise your score for maximum incentive rewards at the end of the month. If you decide not to participate one month, your reputation stays the same and you can make money once you start participating.

What is my Promotion Score?

The Promotion Score makes up 15% of the total of Your Score and is based upon your activity marketing your content outside of Allvoices. At the beginning of every month, you will start with a score if you have setup a Twitter account on your profile for automatic tweets of your content. To maximize this score, tweet and Facebook every one of your posts, which is as easy as clicking Tweet This and the Facebook button at the bottom of each report.

How to increase your score:

• Tweet your reports every time by adding Twitter account to your user profile
• Post your reports to your Facebook

Note: Expect your Promotion Score to be low at the beginning of each new month and you will have the entire month to raise your score for maximum incentive rewards at the end of the month.

How do I make money?

Step 1:

• Register on Allvoices and sign up for the program. Go to the Sign Up section of Help if you have questions.
• If you have already joined Allvoices but need to sign up for the program, see "How do I participate or join the Build Your Brand Incentive Program?" section (below)
• If you are currently enrolled in the Build Your Allvoices Brand Incentive Program, you will be asked to enroll in the new Build Your Allvoices Brand Incentive Program when you sign in to Allvoices on or after March 1, 2010.
• Any registered Allvoices user can also enroll from the Incentive Program tab on your Edit Profile page.

Step 2:

• Build your brand -- contribute and share original news (text, videos & images), stay active, network and build a fan base (connect with existing users, promote your news outside of Allvoices and invite others to join)

Step 3:

• Follow terms and payment requirements

Note: All the incentive rewards are calculated on the last day of every calendar month at 23:59:59 PST/PDT and you are paid based upon Your Score at month’s end (i.e. if Your Score is 65, you will be paid $2.50 per 1000 page views generated during that month). You will only be paid if you reach $100 and then paid in increments of $100.

Once you get paid, the next month will start with any payment balance over the $100 payment and earnings will continue to accrue until you reach the next $100. You will be able to track Your Score on the Reporter Metrics tab on your Allvoices user profile page.

Examples:

If Your Score at the end of June is 64 and your page views are 75,000, you qualify at the payment rate of $1.50 per 1000 page views, so your incentive earnings for June is $112.50. Since payments are made in $100 increments, you will be paid $100 for June incentive earnings and the $12.50 earnings balance will be carried forward and apply to the next $100 payment.

If Your Score at the end of July is 64 and your page views are 60,000, you qualify at the payment rate of $1.50 per 1000 page views, so your incentive earnings for July is $90.00 and the carry-forward balance of $12.50 from June earnings will be added to the $90.00 earned in July, for a total of $102.50, so you will receive a payment of $100 and the $2.50 earnings balance will be carried forward and apply to the next $100 payment, and so on for every month.

How do I participate or join the Build Your Brand Incentive Program?

• You can enroll during sign up by checking the box that says, "Yes, I would like to register for the Allvoices Incentive Program and agree to the Terms of the Incentive Program:"
• If you did not enroll during registration, you may enroll later by following the steps below.
  1. Login
  2. Click Edit [profile] in the upper right
  3. Click the Incentive Program tab
  4. Check the box that says, "Yes, I would like to register for the Build Your Allvoices Brand Incentive Program and agree to the Terms for the Incentive Program" (If the box is already checked, you have already enrolled)
  5. Click SAVE PROFILE
• If you are enrolled in the current Allvoices Incentive Program, you will be asked to enroll in the new Build Your Allvoices Brand Incentive Program when you log in to Allvoices on or after March 1, 2010, or you can enroll in the Edit Profile area.

How do I build my brand/reputation and level of influence?

1. Activate your registration and enroll in the incentive program
2. Submit original and high-quality content (rated monthly), original photos, and original or YouTube videos
3. Write news reports about what is happening in your city or country
4. Engage with the Allvoices community (comment, replying to comments, communicate with others, share your opinions)
5. Promote your Allvoices news reports and profile page outside the Allvoices community (share, tweet, Facebook)
6. Invite your friends and family to register on Allvoices and become your fan
7. Build a complete profile and online persona to generate global interest in you as a contributor
8. Submit 6 or more reports a month

Why should I build my brand on Allvoices?

We elevate you to a level that no other social media site can through our technology and community. Allvoices can give you unprecedented:

1. Exposure – instantly publish your news and content around the globe
2. Engagement – ability to engage and reach others from more than 170 countries
3. Global reach – social networking and sharing features to connect with others inside and outside the Allvoices community
4. Control – You own your content which enables you to post/promote it on other sites and link or cross post your content from your blog or external website

How do I get paid?

When you reach the first milestone of $100, please submit the following:

1. Completed and signed tax form
   • US citizens: IRS Form W-9
   • International participants: IRS Form W-8BEN. Only Parts I and IV are required.
2. Fill out form. You cannot save data typed into this form electronically. You need to print it.
3. Sign the form
4. Write your Allvoices username and email on the bottom of your tax form. Include your PayPal email address if you choose this payment option.
5. Scan and email the form to incentive@allvoices.com or fax to +1-415-901-0202
6. Forms only need to be submitted once. Future checks will be automatically generated based on your earnings.
7. We pay via check or PayPal only after your status level is verified. Incentive rewards payments are processed at the end of every month and sent out via US mail or PayPal within 30 days. Int'l participants should allow at least 30 days for a check to arrive after complete paperwork is received by Allvoices and payment has been sent.
8. At the end of every month, you will be able to see your incentive earnings on your Reporter Metrics tab for the page views accrued each month. Since Allvoices pays only in $100 increments, if your earnings are below $100, your earnings (not page views) will carry forward to the next month.

If you have any questions about the Incentive Program that are not answered here, email us at incentive@allvoices.com